The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-11
A BIG SUCCESS.

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The Everett & McGrath System of
Concentration and Pan Amalga-
nation Proves Successful in Sepa-
rating the Gold from the Black
Sand on the Carson River.
Friday, September !, 1903, was big
day at the Nevada Placer iold Mining
Company's plant. A number of the
officers and stock holders of the CON-
pany were present to witness the trial
test of the plant. Those present were,
friedrich aschen, president; DIR. NJ. J.
Dixon, vice-president; C. B. Penny,
secretary and treasurer; \. J. Kuhn,
assistant secretary and book-keeper;
Oliver Lawson, Klondyke expert, and
apt Buxton and wife, all of North
fonawnda, n. Y. Besides the New
York people, there were stock holders
present from the states of delaware
and Pennsylvania-Fra J. Thomas,
of Wyoming, Delaware, and F. M.
ampbell of Philadelphia.
The water was turned into the if
teen-inch pipe, and at first the elevator
refused to suck the gravel from the pit.
After an investigation it was learned
that the suction pipe which extended
down into the pit was a misfit, and
would not work, the pipe being made
for No. 5 elevator, instead of No. 3.
The pipe was removed and large
sluice box was made to carry the grav-
ell to the elevator, and at 1920 A. M.
the water was turned on again. The
giant was put to work and a number
of men shoveled gravel into the large
sluice box. The elevator handled all
material that came to it. Stones six
inches in diameter were handled as
though they were marbles.
Many remarks were made about the
ease and rapidity with which the ele-
vator sucked up and discharged the
gravel. Geo. Monroe, the pioneer
placer miner of Alpine county, remark
ed after trying for three hours to choke
the elevator, "Well, rll be dernedl
there were ladies presently want more
than So per day to feed that hungry
nondescript."
AT $3.50 P. NJ. the machinery was
started and charge of one ton of
black sand was placed in the ANAL
gamating pan. The bath for removing
the coating on the gold was next added
and after grinding twenty minutes the
Stun was thinned with water. The
arms in the pan were run much faster
for three minutes, and then allowed to
slow down, when the upper plug in
the side of the pan was removed and
the slum allowed to flow out into a
distributor, from which it was let out
onto silver plate for the purpose of
saving any specks of amalgam that
might be discharged from the pan.
Two tons of black sand was worked in
this way, and as night was approa h
ing, cleanup was made. The clean
up showed three and one-half ounces
of amalgam, squeezed dry. The rifles
in the 1o0-foot sluice box where the
elevator empties itself, were not clean
ed up, and it is estimated that one-half
the gold, which would be the coarsest,
remained in these rifles. There can
be no doubt of this, as all present, exs
cept the ladies, climbed into the sluiee
boxes and secured a number of good
sized pieces of gold.
Everyone present was highly pleased
with the trial test and all predict that
the enterprise has come to stay, ana
that the Carson river will be won
derful bullion producer. -, .
The plant was accepted by the Off
GERS of the company, and our visitors
have gone their several ways. Later
it was learned by manager Everett
that the cleanup from the pan amount
ed to $25 and some cents.
Mr.. McGrath left for San Francisco
to get the necessary pipe fixtures to
fully complete the plant. He will re-
turn to-day or tomorrow. 1t will take
about week to make the needed
changes, after which the plant will
start up for thirty days run before
another cleanup is made.
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