The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-10-30

Is no longer regarded as an experi-
ment, but is now regarded as one of
the successful business enterprises of
the day.
The Nevada Placer Gold Mining Co.
has hydraulic plant in successful op-
GRAFTON, handling from 2,0Q0 to 1000
tons OF this gravel every "A hours. The
work IS practically all done with water
power A giant hydraulic tears the
bank or bar down and rushes the ma
terial 10 the foot of the elevator. Here
a powerful stream of water passing np
through this elevator creates 4 suction
by which the material is elevated some
ID or ~ feet into and immense finme.
Here it is, that the actual work of sep
aration begins. As this material is
pitched and tossed about by the i'm
mense volume of water rushing
through the iiume, the gold and black
sand sinks to the bottom, while the
gravel and gray sand is hurried along
to the end Of the hume and back into
the river.
But the flume leaves great auanti-
ties of gray sand. This passes with
the black sand into the undercurrent
RIFLES, and from there into two power
fnl eoneentrators where all the gray
sand is entirely eliminated. This
leaves nothing but the black sand and
the gold, and the next treatment is to
separate the gold This is done by
placing the black sand into an i'm
mense cast amalgamator, where two
large revolving arms dragging on the
bottom thoroughly grinds the black
sand SO as TO release the gold. In this
tank is specially prepared solution
OF quicksilver, and so soon as the gold
/ is released from the sand it is snapped
up by the quicksilver and held In the
amalgam
Thus, by applying scientific prin-
ciples to the handling of this material,
it has been reduced to perfect svs-
TEN, and instead of handling but a few
tons a day, by the shovel, the Nevada
Company is now handling thousands
of tons by water
The Nevada Company has twelve
full claims, making territory sufficient
to keep this plant going for years to
come.
Is there is but little expense attached
in operating one Of these plants after
it is once installed practically the entire
saving of gold is a clear profit.
The successful operation of the Ne
vada has caused a great deal of activ-
ity along the Carson river.
The entire length Of the river has
been taken up and within very short
time several large corporations will be
actively engaged in forcing the gravel
beds of the Carson river to give up
their treasure Of the yellow metal.
This gravel will average about fifty
cents per ton just as it lays in bars.
With the Nevada Company handling
two thousand tons Of it every twenty
four hours it is easy TO see what i'm
mense profits are being realized by this
company. But TO better realize lust
what this company is doing it is
necessary TO state that it only has
about S50, 900 invested in this plant.
With this fact in view and in view
of the further fact that it only requires
about eight men to run it, night and
day, il is plainly apparent that this
will pay hansome profit ON the money
invested
The Journal is reliably informed that
the Nevada people are so well pleased
with their investment that they will
take immediate steps to enlarge their
plant so as to handle five thousand
tons every twenty-four hours.
As there are many Reno people in
terested in the Nevada, as well as adj
joining properties, The journal is es-
peeially gratilied to learn that they
are able to treat the Carson river gravel
successfully. Reno Journal, Oct %. 'o3.
Population and Food Supply.