The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-02
'leported As Scoring
Much Success In Test
Operations.
IEANS MUCH TO MINING
/ Made to Work As Expected--va.
dous Ores Being operated On
~.Plan of Construction.

Id Is declared that wonders are be-
b performed by the new concentrat-
/ Il process that has been installed at
II Glasgow a Western companys
Ian al Golconda, Nev II is known
|, the McQueston process, and is the
|tention OF well known Ely man.
ks declared to be an absolute re-
|rsa of the usual wet methods of
|earating the metals from the
angue in the ore. While the process
!, been receiving thorough testing
"a number of kinds of ore for some
sne past there has been nothing
saae public concerning IT.. locally. at
ast Yesterday morning p. c.
nomnson. who has been on a trip
d Gold Circle. Ney,, spent Sunday al
H. works OF the Glasgow q Western
nmpany at Golconda. To the Salt
lake Herald he had the following to
~ on his return:
eWhen was at the plant" said
4, Thompson, "a test run was he
NJ rlade on copper ore from Yering
NM and was told that It was prov
i moa successful II is claimed for
a. profess. first. that II costs less
aanand other TO install: second. that
+ co.'s little for power and men to
k,k4fe. and. third. that II affects a
ing In certain classes Of ore that
4 aher known process can approach.
mn this process the lighter the ore
a the heavier the gangue the bet
u hnt It does remarkably fine work
! mlphldes. as we'll. | am not a.
II man or a metallurgist. and | am
srefore unable 10 properly explain
y process 10 You.
However. the ore Is crushed and
sade into a pulp by the usual meth
as | understand H. The finely
sashed wet ore Is then drained TIL
i resembles a damp cement. II Isl
Aen run into a kneading box and
ioronghly mixed with q certain per-
ahiage of oil aud sulphuric acid,
gcely regulated. Is being added.
lfer this mixing the pulp goes on
o another box arrangement in the
ioom Of which Is series OF holes.
By the addition of a little water and
he action Of a revolving blade. just
q much Of the pulp Is allowed TO es-
ape through these. where II is con-
NED down 10 what you might term
~ eoneentraiors. These consist. not
4 Tables. hut tubes In which worm
utws are made TO revolve very
s0vly Into these tubes. with the
Alp. water Is admitted and the ma
iefial Is slowly worked through. II
SENS the acid attacks the copper or
kAer metal In the ore ftho process Is
lesgnod for gold ores) while the
bf0s as carrier. When II
pmet}s from the lower end of the
tube Z Is found that n portion of the
metallle contents of the rock Is float
ing as a scum on the top. while the
Unaffected gangue. or quartz. Is fall
ing away with the undercurrent.
Whatever metal can be Is saved here.
and The rest of the material goes
down to the second set of tubes. and
The process Is repeated In all. the
material goes through FIVE sets of
tubes and the material that issues
from the bottom set Is practically free
Of metal. You dip your hand down
INTO the stream aud all you collect Is
a handful Of sand that Is as clean as
any ocean beach YOU ever saw"
Mr. Thompson says that experts
from all over the world have been,
and some Of them now are at Col
eonda to ssteh the operation of the
new Soeess Va professor from
@srg Is there. and representa-
the Guggenheims and others
shing the performance of the
seh has a capacity of go tons
easy closely. II is claimed that
salues in carbonate copper
~sh as abound near the sur
- AT Ely and Yerington
ssNndidly To the new process
'saed that II viii revoluiionize