Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-04

nected with the Union oil company, and he
is registered an international member OF
the International Petroleum congress- whleh
body consists of but hve members, and his
reputation a chemist and metallurgist Is
strictly AL. The assays made by Or. saIa-
thae Of the black rock show under the cyan
ide processes S27 60 per ton; by chorination
process S37 per ton. His statements in connee-
ton with these assays is that from oO TO 20
per cent of these amounts can be saved Wheh
the ores are treated in commercial quantllles.
He has no secret process to sell but VIII pro
vide any with the formulas ne uses Who
desires to treat this character Of rock on a
large scale, and his process is one OF seVeIh
that we proposed to fully demonstrate IN lne
small plant to be erected in this city ana Tor
which are now endeavoring to raise capital
to equip.
DR.. H. s Boyd, head of the chemical de-
partment of the Y. NJ. C. A., who is well and
favorably known in this city and elsewhere
has treated this black rock successfully, Sc
curing assays the lowest $3.50 and the high
est S17.10 in gold value therefrom. r. 5 Watt
e NJ. of the Watt Mines Supply company, has
treated for us various twenty-five ana htly
pound quantities of this black rock, securing
gold values from the same from $3.50 to SlSo
per ton, and 1 desire to say in this connection
that there has been no attempt to trade upon
the reputation OF Prof, Watts Of Watts ~ JEFF
ferson. and no attempt to confuse these two
men in the minds of prospective investors as
have no knowledge Of the ability of PROFESSOR
Watts in the matters under consideration.
All statements concerning these matters have
referred to DR.. or Professor Watt mot Watts)
and nave usually been IOlloWed DY lIle NAME
of the firm of which he is the head These
three parties named have all recommended
that a small testing plant be erected to fully
work out the details Of treatment of this par
ticular rock before any large mills were
erected, and all of my statements, verbal and
written, will show that 1 have been exceed
ingly conservative in recommendations along
this line and IT is my intention TO continue
the effort to solve the problem Of successfully
treating the so-called san Gabriel black rock
Without going into details concerning other
1 OH pr,,faa mad / a
number Of fire assays made on this rock, these
running from trace to as high as $50 per
ton in value. The attached assay certlheate
from Messrs. BaVerstoclS & Staples Of this city
showing values of 81 o. S5.37 and SS25 from
one lot of this character Of rock treated by
them. The sample submitted TO the state
mneralogist at San Francisco shows $l50 per
ton all of which show that there are gold
values in the rock to a greater or less degree,
and it has always been my ambition, when
taking up a difficult problem, to stay with II
until it is successfully solved or proven, after
thorough tests to be impracticable.
AS relates to the published statement rela-
tive to the proposition made to Mr.. Pierson,
prospective purchaser, 1 would thank you to
publish the following extracts from the same,
which will show the fairness of the proposition
that has been submitted for the purpose of
raising the funds required;
1t being further understood and agreed
that this money shall be used only for the
purpose of developing and protecting the
mining claims referred to and the securing
of ores from the properties and the treat !
ment of the same for the purpose of dem
onstratng the best method of securing, on
a commercial scale. the values contained
therein; this to be done either by contract
with individuals to make such tests on a
commercial scale, or by the erection by the
syndicate or owners of the property of a
small reduction treating plant in the
city of Los Angeles, Cal. This plant TO be
of such capacity as may be mutually
agreed upon, and such tests to continue
over a period of sufficient duration to fully
demonstrate the best method Of treatment
of these ores.
1t being further understood that such
testing plant may be used for the testing
of from other properties which the !
joint owners may hereafter become inter-
ested in, it may be used for testing ores
for other parties, providing 1t is shown
that it can be done at profit.
1t is further understood that all parties
to this contrast are aware of the fact that
the ores under consideration are refractory
Oes, and up TO this period it has been i'm
possible to successfully treat them under
the present existing methods of assaying
and extraction and that the capital herein
provided for is for the perfecting Of meth
DDS under recently discovered processes
along new lines, with the expectation of
extracting large values from the ores con-
tained therein as shown by the numerous
assay tests heretofore made.
Concerning the method adopted by Mr.. How
ard Pierson and J. Gardner Scott. and their
apparent motives for securing a proposition to
invest in this enterprise, can best be explained
by reeiting briefly their method of doing busi-
ness.
on Monday afternoon last Mr.. Pierson re-
quested me to meet him at the Angelus hotel
lobby and to come alone; he there explained
to that half page newspaper article was
being prepared to expose the black rock trans
actions and that he had photographs OF myself,
Mr.. French and Mr.. Cherry, setting forth the
fact that the whole matter would be exposed
at very early date. l stated to Mr. Pierson
that I was perfectly willing to stand on my
public record, both in Los Angeles and my
home city, Williamsport. Pa, and also upon
all of my connections with the black rock
developments He stated that their informa-
tion had shown that my standing good.
but If my picture and name were published in
connection with this article it would put me
out of business permanently, and that there
was a way to prevent this publication, ex-
planning in detail Scotts connection with the
proposition and the claims which Scott owned
and were for sale.