The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-22
AUSTIN SUCCEEDS
WITH DRY PROCESS
Of Treating Discrimination
and MariCopa Mines Are
Unusually Active.

Austin. Nevada. district is experience
Ing big revival this fan. according
Co IS. W. Wishon and Roy Fletcher.
who have been I'm salt Lake several
days. having brought I'm cars OF ore
for samplinE and disposal on the local
market. There are at least $50 men
employed in the district. The Mauhat-
tan Consolidated has us men. the Ma
ricopa employs seventy-five men, and
other properties are showing unusual
activity. Mr.. Wighon is general man
aEer OF the Manhattan. and r. T. Judd
is general manager OF the Maricops
property.
The aiaricopa has an immense body
OF milling ore developed on the 500
level. according 60 all reports. and is
making great progress. The old work
luEs are being pumped out. They were
down 20 tho 500 level Some high grade
silver has been found lately They
are now beginning from the New York
canyon. and driving a tunnel $500 feet
20 lAp inc old Patriot workings at
tho 100 level The company expects
70 nave lOo-tou mill i'm operation in
a year 90 handle the biz tonnage OF
tunnel viii open up. The company has
expended at least $1,000 TO Ret I'm
shape before expecting any returns.
Dry Concentrates.
These Ncvadans speak OF the import
ancc OF the recent success OF the Huff
elcctrostatic process Of dry conccutra-
ton OF gold and silver ores. made By
the Manhattan mill. The tests on low
Grade ores have produced concentrates
assayinE Sl-lO. with seven-to-onc de
gree OF concentration. One-fourth Of
the values are IN gold. thrcc-fourths in
silver The orc now being milled comes
from The Jack Pot mpe. which has
been developed BY thist company. md
which is outside the old Austin pro-
ducinC area. only the Iovv-Erade IS
ocins hauled to The mill, extensive ton
l-lt IN the slopes The mine with its
present showing viii more than keep
the mill busy at its present capacity.
The cIoctrostatic process. thus proved
q success tn Austin. is Of tremendous
importance to Nevada. because the
problem OF water supply fs eliminated.
W hat water is I'm The ore when mined is
eliminated in dryer in the first stages
or the process. There are many remote
mines or low grade character that can
JOIN the profit making list m they viii
FOLLOW the lead I'm this state made By
the Austin Manhattan company.
The Intention is to Increase the ca TO-
pacity OF the plant. which is now thirty
20 HttF tons day. Machinery for
this has already been ordered. A few
DAYS ago fifty tons Of fine concentrates
were shipped from this mill TO salt
Lake. proving the complete success Of
tho plant and Of the new dry process
Relative 60 this shipment the Battle
Mountain Herald says. A few tons OF
the hign-Cradc from the Jack Pot was
put IN 10 oven mp the shipment. The
probable returns from this first con-
SiEnmeut. since the installmcnt OF the
new process. viii be around $4,000.
Mine superintendent James Humcs is
confident from the showfnEs at the
present. that the mine from now on
produce steady stream Of high grade
and that ore shipments to the SuoItcr
viii exceed the Tonnage in concentrates.
no company i= adding new men all
the timo- Tho track from the tunnel
In Lander Hill is being connected direct
with the ore bins i'm the mill. From
tn" mouth Of the tunnel the orc cars
are handled h2 an electric Wine. which
cIcvatcs tho ore TO the TOP Of the mill
up o. long incline trcstfe
More mon VIII still be needed % do
the work I'm the Lander Hill operations.