Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-15

eral board, says that ths country ! must have an adequate navy and that | if congress not not follow the recom- mendations of the board the respon- l sibillty .nust rest with the .people and rot with the naval experts. He disapproves of the present building policy. which he calls "hnphazard." from the main ore outcroppings and the possibilities of the camp for ore have certainly not as yet been ex- hausted The company expects to de. velop other mineral deposits to the north.
 To Get the Copper
 Tine beneficiation of the ore is the important undertaking here. The car bonates are the first that will have to be arranged for. because t.ey lie on top of the sulphides. They consti- ute one-quarter of the total tonnage. but that is a big one. Could the sul- phide ores lain on top 1t would be less confusing They do not and the rgur- ing must be based on actual conditions. They are 30 pounds of metallic copper in every ton of all these millions of tons icf ore. Being there, they will be taken out. As Dr. Tickets. the we'll known expert says: "lf the copper is there a way will be found to get it out"
 A Wonderful New Anode.
 At the laboratory of the Raretan Copper works located at Perth Amboy N. J.. Mir. F. l.. Antisell has developed new anode which he believes will play a highly important part in such work as the owners of the copper de- T-sits of the Ajo are greatly inter ested in. This anode consists essential ly of a mass of fragment of coke held between two porous sheets of rotary cut veneer in a suitable framework, the coke being energized by graphite members imbedded in coke, offering large anode surface through which the anolyte may circulate and mechan- ically depolarized to large extent the active anode surface by the mechan- ical impigment of the solution upon the particles of coke. The numerous cells, pores and fractures of the coke facilitates the liberation of oxygen, also mechanically. The anolyte Is more or less separated from the catholyte thereby permeating the ondatlon of so- lutations. It is said to offer a cheap and strongly constructed anode which it will be subjected in an electrical de. position tank.
 As many readers of Iron Ore know. the ordinary anode is not long lived, dlsintegrBting rapidly. In the ordinary deposition tank too. the solutions soon become fouled requiring frequent changing. new sulphuric acid, etc, us- ing time and money in recharging It Is claimed for this new anode that the cathode tank runs on indefinitely with out cleansing or changing, that acid can be added as needed. but there will be little loss of it. The solutions are fed through the ore mass. the current being directed upward through the tanks, Very high efficiency is claimed, while the copper produced is practical. ly pure.
 The successful operation of this plan would do away with the need of shelter or copper refining.
 Tests Have Been Satisfactory
 Tests conducted at Perth Amboy are said to have given fine results. Mir. Greenway and Dr. Ricketts are at tracted by the plan and have been in conference with Mir Antisell for some time. They are to have a more com plete demonstration. however, and have arranged for it as follows: MT. Antisell has sent here MT A. D. Jamieson, his representative, who win conduct experiments with the new pro cess on the Ajo ores, These trials will probably begin at Douglas, where there now is at hand nearly all the appara. tus necessary. A lot of 800 tons of ore VIII be treated at this experimental plant, this requiring about three months time. If this gives the ex. peeted results another plant of size main plant will be erected at the mines comparing with one of the units of a of Ajo It might be one-half of one unit. but would be of the proportions of regular equipment so far as it went and to which the main plant could be attached in the event of these trials proving successful MT. Jamieson was