The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-18

lasting form of memorial if she is dead
will be this states tribute to Carrie ]
Eyerson, the Colorado woman who
discovered the flotation process OF
gold extraction, which bids fair to rev.
olutionize mining all over the world
The Colorado Scientific society has
been quietly carrying ON search for
Mrs Everson for several months, ac-
cording to Arthur Chapman, in the
Denver Times. Important facts re-
garding her career in Denver have
been brought to light, and it is believ-
ed that very soon the mystery of the
woman scientist will be cleared away
and 1t will be known what became of
her after she left Denver more than
80 years ago with patents which were
to make millions for other people, but
which were to bring her nothing.
In all the romantic history of min
ing in the west there is no more fas-
cinating story than that of the Denver
nurse who, while washing greasy ore
sacks in her brothers assay office, dis
covered the affinity of oil for gold and
was clever enough to get out patents
on her discovery
Mining men, astounded at the re-
suits wrought through the tardy ap-
plication of Mrs Eversons discovery,
rank Mrs. Everson with Madame Curie
as a scientist. Today there are hon
ors and wealth awaiting her-but so
far the woman has not been found.
1t is the conviction Of those who
have been working upon the case that
Mrs. Everson is dead.
First Tried in Baker Ore.
But if Carrie J. Everson is living
and in poverty" said George e. Col
Inns, chairman of the Scientific So
ciety's committee which has been car
rying on the work of investigation,
what better memorial could be paid
to her than substantial cash reward?
If it is proved that she is dead, there
are many ways in which her name
can be honored when 1t is proved be-
yond all question that she really dis
covered the flotation process"
With Mr. Collins on the committee
engaged in the search for Mrs Ever
son are Phillip Argall and H. c. Par
melee, president and secretary of the
Colorado Scientific society.
1--WE have run down what we con-
slider some important facts" said Mr. |
Parmelee, who is western editor of the |
Metallurgical and Chemical Engineer
and also a member of the board of |
trustees of the Colorado school of |
mines. 1--WE have found that Mrs. Ev- |
erson was a nurse in Denver, instead |
of being a school teacher as has been
reported. The records of the Visiting /
Nurses association show that she did |
nursing while in Denver Her hus-
band was a Chicago physician, who
was forced to come to Colorado for his
health. The husband seems to have
played an important part in the IN
vention in which the name of Mrs.
Everson figures. That is one of the
hIIIAl5o VIC arc llNCSllSdllIlS lOW'
at appears that Mrs. Everson NOV
ed to California from Denver. We
have been able to trace her to San
Francisco. Also we have found the
man, now living in Colorado, who was
the first to try out Mrs. Everson's flo
tation process in Baker City, Ore,
soon after she took out her first pat
ents.
Fortune for Mrs. Everson.
If Mrs. Everson is living and is in
financial need, there is no doubt that a
fortune will be raised for
her among Colorado mining men. Her
process, which all the Colorado flota-
ton users claim to be utilizing exclu-
sively, promises to do even more for
this state than the discovery Of the
cyanide process, according to leading
authorities. State Commissioner Of
Mines Carroll, who was one of the first
in Colorado to make use of flotation
in the Atlas mill at Ouray says that
inside of two years Colorado will
DIedh all us TeCOTuS VI SOlu pIOuuC- | ,
ton, owing to the general adoption of
flotation. Otto F. Mears, who INSTALL
ed the first flotation plant in Silver
ton, says there will be 200 of such
plants in that camp and that Silverton
will come back to it's old glory as a
gold camp through flotation.
According to an eminent mining en-
gneer flotation Is making a difference
of $4,000 a month on the right side
of the ledger in the case Of one Colo
RADIO gold mining corporation
Discovery Was Too Early.
Had Mrs. Everson been able to hold
the rights to the process until flota-
tion came into such general use, 1t can
be readily seen that she would have
obtained many millions in royalties. AS
1t is, she invented this revolutionizing
process before the world was ready
for 1t. Colorado, in 1885, when she
took out her first patent, was in high
grade ores almost exclusively. Mining
operators at Leadville, Creole Silver
ton and all the great camps were max
ing fortunes, even though they used
of treatment which today are 4,
deemed wasteful. As long as they /.