, 1922-05-23

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Standards committee OF tho American
Institute OF Electrical Engineers. the
organization which has control OF the
electrical codes OF the country. was
brought here for the purpose Of con.
Quoting the test which will require
an eiectro-chemical expert
While drilling on the Kaycee dome
last year the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
company encountered a subterranean
water course. which from Indications
was rich in placer gold. The gold
discoveries were made at various
depths below 700 feet. Drilling work
was suspended and crude tests un.
dertaken to establish whether or not
the discovery was OF commercial i'm
port.
Realizing that a thorough test of
the property would require tho serv.
ices of an eiectro-chemical expert the
Cleveland-Wyoming company wrote
the American Institute Of Electrical
Engineers to learn whether a test Of
this kind could be made with modern
scientific instruments. Mr.. No.vest
was recommended as a man capable
OF making the test.
Mr.. Notvest, accompanied nv T T
NcG1ory. field representative ana Rob.
ert L. Mueller. president OF the c1eve.
land company left this morninr for
he field to begin the tests which IN
all probability will extend over a ne
Rod Of two weeks.
! Before leaving Mt. Notvest outlined
the process in a semi.technical way
that will be necessary to
whether h gold strike holds CONNER.
cial Importance.
The first step will be Ia make a com.
plete survey of the property effected
to the course of the sub.
terranean water course. To accom-.
plish this purpose n copper cable. can.
able Of carrying 200 volts and carry
ing n mall aluminium kothode win
ne placed in the hole. The ordinary
iron pipe will be driven into the sur.
face OF the ground and the electrical
power exerted.
When h electrical power is an.
parent an instrument for measuring
resistance will be placed in operation
on lines running from the surface
pipes to h power generator. In this
manner n test win show
the direction of the water course as
evidenced by the surface pipes show.
ing h least resistance.
The second step win be to place n
solution of potassium cyanide in tho
hole for the purpose of diffusing the
waste material. When the waste is
eliminated the gold IN the solution will
be found in quantities on the alumni.
mum kothode which will be placed on
the capper cable. This ~electroplatinr
process will be of great Importance.
hi next plan will be to determine
the commercial importance of the gold
strike by pumping the hold with no
tassium cyanide and then through an
electro-chemicai process to ESTABLISH
the extent and %saturation of the de,
post.
Such a procedure has been followed
successfully in late years in establish.
ing the extent and confines of deer
placer gold deposits. in the United
States n in other countries. The
sreaSest example OF the success of this
experSlent is shown in. the famous
Rand mines of Africa
Mr. Notvest n Professor II. V
anderson, professor of chemistry at
Lehigh University will collaborate or
sHN NASiLACi analysis OF the findings
under h tests to be made here.
If the chemical reactions show quan
utative gold in the deposits Mr.. Not
vest says that the discovery will be
OF invaluable importance to Casper
and this district. Tho process of re
covering the gold from the subter
ranean placer deposits will be merely
a process of forcing potassium cyanide
into one aperture entering the under
ground water course and remoyins
the gold deposit from another hole.
While he believes that it will tax,
sometime to complete the tests Mr.
Notvest said hat he would be able t.
tell definitely whether there was golt
in the hole after his preliminary tests
After that his duty will be to deter
mine h extent md to choose IL posi-
Bile a cheap source of hyro-electrica
power which would be required L
c~cmmercialize such a proposition on &
large scale. The results of his test,
and the findings are of vital impor
lance to Casper.