A New or Improved Method of Treating the Effluent Waters from Mines or other Waters Holding Metals in Solution.
Year: 1888

page_text: ate of Application, 31st Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1889-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Treating the Effluent Waters from
Mines or other Waters Holding Metals in Solution.
I, MIGUEL YGLESIAS, of 2, Tokenhouse Buildings, in the City of London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of treating the effluent waters
from mines or other waters holding metals in solution and obtaining copper or other
metals therefrom and also electricity as a useful bye product.
The usual receptacles in which the waters are treated are constructed of any
material of a different polarity from that of the iron or other substance used to treat the
liquors so as to form an electric couple or such material is placed in the said receptacle
and is connected with the substances employed to chemically decompose the waters
in such a way as to generate an electric current which can be utilized in any suitablo
manner.
When iron is the substance used to decompose the waters I use preferably as the
material of different polarity, carbon, in some form notably wood, or I can use any
other appropriate substance coated with graphite or I can advantageously use
manganese, iron pyrites or slag in cases where they exist as waste products at or in
the vicinity of the works.
Ordinary minerals (sulphide) can also be used or a rough regulus; or in place of
using iron and one of the above named substances 1 can use any two of the above
substances or others of different polarity can be employed.
By my invention it will be obvious that the ordinary chemical decomposition of
the waters and deposition of metal on the substance forming one pole of the electric
couple is not interfered with and at the same time an electrolytic deposition of metal
takes place on the other pole thus extracting in less time than usual tho metal from
the solutions and incidentally generating electricity as above named and also allowing
of the utilization of waste products.
Dated the 31st day of October 1888
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Treating the Effluent Waters from
Mines or other Waters Holding Metals in Solution.
I, MIGUEL YGLESIAS, of 2, Tokenhouse Buildings, in the city of London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of treating the effluent waters
from mines, or other waters holding metals in solution, and obtaining copper or other
meials therefrom, and also electricity as a useful bye-product.
The usual receptacles in which the waters are treated are constructed of any material
of a different polarity from that of the iron or other substance used to treat the
liquors so as to form an electric couple, or such material is placed in the said receptacle
and is connected with the substances employed to chemically decompose the waters,
in such a way, as to generate an electric current, which can be utilized in any suitable
manner. When iron is the substance used to decompose the waters 1 use, preferably,
as the material of different polarity, carbon in some form, notably wood, or I can use
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page_text: any other, appropriate substance coated, with graphite, and, if manganese,.iron pyrites
-or-slag exist as waste products, at or in the vicinity of the works 'I can advantageously
use these materials after coating them with graphite.
Ordinary, minerals (sulphide), can also be used. or a. rough: regulus.; or in place of
using iron and one of the above named substances can use any two of the above
substances or others of different polarity.
By my invention it will be obvious that the ordinary chemical decomposition of the
waters and deposition of metal on the substance forming one pole of the electric
couple is not interfered with, and at the same time an electrolytic deposition of metal
takes place on the other pole, thus extracting, in less time than usual, the metal from
the solutions and incidentally generating electricity, as above named, and also allowing
of the utilization of waste products.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to. be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The herein described method of treating the effluent waters from mines, or other
waters holding metals in solution, the said method consisting essentially in the use of
a material, such as those herein referred to, of different polarity from that of the iron
or substance used to treat the waters, and connected with the said substance in such a
way as to generate, an electric current, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 31st day of July 1880
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.