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Show UTAH'S GREAT LD CAMP. 'a What Others Have t'5:iy of Mercur, Utah's Johannesburg. Tho Salt Lake Tribune (Continued Froiijbur Last.) to treat' thm?Alimes. To nccompllsh this u process Improved by Gtorge Moore, whose genius hns been divided betweenflflho laboratory and the practical side or his profession lor a lifetime, and wliqHe process has been tried out with thefmost gratifying lesults. was appealed tff and with this now Installed the prodVlou plant Is ngain In full operation, Ith the "thief" being rapidly overcomes Of the means employed by Mr Moorg to nccompllsh this the gentleman himself has written. The advantages of tlft system are Flist, a saving of front 40 to f0 cents per ton In labor; second, a saving of a like amount In extraction.; third, a saving sav-ing of. over CO per cen tj In the tost of Installation. The saving on extraction Is due to the feet thntjKwhllc the filter Is In the slimes tank, alijl the suction In operation Jin oqunllzlnglKctlon Is taking place, tendering all pitrtf of the cake of equal leslstancp to theNlow of solution and wnshwater, so thatjwhei) placed In the wushlng tanks, n pet feci displace-mi displace-mi nt of solution Is accomplished. For example, we might consider that It would be fxisslble for one spot on the 2W0 squat e feet of sllmfi-cnke to hn.e u ore of th coaiter slimes, or line sand, than the other parts, th'en there would bt less resistance to the flow at this point; therefore, the ifow would be brought up, and would ?over this point tnoie rapidly thnn the other parts, until, b. this Increased codtlpg, the resistance resist-ance to the flow ould.bcome the same as at all other olnts,'. ijThls equalizing Influence is, In fact, so'5-outlnuously In operutton that at no liwtnnce Is there nny less resistance to tjtie flow nt one point than nt nil, polntw Thus, when lifted out fiom the pllmislcoiiipai'tiiieiit, the entire basket or infers Is In condl-tlnnfonkWuelilngandpractlcjwe condl-tlnnfonkWuelilngandpractlcjwe eMrart nil of the soluble ;old. SAVING FROM THE SANDS. At the Consolidated Met cur mill all of the ore Is first passed thiough revoking ( yllnders, where the slimes nre washed fiom the sands. By this operation the benefit of the sands, as shown. In the extraction fully equals the benefit to the slimes; for, consisting only of the ennrse granular particles, percolation Is carried on rapidly, while better displacements dis-placements and washings are accomplish. accom-plish. The tailings from both the sands and the slimes assny from 40 to 4." cents, u saving of SO cents per Ion over the old system. This, on 1000 ions per day. Is a heavy Item. Each lllttr handles about seventy-live tons per day, and one man operates the four III-tets, III-tets, so the tost of labor Is about 3 cents per ton. With this plant now In successful operation op-eration the earnings of Consolidated Mrcui with the mill screwed tip to Its maximum will be materially Inci eased the pretvnt year, while Its reappearance among the dividend-payers In a short time Is lelltd on by the management. IS PRODUCING MERCURY. At the Sacramento during the enr operations progressed without Interruption Interrup-tion whatever, the mnnngenient earnings earn-ings from Its oies tr7( ounces of gold, which enabled It to pass around a $r000 dividend monthly, while maintaining a (Continued Next AVeek.) |