Show SNAKE RIVER PLACERS barnhart Bar and elder of Vi silia california who were in salt lake last week and who called on the mining review while here are installing a hydraulic plant on a large bar of auriferous gravel on the snake river in idaho about two miles above twin falls this bar embraces about ten acres or fine gravel ranging from ten to twenty five feet in depth exhaustive tests of which show that the values range from 1 to 5 to the cubic yard while the average is 2 to tahe yard in the handling of this bar the gravel is to be run over grizzlies grizzlier grizz lies of twenty mesh the product is then run over a specially constructed silver plated copper amalgamate ing plate using an entirely new method of agitation in the recovery of the fine gold if the process proves as successful as anticipated there is every reason to believe that the problem of the recovery of the fine gold from snake river bars will be fully and most satisfactorily solved A 00 foot hydraulic six and eight inch pipeline to furnish the water necessary for sluicing purposes is now being manufactured in salt lake by the western heating sheet metal works which will also furnish the overshot over shot wheel and sluice boxes this order when completed will be first class in every respect the pipeline will derive its water supply from a cliff feet above the bar and the power and water thus aff afforded ordea will enable the owners to work from to cubic yards daily of this rich deposit barnhart and elder have made exhaustive tests with this now new process on a small scale and it has been most suc in the recovery of fine gold it is believed that it will be equally successful when applied to extensive operation ana it will be given a thorough workout work out this tall fall if it comes up to expectations a detailed description of the process will be given g iv in these columns 0 |