Show FLOTATION AT THE HUNTER miner wallace idaho the experimental flotation plant installed at the hunter mine a few months ago has accomplished wonderful results and has made possible the profitable oper tion of what might be termed a new mine longside the old one and more than that flotation has proved its superiority over banners in the hunter mill making a larger recovery of lead silver values in the slimes and as a result the banners will be taken out and flotation substituted in the first instance the installation of a large flotation plant means a tremendous addition to the profits of the company from a source which has contributed practically nothing in the past extending from the upper workings of the hunter down to the the present lowest level parallel and close to the main vein is another vein carrying high silver values in the form of gray copper the gangue in which the ore is found is very heavy largely barite which renders it impossible to save the ore by concentration for this reason the ore in this vein ha s never been mined As stated above it is known to extend from the upper workings down to the level is over feet in length and will average probably four feet in width the silver value is uniformly high the flotation process has proved ideal for the recovery of the values in this ore and an adequate plant will be installed for its treatment |