Show OIL FLOTATION AT newhouse in this issue of the mining review H H adams has contributed a highly interesting and valuable article on the mill practice at the plant plan t of the utah leasing company Compan yat at newhouse utah in the treatment of the old tailings pond of the cactus mill when the castus mill was in operation large quantities of ore we were re handled by concentration cent ration but the recovery was not what it should be and as a consequence the tailings offered an opportunity for which appeared very attractive to experienced perien ced mill operators and when the merit of the oil flotation process was fully established by actual demonstration in numerous mining camps throughout the west the utah leasing company which had secured control of these tailings started a campaign of experimentation the results of which are given by mr adams in full detail many difficulties of a mechanical and physical nature were met and overcome each success teaching a lesson that will be of assistance to those who may have similar problems to work out the company has conducted its affairs in a thorough businesslike business like manner and has already paid a number of dividends the fact that a period of profitable operation has been attained testifying to the success of the enterprise at the same tinie time inspiring others to engage in similar pursuits throughout 0 hout this western country the article of mr adams will be read with a great deal of interest by mining a operators and fillmen mill men and its conclusions furnish another proof of what can be abc accomplished by the use of the oil flotation process |