Show THE GOLD FLOTATION CO the gold flotation development company held its annual meeting at wallace idaho recently and elected officers a and nd directors to serve for the following year yeal W H havlin of baltimore md president harold williams of mullan vice president H G loop of seattle secretary treasurer these with john brizel of wilmington del and 0 W lewis of wallace constitute the hoard board of directors the company says the wallace miner has secured a bond and lease on the old mine in lemhi leahi county about fifty miles from salmon city and all preparations are now completed to begin operations on the property the ore is a combination of gold and silver the property was quite developed by the original owners both by tunnel and shaft but the efforts to recover the values by the cyanide process proved unsuccessful A large sum was expended in equipment for the property which includes a stamp mill cyanide plant compressor electric plant and water power also ample buildings to accommodate a large working force will use flotation the gold flotation company which will now undertake to solve the problem will depend wholly upon tables and flotation to recover the values since securing the property extensive and thorough experimental tests have been made of the ore by flotation and these have proved so satisfactory that the company is confident that the process will prove successful the plant has been ordered which will consist of crushing facilities wilfley tables and flotation cells it is expected that this equipment will be 1 installed n and ready for operation in thirty days five men are now employed on preliminary work the property has been idle since 1906 the vein is described as about fifty feet wide with a pay streak three feet wide that assays essays in gold and silver picked samples assay as high as all of the old machinery is in good condition but it will be necessary to rebuild the flume in order to utilize the water power |