Show THE ELMORE OIL PROCESS spokesman review spokane wash after three months of working test under conditions not always the best the directorate of the le roi no 2 mine at rossland B C has issued a statement complimentary to the elmore oil process of concentration cent ration as used at its 50 ton mill the elmore people who have made a practical working of le roi no 2 ore have not felt at liberty to say much about the process because of possible complications into which the le roi no 2 people might be thrown H H claudet manager for the elmore company at rossland has been in town the past three months have shown that the elmore process is a success said mr claudet last night the average of the low grade ore from le rol roi no 2 is slightly under 5 a ton in gold silver and copper values this ore is crushed in the chilean mills and sent over a 40 mesh screen and then the pulp passes over wilfley tables where about per ton is taken out the wilfley tailings are then sent to the oil plant where an oil concentrate running 45 is produced for shipment to the smelter that is equivalent to an extrac 1 tion of from 75 to 80 per cent of the metal in the rough ore and means that the oil process gets about 55 to 60 per cent of the values in the tailings the circumstances under which we have been working have not been the best it is but a 50 ton plant while a ton plant could be run with the same number of men there have been shutdowns shut downs because of the lack of oil we have been using the canadian oil but now we are told that the duty has been taken oft off of the united states oil for use in our process experience will show us where we can make even better returns the loss of oil in the process is about one gallon for each ton of crude ore treated the question of cost is a consideration now being looked over from the chairman of the board at london we learn that a ton for the first months treatment is the cost we will do better bette jr than that with experience and a larger plant and from estimates we have in hand together with the different figure at which we will be enabled to get oil we predict that the cost will be but per ton we have had many visitors from the east and they have been surprised at the simplicity of the plant having expected a complicated affair we are satisfied with the results to date in treating rossland ore and know that we can do better mr claudet announced that a contract had been closed for a ton plant for the white bear |