Show THE LINCOLN MILL statesman boise idaho david kennedy is in from the lincoln mine at pearl he states the mill was started saturday it became necessary to shut down to make some adjustments the pump for instance was speeded too high and a as s it was directly connected it was wa s necessary to put in belts the plant worked very smoothly and there seemed no doubt that a successful run would be made when mr kennedy lett left a change was being made in screens involving bolvin further brief delay the eyes of all the mining men of that district and in fact thone of all people in this section who appreciate the importance of cf the enterprise are riveted upon the plant mr kennedy has introduced the cyanide process for reduction of the ores and if the plant be successful there will be no reason why many other mines of the district cannot make use of the process the method of amalgamation and concentration was not a success but if the values can be saved on the ground to as high a percentage centa 6 e as was indicated by the experimental runs in the lincoln many properties there will become highly profitable the key of the process is the separation effected by hydraulic cones in the small plant erected for experimental purposes these worked in an entirely satisfactory manner making a perfect separation of the slimes and sands the former carried very little value and the sands yielded a high percentage of saving in the percolating solution there is no reason to doubt that the large plant will do as well though there may be a number of adjustments needed to secure the best of attainable results |