Show THE KLONDIKE BAR W F mitchell the inventor and patentee of the acme flour gold amalgamator was in the city last week from the klondike bar on the colorado river where he has been for the last ten months eng engaged acred in placer mining although mr mitchell harshad has had many obstacles stables to overcome and man many y hardships to meet he feels well satisfied with results so far and is satisfied that in due time a mint of money will be taken f from rom the bars and bed of this picturesque stream the klondike bar is located between hole in the rock and lees ferry ane bar is at an elevation of about feet above the bed of the river and the pay dirt which is a hard dobie gravel is loosened up by means of plows after first being stripped of a covering of a few feet of debris the gravel is then conveyed to and dumped into the mine cars by means of scraper a and aad ad bridge the cars being pushed to the edge of the precipice where it is shot down through a chute to the mitchell amalgamator the dirt doing over screens the pay going into the hopper from where it is fed automatically into the machine the rock and other valueless material being diverted into the river the equipment of the plant aside from the amalgamator consists of a steam engine which oper operates artes the machine as well as the centrifugal pump which furnishes the required water the gold saver will handle fifty cubic yards of gravel daily although on account of the difficulty of getting the gravel to the mill but forty yards is now being treated the dirt at the present time going to the yard over 99 yer cent of which is recovered the tailings figs showing less than one cent to the yard the gold is very fine being what is know as flour gold taking 2 colors to the cent the metal being very fl akely fla kelv tle the force consists of six men and two teams in addition to which nine pack animals are employed in getting in supplies f from rom escalante mr mitchell was called from the river on account of the serious illness of his mother but during his visit to this city made ar arrangements range ments for the manufacture of his machine for the cape nome market |