Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-24 | Page 6 | Cyanide Patent Claims

CYANIDE PATENT CLAIMS owners of the process assert they have eave won a victory A cabled cablegram ram ban just been reve revolved ived by the attorneys tor for those in control of 0 the mcarthur forrist cyanide patents in fit the united states stater saying that the british courts lead finally declared the amended british patents as valid strong opposition to the granting 0 of the amended patents patentee was encountered before they were allowed exactly as claimed the confirmation of nt the british amended patents Is claimed to be EL a great lehoty tor for the patentees patentee and should have lave gi eat weight jn n the united states and elsewhere in handing hind ln down the opinion it was held that in substance the consists not merely in discovering that a dilute of cyanide of pottage potassium could li be asid d to extract gold from its ore but showing the public the best practical method of 0 doing doln it by leaving baser metals behind which had never to tiny any one before none of the voluminous evidence introduced trod served to show that the patents had been anticipated by prior publication li nor that any commercial result res uit tad bad ever been attained until and forrest proved the commercial value of this discovery the testimony taken in denver and salt lake by the commissioner appointed by the high court of the south african republic resulted in proving that the use of cyanide to extract the pr arc e cloud cloua metals from their ores was unknown in the united states prior to lew no didat great preparations are being made for the battle that hat Is lo 10 a take place in this thin territory as upon the result the destination of thousands of dollars will be determined