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Show III1,)! PECKS AFTER ZINC IN jj'; V HORN SILVER TAILINGS J' . ' ;' ,' There is no longer any doubt that J j ; !!,' Peck Bros., the mill experts, are going jj . '( : after the zinc In the tailings of the Horn I I ' ' Silver mine at Frisco. They have full'' contracted for 50,000 feet of lumber j, u , to huHd their ofllcc and storehouse, and ' are said to be considering the construc- ' I ', ' v tlon of a pipe line over the divide. The ' main building for the plant will take M nearly a half million feet of lumber, I'll , which will be purchased from Oregon. ' In the Judgment of mining men the i i V product of the Horn Silver is partlcu- j ':. ! i" ; larly favorable for the separation of the i rw 1 , ! 1 !l ' zinc. Sometimes tho quantity runs as 'Ul',' high as 35 and 40 per cent, mingled 1 ) ) . with lead and silica. The comparatively i - vf small quantity of Iron In the ore gives I . a low specific gravity which augurs well . lu for the 57uccts of a gravity process. I 'i t Zinc brings $4.C0 per hundred in the U it ' ; smelting companies charge a penalty J I r' for Its presence. The Peck process, If I ), , it work3 at all, will do the business very I jii ,' t. cheaply and afford a large profit. , Several cava of Horn Silver tailings tl ' have been tested at the Peck mill In I',, ii' jjif, Montana with results that leave lltle ' room for doubt. They have agreed to ' it ' pay the mining company a flat rate for '', the tailings, thus assuming all the risk .; of the experiment. Both A. W. and O. ' B. Peck are now at the mine. " I) j V . Tho success of their enterprise will l ,r:, practically add a new Industry to the ' i-!1 . mining enterprises of the Stale. .Zinc Is '' Vt plentiful enough' in all the camps, but fn since the destruction by fire of a Boston j , zinc separation plant near Park City ,:' several years ago, the metal has been L a source of expense to the miners rather lli j ' "y than a means of profit. The Boston ' ' ' plant derived its product from the Daly- ' ' Judge, Daly West and also from the iv - California and other properties. Owing t ; to the iron with which it was amalga- i mated, the zinc In the Summit county i . . : 1 . ores was not so easily handled as that 1 K ', from the Horn Silver. |
