| Show T TO S SAVE f b GOLD L Lf FROM f M SNAKE RIVER I f Concentration of the Black nack Sands Says Geo W is the thc Successful Way Wa WaTHEN a aTHEN THEN SMELT THE PRODUCT Hy Ily I This It I Is Claimed rally cal All MI 1 Can Cau be te Saved S C CH H Made Ia c Georg W AV n a mining man who his hi headquarters at nt Port Pori land Or has been In Idaho recently conducting an un examination of or tho the gold sold bearing sands of Dr the limo upper tipper Snake river In an Interview he e expressed the tho opinion ion that It IH is 1 an nn easy mutter muter to save gave tho the precious contents content of ot these theae sands notwithstanding the many mann man failures 10 so 10 corded In the vast last Mr Ir says ss The Tue rie trouble with Hack sand and min mining minIng mm ing In th pant pa t In is 1 that tho the only ani effort has hag been becis exerted directly to save savo SIO the gold anti In so co doing n a I large percent percentage ago age of ot the tho desired meta line lias been al nl allowed lowed to escape and nul whatever values the sand and may ia ma have hate carried have hao been entirely ly lost The Tho process now em ens employed Is Ia to concentrate the tho black and santi anti and tend send the thc entire produce to 10 the thc unit HII thus thul save savo nil all 11 the thc val viti values ues carried carrl On nn mi assay made from rota black earn that has hiS been beon amal antal amalgamated olal the report showed the tho to entry cairy 1500 in gold besides valuable metal slit all Al of ot which would have havo been 1 by hy the concentrating Largo Large quantities of ot tho the gold gohl Is la found coated with wih black snail Rand anti and cannot bo Lo collected by hy tho ta tables idea and ara under tinder the old oIl process allowed to escape Into Inlo the tailings Tim The he first re so to handling of or tha th black santi In is 1 to hero havo plenty plent of ot sluice boxes properly constructed and a u mi saul in indent dent cleat quantity of clear der water Then rhen with screens nail plates the lie concentrating ing of or the tho values alues Is n a matter that cars can cal carsbe be conveniently overcome On examining time the proposition of the thc upper river rh r I 1 found In tn some sOle places the tho black sand on ml will i run Ian throe three pounds to the pan pats but hut of ot course coune this thus Is l Stat not nt true In nil all 11 places I Placer mining In Iii thc the past has bren relt hindered by h tho the riffles be becoming becoming becoming coming packed with the thc black Band Pard the gold allowed to puss pass over oter the tle quick silver Oliver to 10 the tailing thump dump beyond If tho the concentrating process hail had been employed ed on en the upper river where nn an attempt had been en made mado to handle the tho sand mind I much If Ie there would be beany benny beany any ground left lef to mine min at this title late Inte tiny Ony dIY Mr Ir Otterson Oleron has hal taken several cain pies 1105 nail ond will wi thoroughly test tel I tho the sand Annl after which he M will erect elect a n plant If It the test teat proves pr cs ns its successful as ns he Ito believes lelee |
