Show TREATING OF QUARTZ RECEIVES ATTENTION F. F B. B Weeks of oC the United States geological I sune survey returned rued today from tom fromi a i three weeks weeks' visit to the time gold mines 8 of Osceola While Pine county Nov Pincer and quartz mining said Mr l Weeks have havo boon been carried on Inthis in inthis this his vicinity for nearly a quarter of a century During this period a considerable consid consid- erable quantity of oC the precious metal ha has las been ben obtained b by hydraulic minIng mum min Ing imig ng Scarcity of water has however restricted tho the output During the thc lat last Cew v e seasons the tho water supply has material materially ma- ma Increased and there has Imas been heen heena beena a T. maI marked e 1 Increase e during the lust last season season sea sea- son in the output O The Time development of or quartz min min- Ing Ing- ng has hns proceeded more mOIe slowly Some difficulty has been experienced In treat treat- Ing imig ng time the ores OeS In a manner r agreeable to the It Is 18 believed cil that with great care cae in handling the material and the adoption f modern methods of treatment It will be Jo possible to 1 place these mines on a paying basis 5 |