Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-02-15 | Page 4 | Extracting Gold from Sand

extracting GOLD FROM SAND deposits ol 01 gold in the ot the southwestern states which cannot be worked la the usual way on account of the absence of water will be available it Is claimed by the separator ot thomas A edison this new device was tried three years ago in now mexico but did not pay because the deposit was not sufficiently rich the ery of richer desert deposits together with in the machine hlll li is paid insure its sue use the devise Is simple ltv action depending merely on a powerful air blast to blow away the lighter sand from the heavy gold particles as they fall together through the air the separation Is hot absolutely complete but the gold Is W BO nearly pure that it may easily be cleaned by the ordinary processes if the performance of the machine equals its promise it will develop large regions that have been hitherto useless