| Show bubbles at work j 4 I 1 s I 1 7 W 5 I 1 flotation COB ceils where minerals are lifted to top by bubbles and saved for use in industry probably no other industry is subject to the varrance var yanca yance ol of conditions as EL I 1 Is s tile the mt mining ning industry the flue fine line between success and fal aie of a mine Is dependent upon many and varied conditions ot of course there are a few high grade mines that can produce without much regard tor for varying conditions but the yare very very tew few and do not last long it if they do one ot of the things illings which the mining industry of 0 today relies so much upon Is the science of flotation it the mine can get its product past the flotation belld successfully it Is usually okeh but the bubbles which pick up the particles ot of minerals in the flotation decide the future of many prospects and mince flotation is a scientific lenti development which has absen been applied to the low grade ores of utah and other mining areah in a sense it Is similar to tho the milling of wheat it separates the wheat front from the chaff or the minerals from tho the waste or gangue after the ore era has haa been finely ground it la Is sent seat to the flotation cells where oil and are added the oils and reagents form orm bubbles when subjected to agitation in ili the flotation cells the bubbles percolate pei through the cells and conie come to the top tit in the form orm ot of troth froth the nit mineral particles have an tor for the bubbles or oily troth froth and as they form on top of the tha cells are skimmed or allowed to float off the top ot of the cell the barren rock roch or gangue on the tha other hand hits his no affinity for the oil troth froth or bubbles and settles settle 8 to the bottom ot of the flotation cell where it Is released and sent to the halings pond the flot flotation atlon process Is reverse to the laws ot of gravity tife the heavier particles tile the metal flo float it to the top and are aie saved while the lighter particles sink to the bottom where they are discarded to the tailings pond |
