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Show - "U" Experiments On Gold Separator Salt Lake City, November 4 Providing Pro-viding the "mechanical gold panner," that is now in experimental operation opera-tion at the University of Utah ore dressing station, proves practical, gold mining in this manner wiU be able to compete successfully with the flotation and cynideation processes now in use, according to Professor R. L. Kidd, who is in charge of the experiment. The machine, which has been placed at the disposal of the University Uni-versity for experimental purposes by the Snyder mining interests, has already al-ready proven practical in the extraction ex-traction of flour gold from placer sands It worKS on uie iJi"'-'i'' a combination sluice box and amalgamator, amal-gamator, in which a mercury bath is used to concentrate the gold in the place of the common mercury plates. The present machine is cap able of separating &u yarns 01 e" gravel from the gold ore in eight hours using 70 gallons of water per minute while in operation. The machine is the invention of a Utah man, Mr. C. F. Bird, who has been operating it successfully m placer deposits on the Colorado and Snake rivers for the past two years. |