THE RICHMOND HILL SILVER. MINING COMPANY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5240, 28 July 1876, Page 3

THE RICHMOND HILL SILVER. MINING COMPANY.

Mil. MAsifiSiS has arrived fiom the Thames* with the' product of pure Bilvcrohtaincd from ono, hundredweight* of the "rogulus" to whjch he tiad'reduced the original oro sent up from'Nolsdn. The work has boou delayed in oonsoquenoo of tho illness of Mr. Masters, yfcttip is, now suJFerwg; jevqrely ifrorn acute' rheumatism, whioh ,has, rendered him unablo to qarry out his process. Tho silver, over 43o'z , which will be seen to-day up lo^ll o'clock in tho window of Mr. ! AickOn, chemist, is a beautiful specimen of granulated metal. The Thames Advniiner of yesterday writes : " Juast evening/,, Mt,. Matters, manager of tho lUcnmoudi Hill Silverinining ' Company's property, Collingwood, Nelson, who, as our' readers 'are awa>e, is at present at the Thames experimenting* on tho treatm6ht '6f the ' bfe* found! in <the company's min'o'^^erinitted us to inspect the first sample or tho pure silvor which htfhas extradted ''dWd'/%hich Jie ip to forward to 'Nels'dn. ' It' was a beautiful •ample, consisting, of 43oz. ?dwij., wjiick'wns tho 'produce, or rather the greater portion ot ihe produce, of lewt, of the, rogujus ' or ipoltoh ore, to which wo have already . refolred. It i» expected that^aji ioaat 2oz, more wTir*resuTt from tho final treatment of ' tho U/u-tcol. /. This l-eprenontk at'i average ot , 900o/i. of silver to tho ton of regulus, or aboi|t l'lOoK. to. the ton ot 0[u ,^L; bo recollected that tlje fiuaiitity of ore recciyed for ! treatment ■ was 2-to/is. ll This, )fy the smoltiiig i»;ocosm, was, reduced to Opwt. r wo exainifiod last oycV' ,ing tyW)!h%#v oduee'oE tho first lowt. treated. . In j(,(Wition to the «ilver, there Wai} ivTtf&'n sample of moss cp||pdf oUtajnod, ft t o^"tbp sumo dHtn'pld Thife, WO beliey'p, is the saujo! viluo as pyre, copper, but the per»cont»go we' f have been uhable''to"'a(!oertain/- Ih fttofc^the weight has not yet been ascorfc«,irfe'd*"b'y'

( '■<• manager. We may add that the piocess !'V '\lncli this silver and copper luve been tvLi.ictod is by precipitation. The silver •mis precipitated with clilorido of sodium, .vnd tlio moss copper with iron. We ha\e to compliment Mr. Masters on the successful n«,n>> to winch ho has caincd hia oxperiinonts, under great difficulties, uot so much those of appliances as bod dy ailments, for he has boon a scvoro suflVrer for some time past from rheumatic pain*. In fact, the present oxporimont would havo boon completed throe weeks ago had it uot been for this cause."