MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 12687, 13 June 1907, Page 4

MINING.

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The directors of the No Town Creek Gold Dredging Company, Limited, have declared a dividend of Is per share, payable on Thursday, the 20th inst. At the last sitting of the Warden’s Court at Waikaia Mr Cnrickshank said that applications for protection of mining lights and privileges were not necessarily to be granted because there was no objection lodged to them. In future he would require evidence to be given either orally or by declaration to be filed in the Court. This would apply to all kinds of applications. An electric smelter is just now the feature of interest in the Canadian mining world. A company consisting of New York and Ottawa capital has been organised, and has apnlied for a patent for an ingenious invention to smelt, separate. and refine all kinds of ores by a continuous process, in which inunmwn are, furnaces, capable of generating a terrific heat, will be employed. The ore, after being crushed, is fed through an opening, a-nA in dropping through the first arc the aißomc and sulphur are taken off. Each consecutive unit is of a different temperature, and will bo in number as many as there are different metals contained in the particular ore to he smelted. Xt is called the vaporising process, and the ore undergoes a oomtinnons treatment from the time it leaves the hopper until all the metals are separated in passing the arc which is generating the required number of beat unite to vaporise that particular metal. The company claim to bo able to smelt and refine ores at about one-half the cost involved through the old process. It is the first of its kind on the Confiimt, and is, says the * London Mining Journal,’ fh« invention of Mr J. H. Reid, .of Now Jersey. RETURNS. Clyde : 250z, 72 boars. _ Lady_ Annie r-lfloz-Sdwt^teMelc.