THE LA MONTE GOLD-SAVING PROCESS.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 108, 27 June 1885, Page 7

THE LA MONTE GOLD-SAVING PROCESS.

Tub Auckland H<t:il<l has iiie fohowu\<* : -We nn lerntand lint Mr A. -aundois, \\ ho h.is received several ca'tlo mt^.saijea i'rtnu Mr L\ Monte on the snhject, hag made pieliminary nrraunv meats with the direotnis of tun Ivunhoe Company, Karan^HaUt'j to bnwK out and ftji*\var«i to Melbourne luO lons oi ore to be tested m the water jacket furnace. Mr La Monte iuu nude n most liberal offer to tno company He outages to pay lir< assay tor tno cjii.-oth, deducting only i£3 per ton for exp< ns^s. It will be a work of considerable labour, and tako probahlo a month or more to ijet tin? quantity of diit to Anoidand icady for shipment ; but the directors I nave taken up the matter energetically, [and in the hands of their well known manager Mr Hnusen, the ?imreholilerf» thay rest assured that no time will be lost in compieii^y this contraer. II this, operation is a successful one it will b*prf: immense importance to tiie KaraniLfanake district, and ultimately to t.ie whole ininiiii? induatrj of tie colony. A nieciini* of the fonnins; the syndicate to work l^a Moute's Water Jacket Furnace and other patents, met l.»t-t Mom Uiy aftornonn, and discussed various maters of importautr conneoteil with the st.irt.iiis> 1 of this now industry. It is expecte 1 that th' J pl.mt will arrive by tne next Unioii boat, due on Tuesday uoxt. All preliminary arran .foments hive been uwvle 1 , an I it is expneted that within three months from" date the t unlace will bd in full operation, and if anything appro whim? tho re"siilts that been have brou^nt about at Bunny Corner are effected here, it will produce a complete revolution inthegol l-uiiuing industry of New Zealand. We under- ' stand that already some enquiries have ! been received from gentlemen connected ' with mining ventures in the Southern Island, as to the cost of furnace and | plant. Mr La Monte having made over all his rights to the Auckland i syndicate, all applications for furnaces and right to use them must be ma c here, and t a royalty bo paid to tbissynth- i cate for each ton of ore smelted.