THE KARANCAHAKE ORE Fuller Details of the "Crown" Test
Is the * Star" impression of Kov 24 was pur - liohed a telegram from the above s it 1 ting furnace, which stated the value of the ore tested by them from the Crown G. M Company to be only £8 16 i per ton. Mr W, L. Mitchell has since received the | following detailed report of the test :— "RdeuU of parcel of ore from Crown ComO pany, Karangahake, marked — X tors cwt ors Growweieht 61 10 0 Lea* b*«B Vcw v 2q«* and 10 per oeat. moisture ou 5 ions . . 5 8 2 Real weikhtof ore 43 12 Contain! q OZ* dwts grflWdat. loz 13* w<» tsar* par ton .. 7 fl ft S.lvoi at U'ozs UdwUj 2vur.J ..188 0 0 Veined at 6 s fl 77*z 9^vsrH>6arrBO»jrr'Hat£2lB3peroz3"'2 2 9} 488ozs.f silver aids p,.r i z .. .. 97 12 0 Orcm value 399 11 9} Less 10 ret* rent. £"9 t9a 91 and sme ti<g charges £3 per toa .. 178 2 9 Vaunrocoivertby Comianv .. .. 221 li IJ This result has naturally canoed considerable disappointment, much higher return? having been flxpected, more partifularly from the silver Fn con^fquence of this the director.* of the Crown Comply, although not di«putinar the correctness of the re turn but still believing that greater leßnltn shouli have been obtained, have decided to test the ore by three seDirafe appavs. Accordingly five tons of similar ore will be put through a Thames battery on Monday and vinous othe' tests will be resorted to. A feeling has got abroad that the fault mitrht be with the fur naco rather than the < re, and one or two gentlemen, who are considered to thoroughly understand such matters, have not he*iratfd to express their opinion th«*t the ore from the Crown would give a much larger yield. The idea that the furnace is a failure may be easily rebutted by the fart that fimilar furnaces are obtaining great repulse in Australia, where several have been in full operation forsomo time, and others are now in course of erection However, the &ep*ratp tests fhould definitely settle the matter, and let us hope to the satisfaction of all concerned.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 130, 28 November 1885, Page 5
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