THE NEW GOLD-SAVING PROCESS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 3

THE NEW GOLD-SAVING PROCESS.

.. i<. THEivieit of 'Mr La M6nte,-<: who .possesses '^^ ! ;; process for the (of event of > more .than: ordinary : importarice in-.---- /- ,! t6"the ■raining' that iha :■' i 5 all that jte advpedtea ~%--\ iftclainij. isiievidently::destined to , revolii^ 'i»; ! 3'j ?; : tbe^ : rtietlibds','of ! gold'-saving'i,iq ?:•$' 6 ' i>.ff:Colpnja][ ? gp!dfie|d si \~"kd '-yfb Inti(.;^■l:^>^:> .mαtβd'ijα-:Wr;"la^'-ißsα'e ): tli{avVgeDt)em^n, v^]:;:(arriv;e^; ;in;to^n 'otiMp ii|Jay.bvenirjgj af tei?. ir K^jiayiog , made a.'tbur.'thrbugli the Te A.roha- '-„ ~ t yi;ari^i E ,/ ; goldfields.■ - Yest^ay, met ;by^a ; numberyof' ' a 'gentlemen :prominently/ :cbnneoted |. with the ! and was esiorted .: aro.und-itHe ;'pnncipal;.batterie's and (nines' - He .viej'ted^mbng-'ibjiherej , the Gambria, ;.".: NewiPrince Deep!tey|i J3ross, '•_■ and iiiames'Golden" Crown! workings, and .Vv;>tf6rja ;, .pjeased-, '. • - f . wjth;|lie"rejiui|;6f his invesiigationsjsofar . x;as they:bear-upon the prospects:of bis in- .; *lSmall samples:of'{qiiiirk'were. . - taken from.the lodesinieacliiininefoytestpurposesj and" ; if ?; opportunity: had :■■'■ '"bmfeiljHese.r-would have been assayed at . dnce^'but r aß the banks mio' observing , :> y '',holiday,.;,the. necessary.■'■"arrangements ■•".'■" "could''not" b ; .e made,' Mr'iii lonte has. > h '-therefore/ibean 3 : bbligedf ; to^ ; take tile' , v , w specmiena AuckUnd,;whefe',they wilj! "'" : be'* treated togeiher with those'collected /JHa'bn^tfie : l^p-country ! ;Kgo]dfields7 i He has also; obtained small lots of tailings Ti<; ; froraTtlieJ different batteries'ior similar

■'■/purposes."- A representative of this journal. upon Mr La Monte yesterday kf ter'J^.inoon,! before j)is;departwufor : : Auckland, .' ]''^ll .' -'atid .'';found him;very'willingtb'-impartin-:'::>!!f6rmation relative .to bis: process and:its ; . results.. It .appears j tiiat J the "\vater-. . jacket" '■ sm'el ting' sya te hi 'is ™'j" : ';(>V. about;t\velve : !years!:experiencpjp; tlfe j.,^--;treatment of ores!..in, : Oaliforn!iii.iand.. i tlie : is adapted in variedior ; ms ; in tbe : \' ;.;Aineriean mining 1 'centre's. 1 , : .Thereare/at ;■:(;:>:'present, about;-2890 furnaces-pf different' , .hinds in -full 'blast jn Mexico ;and';Gali•'":liil fornia.: 1 The' ore's 'are' practically treated , ( .,..; n in.thesame manner as;the ordinary ;bank :te.e^ i tiuton,.aa;'extenßiye l 'scale,and' with ■-: 'i-';all ; availableappliancesfprrapidandeco-, r ,/': ; rn6chical.reduction,and the separation of *': 'the-alloys of base metal obtained after.

r ., fl'melting.', It is'to the last named par- : '' ■ J; ■- ticular that Mr, La Monte's secret applies. "; The s.urprising results obtained, by "the ;': : r"ndpptip.n ; spf'B]e_. : syßtem-m' the Sunby i-:"; , : '!Cbrner, mines, New "South W ales, : :'..' ; ";'!:,V.httv'e := already; made public, and Mr La 'iiit& r-Mpnte informs us that seven ; furnaces, of "j ,'i ,ran f average -capacity of 45' tons, are now

£ "*'id course of,■erection on Australian "goldfields,;'.'ln.'the course of his observations •,:>•': :<:!at Earangakake, he concluded, from -the

'"•■;'•■'!'appearance off; the tailings, that greater ..'• i- J B|!yer ; ,has. : been allowed, to'fuhi «7'ivitp'wasteithan the value of ail-thejg'old ui^jjetfecOTere'ct. thing ocbhrred : ■;'•') fin New-South Walesj where in oneinstance, ;' ;s j -'a heap of ; accumulated ; . tailings, eatitnatdd' ; V,' ii, rto.cpfttainipOOtonej.hasbeenfoundexceedingly rich in silvery'and can ntivf be' with hapdeomeVrofitß,; Regarding the Thames quartz that has come under >■; f notice, Mr : La; Monte is /disinclined to Z , ;^.j^p ! e^k.definitely ulitil his.teetg,have deter- ■■ :i::;::.;:Biined the worth of the samples secured. ■;/.",.^.H^' under the-impression' thatof the.'lodes. will? pay for i: '■''^njj;;Btates/;that : the v tailings Spanned'off ""'' igdhtaine'djjn every instance/a larger peri.;V;.,cantage ,of pyrites; and. mineral of far. better appearance,-than he had anticipated.' ;v:;rMr.La^Monte -purposes returning to the V;: •'; Thames;after; the' lapse of a.few weeks, ';;■;; and* r tliefe is every probability Vthat a fur- ••;'/: nace will ; : -bb erected in , this district by those witlviWhoiD he is.asso--oiatedi-•':■■■"■. - •■':"<:.'■;',; -■" /,■:•■