FLOTATION PROCESS IS A
REMARKABLE GOLD SAVER
The sensation of the day in
mining and metallurgy is-the
phenomenal success of the flota
tion processs. Introduced as an
adjunct to the older methods of
milling, the percentage of extrac
tion of valuable minerals from ore
has been raised in a remarkable
way and many ores that previous
ly could not be exploited at all
have now been rendered commer
cial.
Owing to the bane of a deadly
litigation over the flotation pro
cess, the mouths of the mill men
practicing the new art have in the
main been closed. One result of
this has been that the press has
been full of sensational and mis
leading statements about flotation
—statements which could not be
authoritatively corrected. The
woods are full of so-called mill
experts whose sole equipment is
a can of oil and a stirring device.
Not long ago a mine in the Rocky
mountains, which previously had
failed to command any attention,
was sold on the strength of flota
tion experiments that required
one hour to make.
According to the idea of the
gullible public, yon break down
your ore in the mine and- mix it<
with oil and acid and the trick
is done. But that is not so. It is
a complicated art. The mill man
wants data about this art, not a
collection of flowery phrases,
merely explaining that flotation
means that minerals are floated
The mill man wants to know fully
and in detail how flotation is ap
plied to individual ores.
Fortunately, some mill men
who have had experience in the
practice of flotation and have no
property interests that might be
endangered by law suits are now!
bginning to take up their pens,!
and the literature of the subject
is at last growing in a useful and
authoritative way. There is no
doubt that henceforth it will in
crease rapidly.
After all .flotation si not such a
mysterious subject as many pre
tend. It is simply a species of
mechanical concentration. As
compared with ordinary processe3
it is what was characterized in the
Journal of 1907, in describing flo
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lease itself. Speaking of the coal
land situation he said:
“After many months of study
and investigation, we have now
determined upon a form of lease,
and have rejected the idea of hav
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it. The form is not long, but it
gives the lessee the exact knowl
edge of what he may and may not
do- In framing it, we have had the
advice of private operators as well
as government officials.
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duce real development of Alaskan
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ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICB
In the probate Court in and foi
the Saint Michael Precinct, Sec
ond division, District of Alaska
NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate' ol
Martin Bramhall, deceased.
Notice is hereby given thaFlh«
8th day of March, 1916, the un
dersigned administrator of the
said estate, duly filed his fina1
account therein in said court, anc
also his petition asking that saic
account be settled and allowed
and his compensation as such ad
ministrator be fixed and allowed
And said court has ordered that
the hearing on said petition anc
objections thereto the settlemenl
and allowance of said account b<
had before Chas. J. Koen, Unitec
States commissioner and ex-of
fico judge of Probate at his office
in St. Michael, Alaska, on Thurs
day, June 1st, 1916, at 2 o’clock
p. m., on said day.
CHARLES L. STEINHAUSER,
Administrator.
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fields have been completed. We
are waiting now for the comple
tion of the maps and the setting
apart of the exact areas to be re
served for government purposes.
When all this is done—and it will
be one soon—we will make public
the form of lease and at the same
time will make public the maps,
showing the exact places where
leases have been taken.”—Ex.
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tation as then practiced at Gol
conda, Nev., as “concentration
upside down." In ordinary meth
ods the valuable mineral is caus
ed to sink. In flotation it is caus
ed to rise. The great advantage of
the latter method lies in its ob
viation of the slime problem, his
torically troublesome. Ore is now
deliberately slimed, at all events
crushed very finely, and the min
erals to be separated are thereby
fully released, which, together
with other features of the process,
enables a phenomenally high re
covery to be made. The advan
tage of the process is measured
by the raising of the old percen
tage of extraction in ore-dressing,
>5 to 70 per cent to the Rresent
dav figures of 85 to 95 per cent.—
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