A NEW GOLD-SAVING APPARATUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 97, 11 April 1885, Page 2

A NEW GOLD-SAVING APPARATUS.

[From Auckland Star of Monday last.] r Lamont, the inventor of a process of gold-saving 1 which promises to galvanise into active life mining- operations even on the most nnremnneiative fields, was a"tlffough passeng-or to Sydney by the mail steamer which arrived on Saturday nii{ht. Late though the hour was, Mr AJi'X. San n dors, who is acting" on bohaif ot a syndicate, at once proceeded to the steamer, interviewed Mr Lamont and drove him to the Northern Club, where a conference took place with a view to the purchasß of the rights of his patent process by the syndicate re-teire-d to, widen would then be enabled to re-sell to particular mines and battery companies. Upon this point the Rev, Mr Vines had been previously carry .n^ on negotiations by letter with Mr Lamont, but as he was at the North Shore he was not able to be present on Saturday night. Mr Lamont, at any rate, declined to enter into any arrangement until bis return from Australia a few weeks hence. Meanwhile some of those interest are anxious that the' Government should acquire the rights of the patent and diffuse its enefits on payment of moderate fees. It is said that the Lamont's process which is a kind of smelting of the auriferous quartz, has been successfully tested" in California, and if is claimed for it that it saves fully 96 per cent of the gold, if this be so, it would be seen how valuable the invent ionjs when it is stated that the p.esent system retains only 33 per per cent ot fine gold, and not wore th.-m 6l) per cent of it even when it is course. Tho effect of the introduction of such, an invention would very likely raise the shares of many gold mines from the few shillings at which they are now qnoteil to as many pounds. Mr Lamont's return will therefore be awaited witli eagerness.