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particles of sand. Samples of the tailings included only the 
coarser, rapidly settling parts, so that the assays made were 
probably too high. It may be that the slower speed simply 
decreases the pan assay of the tailings by not freeing such a 
large percentage of gold which remains included in the 
larger grains. 
Th.e most apparent recommendation would be to put 
McCutcheon riffles in the bottom of the machine, run the 
first machine faster than the second and greatly increase the 
percentage of ore fed to machine as compared with the 
amount of water used. No samples of the ore had been taken 
so the tests are not conclusive. 
The latest reports are that the tailings from open cut No. 
2 also assayed $3.00 to $4.00 per ton; that the washers are 
abandoned and that a 50 ton cyanide mill will be erected. It 
is also said that some good ore was struck below a quartz vein 
in a 17 ft. shaft, sunk in open cut No. 2. It is probably well 
to abandon the washers here because the thoroughly decom- 
posed soil gets very hard not far from the surface, and the 
water level will be less than 30 feet below the highest part 
of the ore zone now exposed. Therefore the available ton- 
nage of decomposed material is rather small. A shaft on a 
third vein, just below the creek bed, shows hard silicified ser- 
icite slates, with much pyrites but no visible copper or other 
minerals which would interfere with the cyanide plant adapted 
for handling slimes. 
Machines have also been installed at the old Sawyer Mine 
in Randolph County 5 miles west of Sophia and about 14 
miles from High Point. This property has been worked off 
and on for many years, but has failed because the gold could 
not be saved by a stamp mill and plates. The machine will 
first treat the soil and very soft outcrops and then the hard 
rock, which does not slack by itself will be crushed fine by 
rolls and the machine used simply as a panning device. This 
will be a new and novel use for this machine and the results 
will be watched with interest. 
The McCutcheon modification of the Modern Pulverizing 
and Concentrating machine is being installed at the old Mer- 
