US26576A

US26576A - Amalgamator

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Publication number: US26576A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1859-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 1876-12-27

Description

L. EDDLEBLUTE. Ore Amalgamator.

Patented Dec. 27. 1859.'

1U l I III Witnesses AM. PHOT0'LlTHO.CD.N,Y. (USBURNE'S PROCESS.)

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEI LUCIUS EDDLEBLUTE, OF GARDEN VALLEY, CLIFRI.

AMALGAMATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,576, dated December` 27, 1859;; 1 :n

To all whom 'it may concern: a

Be it known that I, Lucius EDDLEBLUTE, of Garden Valley, in the county of Eldorado and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Amalgainator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a transverse vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts. i

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand, make and use my invention I will proceed to describe it. A y 1 My riflie is constructed out of two parts, the top, A, and the bottom part, B, the top being fastened to the bottom part in such a manner that it can easily be removed. The top is constructed with a series of slats, a, which form sharp edges toward the upper end of the riflle, and which are somewhat in clined toward the lower end, as clearly represented in Fig. l, of the drawing, so that the water let on from the` sluice passes readily through the openings, between the slats, into the bottom part, B. The top is perfectly flat, while the bottom part has con siderable fall, and as it extends down to ward the outlet, it is gradually deepening, so that any small stones that may pass through the slats in the top will have a chance to escape without any danger of filling up the riftle.

The bottom part is furnished with a series of cross-bars, o, placed in such relation to the openings between the slats in ther-top,

that the water strikes `their edges before reaching the mercury which is pouredfinto" n' the spaces between `the-cross-bars` in the bottom, as clearly represented in the/draw-` By this arrangement the menr'cury` prevented washing outfbythe force; of the current, andyet tit is suiiiciently agitated:` to

keep clear of dirt, `so that fthe gold carriedj down from the sliucelisjbrought in ilnme-v 1n E"501 My riiiies are constructed of cast iron,

diate contact with the mercury.`

from 8 to 18 inches in length, and fromu12 to 24 inches in width, which are the sizes of f the sliuceboxes generallyusedin thennnes,`

and by havingthem made in two partszit` is not lnecessary to go through the tedious y n operation of t panning out i a bucket,ornj' two full of dirt every time you clean up,`

which mustbe done withlall other riiiies,I 1 by lifting off thetopthe gold canbe emptied into a pan.

Riiiles constructed accordin `tolmy y vention not only catch more go d than those ,n now in use but they also canbe operated with less labor.` a

What I claim asnew and desire "tosecure t by Letters Patent, is:

The combination ofthe bars (b) with l the inclined or beveled slatsf`(o;) andinclined"` top A, and bottom B, as shown, so that the water has an easy access, and in its fall rst strikes the edges of the bars (b) andfthus i avoids the washing outvofthe quicksilver, "j l" f Lucius EDDLEBLUTE; l

as set fort-h.

t IVitnesses: n

JOHN FUMETOR, C. BONNER.