Article September 17, 1910 Issue

LESSONS FROM A QUARTZ-MILL

GEORGE C. FRANKLIN, M.E.

In the work of extracting gold from ore through the milling process, the writer's thought has frequently been directed into higher channels. To those familiar with the process, it is known that the percentage of saving depends upon the condition of the copper plate over which the finely ground ore pulp passes,—in its receptivity,—and the main thing with the successful operator is to maintain cleanliness, and to take care that the plates shall not become hard and non-receptive. In order to maintain these conditions, constant watchfulness is necessary, for should the plate become fouled it will catch little or no gold until it has been thoroughly cleansed. This at times requires laborious scouring with a soft piece of wood, great care being taken not to scratch or injure the plate, nor to lose any particle of the gold which has adhered to it. A plate gains in value the longer it is used, that is, the more gold it has caught, the greater percentage of the precious metal will it separate from the pulp. A perfectly new bright plate, lying beside one that has been run for months, will not catch so large an amount of gold, though at first it will appear to have caught more; but the sooner the copper is covered with the gold amalgam, the sooner will the highest percentage of saving be accomplished.

Mrs. Eddy has written on page 174 of Science and Health, "Truth is revealed. It needs only to be practised." Again, on page 355 of "Miscellaneous Writings," she says, "Learn what in thine own mentality is unlike 'the anointed,' and cast it out." Jesus said: "The truth shall make you free." The person who manifests the most harmony and the most freedom from error will be the one who most clearly understands Truth. Just as the plate which is freest from dross catches the most gold, so will the thought that is freest from impurity receive the most truth. Again, as the gold is equally distributed for all the plates, so the truth is equally available for each individual, and we shall receive in abundance if our thought is freed from materiality, and we are careful not to allow any spots of criticism, self-love, resentment, pride, mental laziness, or inaccuracy to make us non-receptive. When a spot of grease appears on a plate, if the operator is watchful and removes it at once, no loss occurs, and the plate receives no harm.

Man is not a creator, but he is a recipient of all good in the proportion that he reflects love, gentleness, and brotherly kindness. God is no respecter of persons, and whenever we are tempted to think that some one else has been given more than we ourselves have, it is well to examine our own mentality, and see that nothing unclean has been allowed to remain in our thought. Then we shall realize that the supply of all good is constantly flowing around us, and that it is only when the sense of self becomes more in evidence than the gold that we fail to receive.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

SIGNS OF THE TIMES