Since having, engaed, in the management at Ogoya mine, in order to rationaige the management of the whole mine, which had been bitterly destroyed in and after the war time, the aurthor planned the following items:
1. To explore the undiscovered and undeveloped orebodlis.
2. To increase the efficiency of narrow-vein mining, and to prevent the country-rocks from intermingling to the useful minerals.
3. The mechanization of ore transportation.
4. To adopt. the heavy-media separation, and to recover the useful minerals.
5. To efficient smelting plant operation due to the high ratio concentration of the finol product of the dressing plant.
6. To assemble and simplify the operating plants and to make the. superintendence efficient.
These plants are now proceeding on their ways, especially among of them the fourth item was become necessary to realize as fast as possible and finally, it was accomplished in spite of many bad conditions.
Consequently, on account of the accomplishment of the heavy-media separation, the previous 10% copper concentrate, and 93% recovery of copper were elevated to 14% copper concentrate, and moreover the adoption of the differential flotation made the grade of copper concentrate to 18% and recovery of copper to 91%, and it made possible the separation of pyrite concentrate containing 45 to-47% sulphur.
To recover the zinc, we are now investigating its process. If this study may result in good success, the grade of copper concentrate will increase to 25%, and to recover pyrite and zincblende which. has been considered impossible will be economical and contribute so much to the rehabilitation of the mine.
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