Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde

Minerals Separation v. Hyde

Argued October 27, 3031, November 1, 1916
Decided December 11, 1916
Full case name Minerals Separation, Limited, and Minerals Separation American Syndicate, Limited, v. James M. Hyde
Citations

242 U.S. 261 (more)

37 S. Ct. 82; 61 L. Ed. 286; 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1517
Court membership
Case opinions
Majority Clarke, joined by unanimous

Minerals Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261 (1916), is a United States Supreme Court case.

Background

Minerals Separation, Limited obtained U.S. Patent No. 835,120, issued on November 6, 1906, to Henry Livingston Sulman, Hugh Fitzalis Kirkpatrick-Picard and John Ballot. As stated in the specification of the patent, the claimed discovery related "to improvements in the process for the concentration of ores, the object being to separate metalliferous matter from gangue by means of oils, fatty acids, or other substances which have a preferential affinity for such metalliferous matter over gangue."

Prior to the discovery, it was well known that oil and oily substances had a selective affinity or attraction for, and would unite mechanically with, the minute particles of metal and metallic compounds found in crushed or powdered ores, but would not so unite with the quartz, or rocky nonmetallic material, called "gangue". It was also well known that this selective property of oils and oily substances was increased when applied tos ome ores by the addition of a small amount of acid to the ore and water used in process of concentration.

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