Tower agitation system

Claim 1

IN AN ORE-PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A CLOSED GASCIRCUIT INCLUDING MEANS FOR THE CIRCULATION OF GAS THERETHROUGH AND SOLUTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING MEANS FOR THE CIRCULATION OF LIQUIDS THERETHROUGH, AN AGITATION BATTERY COMMON TO BOTH SAID CIRCUITS FOR THE CONDITIONING OF ORE THROUGH EXPOSURE AND REACTION TO FLOW IN SAID GAS CIRCUIT, SAID BATTERY COMPRISING A SUCCESSION OF LIKE, CLOSED, VERTICALLY-ELONGATED TOWERS CONNUMICATING AT THEIR UPPER ENDS THROUGH A COMOMM MANIFOLD WITH THE OUTFLOW PHASE OF SAID GAS CIRCUIT, A TUBULAR COLUMN WHOLLY WITHIN AND LONGITUDINALLY OF EACH SAID TOWER EFFECTIVE TO AGITATE THE TOWER CONTENTS IN REACTION TO INPUT OF FLUID PRESSURE AT ITS LOWER END, A CONDUIT SPACEDLY PARALLELLING EACH SAID COLUMN INTERIORLY OF THE ASSOCIATED TOWER AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF TO DELIVER WITHIN THE NEXT SUCCEEDING TOWER FOR TRANSFER OF TOWER CONTENTS IN REACTION TO INPUT OF FLUID PRESSURE AT ITS LOWER END, THE SAID CONDUIT OF THE TOWER TERMINATING THE BATTERY DELIVERING TO PROCESSING ELEMENTS OF THE SOLUTION CIRCUIT, A GAS RETURN PHASE LINE, NOZZLES THROUGH THE BASES OF SAID TOWERS SERVED BY SAID GAS RETURN LINE AND DISPOSED FOR DELIVERY WITHIN LOWER ENDS OF SAID COLUMNS AND CONDUITS, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY REGULATING THE GAS INPUT THROUGH SAID NOZZLES, A SOLUTION CIRCUIT RETURN PHASE LINE SERVING THE TOWER FIRST IN THE BATTERY SUCCESSION, AND ORE-FEEDING MEANS SERVING SAID LATTER TOWER.