NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 5, 108.

lOOHV ITATIIT COT-Orr noxvi. fSm witkMt anf cxpeiMe. Tm Mraitfit wipaet- ing tke 6iigiM«r Iks C«i^ sddnv iMm, 117 Thie engiiM is eonatraeted i> ssosi#mi| with uipeiples libertj itrMt, New York City. The San Franclsrx) TTnies calls attention to a new polishing thstbafekesB {wored so«ai hf is Bobstance wUdi has recently been introduced, and which is he M esMpIste ss uyeagiM ttowhi MS. EiiiibisM|E said by those, competent to judge, to be superior to anything is Bscesssiy in p^nt of eeoaomy, siapfieiiy, bssaty sad previoariy known. It says : This substance is found near the dBMkility; and embmoiog all these points, H is ekimsd to be ocean beiwh, jnit beyond the Ocean Douse, and within the far ahead of all other eot-off engines. The great advaat^ ’ Lois, a town on the Rhine, near Oodesbevg, is a minnig town ci^ limits. It is a white bard rock, which being ground and this eogine has over all others is that the steam enters, the with a htotory running back a thousand years. This town has cylinder at boiler peeasore, not being throttled or "wire¬ been for the last taro oentaries the center of the eof^r, lead, iDg power. The discoverer is Charles E. Merrill, well known drawn," as in other engines, where a governor valve is em¬ and blende trade of the district; and abont a mile up the val¬ thronghpnt the State as President of the Settlers’ Aisocm- ployed, bat entariog the boiler preesare at the greates point ley stands the old smelUng works in which Herr Bhodiue, the tion. He has spent some time in experimenting upon it, and of economy. The eot-off is variable, taking its steam accord¬ father of the present proprietor, invented and patented the now produces a powder whidi, for cleansing paint, plaster, glass, ing to the level reqnired, giving no more than is actnally “ wet process ” for the redaction of poor copper by means of furniture, and for polishing tin, brass, silver plate, machinery, needed and taking no more than is necessary to drive the load, snlpharieand muriatic acids, which, although known to many, marble, etc., is highly recommei^ed. It bos been introduceil thus giving a nniforra speed and wasting nothing. might be mneh more generally and succesefully practiced else¬ in the anuy and navy, steamers,* etc., and has everywhere given There is no power lost in moving the valves; and, nnlike all where, as by it ores containing 1 per oent are profitably work¬ great satisfaction. The supply of the mineral is practically in¬ other valves, the pressore is on the valve-seat, not on the ed in Rhineland, the Hartz Ikumtains, and elsewhere in Ger¬ exhaustible, and the proximity of the mine to market makes valve. The valves are warranted to out-last any other part many. The process may be briefly described as follows : the cost of prodnction very light. When it is ’fairly intro-

LOOKIB’ PATSirT CUT-OFF EHOniE.-Fig. L

of the engine, and to remain tight without causing trouble. i The poor sulphides and the poor oxides, only are worked by j dnced, the demand, not only here, but in the East and in Eu¬ Being perfectly balanced they require no more force to move the wet or acid processes, the richer ores are all smelted by rope, must be very large, as it is superior for many purposes them when a pressure of 90 lbs. is upon them than when the old process. First the poor sulphides, from } to 3^ per to anything previously known. Mr. Merrill also uses this sub¬ without any pressure, they being surrounded by steam. *1710 cent., are roasted in a cupola furnace, about ten by three feet, stance as a base for a liquid silver plating, by which a coating steam valves are opened instantly at the proper time, and charged with alternate layers of ore and fuel, and when drawn of pure silver can be readily applied to any article by means at the proper time close as quick as thought, 'fhe length of from the bottom and freed from sulphur are crushed, thrown of a brush or cloth. time they remain open is determined by the governor, thus into a mason-work basin, about twenty feet long by five feet allowing the steam to flow in from the boiler and follow the deep, having a false bottom of horizontal layers of basalt, sup¬ ITew Mines. piston one inch, and instantly cut-off; or, if the amount of ported by basalt pillars, about one foot high. Blende, slightly work the engine is doing requires steam to follow the whole roasted and crashed, is placed on the hearth of a retort furnace, Of the new discoveries of gold mines within the borders of length of the cylinder it will do so. and raised to a high heat; air is forced into the retort to fur¬ Colorado, the Omaha Republican says : “ These discoveries Fig. 2. represents the Loomis Patent Balanced Valve Vari¬ nish oxygen to convert the sulphur in the blende into sulphur- are situated about forty miles eoutWeat of I.araniie City, able Cut-off This Cut-off is intended to attach to the ordi¬ ouH acid gas; this, passing through the chimney, enters the near the North Park, in the bed of a stream nearly as large nary Engine ; that is to Engines that are not built as Vari- vats beneath the crashed ore, mixed on its way with steam from as the Laramie river at Inramie and called Last Chance able Cut-off Engines, bnt ore controlled by the Governor V'alve. a boiler, and passing through the apparatus between the hor-! Creek. Ten miles of the ground have been prospected, more Henson’s Patent Centrifugal Governor is used in sU ol these izontal basalt, penetrates the mass of crushed ore, and coming or less, and all of it shows good. Four miles of this pros¬ Cnt-offs; having the advantage of producing no friction, and in contact with the oxides of copper and other metals formed pected tract are known to be paying. Aboqt two f et of being the best and most sensitive Governor in use. This Cut¬ from the sulphides by roasting, the oxygen is absorbed and " strippings,’’ caused by beaver-dams, has to be passed through off is a perfect controller of the Engine, varying the stroke of soluble sulphates are produced, and fall in solution to the bot-' first. This is very easily disposed of, and then commences steam according to the amount of the work performed, and is | tom of the vats. From this the fluid is pumped whilst hot the pay work. The bed-rock has not yet been reached, but it warranted to save twenty-five (25) per cent, of fuel on any | into wooden tanks built firmly in clay, containing scrap and is estimated that there is at least six feet of pay dirt above engine to which it is attached. It is very simple in its con¬ cast iron, and the copper precipitated as cement copper con¬ it. In the tract now worked, the yield is from one to ten struction—can be easily attached to any engine in a few hours, taining 35 to 40 per cent, of metal, the iron going into solution cents to the pan by green hands. As high as eleven cents thus enabling parties now using engines to bring them nearly in its stead. The zinc blende left in the retorts is utilized ; has been taken out. The prospects for paying (|uarlz are up to the standard of the best Cut-off Engines. If after a fair the liquor remaining is concentrated by being passed into shal¬ also very good —fully equal to theciuartz min<;8 of Colorado.’’ trial the Cut-off should be found not to come up to descrip¬ low receivers, and crystallized sulphate of iron (copperas) ob¬ Reports of new discoveries are universally e.vaggerated. Wo tion, it can be removed, and the engine placed as it was be- tained. 'The mother liquor has a still further nse.^Sri. Prmt. ; hope it may not be se ihis timet

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• V ■ 141 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING. [Septevber 5, 1S68.

exptllwl from the circamferer.ee by from three to eix curved : well remembered by Califomians of that day, I bad hot little partial i couddence in the preflenl or future pronpecta of Vermillion, e*- ' . ,>1. , 1 ' peclally as gold-producing mines. Upon my ;itrival, however, I At (jrand Jloma,nenr Mons, the diameter of the outer ends j was agreeably snt^irised at finding numerous quartz veins well IwBiTxaii roa the aiiebicax jocmcal of xikixo.] of the vanes was four feet eight inches ; of the inner, and of defined, which could be easily traced for miles, well arranged in OW THE VENTIIiATION OP COAI> MINES.—NO. VII. U.. .p,,!,,. for th, ,„.„„c.oC tb. i.ch»,

BY J. W. HARDEM, ¥. E. 'I'he vanes, which were three in number, formed an angle of la , untform thickneas as far could be traced,and Invariably inereasing degrees with the inner circle, atd ended as tangents to the in thickness at every dip or descent. I also found the veins more LETORET’s INn.TNED VANE FAN. , . , __ . i- I ,1 ■_• ]„ j numerons than I had ever seen them in the richest mining dis- outer circumference. ITie axis was vertical, the upper si tricts, but all differing in appearance, somewhat, from any I had This fan his fonr flat vanes fixed at an angle of from 110° closed by a disk, the centre of the lower side was opened to seen, and still to me. gave the impression that the ores were rich to 130°, to radial arms. The air enters on each side at the the shaft, and a ring or collar of sheet iron, five inches in in minerals, the prcctseprecise mnature of which, of course, I was unable K ... i.„a i ‘®to determine,d' *^'-mine, there l.emglieing no fiee gold visible even With the aid centre, and passes out either at one square aperture, or the depth, dipped into water to prevent loss of air. of the most powerful glasses. I determined to make as careful whole circumference is left open. At .')70 revolutions per minute .'>,870 cubic feet of air were | and examination of the differeut veins as my judgment would At Grand Veine, at Klouge near Mons, the outside diame¬ exhausted at 0.86 of an inch water cange, and 0.78 of ahorse Permit availing myself m much as possible of the benefits of Col. .•1. J . H i iindall s process, of which I bad heard a great deal, by witness- ter of the vanes is 9 feet 2 inches, the inner and the circular power was ntilized ; 4 96 horse power was transmitted to the i jjjg jjj, operations, the Colonel affording every facility, and mak- aperture for the entrance of the air 4 feet 6 inches ; the in-j fan. The ratio, therefore, of nseful effect was 1C per centi.' ing every explanation I required, in order to satisfy myself, clination of vanes to radius 120®; the vanes arc 3 feet 3 [With an improved fan of this kind, and with apertures on ' (hough noinot pecuniariypecnniarly inu?rwieuinterested (except in common wiinwith iricthe , .. ... * . people of the northwest.) not expecting to be called upon pub inches high, and .3 feet 11 inches wide. The motion is given I twfiieach side,ai.ia asna muchmnnii asna 26oc. or even 29oo perr>£>r cent,/>oni ofr.f usefuliiapful eflectI'HVbct. ji fjciyl;„i.. to- exniess any opinioa-— in.•—i-,.— relation thereto...—i I visited sever-- by a strap which mnltiplies four times. The horizontal cylin¬ has lieen obtained by Monsieur Glepin. With 516 revolu-1 nl veins raid to contain silver and gold. Among others I exam- der is 12} inches in diameter, the stroke 2 feet 4 an inch, and uon., *400 fc,i „r.i,obu,in,Ki at. or.g of0.*. of, i"4?Lyr7SoSu';u'.'?rM& the steam is ent off at 4-.5 of the stroke. The downcast pit is an inch water gange. Ryerson, Martin Ryersou, Charles 11. Oakes. R. H. Foss, and other 308 yards deep, and 9 feet in diameter ; the upcast (ladder) Of the comparative economy of the fonr kinds of fane, said , veins belonging to the Vermillion Lake Mineral Land Company, . »• T t. < 1,1.' • ...... r „ ’>' Chicago, on Ely Island. I also examined quartz from numer- pit is 279 yards deep and •’> feet 9 inches diameter. There to be those most m use, M. Jocham s, “Engineer of mines, are two main splits of air, and four minor; the total length of gives the following abstract: trict, (ores ftom the latter having a still richer appearance.) and all the splits is 1,083 yards ; average section 30 square feet. Cost of first establishment, not including the boilers, Fabry’s, as I hare before staled, the metals arc completely concealed, and had it not been for the information afforded me by Col. Tindall’s The two seams worked are 30, inches and 48 inches thick. 81,896; I.etoret’8, $1,260 ; rnsquet’s, $975; Motte's, $832. proces-s, by witnessing ils operation and seeing (he results, should The quantity of air extracted was 14,.3r)0 cubic feet, at 1 6-10 (Quantity of air extracted in cubic feet per minute; Fabry, I still have remained in ignorance na to any certain valne the mines , possessed. On account of tbe giving out of the furnace, with inches water gauge, at 240 revolutions of the fan. 'I'he nseful 19,7.58; I^toret, 13,.540; Pasqnet, 16,f»02; Motte, 10,9.32. 1 which (he Colonel was operatingi myself as well as others, did effect was 28 per cent. Motive power transmitted to ventilator in horse power: not have as fnll and satisfactory opportunities of witnessing tbe When one of the galleries was closed the fan made 228 Fabry, 10.37; liO'oret, 11.37; Pasqnet, 9..56; Motte, 6..50. workings of Ids process in all the different veins as was desired. ' The New York Gold Mining company had quartz on hand (be- revolutions, the air exhausted was 7,6.50 cubic feet per min¬ Useful cATect obtained in horse power : Fabry, 6.22; Letoret, I lieved to be very rich,) from Scott Island shaft, seventy-two feet ute, at 2 inches water gange the useful effect was 2.46 horse 3.58; Pasqnet, 3.52; Motte, 1.65. Proportion of useful I deep, which tbe (Jolonel could not work, and some wore very power, the moving force 12.18 horse iiower, the useful effect etfect to power transmitted: Fabry,0.60; Letoret, 0.32 ; Pas- : anxioiLs to see the rock from the Tindall vein on Minnesota Point tested, as it was tbe impression that t’ueore also contained a very 20 per cent. I quot, 0.37; Motte,. 0.25. Coal consumed per horse power per, metaU-but enough was ascascertained In the first trial here, we have 12.18 horse power expended ibry, 12.2 ; lietoret, 12.87 ; Pasqnet, 15.9 ; from actual observation to satisfy all, that with Col. TinTindall’s or in lifting 14,350 cubic feet of air per minute, with a drag of Motte, 17.4. Coal consumed per horse power utilized .<.a similar. . .procos.**,. - ihe, . .niiues . - of Vermillion-.. are second, to. none„ .. r- u oi r T - - ion 1. i 4-1 -o/• i •“ pumt ol value, which have yet bccn di c 116-eil, especially u 1.6 inches of waterguage or 8.32 lbs. per foot, which, at M. Fabry, .l..i; I.^toret, 4.3.9 ; 1 asqnet, 4i).l ; Motte, i3.6. ^ })y the old process, (5ol. Tindall’s process appears to Jochams’ average of 12.08 lbs. of coal per horse power per Depression of water gnage in inches : Fabry, 1.96 ; lietoret,' be very .simple, and is, no doubt, a wonderful invention, as much bonr, gives 5,900 feet of air per minute, per pound. 1.65; Pasemet, 1.37; Motte. 0.94. Cost of working per I i" anything else. One of his furnac^. ca- * ri/Ti T-u »iooT * I pable of desulphurizing two tons of ore m twenty four hours. In the second, we have 7,650 feet of air per minute lifted horse power of useful effect per year, Fabry, $1.32; Letoret, will not cost to exceed $200. The chemicals which h« use.s I am with a drag of 10.40 lbs. per foot, or 3,144 feet of air per $282; Pasqnet, $293; Motte, $287. Maximum quantity of told are not expeasive, costing not over $1 per ton of ore. The rock, afler being pulverized, is put into tbe furnace and subject¬ ponnd of coal. air extract^ in cubic feet: Fabry, 25,590; liCtorct, 26,256, ed to intense heat; while the baser metals are being carried off, This machine has worked up to 2 32 inches water gnage. —not extracting from the mine—Pasqjet, 21,982; Motte, tbe precious metals, by IbeiLse of bis chemicals, are held in chlo¬ The ventilator, engine, boiler and building cost $1,400. 15..397. ride, afler which the contents of tbe furnace is drawn off into a vat prepared with tbe chemicals, which brings the chloride into pisqi’et's spiral ventilator From the foregoing, it is seen that Fabry’s machine stands a metallic stati*, so thoroughly desulphurized, that the quicksil¬ consists of a screw with six threads of sheet iron wrapped out best. Of it M. Jachams gives experiments made on five ver will readily gather it up. It is tlien put into the amalgama¬ round a cylinder 5 feet 7 inches in diameter, which is closed separate machines, the mean results of which are as follows : tor, and then follows the u.sual method of separating tbe amalgam from the metals, etc. Small parcels of quartz from three to 300 by a disk. The external diameter of the spirals is 8 feet 2 Cubic feet of air per minute extracted, 16,267 ; the highest pounds were tested and separately ascertained the amount each inches; the breadth of each thread or vane is, therefore, 151 quantity being 20,330, the lowest 8,912. Water guage, in ^ parcel contained of gold or silver, and invariably the farther the inches in the direction of the radios. >^h vane passes one- inches, 2.26. Power transmitted to ventilation, 8.87 horse rock was taken from below Ibe surface, the richer the vein, the veins always increasing in thickness as they go down. The fol¬ sixth round the circle, and the amount of pitch, or breadth of power, proportion of nseful eff'ect to power expended 58 per lowing are a few tests made by Ckd. Tindall while we were ventilator, in the direction of the radius, is 8 inches. Each cent. > ^Coal consumed per horse power e.xpended, 12 08 lbs.; there and I believe maybe ooasidered about an average yield of (be principal veins when suitable machinery and experienced aperture is 8 inches by 151 inches, and the sum of the apor- ditto per horse power ntilized 21.17 lbs. 'fhe machines were miners shall have been employed in working them : tnres for the escape of the air 5.16 square feet in area. Tbe new, and fitted up in the best manner with horizontal cylin- diameter of the cylinder of the steam engine is 121 inches; deti and direct action. Minnesota Gold Mining company’.s vein on Minnesota Point, shaft 52 feet deep, produced, per ton, in bul¬ the stroke, two feet. By wheel gearing, the velocity is ronlti- Of oscfnl effect to transmitted power, M. Ponson gives ex¬ lion.:. $100 00 jLed 6.6 times. amples of SIX machines. Fabry’s, 53 per cent.; Pasqaet’8,26; Empire I^ode, Pine Island, per ton in gold and silver. 86 00 At Moulin a Vent Pit, Iaa Reunion Colliery, at Montigny- Lesoinnes’ Windmill pan, 24; Letoret’s, 24 ; Motte's .Screw, Banta Vein, Minne.sota Point. 58 00 Watertown Go’s Vein, New District. 89 20 Bor-Sambre, the downcast pit is 68 square feet in area, the 19 ; Combes’ carved vaned Fan, 15; while M. Glepin gives Chicago Go’s G. B. Ryerson Vein, Ely’s Island. 56 23 upcast 26 square feet in area, and the depth of each is 317 to Combes’ 28 per cent.; Motte’s, 22 ; Letoret’s, 18 ; Pas- One of the New York Go’s veins on Ely’s Island. 212 40 Chicago Go’s R. H. Foss Vein, Ely’s Island, principally yards. There are three main splits, two of which are again ((aet's, 16. gold. 243 60 subdivided. I'he total length of all the splits is 1 346 yards, M. Ponson gives the cost of working, per horse power, per Bnckeye Lode, Pine Island, gold . . 126 66 and the average area 25 square feet. When the steam in the year: Fabry’s, $100; liCsoinne’s, $800; Pasquet’s, $215; Capt. Mullen’s claim. New District, three lbs, (probably 8«*lecled.) in bullion, 2 pwks. and 3 grs. boiler was at 31 pounds, and the engine making .50 strokes, Motte’s, $680; Combes’, 630. the spiral 3.30 revolutions per minute, the water gange indi¬ It was the intention to have tested other veins of the New York, Chicago and other companies, but his furnaces gave out, much cating 1.8 inches,* the quantity of air was 12.720 cubic feet; to the annoyance of all concerned, and especially to the (jolonel the work utilized 3.(i0 horse power; the work communicated pining fnwinnrg. himself, as he informed me that there were some veins not worked to the axis of the machine 10.87 horse jiower; the ratio, which be desired most to lest The machinery used for making OOI_iID SILiVESn. these tests was a three-stamp mill belonging to the New York therefore, of useful effect to power was 3.3 per cent. When no company, and Ihe only mill at Vermillion. The stamps are light air was allowed to pass through the ventilator, with a pressure Minnesota. but good, the dies poorly set, and tbe foundatiou bad—only 500 or GDU p >unds of rock can be crushed per day. The amalgama¬ of 32 pounds in the boiler, there was 306 revolutions per min THE VKRM1U.ION MI\E.S. tors weie fair, but taken altogether could not, in its present con- ute and the exhaustion upon the air measured by 2 4 inches Col. Wm. H. Nobles has ju.sl made a report to the Chamber of di'if'n be consiibTed good machinery for even testing ores. I am water guoge. The liest effect is with about one inch of water Coinmeice of the city of St. Paul, Minn., on the prospects of the I infonu.Nl (hat a 3-Ktaiiip mill, to be run by water, will be set in mo¬ tion at Vennillioii this fall, expressly lor the purpose of making gauge. With this machine, in the instance given, we obtain Vermillion Mining Dis'rict, Col. Tindall’s proeess, etc., etc., which appears in the form of quite a lengthy article in Ihe l.uke further tests, for Ihe accommodation of all. 1 am also informed that 5,861 feet of air per minute, per pound of coal consumed, with .■'uperlor Gazette. We give below the gist of what he says in re¬ some of tbe companies intend gettieg machinery tor working the a drag of 9.3(! pounds per foot. gard to the District. To say that we have full faith in what the mines on a largtw scale, as far as tbe bead of Lake Superior, this report says in refeience to the gold yield of the oiea when work¬ summer, so as to get it into the mines early in the winter. Gulch I.ESOIXNR's WI.NDMILL VE.NTILATOR, ed by the new process would lie far from Ihe truth. In looking or placer digging has not yet been discovered, although tbe similar in construction to Binun's Anemometer, was first built > ovei 'wbst is coiiinmnicateil in tbe report we find there ver^ safe | “ color ” (as it is called) has been found in some places. Gapl. expressions, which, a( bottom, imply a serious doubt. “ It is be¬ G. B. Ryerson. ofGhicago, an old miner, has succeeded in finding on a large scale in 1845. lieved, or said, or :l is my opinion, etc., etc.,” in altogether loo fre¬ the “ color” on Ely Island, but, from the nature of the ores gen¬ At the Grant Bac Colliery, near Liege, the ventilator is 8 quent use. A little more of the po.-itive, the definite would erally, I am of (be opinion that gulch metals will not be found in any very great quantiUes : (in this, however, 1 would be very feet 8 inches in diameter, and 9 inches wide in the direction leave a much better impression upon the mind of the reader. And ^ . , , .. ..then, again, how is it that Gol. Tindalls wonderful process brings much please*! to he misUiken.) It will, therefore, require a of the axis. hineat on s angles for tbe direction of the sails of I pivcioiis metal to an amount varying from $56 23 to good deal of capital to work the mines. The ores are hard, and, windmills have been adopted, and the vanes at the circumfer¬ $243 60 per ton of surface rock, when we learn from the tiles of in my opinion, will be somewhat expensive to work, no doubt the JocKXAL OF Mixixo that the average of a large number of of¬ mere so lhan quariz generally, and will require the best ma¬ ence are inclined at an angle of seven degrees to the diameter, ficial assays of surface ore gave an'average of silver and gold chinery. I am of the opinion, however, that with Watson’s and near the centre at an ansle of 19®. It is set in motion both of only about $20 per ton. It the rock of all the veins enu Grusher and Pulverizer, or similar machiuery, the cost of crush- by a strap which multiplies four times. The steam engine has meraled is as nch as reported by Gol. Nobles, bow comes it that; iug, pulverizing, and extract'itg tbe metals cannot exceed $10 or be speaks ot stamp-mills going up expressly for tests. If tbe j $12 per ton. It does not follow, as proved conclusively by the a cylinder 71 inches in diameter, and a stroke of 221 inches. veins are as rich as he states, most assuredly mills for stamping, | working ot Goloael Tindall’s process, that because the precious 7 he downcast shaft is 273 yards deep, and 70 square feet aud works for extracting tbe metal sbonld go up on a larger | metals ate so concealed in sulphuret that not a particle of free scale, and that, too, at once. There has been from tbe beginning, | metal can be seen by tbe aid of powerful glasses—that sach ores area; the-upcast, 35 square feet in area. The average length with the exception of, perhaps, a few official notices, altogether, do not contain even a much larger Tamount of gold or silver of ihe air courses is 2,200 yards, and their area 30 square feet. too much of glitter and flash in the reports of these same Ver-' than much of the quartz in other mines where free metaU can be When the steam was at 30 pounds in the boiler, there were million mines. Jf more were done, and a good deal le*t were | easily seen by the naked eye, in fact tbe most profitable ores in taU, we might have a small amount, at least, of confidence in tbe | Vermillion will no doubt be found more completely concealed in 162 revolutions, the quantity of air 15,900 cubic feet per min ultimate success ot mining enterprises in that region of country. | the sulpburets, and I know no reason why such should not be ute, the water gauge one fifik of an inch. We can only wait with patience for the result, and hope that Ibe case in other mines with the same facilities for de.salpbarizing Another of these ventilators, of nearly the same dimensions, others will do tbe same, being careliil not to gel (bemsehes into the ores. ,Io much of the rock tesled at Vermillion it was not be- a position where they will bo obliged to subsist on simply *■ tests” j lieved that they contained much of value, and yet in some in- with 201 revolutions, gave 19,300 cubic feet per minntc, with and “ great expectations.”—[Ed. slanci s tbe Colonel himself has exhibited as much surprise as 0..52 of an inch water gauge, and the highest water gauge ever Tbe following is Ibe report: When starling from Paul, from | any one, as to Ihe results actually obiained Irom the diffwent obtained by Ijesoiime’s Ventilator is 0.56 of an inch. all 1 bad learned ot Ihe so-called Vermillion gold mines, aud from I kinds of ores ; even tbe mos!. experienced miuers (and especially having witness* d some of Ihe great excitements in Galifornia ] from the Western gold fields) would not be likely to understand combes' Cl'RVKD VANE FAN. and other places, occasioned by such new discoveries as “ Gold | the nalure of the formations and the different kinds of ores. 'The Tbe air enters cn one or both sides of tbe centrp, and u Bluff,” •* Gold Lake,” and Humboldt Bay,” in 1851 aud’52, so 1 white quartz, from what is callel tbe Buckeye vein, on Pine Septembers, 1868.] AMERICA! JODRHAl OF MIMINQ.I

Island, snpposed to boasnchutnj dUcorered at Vorralliion, bo oJx, two in California gnlch, and four in Granite, all of ance of good silver ore, freo gold is also plainly discernible, very ronrh resembles some of ^be richest gold-bearing veins of which will certainly be stamping out the gold from their rich Good wages have been made by working it in a hand mortar. A California and Nevada The other kinds ot ores containing gold free gold lodes. Should the lodes in both of these districts con- tunnel is now being run for the purpose of more advantageous and stiver maybe said to resemble the ores of Montana, but, tiniie to bear free gold, it will be so much the better for them, working. We are informed that it is uow somewhat over 50 feet taken as a whole, the general formation of differs widely front and for Colorado. But whether they do or not, enough free gold in length, and is soon expected to strike the ledge.The any of the mineral regions west of the Missouri river. The iron quartz is alrearly opened up to create a period of no little pras- Whiskey is doubtless a continuation of the Whiskey gnlch. and gray and cinnamon-colored qugriz, more resembling fine grardte perity. After the excitement dies away, and men become calm, like it inclines to the east. A substantially timbered perpendicr- in appearance, and which may be called granniateil quartz, is this region will enter on a steady and healthful development, and lar shaft has been pat down 86 feet, and at a depth ot 90 feet a believed to contain much more of the precious metals than any will. I believe, prove second to ro mining reeion in Colorado, drift will be run ea.stward to intersect the ledge, when stoping of similar appearance in any of the Western mining districts, and The lodes of Granite and California gulch will be found rich, will commence and large quantities of ore taken out. Anew It is believed will prove as profltable to woik as any of the ores mining prodtabie. and the yield of bullion inci ease year by year, whim has been erected and works admirably .At the Wood- ot Vermillion, notwithstanding the larger yield of other veins, abiding to the wealth and fame of onr fair Territory. Let (hose stock rich gold bearing quartz has again been struck iu the south There appears to be no doubt that while the veins increase in whose duty it will be to open these mines avoid the mistakes drifl, 110 feel from the surface A contract has been let for ruc- richness (be farther they are worked below I be surface, (hey will which other sections have made, and there need be no fear of any ning a drift 60 feet south from the bottom ot the north shaft, pay on the the surface, in fact all of the tests except one or two coming reactions or dullness. Capital should be used wisely and Work is also progre.ssing finely in the north drift. Smiths were made from rock entirely on the surface. econoniicaily. and labor intelligently directed, and then the mines arastra at Ruby is now running on the Woodstock ore. Color&do. *l'*"’ot*ftrate their own richness, and retuni stciuly profits to Mo.se Lyon and party have discovered a mammoth quartz ledge One of the editors of the Rocky Mountain iVeies is journeyinff owners. The section is an inviting one, and the times pro- three or four miles to the northeast of Wagontown. It is said to among the mines of the Arkansas Valiev and is writing IhereiTl Let both be taken advantage of, and there will be no be from twelve to eighteen feet wide,and traceable for two mile', in his paper. We clip from several of his letters the following in regard to Ihe mining wealth of the upper Arkan.aas val- They have christened it the “ Avalanche ” and have btonghtin items of mining new.s'^regrol'.ing that lack o( spare will not iior- ” .Central City Herald to the 25lh nit., some of the rock for the purpose of gettinr it assayed -- A mit ns to print them onlwe. Of some of (he prominent mines <‘•'11 Ibe following items of news: Col. Tannett intends put- contract has been let for sinking a shaft on the Baxter. A whim and mills of Park County the writer savs Twelve men. are thirty stamps into the mill building of the Rocky Mountain is being erected and work will commence immediately .P. now engaged prcpaiing tli? site for Mr. fappln’s ten-stamp mill c^^ni'any. ut Mountain City. Work has been commenced with Nicholson has completed his contract for sinking a shaft on ttie which is iry this time on the ground. If it will pay as Expected' *he view to their early Cfmple'.ion. The stamps will he kept Poorman. It is about three hundred feet north of the old hois'- twenty rooie stamps will be added immediately. Mr.*^!. w' ^*'6 company’s claim on the Bates. He will ing works, and is about one hundred and fifty feet deep, ^t is Smith, of (his place Is also erecting a ten-stamp mili there, taken "* “ '’ne of railway from the mouth of the sha'^ to ex- well timbered and a magnificent piece of work, twelve feet north

body’s attention. Dr. Harlan, for a Peimsylvanla company, is as^nisning, nui me mining interest is iieaiiny ano louse, «c. jn snort, >ir. waiionuge. me very en- running a twelve-stamp mill at Musquito. making it pay. Mr. The Ni-Wot oorapany is taking out pay, and are innning terprising superintendent, will soon have the worworking facilitiis Nelson Newliii is working an arastra or two at Buckskin, on on ore from the Columbia lode. 1 he Nelson lode is of thus mine arranged second to none on the Pacific:i(ia coast. In the tailings from- the milling..... of 1862_ making. . from. $150...... to $200^ . a Ivfkinnr ■workediTi'vtsLf A<1 by ihi: la'IEllingham I • n nn bovs. who 1,AnaaalaAalhave the ore crushed meantimeniAavatimaa oreAaaA isao beinglaAmaw takenInl^a.ra out,Anf andAaarl theAIia OwyheeIlnairHiXA mill continues week. Captain Bati s is running four arlstras at Buckskin, with the ^isl,man mill. Me.«rs. Toby'& ll^enson are also working to turn out bricks . . Extensive improvements Dave been

Old McCullouj^h properly* but bud to stop to rearrange ia some way. He hn doubtless lunnin^ Uj^ain by Ibis time. Miners are Graham.A. K. lUown is working the St. Louis lode on the de.^cended into the mine and found a large n imbor of men at at work on the Ten Kortv at Hnek^kln and the diaeoverv ofihAt Hill, back of the expres.s barn, lie is taking Out sur- work taking out ore—stoping and drifting both ways from the rich deposit of silver or^ ha.s largely'stiraiilated prospecting in or*- which yields 9 oz. 7 dwt. per cord, at (he Lexington main shaft whichis now down one hundred and eighty-two feet, the vicinity. It will be remembered the first great silver excite- It has a wide crevice and yields plenty of ore. I heindi- where the ledge is about two feet wide and a.s^iich as ever. Tte ment we erer hail W'ls in refeivnee In Onandarv Mniiiiinin nni '’ations m the bottom now show that iron Will soon be struck ID Upper binker mill 13 DOW running On Golden Chariot Ore, an l we far from Bnck.S nlviug tal Lr^ £««'«. 'P'antities . ...The properly recently sold by Mr. understand will continue to do so all summer ... .Messrs. Peck ores these latter years, perLps the con .try round Mt. Lincoln I’trnn to Mr. Bradley, is being developed by the latter gentle- & Porter are vigorously pushing forward work o,i (he second e:.- raighl again be proospected to kdvantage for silver”.Writing ’‘•'‘"'g "M'vo shaffo and otherwise improving tension of the Oro t mo. A shalt is being sunk on the ledge, of Granite district mention is made of the Treasury Mining he property, with a view fo raore foBy devefoping it. It is situa- which is from eigh een inch.*s to two feet in width, and yields a Company, of Boston. The writer says : “ This organization wivs ‘!'« north side of Russell, below the Topeka lode .... Mr. good quality ot milling ore. A tunnel has also Uen started and formed la.st winfor by Mr. W. B. Felton, its present efficient su- Walker s new 18 stanaper i.s completed and running on ore Irom is already in about forty Icet. It will lap the shaft at the .foptb of perintendent. The company own three thin^and fi*et on the the Gregory, for the Consolidafod Gregory company. Tbts com- ninety feet Quite a large amount ofyartz Ijasalreadyb^ Magenta, fifteen hundred feet on the Robert George, and fifteen Peregrine mill, 18 stamps, making a to- ken out and we hope that this mine will soon be adding its quota hundred feet on the Equator lode, making in all six thousand tal of 36 stamps, which are kept in inotion on ore from their mine, to the gold and silver product of Owyhee . .The Oro fico IVet ot properly. I know of no lodes which are raoie admirably This^ company’s new 100 stamp mill has arrived, and is being will soon be in proper shape for taking out heaps of ore. \ situated for nrofltable workirn The Maaenta and Robert erected on the site of Lyon’s old works, month of hour mile large shed hxs been temp wanly erected o. er the engine, winch KgoiuTpaSwUhe^^^^^ ... ..Smith A Schoenck have leased the King company s operate.3 finely, and saves a vast amount ^ The twenty feet apart. The E.(uafor cros.se8 the Magenta and the ‘ \ ' Dawley. which is one and the same vein at the Robert George, They now have engaged enoiigh ore to keep the mill in to the bullion shipment of \V. F.&Co .... The \\cbtoot mill hutitbas been taken up east and west from a certain pfont sfoady motion. .The Georgetown JM n*r of the 20lh ult., says: has been thoroughly repaired and put in good working order. A under two different namks. On the Magenta, at the point where We learn that Mr. Stewart’s smelting worlo we now ready tor large vat for saving tailings has been constructed at cpn^.dei- it crosses the E.,uator. Mr. Felton has sunk a shaft; now forty- business He has been running some lean lead ores for the pur- ab e expense and is a valuable improvement to the null, whica seven feet deep. At the depth of fifty feet he proposes to drift POse of fil ing his h^rtb, and is now ready to run ore in lots from will commence working Woodstock ore in a day or two .. each way on the E-iuator vein, each way on thk Ufagenta vein, ?"« a hundred ... Messrs Hueped^n, Walters & Go., Work rs slrll raprdly progressing on the Gfonbrook mine Me and running a cros-s cut to the Robert Gwrg«‘, drift each way on '^^7^ ‘ report, 1380 ounces of silver bullion noticed on the dump a large pile of good-looking ore which wi 1 that lode. Dp the one shaft, therefore, he will be raising ore coin value $1498 26. They have been delayed in retorting aird be worked in a lew days The Oro lino A Cohirabia Uci.- from the three lodes. Two hundred feet west, on the Magenta 'nc'bng, which has considerably lessened the amount. .solidaled Mining company have a notice in our paper of to-day. lode, Mr. Felton is sinking another shaft, which is now fitty-four Idaho. I Montana. feet deep, and one hundred and seventy-five feet beyond that is Increased evidence of prosperity is reported in the mines ad- afkaiks at AnoEST.v—new mine-s beixo ope ed and fchnacis a third shaft, now twentj feet deep, but not being worked. In jacent to Silver City in Oywhee district. Preparations are ac- erected—betitksixo PKasPEHiTY—coAi, .uixe.s. etc. 1.;. r..... ck.-rt., B.-.0 man 'Th.o l!- . -•_r__1__UI-L f._!_J .1__ \Ian^aa,. Uaa,. _....1_

September,” Of the doings of others in Ibis district the uated on a well-defttied belt of quartz, traceable about two mile.^ i from the Montana Post tells ot the progress of events very ia- writer says : “ Two mills have been completed this season in the Commencing at the Calaveras, on the mountain north of Flint j tclligibly ; •• Encouraged by the apparent snccers of .5Ir. Erier s district. Messrs. Hayden A Royal have a nine-stamper, run by gulch, a line runaing nearly south, takes in the Whiskey gulch, j experiment, 8ever.al persons have been employed during tlie past water power, and situated on the east bank of the river. Mes-srs. Whiskey mine, and passes a little to the east of the Allison, i two months in developing interests on two or three of the iic- Smith A Wallcy are putting up eight stamps on liOw Pass Creek, which is supposed to be on the same range. Owing to the simi- meroiis veins of silver heretotore discovered in tlie upper du- to be run by either wateror steam. Their mill building is 24x34, larity of name, Whiskey gulch and Whiskey, one is apt to be ! trict of the Rattlesnake mines. No doubt is entertained liere ( f and they expect to be in lunning order in about two weeks. It taken for tbe other, when in reality they are distinct and sc'parato the richness and durability ot those mines.The .St. Jose]ih is so airanged that more stamps can be put in at any time, and locations. Tbe Whiskey gulch was tbe first ledge discovered in -Mining Company have been at work on the Turcarora. The when completed the mill will be put at work on ore from the Owyhee—being struck iu July, 1863. The original discovery vein, which has the appearance of a pocket, has been followed to South American lode. Messrs. Morrison A Partridge's mill now consists of 800 feet, of which Geo. L. Story is principal owner, the depth of thirty-two feet, the mineral filling a crevice ahn.t stands on the Arkansas bank, but is to b'o moved next week on yir. Story is also superintendent of the mine, and will give it a eighteen feet in width, that portion ot it indicating a permaaent. to Low Pass Creek. They have a fifteen horse-power engine, tfioioiigb prospecting this summer. A tunnel has been run 275 vein, varying from eight to ten feet in width. .-Vboiit eighty and nine stamps put up. Six more stamps arc to be added to feet south on the ledge. A double shaft is being sunk 185 feet toas of ore have been taken from this excavation. appareoHy of the mill. A splendid nin was made by this mill recently on ore from the entrance of the tunnel, and is now down 115 feet, where superior quality. The company have commenc 'd the erecion from the Manhattan and Hattie Jane lodes. The first was trom the quartz is 30 inches wide, with favorable paying pro.spects. ol their furnace, on a beaulifni plateau, on the southeast side tf tbe Manhattan, five tons of which yielded $84, or at the rate ot Some of the richest and mo.3t beautiful gold specimens we have RattU'snake Creek, a mile and a half above Argenta. The work, $16 80 per ton ; but this is not to be compared with the run of jjcen were taken from ihis mine. In some places the ledge is five under the superintendence oi Mr. William Thompson, is pro- four tons of Hattie Jane ore, which yielaed $300, or $75 per and six feel wide. It runs nearly north and south,and dips con- grossing, and the furnace willbeready for smelting in si.x weeX '. ton. The maforial from both lodes was top quartz. The general siderably to the east. The west wall-rock or casing is smooth It will con.sist of one stack, with Iwo smolters and a cupel fo:- cour.se of all these lodc.s is northeast and southwe.st, and the and regular, the east much broken up and mixed with qua* tz. nace attached, fashioned after tho ftirnace erected by Mr. E^le^. width between the wall rocks is from three to five and a half jjosides being bisected by a number of spurs, several parallel Tbe works are under tbe management of that veteran niiiKi, leek Tbe vein ot ore at the various depths given is from one to quartz veins dip to the west, from which tact it is evident that I Maj. A. V. Broukie. Half a mile above tbe furnace of th* St. two and a half feet. I write only of the lodes named above, these spurs and veins will become identical with the Whiskey ' Joseph Company, on the same plateau, Mr. He.nry Wood, cf The only gulch mining being done in Granite District is by the gulch, and form one solid ledge.Mr.Shively has commence 1: Bannack, is erecting a smelting fiirnaee o;i a new princiole. Rocky Mountain Fluming Company, who are putting in a Uiime, work on the Boomerang mine, and besides prospecting it, he will | which, if successful, will supersede the means now craploved o now eight hundred feet long.” Telling of gulch mining on Cash take out ore for milling purposes. Tbe development of this mine reduce silver ore. A recent experiment made by him has demon- Creek, the same writer speaks of the Gaff Mining Co. He says : doubtless proves it to be one of the richest in Owyhee. It is lo- straled, at least, the practicability ot continued experiment, and This organization Is composed of a few capitalists of Cincinnati, cated on tbe north side of Wade’s gulch, in close proximity to the luruace be is now putting up will, if successful, be ol suU.- who some four years ago purchased a large number of gulch the Silver Cord, and is supposed to be on the same zoue of quartz cient capacity for all the purposes of ordinary sin dtiiig. By a and bank claims with ditches, water rights, etc., and began min- as the Poorman. A number of enU have been run across the i double draft the flumes are caased to unite over tho crucible ing on a large, and 1 am pleased to say a profltable scale. Be- ledge, and two sbalts sunk to a depth of about 12 feel, but no ' containing tbe oro, and the beat thus obtained, in the instance sides what they have marked out, they own 7,500 feet of the systematic work has hitherto been done on the mine. In some i alluded to, was sufficient to smelt not only the ore itself, but Ibe gulch, together with a large nnmbcr of bank claims. They be- places tbe quartz shows a width of from four to six feet. Some | entire structure. The fuel used will be the common green pme gan work this spring on tbe 7th of May, and were until June 27th, of the surface rock shown us was literally sprinkled with gold. 1 wood, and the quality required for a given purpose is incredibly eugaged in pulling their flume down lo Ihc bed-rock. Mining .Tbe Ida Elmore mine continues to keep the Lincoln mill; small. The difficulty which now p”es_ent8 itself, but which Mr. was then begun, and from that time until last Tuesday (Ang. 4.) in operation. Large amounts of bullion are turned out as usual, I Wood expects to overco'me, is in finding crucibles sufficiiTit to the date of their last clean-up, they have taken out a total of although the mine can be worked to greater advantage after tbe , withstand tbe beat. By an ingenious arrangement he will be able 307J ounces of fine dust. The mine is worked night and day, new hoisting works, now on the ground, shall have been in opera-! to desulphurize the ore preparatory to smelting. If this new k- and ten men are employed. Their flume is now 3,000 feet long. tion. We understand that the new works will be placed on the venlion succeeds it will ledure the expense of werkiog ore at Messrs. Bailey A Butchinsoa are the efficient superintendents.” discovery shaft of the Oro Fino, already connected by tunnel ■ least one-half. Greatconideuceisexpiessedinitsultimatesuc- Tbe writer conclndes his series of communications on tbe Arkan- with the New York and Ida Elmore. Being a dry location, cess by the old miners of the district. Mr. Andrew .Murray he s sas mining region with some general remarks oti its present and where but little snow remains on the ground, it is a much better purcuased the Eiler luruace, and interids hereafter to use ic for future prospects. He says: “ So far as the gfulch mines are con- place, especially tor winter, than where tbe present works are working several valuable lodes of bisovn. I saw at ibis fur- cerned, their richness is beyond dispute, as eight years have located. A tunnel has been started below tbe road west of the nace yesterday nine tons of inetal, the result of a run of fifty tested them. Many of the richest, such as California and Colora- Oro Fino, and will connect with tbe New York tunnel and thence tons of miscellaneous oies, which hid been smelled in eight days do gulches, will continue to pay for years, notwithstanding the directly with tbe Ida Elmore mine.Tbe Omega mine is sii- from the time of commencement. Ibis metal w 11 probably large amounts which have been already taken out. New gulches uated on the north side of Wade’s gnlch, above the Whiskey. A yield flfteeu or twenty pounds of silver lo the ton. The procers are being opened, and when water can be obtained, and prices shaft is now down 70 leet on the ledge, which at that depth j of cupellatfon, which will occupy a week, mo e or less, com- and wages come down, many more will also be worked. In shows a width ot about four feet between tbe casings. The vein 1 mences to-morrow. Warn ol raichinsry to make speedy Cash creek the Gaff company alone have property enough to is well defined, but considerably broken up and mixed with gra- preparation for cnpeBing, and the necessity for slow and icdioi s keep them working for twenty years at least. There are iarge nite. Richly paying gold and silver quartz ia toiiiid. The hard labor, rendeis this process, at present, tndy pivi expensive, amonuts ot laud here which will pay from $3 to $8 per day to owners have great confidence in the richness ol their mine, and but these uifficuUies will be overcome by the energy ol the the man, now laying idle, which in coming years will furnish are working night and day. The shaft will be sunk 30 feel smelters, and the positive encouragement they n w im etwilli. ptofitablc labor for the miner, and paying investment for the deeper, ma'riug 100 leet in all, at which depth it is thought the ’ Tbe woik on the Anaconda, unil.T the direction ot Mr. Colney, capitalist. Quartz mining is in its infancy, as the development granite between the casings will disappear and qiiariz lake ils has been pushed forward with energy. anJ th.: lode, at the m CalilMnia gi^lch and Granite dislriets are not yet a year old. place.. . .The Gould A White mine is situated on the mountain j depth of sixteen feet frem the surfat e, presents a vein of lour- Xwo ^nis are oif

Kremt rtcfanem. Tbis lode has been worked tbroogh a aurface Arizona. per has been exposed on tbe Evergreen Bluff vein, a mass of la.TfT of hard lime rook, flvc feet in IbickneM, for a distance of copper ia in sight, a porUon of tbe one cut off when operations L|Re Arizona advices state that heavy rains prevailed in that sixty feet down the hilldde to its present rertical descent into were stepped last year. Tbe force employed number nine miners tlie cartb. Tbc vein is seemingly peminneiit, and traceable for section. In tbe latter part of July, a waterspout occurred in Yuma county, doing great damage. Two freight trains were de¬ besides three boys.Tbe appearance of tbe Ogima mine is several hundred feet upon the surface. It has already swallowed good. A large amount of stamp rock is being constantly re¬ stroyed. Tm mail carrier between Lopez and Prescott lost bis ; np tbe discovery of one lode, and from present indications will moved, both from tbe old vein and tbe new. As depth is attained mails in the flood. Tbe lodians are committing depredations in monopolize several more. Tbe workmen have now reached a on the new vein, the copper grows heavier and richer, being the neighborhood of Wyckeoburg. point where the ore can be released with leas labor and expense, more confined. Perceptible work ’is being accomplished. Tbe and in reronneralivc qualities. They have taken out about Canada. stamps are kept employed only about half tbe time on account eiglity tons of select mineral, a portion of which will soon be THE SII.VEU MIXES OX TUC XORTH SHORE OF LAKE STPERIOR. of the small force employed, as the total number of miners is tested. They are uow engaged in securing their shaft. Work, only 26. for the present, is suspended on the StapUdun, but will soon be The Lake Superior (Micb.t Miner has a lengthy account of a | resumed. The rerent test at Ester's fnmace proves it to be one recent trip to the Canadian silver fields on Lake Superior, from i California. of the richest lodes in tbe district, and the vein, at the depth of which we make tbe following extracts relating to tbe mines. On | A telegram from San Francisco says that the copper mine lo one hundred feet, is five feet in thickness, and tbe ore of siij^rior tbe morning of August 5 tbe writer, with a party of gentlemen, | cated at Copimropolis. Calaveras county, was sold at sberifl’s quality. The company interest on the Legal Tender was re¬ proceeded steamer to Fort William. Continning, be says : sale in that city recently. Messrs. Gidden At Williams, of Boston, cently purchased by Messrs. Nowlan & Wi^ary. Mr. Esler is at “ Tbe following morning, notwithstanding tbe fresh breeze blow¬ were the purchasers, at $121,250. present engaged in developing the lode, It u well known that ing and beavv sea on, the majority of tbe party started down tbc ^ bay in a small boat to visit some of tbe silver mines, they being | n I vein in the didiict has affoideil ore equal tu it in richness. 3VCIS0Er-.3LiA3SrE80XJ 3. Many of the lode owners arc bopel'nl of being able to erect tiir- sitiiated, the W'ithers Mine four and a half miles below the fort,' naces within the next three mouths, but these enterprises, being and tbe current River Mine six miles below. But three and a | California. mostly of an individual character, or entertained by local com¬ half hoars were consumed in rowing down to McVickers Creek, i where we hauled our boat up and started for the mine, it being { An Amador county paper says : James Ruth has discovered a panies of small means, it is impossible to say how many of them vein of steatite (soapstone) on tbe ranch of Van Dasen,^ near may be realized. DeOciency of means is the great obstacle. Con¬ situated some three miles bark in Ibe woods. A road has been | cut so that the traveling was comparatively easy, it was gen- j Newtonville, of great purity, and in large quantity. The veins fidence in the mines, in the permanency, and in tbc means de- of soapstone in the mountains above, o-sually contain so much V isod for working them, is on tbc increase daily ; and no one is erally remarked that a better grade could not be found than was ; here given to Ibis company to build their road.” | iron as to be nearly nsele.ss for bnilding purposes. This vein is either anxious to sell or to interest Eastern capital ir. their devel¬ without iron, uniform in color, and of fine texture, and easily opment. ViTy little of that excitement, wbien affected oiir pw- THE SILVER MIXES. I worked. pV in 18G3 and 18G4, exists now. They look upon qiiar'z min- <‘Tbe Witheis Mine is a corporation regularly org.inized ami j i ig as a pursuit, and tu a fair percentage for constant toil and composed mostly of Americau gentlemen—men with capital and ! China. economy, as its highest reward. When prices fall, as they most, eneigy, who are desirous of proving the value of their property. [ MIXERAL DtseoVEBIES—GOLD, SILVER AND COAL. ,t'iis district will be developed by the people of the Teirltory, They hare already sunk a shaft beloa' tbe first lift—some seveniy I It is no longer a matter of doubt that the Ct lestial Empire is a id no thanks to outsideis. Two miles below tbe town several feel in all—and produced remarkably well in silver, as well as ' rich in precious and economic minerals. Tbe following clip¬ c fizens are now engaged in opening a coal bed. which promises in other minerals, iron. &c.. but tbe liberal (T) policy adopted by ' ping frail) the special correspondence column of one of onr city to be of good quality and consideiable extent. This, should it tbe Canadian Parliament was too much for them, and all works ' exchanges, shows tbe revelations that are now being made, and, p ove equal to expectation, will supersede the ebarcoal, and were stopped about the middle of May last. Since that time I at the same time, bints at developments that, under the anspicei greatly n*diice the expenses of smelting. Argenta is favored nothing has been done, as tbe company do not consider that they i of Ross Browne, Ex Mining-Commissioner and present Minister with everything in the country arcund it needful to render the can afford to pay into the Canadian lrca<>ury tbe large percentage 1 to China, arc more tlian likely to be brought about. Tbe report working of silver more economical than at any other point in of tbe yield that their law now requires.’’ [No royalty is now runs thus: “ For some lime past rumors have been gathering Montana. Good lire clay ami fire stone for furnace linings in exacted by the Canadian Government—Ed. Joi'rxal of Mixixo.] | thick, that gold and silver mines bava been discovered close lo ‘‘ Tbe Thunder Bay Mining Company are now working but one | abundance, iron rock and native litharge for fluxing, and the tbc open port of Chefoo, in tbe north of China, (latitude 37 de¬ li.>autirul Rattlesnake creek affording, every eighty rods of its de¬ mine, which is situated back from Current River some two miles. ■ grees 35 minutes 56 seconds norlb. and longitude 121 degrees scent from Bald Mountain, water power sufficient for all pur¬ They have here employed thirty miuers. under the superintend-; 22 minutes 33 seconds east.) Hitherto, except as a sanitarium poses. The niasmiflcent valley of the Beaverhead, chequered ency of Mr. McDonald, a native of Scotland, imported to take j during the hot summer months, Chefoo, ibe most salubrious of with abundant crops ot wheat, oats, potatoes, etc., and affording charge of t.hese mines. He has given the (iroperty he is now at! our open ports, has been hut litile visited. Its trade is not ex¬ food, both winter and summer, for countless herds of cattle, woik on Ibe name of Ben Cruaeban. in honor of a mountain in ' tensive, consisting chiefly of cereals, pnlse, tobacco, drags, &c,,tn. Scotland. Tbe results ot this mine have been of a most sue- I spreads away to the tront of the town for many miles, to the base getber with a peculiar description of silk oblainedfrom wild silk¬ iirthe mountains. Should tbe contemplated railroad friim the cesslul chaiacter, having shipped considerable silver in its native j worms, which feed on tbe leaves of ihe oak and other trees ; but Central Pacific to Oregon be consiructed, it will necessarily cross state last spring, although at present the vein is looking yoorly the staple articles of the trade in so far as Europeans are con¬ lie Bcaverheail valley within a few miles of the Argenta mines, and producing poorly. New machinery for tbe stamp mill has cerned, are beans and bean cake, for tbe shipment of which mer- and thus afford a cheap and expeditious transportation for the been purchased, and is now at Current River. This machinery chand'ise lo southern maikets Cbctbo is the piincipal port. Tb« is very similar to our stamping apparatus iLsed for stamping cop¬ mineral, in bulk or after reduction, to cither seaboard. Tbe citi¬ silver mine now discovered is situated but a very short distance zens cannot encourage any enterpi ise from which grater or more per. We discovered, on inquiry, that the regular price of labor from Chefoo, some fifteen miles or so, in a southwesterly direc¬ tor miners is $24 per month clear. This,it must be remembered, sptHMly advantagas will be derived. Its facilities will reach all tion ; tbe gold mine is about one hundred and twenty-five miles classes of our citizens, and tend to tbe rapid development of all is in gold. Counting exchange, price of board, &c.. it makes further in Ibe interior. Several foreigners have already visited wages about tb» same as on the south side of tbe lake. The our great and multiplied resources.”.A gentleman from this locality, and report favorably on tbe ease with which they opening made at Thunder Cape shows a fine vein of silver, and Silver .Star district says that the works of the .\urora Smelting I could be worked, if the Chinese would but sanction the under¬ may eventually prove to be one of the silver mine locations on and Mining company arc rapidly approaching completion, and I taking. Our canimunity here numbers several who have had will be reaidy in a few weeks to smelt ore from the Richards, the north shore, although it is contended by some that such a I experience in Calitornia mines, who are snorting like war-hoises, result cannot be expected, as length of vein is not to be had on ' 'liirtensbaw, and Gunn'ison lodes, located in the above district. impatient to be off there. They have despatched one of their Ibis eomparalively small tract of land. Relative to the silver in¬ Mr. Rompf will have charge of tbe furnace when completed.... number on a prospecting tour to report progress for them, and terests generally much has been said ; the praises of the Canada .Me. Rea, fn>m Pbillipsbiirgh. reports that tbe mill of tbe St Louis an advertisement in a local journal for five hundred picks and silver fields have been highly sounded ; or the actual merits we and Montana mining company, recently cleaned up $3,000 in shovels begins to look like business. Tbe latest news from tbe do not pretend to speak. Our inexperience relative to silver bullion, the result ot a run upon thirty Ions of rock from the locality is that upwards of ten thousand Chinese, impaiicnt of lodes does not permit us to condemu, because we could not see Hope lead. Three hundred tons of a similar quality is already lesiraint, have, on their own responsibility gone to work in (he tbe silver. It may b? there, and as long as those who are sup¬ on the ground, and will soon be crushed. Work upon the Rum- gold mines, and defied tbe authorities by threatening to turn reb¬ posed to know $'iy U is, and shipments of tbe valuable mineral ley &, Bugber ledge, bo says, is being actively prosecuted, and els. if they are interfered with. These mines will doubtless have been ^tade, we are willing to accept and adopt tbe theory rich returns from it arc expected as soon as tbc enisbing of its bring China and California into closer contact, and I fully expect that such fh tbe case, and thertdore have written accordingly. roek shall be commenced..Tbe Virginia City Democrat says to sec an army of your diggers revolutionizing this old empire. .Mr. Rudolph, of Ontonagon, has declared that the veins now that (be Posllewait’c mill, at tbc Summit, in a run of five days, I trust, however, they will not act too hastily, for to arrive here being woiked are champion lodes of the country and true silver- extracted 71 ounces of gold bullion, worth about $20 per ounce, before formal permission to work tbe mines has been accorded, bearing lodes. Gentlemen of tbc party were well satisfied. firoui tbc rock of the Keystone lode. would be little less than ruination. Those interested in tbe sub¬ This, tboretore, mnst be our authority for saying that eventually ject would do well to keep an eye this way. Next in importance, those regions must become great for mining.” Nevada. and in some respects of even greater importance than tbc gold The Comatock.—The total receipts of tbe Crown Point com¬ and silver mines I have allnded to above, come Ibe coal fields pany for July was $145,570 55, and disbursements $79,000, Up OOFFBFl- of China. To open these also to foreigners a desperate effort has to the 11th, the receips on August account amounted to $29,000. recently been made, resulting at pri'scnt, however, in nothing .The Virginia City Trespass, in its mining market review Michigan. liut failun*. The coal mines nearest to us are situated near Cliink- tor August 15. says of tbe Sarage mine and its slock : “ Savage The Portage l.ake Gazette puldishes the following prmliicLs for iaug, one of our open ports on the Yanglse river. These, the has been heavily dealt in at steadily declining rates, opening at July : Frank^lin mine, stamp, barrel and mass, 75 tons, 260 lbs.; Britisli Consul, Markliam, used liis best endeavors to induce the $127, dropping to $124 50, declining to $109 50, then to $106 50, Pewabic mine, stamp, barrel and mass. .57 tons, 536 lbs ; Sbel- Viceroy of Nankin to open at onoe, but nusnccessfiiUy. The im¬ and closing at $li0 50. The decline is attributed to the caving den Columbian mine, total, 23 tens. 069 lbs. The amount of rock portance of a coaling station so close to islianghac, tbc Liverpool of the third station, which occurred about the middle of last stamped in tbc Calumet mill from .August 1 to 12tb inclusive, was of the East, aad in the track of our magnificent fleet of steamers week, but was kept from the putdic until Tuesday last, when we 1986 tons, 1800 lbs., which produced of stamp mineral 65 tons, that navigate tbe Yangtsc, is most obvious; but the officials gave an account of it in the Trespass. On .Monday tbe stock 188 lbs. The July product including batrel copper, was 134 among whom we are doonieil to live will not grant us the slight¬ opened at $127, advanced to $129, and closed at $127_516 tons. 134 lbs. Tbe'HecIa product from August 1st to 15th inclu¬ est assistance. Consul Markham has been removed to Chefoo, shares changing bands ; which fact would seem to indicate that sive, was 98 tons. 1035 lbs., tbe yield of 2224 tons of rock when* he can transfer his attention from coal to gold and silver, the sellers of so largo a number of shares had been given to stamped. From the same paper, dated August 20, we learn as i and Chinkiang, as far as British interests rre concerned, has beeO understand that something was wrong, while tbe buyers were follows as regards tbe mines : Within the last three days two rediicedjtrom being Ihe seat of a full blownconsul to that of aD]off- pnifoundly ignorant of the disaster. On the day of our publica¬ more new veins have been cut in t’oe exploring trenches of the shoot of tbe .Shanghae Consulate, in special charge of a consnlar tion of the fact, only 149 shares changed hands, opening at $116, Isle Royal and Sbeldcn-Columbian. one on each property. That assistant cniy. No sooner bad the Chinkiang coal babbie burst, declining to $115, and closing at $114 50—a fall of $16 50 per on (he former is nearly two feet wide, and is said to show more than whisperings of noribern fields, ea^ of access fton Tientsin, share—an aggregate dccresse in the market value of tbe entire coarse copper than the one spoken of last week. It occurs be¬ tbe northernmost of onr open ports in Cnina proper, were waited nine of $264,000. The confirmation of our statement (which was tween good looking belts of amygadloid trap. 1'be one opened on to our willing ears. Steamer after steamer confirmed the glad believed by many to be * a sensation,' a disreputable article in the latUr property is a spar veia of from 14 to 16 inches in tidingo that not only was theie coal in plenty, bat that per¬ which we do not deal, touching any matters of public concern) width, but so decomposed in its outcrop that but little can be mission lo work the mines would, under certain conditions, be by the subsequent publication of the report of the superintend¬ said of it.The earnings over and above the cost of opera¬ accorded to foreigners. These hopes, like the others, proved fa¬ ent, sent the stock down to $109, and a fuller statement of tbe tions at the mine during the month of July were about $2,500. ille. Native experts are appointed by tbe Tsung li Yamnn, or touched at $106. It is now believed, however, that the giving With the present very low price of copper, it is particularly Foreign Office, to report on the feasibiliU of making a goml cart condition of the cave was given by ns on Thursday, when the stock gratifying to know that the Huron is so carefully inanaged as to road (rom tbe Cbaitang coal mine.s to Tientsin, the result being way of tbe fourth station, under the wqight of the cave from the earn even a small profit. In anvtbing like fair times we now i annoiiDced by tbc British Consul Mongan to those interested in tbe third, can be arrested. An unusually large number of the have evidence that a fair dividend would ea.sily be earned. Mr. the following* terms : “ The road cannot be maile according to Ihe heaviest timbers have been placed in position, and the sinking of W. L. Hulbert, tbe popular clerk of the Huron, for the last two | report, first, on account of engineering difflcnlties; secondly, be¬ the fourth section has been checked, and dritts are being run or three years, has resigned his position.The engine and i cause tbe local popular feeli ig is against it ;and thirdly,because around tbe mass of earth to reach tbe ore cut off by tbc care, and macb’uery for the new Schoolcraft stamps has arrived, and will its constniclion woud injure tbe Fnngshni. It might lj« shown, it is believed that everything will be secure and tbe mine in soon be taken out to the mine. Tbe stamps will add another to perhaps, on tbe other hand, that the engineering difficulty Is sur¬ condition to yield the usual amount of ore within four or five the already large number of varieties now in nse in the countiy, mountable and the popular dislike is only partial, but the Fnog- days.”.Tbe same paper says of the Sierra Nevada : “ About and may or may not be superior to others of their class. In con¬ .shni argument is unanswcrahle, and tbe third objection there¬ 3.400 tons of ore arc now' awaiting the stamps, and 50 to 60 tons struction they nearly resemble Wise’s stamps now in use at the fore is insuperable.” With the powerfnl Fungshni argu¬ per day are being extracted. The new 20-stamp mill of the com¬ Phoenix, inaomneh as they are set np in batteries of five heads ment brought to bear against the opening of tbe Cbaitang coal pany will be ready to start on Monday. The ore from tbe mine each, and each battery worked independently of the others. But mines, you can fancy tbe difficult position we stand in ; but one IS dumped from the car at the batteries, and tbe same engine Ibe arrangements for driving are quite different. Instead of each would fancy a British Consul in the nineteeath century would will do tbe hoisting and also drive the machinery eff the mill, so battery being driven by an independent engine as in Mr. Wise’s have some belter course to pursue than, turk-like, lo accept hts that the rock will be mined and milled on a cheaper scale than plan, the entire mill of the Schoolcraft is driven by one low pres¬ kismet, and pronounce Fungshni argument insuperable. That the ever before known in the State.” At tbc Hale and Norcross'mine sure engine, which will turn one main shaft set a tew feet back | road is practicable foreigners who have already prospected it are it eontinuus ; but litile actual mining is going ou. and few men from the stampa Each battery has. be.sides, a propelling shaft thoroughly convinced; the mines are situated at a distance of are eraployod. mostly in running cuts to furnish air, the heat be¬ for it alone, having but one cam for each head, to be driven by sixty-five miles almost due west of Pekin. They are even now ing intolerable. belting from the main shaft. The ari'angoraent has. in common worked by Chinese to a certain extent though camels being tbe Pahranagat—.A privetc letter dated at Logan Springs, kindly with Wise’s stamps, th'is advantage—if there are any alterations, only mode of transport, and from one hundred and to lour placed before ns by a gentleman of this city, informs us of the repairs, or stoppages necessary, only the battery in which they hundred pounds forming a load, it cannot be delivered in Pekin ll ittering success of Mr. Woodhull with his smelling works. Tbe are required need be stopped, while tbe balance of the mill can ! at a smaller cost than from $14 to $17 per ton. The ill-will of tbe writer continues; *■ Mr. Woodhull left immediately alter the continue at duty. Tbe new mill is to be located on a small j people is an argument often raised to prevent the innovations test, in company with Mr.Sherwood, for Chicago, to consult with stream that crosses tbe property but a short distance from the | proposed by foreigners ; if traced, however, to its source it would tbe company which he represents, for the erection of works on a mine works. Of the capacity of this stream we know but little almost invariably be found to be a mere excuse of the officials. larger scale.” [If Woodhull's process possesses all the merits beyond the fact that it is quite small, though probably suOicient If our ministers bring a neeessary pressure to bear on the officials claimed by newspaper correspondents, it is a groat thing for Ne¬ for present purposes. Reports of the appearance of the mine at thi* capital promptly, the opening of the Cbaitang mines to for¬ vada. Unfortunately the accounts given arc so erry flattering works are encouraging tbe openings progressing finely. eigners will soon be »» fait accomp'i. The Brilish, however, are thit we cannot help distrusting their entire accuracy.—Ed.] Tbe Ontonagon Miner of the 22d ultimo, gives the Rockland far from sanguine. .At this cri.sis Ihe advent of our new minister, Humboldt—Tbe Unionville Register reports bullion ship¬ nroduct for July : 4,273 lbs. band copper. 11,555 lbs. stamp, 488 J. Ross Browne, Is by all parties anxiously looked for. Coming ments as follows for the we<>k ending August 1: The Monte¬ lbs. mass—total 8 tons 316 lbs. Ot the Superior, 2,932 lbs. from a mining State as be does, and personally acquainted from zuma comp-vny, $30,000 : tbe Golconda mine 389 pounds— stamp, 150 lbs. mass—toUl 1 ton 1,082 lbs.Tbe same paper actual experience as commissioner to report on your mineral in¬ value, $4,688; Fall & Co., per Wells & Co.’s Express, 2,800 says that the water is entirely removed from the Aztec mine and terests, we confidently hope hs will prove to be the “ right man ounces. active mining operations have commenced. A fine show of cop¬ intfte right place ” to develop the gr^at mineral resources of this September 5, 1868.] AMefilCAN JOOfillAL OP MtNIHfi.

inch stroks, and 80 horse power. The hoisting shaft is 525 caliar constracliou every particle of water is acted upoa by feet deep, and the second level is open to over 2,000 feet in the steam in snch a manner as to thoroughly decompose it, length. and at the same time the water is heate- the condition of the copper mines at Lake Superior, I feel satisfied that, although ndning at the present moment is not stances, is pumped from the lower end directly into the boiler. very remunerative, the time is not far off when Lake Superior As shown in the accompanying cut, the steam enters the will produce 300,000 tons of copper; enough to supply not apparatus at A, and leaves it at B; at G the water entets ) only this country but also England an^ France, and that, too, D is a tiy-cock; E, the exhaust pipe from the engine, and at a cheaper rate than Chili can afford to put the metal into the European market, for, at 13 cents per pound for refined F the cock with which to regulate the supply of water for copper, no competition can come up. the boiler; G is the cold-water tank; H, the hot-water Some of the old mines of Lake Superior, like the Cliff pump ; I, the pipe from tank to heater ; J, the hot-water exit, mine, which has produced thousands of tons of copper, do and K, the door of the heater. not pay now to work profitably; the mine is 1,600 feet deep, and much below the level of Lake Superior; but, as far as 1 The apparatus is simple and substantial, and cannot get ont have observed, most of the mines ore situated on very elevated of repair if properly taken care of, and will last a lifetime. ground, so there is plenty of opportunity to develop by a system There are no contingent expenses in operating it, as nothing of adit levels. Iron raining appears to be more nourishing but the escape steam is used to do the work, so that its origi¬ than copper, judging from the number of mines and furnaces in operation around Marquette, from whence 300,000, or, per¬ nal cost is the only expense incumbent upon using it. Many haps, even a half a million tons, will be exported the present hundreds are now in use, and thus far not one has failed to year. Lewis Fku(;htwakoeb. give satisfaction. Manufacturing and Mechanical Notes. J. B Root, 95 and 97 Liberty street. New York City, is agent for the sale of the apparatus. No XXX.

Stilwell's Patent Heater and Lime Catcher. The Worthington Water Meter. Steam, from its multiplied applications, has become, through¬ out the civilized world, an indispecsable agent; hence the The general principle on which this meter acts is the recip¬ vital importance of the question, “ How can the use of steam rocation of pistons or plungers, each stroke of which is marked be rendered safer and more economical ?” upon the dial or counter. It is therefore what may be called The many serious difficulties attending the use of steam are the positive kind, furnishing no water unless properly at well known to all who have had any experience in the use of work. In this important respect it differs from that variety the steam boiler. We will not stop to consider all these dif¬ of meter called the inferential, through which the flow of ficulties, but only the most terious of them all, which is the water is olmost uninterrupted, even if the meter chance to formation, in steam boilers, of what is commonly known to en¬ cease working. The water valves are slide valves, so located and propelled as to dispense with all levers, rockshafts or similar contrivances, llie en- gft^ving shows the machine as it stands when connected. So exactly are these meters fit¬ ted, that they can be propelled by the breath or by water poured into them from an open vessel. Three inches head is a full allowance fur its working. Excessive speed produces increased and improper resistance. So that to have a meter work without perceptibly reducing the head of water, it should bo of such ample size as to perform the duty when running slowly. A moment's thought will convince any one that a good and reliable meter is a machine requiring a combination of peculiarities not easy to be obtained. Most important of all is that of a perfectly positive ^/;xg5ir nothing like a dead centre, a gjm j weak place, or a disposition to stop and re- l , I fuse to start. Every gallon of waterdrawn I ’ must produce a corresponding and registered \ motion in the meter. If on this point it be A “‘8^ infallible, it is useless to talk of other advantages. - The expedients for giving this certain numerous. They include “■ every thing from a quarter crank, or oven gineers as “ 8oa^^ or “ incrustation —a hard substance lormea ] a three throw crank, to a tumbling bob, or weight falling from side to side at each stroke of the machine. Many of out of the earthy salts contained in the water, which attaches these motions would do very well with a little oil, or an occa¬ itself firmly to the whole inner surface of the boiler. sional adjustment, but a meter seldom or never gets either; And we need not stop to consider the great destructiveness it must work alone and neglected, or it will soon cease work¬ pieces at one stroke of the triphammer. This, on examina¬ to the boiler, loss of fuel, frequent and expensive delays in ing altogether. Again, a meter must be nearly frictlonless, and yet so well fitted as to run and register almost on drops. tion, was full of r^oline copper of some 30 or 40 per cent, cleaning, and not unfrequent explosions, all arising from the Many meters Wve been abandoned, because a small stream metal. The Hecla employs 150 hands, and a 6-inch pump presence of this “ scale,” as these facts are too well understood keeps the mine clear of water. They are down 270 feet witli by all who use hard or mineral water for steam purposes ; but two working shafts. The village of Rea Jacket, containing several hundred families, sprang up since last year. The cop¬ we wish to simply state a few well known/oc/s. per occurs here in a twelve foot vein which runs along the Experiments by the most competent and scientific engineers whole property of the Company, which is nearly 1,000 acres have established the fact that “ scale,” being a non conductor (one and half section), llie Calumet mine is the next one that of beat, the presence in a boiler of onc-sixleenth of an inch of 1 examined in company with its manager. Dr. Agassiz, who kindly imparted to me much information. The Calumet has scale, is equal to a loss of elooat fifteen per cent, of the heat been opened two years, and is already at a depth of 240 feet. iu fuel. The plates of a boiler never get hotter than the Four shafts are built, while work is now going on between the water when it is in contact with them, whatever may be the first and second level, A large powerful engine is at work in outside temperature, and the vmter never gets hotter than order to raise the ore by means of a wire rope. One hundred and fifty men are employed at the mine. Four thousand tons about 330’* under a pressure of one hundred pounds. If boiler of copper ore from the Calumet are stamped monthly, which plate could be kept clean, it would last for years ; but when require very powerful machines. The battery gives 85 blows coated with “ scale,” and thus removed from direct contact per minute, so that all the ore is stamped to dust and washed with the wat^r, the plates soon become so over-heated as to irom the water of a thirty-fear acre pond. The Hecla and Calumet copper mines are owned by the deteriorate in quality. Explosions frequently occur by the same corporation, and five individuals control them both, but cracking of this scale, and allowing the water to come in sud¬ the organizations and their accounts are kept separate. The den contact with the over-heated plates. amount spent on the Hecla is half a million of dollars, inclu¬ To remove this “ scale,” many expedients have been resort¬ ding the amount of 6120,000 paid for the land, and the large outlay for the railroad. The amount spent on the Calumet is ed to in the shape of powders, etc., but they are oftener worse 6360,000 ; ^60,000 only having been paid for the land. I re¬ than the scale itself, being largely composed of acetic acid, turned in the afternoon by the same stage to Hancock, and the effect of which on the boiler and valves is most pernicious. crossed by ferry boat to Houghton, where I went one mile Every one acquainted with the subject will admit that it back to visit the Huron,, which is a celebrated mine, having would be much better to remove from the water all foreign the best arrangement in Lake Superior for draining. She rais- ^ in July 85 tons of 80 per cent, stamp copper. Thegangue substances, which form scale, before the water passes into the is an amygdaloid rock, but the mineral is found principally in boiler, and thus prevent entirely the formation of any scale by epidote. The mine has been vigorously worked only for the supplying the boiler with pure feed water. To accomplish last four years. The force consists of one hundred miners who are getting out 3 tons of 80 per cent, copper. 'The average per centage ot rock raised is but li per cent, mill ro;;k. The mineral is rais^ by a hoisting machine connected by means of friction gearing with an engine of 26 inch cylinder, of 30 AMERICAH JOORKAL'OE MiatNA. [SEPTEStBEB 5, 1868.

alloi^ther nominal. At the close 216 tons Scotch Pie Iron, per Lady Holse, niftre, Detroit, Cincinnati, Jersey City, and other places, are THB IKOW T&ADC. sold npon private terms. nfintr them, und pive the most satisfactory testimonials. The Ntw York, sept. 4,13*8. , , , » ,1. . r ■! j 41. There tiu beio oo chtnge o( aoT moment etnce last week ; no sales ot any meter may also be used for the measurement oi oil ana oiner | (in,nint have occarron aa to quality. Bar Iron remains without shipments, are increnaing. The Lackawauua and Lehigh region will be MARKET*REVIEW. I change, with steady sales. • Rnssia Iron hi llrm but quiet at ISi^Hc. per lb. gainers in the late demonstrations, aa operatiuus were not serionsly inter. gold. rupted. Pkiost Evenvo. Pept. 4,1H68. importsImporls orof idg(dg iron ftoifrom January lat to August 16tb : From Pliiladelphia wc get the laconic iU-m that there " is rather more Gold and Silver Stoc’n.—Mining stocks commanded more attent'un dur- ! „ . 1867. 1863 doing and the prices steady." At Hoston there is something of a panic, and Ing tbo past week. Nevada storks conliiiuc about the same as at the time of j PromFrom Orest Brittin, tonstons.2J,H‘)4 10,862 i( (g quite difficult to fill orders, and higher prices arc likely to rule. oar last ropart. Coloralo stocks show an improv mont in many kinds. Coastwise ]iurta ..6,226 8,147 Although matters at the coal nation may he reported as quiet, stiU there are Smith k Parmelec, however, has not yet rocoverol from its recent decline.dine. I PniLADEiRHU, i=cpt. 1,1868. signs of dissatlsfactiFn, which may break out in a greater or leas degree. Aia'Hig tlio recent s(le.s we nntbe transaiti mi in Q nrla Hill at 9)c.,, and j Pig metalmoUl is heldhold flrmljllrmly, but there is not much activity. Sales of No. 1 The advice which wo have so remiatodly nrg^ u^n conaumera, we atill Flint Stool Rl.or at $1 50. Pricoa are thus quoted at tlic board ; Foundry at $1041.4$4041.41,and Land No.N 2 at $374?i38. Scotch Pig Is quKA. Manulactured adhere to ; and now, u previously, we mgethem to Uy m their supply be¬ Bid. Asaed. 1 Bid. aked. Iron commands $87 SO fur bars. Blooms ara neglected. fore an increase U made In toe preacni prto of com. „» t Alamctla Silver , _ -- 1 Kipp fc Buell Gold ... • — — _ » 1., .. IT- ,1 -r m- a At a meeting ot the New York Lcbign Coal Lxchange, convened at the — — .50 1 Keysloue Filver.... ._ _ Irenlgb Valley Iron Trade. rcoms of toe Association, on the 29tb day of August, 1868, on toe occasion — 45 1 Ia Crosse Gold.. . — -28 3t>UII Gold .. _ _ 1 25 1 Midas Silver. _no From Tons." Tons, their Ute esteemed associate I.«wis Buckman, Eaq., so unexpectedly re- — 40 -1 Montana Gold. . — 60 — 6> Oirbon Iron Co . . 105 6.660 moved from a life of active usefulneaa to that future world whither we are — 8 — 10 1 New York. . — 76 1 00! Ivehigh Valley Iron 120 7,569 all surely tendiug. . , , — 4 — 10 1 New York k Eld’o.. _j Thomas Iron Co. 630 20 055 Ecsolved, That we cherish with affectionate regard toe recoUecuou of toe 7 -25 10 00 1 NyeGokl. . — 1 _ 2 ' lehigh Crane Inin Co*.'..".I 300 17,i2«5 many vlrtoes of toe deceased, of his upright and honorable character, bis 4 0) 4 10 j Ow ee Mining. . 15 CO _Allentown Iron Co....".'.’.'.’.".*.’"'.!”.! 650 18.440 kindness of heart and urbanity of manner, and that we will long continue «.oryaon (Jold.— 20 — ,3 i | (Xa. Colorado...._'Odiert Iron Co...!."!!.’,’.’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’.".'.’!!!!!!!!!! 295 6,505 to mlsa hU lamlliar iKe and gcnUl companionahlp, and tlut we hereby BlffsIiiP tliniug. — — .1 63 I'eoplc’s G.fcS. of Cal — —__Glendon Iron Co!!!!!’.’.’.’.’.’.’.'.'.!’”.”.’.”’.!!!!!!!!!!! IHO 16,040 tender our sincere condolence to his bereaved family. KmplroG...Quartz Hill. 86 —90— 90 fltlicr shippers !!!!’”.’.!"!”!!!! 2:30 14,397 Resolved, That these residutions be entered on toe minutes, and a copy Gold Hill..1 00 RcynuMsGold... _lorwarded to toe widow and family of deceased, and that toe proceedings of Grars Valley..— 60 Rocky MounUiuMountain Gold. — 10 _— 2620 ToUl. 2,570 100,952100 952 this meeting be published in the Journal, of Fottsville, Pa., also in <;aiine!l Gold.— — H'J i=mithfc.^mitlifc I’armoicel*armo!ce Gold 4 10 4 3538 toe Amzrican Jol'Rmal or Hi.m.nu of New York city, and iu toe papers of GunnellITnloo..— 3.3 Sensenderfer.Sensenderfer.. 3 00 8 0003 Lake Superior Iron Trade. Bucks county. Pa. H’nG kS. IM..— 85 SynvmdsFyiiionds ForkKorkGrdJ...-- Gull... — ^ RoccipUs o' fire ani Pig Iroa at Marquette, up to and incluling Saturdayturday Resolved, That Messrs. Riickman, Van Piisen, Gulager and Lyles, be a lUrmoii G. kS. bs...--TezasTexas Gold .... — — _ August ‘22,1868, by the Marquette k Outonagon Railroad. committee to attend toe funeral iu behalf of the uasociaUon. Halnian...TwinTwin Riv Pil.Fil. 15 00 25 Of00 IKON ORE. jAMia 8. Cox, Chairman. J-as. H. Lti.cs, Secretary. Hope Gold...VanderburgG...Vandcrbnrg G. — 75 Previously For week end’g T-ital^„((l Bosrox, Sept. 2,1868. Cepper Etockl.—Tlio mining Stock board pub islics quotations as ollows reported. August 8. English Canncl continues quiet, and prices are nominally $I8^‘23 per ton. ta-iay : f lAkc Suporior Iron Co. 67,636 4.161 61,817 iq 5!i((Qcy an . Pictou there have been cargo sales at $8(a,8 25 per ton. C ni- Ikloilonia. 5 00 I Gardiner Hill. 6 5(50 bcriana has been sold at (8 hero. Anthracite has been in goou retail demand Ctuada. .30 Hilton. . 50 ,- 1 of00 At $7 50468 per Ion, and by the cargo at $8 60^7. Cii.irUr Oak. 1 Oo | Knowllon. ' jj2 00(g 15-537 Pan AiizipHU, Sept. 1,1863. f'cut.al. 35 00 MiDDCfota.MinnefoU. 3 5C50 8 7^ Fhcre Is rather more doing, and prices generally uro steady. DiVl'lsoii. 601 Moodota.Moadota. 1 75 2 78 1 75 2 76 16’jt48 following table exhibits the quantity ol Coal passed over the following Evcrgi ee;i IJiuIV. 10 03 ,. Ruciclaud. 4 OOOf Pittsburg k ladco A. Iron Co.16.656 F.ilit Steel River.15' .... I Ore to Isical Furnaces. 14,168 14,866 routes of transiKirtation for the week ending August 22,1808 : Petroleum Stock*,—'’cntral has declined to 40c., and Union to $>. NaNa- - Total Iron Ore, tons.144,006 Bid. Ask’d.) Bid. Askd. PIG IRON. Bannebofl Ruj. 1 OG V. Y. and AOcghaoir.,., 2 IS 5,377 Kr< v.mrt. • • 70 1 OOlPll Hole Creek. 50 1 00 328 Phil, k Reading R. R 60,548| 2,I‘27,315 , 83,165 1 813,597,1 22,617|d283,718 Biclianan Farm. .. 50 63,llyDd Farm. 18 26 2,261 ■Fcbuylkill I anal. 16,041 615.6.50, i9 8021 503.669.1 3,751,dl 12,081 . .. 40 80| Second National. Colli.ii Iron Co. 2.628 2,735 Lehigh Valley R. R.. 47,CO;| 1,372 013 46,642 1,533,761't 966 1161,751 U.iuiuuu:l. .. 1 10 ....|.Sherman k B. 80 Michigan Iron Co. 2,908 3,139 1/ibigh Canal. 282276 561,410 36.52e| 514,406 1 8,259 0 50,005 - Scranton North. 12-266 281,342 14,851 .553,491!! 2,586 1 72^51 H one. ....|United Pet. Farms. 5 15 Total Pig Iroa, tons. 12,620 13,840 “ 18)utb.I 24,196 858 U2S' 23.194 7l5,T')4'd 1,050 dI42.3l5 ManhatUn. 10,Union. 5 no _ Penn’a Coal Co. Kail. 17,713 5‘31,389 22,077 693,15311 6,364 i 61.713 .. -2 k 3 OO'Cnited ^latcs.... N-itional. 2 50 2 75 Tolal ore and pig iron, tons.156,026 161,871 Peiin’a Coal Canal... 836 13,8211 717' IS.OSOld 1X9 i 4,‘268 Oovercmsnt StrCkl coutinue Orm at rates a fraction lower than la.st week, ’ Del. k Hudson Canal.' 35 712 832.558 4.5,12-5' 933,059 i 9,414 1130,591 being tlius quoUsl: Market Prices. ''haniokin.| 6,414 310.819 13.447' 313,412'i 7,6)3 i 2,592 U S. l». 1881, coupon.114 @114^ N*w Yona.scpt. 4, 1868. Trevorion. 57:57‘2 30 193 1,241 19,275 i 6U9'd 18,918 . U. F. 6-238, 1862, coui>on.Il3‘;49ll3’i Dctt —Bars, 1 to I tic. per lb. ; railroad, 60c. per 100 lbs. ; boiler aiid plate, short Mountain. 1,081,082 47.798, 3,551: 69,568 1 2,472 1 21,70 U. S. 5-‘208, 1804, coupon. ... .1Ii9i,'(_ 9109>4 I 1 Xc._ per. lb. • sheet, band, hoop and scroll,. 1 )4_ to 1 „J^c. per. lb. ;__ pig, ^ p.:r Lykons Valley C. Co. 879 42.1-22 2,1111 56,413 1 1,231 1 14,321 U. 8. 6 ‘20.s, 1865. coupon.;.j ton ; polished glioet!8c. per lb.' Payable in gold. ' ' • • ■ • Hunting^Huntiogd’u k B’d Ti 4,957 156,397 6,415 163,393 1 1,458 1 8,896 U. F. 5 ‘20’g,I8c5, coupons.108c,^lPHi,' Am. pig,l>. No. 1, best. $40 00(^43 00 Light rls for mines kc., W’mstonW’mstown Col’y, E.. 3,891 75,-2.50 5,83lj 117,8.52:i 1,943 i 42.602 U. S. 5-20B, 1867, coii|)on.I08‘;@10855: “ “ 2z,fdry,36 09 38 00 at works. 80 00 -Wyoming-Wyomini South. 11,915 195,9781 15 9231 173,801 1 4 008 0 21,974 IT. S. 5-‘20s, July, 188<, coupon.108\'®10H’; 1 “ Grey Forge, 32 00 35 03 Do. delivered here. 83 50 -Wyomini-Wyoming North. . 13,1331 7 302' 30 6671 I 17,534 C. N. 10 408, ez. coupon..108'4@108,S i Motlleil. 30 00 31 00 FTORE PRICE?.I*. LeliigbLehigh fc.I -Susq. U.R. 12,420 277,lll| Foreign Exchange Is rather firmer, blit transactions are limited. I.-wd-| Pure white, for Cal. mar. 31 00-Bar, Swciles.ord’y sizes-LIS 00 ing drawers asic i09^ for 60 days’ sterling, but sales are gcncraily dcoc a i Scotch I ig, No. I .best bd 43 60 45 00 Bar, Eng. and Am., rl’d-10) 00 TotaTotal. 253,711 8 907,.319 380,9.38 8,757 3511 72,839|liai,457 fiactien below tliat figure. 3Ve quote; “ “ “ outside. 43 00 -Bar, Kng k Am., com._W 00 . '. 253,711| 8,997,819) . . Landon, (prime bankor8’)80 days’. 103>4@109>; Scrip Iroo, eg ship. 48 00 -Scroll.130 00 175 00 LMl Ion,(prune bankers’) sight. lOO-i^lOOX Old rails. 46 00 49 09 Ovate and half round.. 125 00@155 00 IncreaseISC. 1 . .1 107.2-27d 149,9681 .1 .. Lmdou. prime commercial. lUH.'^f^IOHi^ RR. Iron, For.,fin Stock Band.130 00 _ Paris, (bankers’) long.6.18>,fe5.15 51 50 52 50 I H-Jrso Shoe.1.30 00 - Seport of Coal Traniportod ovar Lehigh Valley Railroad, Parti, (haokers’) short.;.A.13X'@5.I2X R R Iron, Per., to imp.. 60 00 -Rods, ..'ffd-ioa,^-16 incn....iiwiacb....l05 w00 165im oo00 August -29,1863, and previously this saasoa, ompared Antwerp.5.20 (^5.18)^ “ “ Ainer.atwks. Hoop.135iioop ... .130 00 110ivu 00 I Swiss.5.20 ($5.18)^ currency. 77 00 -NailNail Rod, per lb. O'i9'4 lOX Himhurg (l>nnkor.s’9.35’i(g>3474 R.R. Iron, Am., dcllv'd. 80 00 -Shoel,I Shoel, Rus.^is’d. Nos.Nos.(gold)13 (gold) 13 14 Amstordem (barkers’).40‘,@40!I4 'l^foel rls. For, gd.,110 —-Slieot.8’glo,D.kT.com Slieot.s’glo.D. kT.com 5‘45‘< 654 I Tons. Cwt.j Tons. Cwt. F.-onkfurt (bankers’).49)4^40)4 I StI rails of an v pattern at Rails, Faig,Eng , gold, tun.. 51 .50 52 60 Bremen (bankers).lo'xiaiqjj works,currency 80 00 -Rails,Rails, American. 89 00 81 00 Berlin (bankers). 71)i@71‘, Stl rte ol any pat. d. hero. 83 50 - w roMLvn REoio.v. Gold —The price of gold has ranged to-day at 143\al44, closing at toe STEFI New England Dial Co. .Newport t oal Co. Utter figures. From two to throe per cent was paid for carrying. English, cast (21 and Isl1st quality) per lb!.'!.18lb. (5,->3^23 Ami-ricsn silver IS selling at ia7‘4 cents below the price of gold. Mex* Englisti Fpring (‘2d and 1st qualliy). . 10 0x12)4 Valley Coal Co. lean dollars are quoted at IOJIa'sKMin gold. I EnglishEoglisli Blister (2d and Ist1st quality).uualUvl... 1112i 20vo English Maebinerv. Parrish k Ttionias. 8,61-5 01 'i 16 New Jersey Coal Co.. 10,199 16 English German (2il aid 1st quality). 16 American Blisler.“ Black Diamond,’’. Gaylord Mines. ‘2-24 11 16 6,925 C9 American, Ca-st. Tool “ “ . .19 Alorighlnn, Roberts k Co. Iiehigh k Susquehanna. 15 10 tmeriran. Spring “ “ ...10 13 Germania Coal Co. 13,802 12 Aniericaa, Macliincrv “ “ . 13 Fraukli:i " . 233 06 uKiufs. AtnerioanAmerican Ucrinau(jcriHM “ “ . .10lo 1*113 rrauKiiii .. The following will show toe exports of specie from the port of Now York ... . Wilkesbarre Coal & Iron Co. 163,007 13 for the weekending August 29, 186.8 : I ^ . (Tscishati, Aug.-25, IglW. Union Coal Co. 2,919 97 T lUl for tlie week. $492 034 ’ ”“0 Journal of Comarree says: \t e have slill to report a very firm mar- Mineral Spring. 6,655 II Previously I eiMjrted.!.!”!.OlNSl'llO >“’* f^r I’iK Ion, but cannot make any alterations in quoUtions. The stock H. B-Hillman fc ton. l,:i0J 17 * ■ ■_of loiiudry iron is small. In other articles coming uudt r this head there B-owkIcy, Price k Co. 524 12 ToUl sinceice Jan. 1, 1S68.$64,379 144I44 has***" been no“o change : Wyoming. 3 312 (4 BmictimeI867.le 1867. :i9ilS •I75fiTS tiSl'v-901 ' . , x- . . hot BLUiT chaecoai. no iron. Henry. 3,474 (9 H nno time1C 1868.1868..’w’igo’w .’13 186 3W ‘ R<‘'‘ J"".$34.00(5 00(5 $40 00 |. H. Swoycr. 2,890 1 7 H vmc time,e 186.7.186.7 . 29.;Mio! 300’9W9'22 ' J,'*-pffi'*- P^rton... to“...37 37 (*)(er lAshigh. United States bullion (contained in gold). I2,5OBll.3, deiKisits, payable in.. coins. UMf.UUU109.000 OqUQ ': Russian.!!.!!!',.RUSSISU. 21 ^25c('*250 Stout„ ^ wCoal Co.. .. -Imltotion. 16 feiac’ Buck ^nUin l^l Co. Total.$1,526,00) 00 , Coxc Brothers k Co. Gold b&rs siAxuDcd. ... - ^ iROJrroif, O., An^. 27, 18d8. Asliburlou i'oal Co, ....•..•....••••eaaa»eeee>a** . . ’ *. » » ' TheBays! There is but little doioff in the metal market Orders uiirhianH rivii ^'o Capper-TTie Mies for Pfunlmpo^t ; 20),000 are very limited. There have been a few transzcUona at fuU quoUtiona. kto.!! ! l*orhige l.ako at_.3 ,aA) ,c^, Dr-troit at .1 ,c., and BMtimore 23',c. The ahipmeuts have amounted to 470 tons during the past week : recelDta nwi6n r,!.! iv, Tin is iioiiiiualnominal atat-2:1’,c. '2;U,'e. for Straits, with a jobbing business only. 603. We quote: e i . SpoilerSpelter without wholeMlcwholenle transactions. QnoUUonsQuotations of Silialan.Silioian. 6'4C., Mill, hat blast.$36 00^37 00 . pold.gold. Foundry, hot blast. .. 38 006539 00 . continues in steady demand for consumption ; sales 400 tons ordi¬ Lead continues in steady demand for consumption ; sales 400 tons ordl- CoW Blast.5.7 aor5.6n nn -r..,.,Total Hazleton.| 9,517 15| 199,025 00 nary foreign at 6.30a6.35c., gold. nary foreign at f.;l0aC.35c.. gold. Bitcmiiious forge (Ikrlfont)::!:!!::..!:!!!!!!!!!::!.!!::::! _ 00 raoE.^iI'I^a’c’.;^’ HACCB ™rac.vE.’. | j Petrolenm-kPetrolenm—Is quH>tquiet at 15c. Owfor Crude, and 3l31 >ic.','c. for itefined.Refined, Inin bond. Business in bar is looking up, but prices show no change. The Lawience Commit Mines The amount of Petroleum exported from New York to foreign porta for mill la now running to iU fullert cu^ity. Bates 3 >2 to 4c the week ending .August 29 was l,03i,245 gaUous ; toUl export since Jan. NalU meet with plenty of orders at $4 60 for lod. SLofc!.’.’.’.’.’.’.’;..’.’.’;;.’..!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 .1868, 36,959,3-4. Belfont furnace, owing to some alight accident, has notno been running ***** ....I_ Tbe loliowing is the quantity exported from other port*, Jan. 1 to Aug. 29 ; very well for some days. There has been considerable effort to keep it from Total MauchManch Chunk..Chunk. . 1,9001.900 17 8 2M7,247 06 1868. 1867. chillmg. It is believed that all will be right in a few daya, and that toe im- *<“ HaalelonHailelon Region.Realm . 921179.517 15|15 190,025 03 From Bo-^ton.galls. 1,604,989 1.409,834 provemente wUI work to a charm. ..“ Upperupper Lehigh.Le^h. 8)2548S54 07|07 81,68481,614 17 Philadelphia.Philadelphia.. 24,168,636 18,731,386 — , , Cmcaoo, Aug. 27,1868. •.** Wyoming. 13,67513,676 00|0«| 266,101266.101 06 Baltimore. 1,741,435 1,086,000 The Journal ofCommertt says : The market for merchant bar iron mloa --- very firm here, and jobbers are not disposed to shape fram previous pricea. Grand TbtalToUl. . 28,348 05osl 535,058536,058 09 f°*“* *^“®**"''8** BUtea. Correspoudin'g’w^’iaM’Kw!!..’!!.,!’CorrespondingVaUrrUBlMiUlUK week Uh94>last year.. !!!!!!a.I 7,458t ffw 1212| 342 017— 00 leui. 212121409 which is quite an anomoly In toe trade. Boiler Tabes, Gee Pipca, and Well IncrcaMi^Increase ... .. 2020,889 889 1313j 193,328 03 ToUl expoi'tsfrom tbe United SUIes.. . 64,986,254 10,273,808 ...... •••1 Drivers’ Pipe have advanced 5 per cent since ottt last, and toe tendency of Decrease...|neerease.!. ’.•»•••• . 38,688.801 Boiler Iron has been decidedly upward...... 8a* Feamcisoo, Cal, Aug, 6,1888. Forwarded-Bonlh from Mauch Chuuk by rail. IO445 14 2W,5ra 00 Antimony—l*X®77c., currency. The CbmMrnNal//erold says toe genercl( Metal) market is exceedingly dull. Delivered on line L k S. RR above Mauch Chunk. 1,273 19 48,M7 i» QuickBilyer—77 @a0c, with but few sales of any importance to reoiMd. In our last issue we noted Deiivered at Coal Port tor shipment by Oanal. 19,928 12 257,947 lu Biamuth—$8«$6 50 per lb., beat qualities. a sale of 300 tons Scotch Pig Iren to arrive, npon terms withheld. Since —- TZ —„ Vioktl—per lb., as per quality. then 400 toaa EddiUonal have been thoa dispoeed ot Freeent quotattons are Total. 38,848 06 635/>w 06 ■'h

September 5, 1868.j AMERICAN jOORNAL OF lUHINC.

ScbnylkiU Coal Trade. I At Havre do Grace. Md. Provino'al Freights. ' BT RAILROAD AND CANAL, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT 4, IMS. I Cargo pricM for ahtpraent soHth of | Hhamokin R., or W. ABh..$5 25®.. TO NEW YORK. I TO BOSTON. PaUpaco river, (drawback allowed I Lykens Valley R. A. 5 40®.... Svdney. 3 60 Sydney. RAILRO.VD. of 21c,) TrovoiionTroTOiionR. R. A.5A.515®5 15®5 25 lingan.Lmgan_!!1". ....| Ungan..8Ungan. 65 St. Clair. 65 *>5SS Wilkesbarro and PiUaton Cow Bay. £0 Cow Bay. Port Carbon. 10,3 9 4 • W. Ash.$5 25®.... I PortCalidonla. 25 Port Calldoola...... 8 fO POttaviHe. 2,519 4 I SchnylkUl Haven. 40,228 20.000 ’ At Oeorffetown. D. C. and Alexandria. Va. ^ Bay.4 oo I Uttie Giaoe Bay.2 75 Aabom. 4.914 291 George’s Creek and Cumberland f. o. b...$....® $ 4 55 Foreign Freights. PoriCliDUm. 28,872 1,194 I An advance of twenty cents per ton has recently been sllowedallowc boatmen New Castle and Prrls onTvne,...C13(315keel, Compaoy’a use. 8,604 on canal freights from Cumberland, and the price of coal correspondingly Uvetpoo'...... lie. 6d.®1tia ton. advanced __ Total tor Week. 90.889 Prices of Oas Coals. Prnriooalr Ibis year. 1,843,597 September 4,1868. MONTHLY MITTAL CIRCULAIt ! PROVlNaAL. I Total. 1,931,286 I Duty, $125 Co.arse. Slack. | Coarse. Slack. ■ New Yobk, Sept 3d, 1868. I Gold. Gold. I CurrODcy. The dullness noticed in my last circular of 4th August contones. Good Report of Coal Traniported over Lobigh Valley Railroad |I Block Housie.$1Houiie.$i 75 $ 76 | Westmoreland Co.$8 50 ^00 crops, cheap money and low prices fall to stimulate trade. For the week ending August 27, 1868, aod previously this siason, com- ! Oowrle.1 75 Dospard Coal Co.8 25 3 00 Gold bag fluctuated violently. It advanced from 145 ^ per cent on the paredired with same time last year : Ungan. 1 75 Peon. 8 50 3 00 4th ult. to ISO per cent on the 6tb., and dcc'.ioed again t > 143',; per cent on I Week. IPBEnoPsi.T.l Totai- Sydney.2 13X 71 I Newburgh Orrel Gas. 8 50 8 00 the 20th. To-day It la quoted 1437,8144 per cent Exchange on London Where shipped from. Tuns. Cwt. I ‘Pons. Cwt I Tods. Cwt Pictou. 2 13Ji 1 18X I Delivered in Now York. 9’4 per cent. 1-1 — Little Glaco Bay. 1 75 1 00 | Tim.—Several large parcels of Straits have been privately disposed of da¬ Total Mahanoy... 10 727 13 280 440 00 292.167 13 Caledonia...1 CO 75 ring the last six weeks and the dealers have sold freely. Sales at 23 lie. and Total Haileton .. 17,993 17 715.349 09 733,349 06 23‘aC., 30 days, htvo been reported, but the quotation is nominally 231i;c. Prices of Foreign Coals. Total S. I,ebigb.. 307 04 32 809 17 33,117 01 gold for Straits, 26>4C, for Btnca, sud 31c. f ir Eng isb. Total B Meadow, 10,1-29 11 274.986 14 245,116 05 Duty $1.26 per ton. The importstions fur August are light, viz. 1,690 slabs Straits, 200 slabs Total Wyoming... .1 6,477 Ok 182,536 09 190,013 17 Otrrectod weekly by Parmclkk Bros., 32 Pino Street. N. Y. Bsnea and 30 tons English. l.ivcri>09l Gas Caking.$ 9 .*10 I Liverpool House Cannel, IS 00®19 00 The stocks are estimated at 20.000 slabs Slrsits, 46.641 13 1,487,1-2-2 09 1..V33.76 I 02 “ ‘ Omnel. 14 00 | “ “ Orrel.. 16 00® 18 00 3,000 '■ Bsnea and Billiton, Itor ton 2240 lbs., Ex. sbip. Same time last year... 47,607 05 1,3-24.406 09 13-24,013 C5 and 30 tons English, equal to 750 •* PBICE.5 FROM YARD 162,716 09 161,7.'0 17 Liverpool Ilouso Orrel,scr’d. .$18®2) I Livp’l Hoaso Can’l, scr’d. 22 00®- Total in Boston and New York, 23,7.50 slabs ! 965 12 against 18.900 “ on the tlst Aug. 1867. 27.600 •• * 1806. 1 46,641 13 1,487,1-2-2 09 lj.33,764 02 3,803 1865. Coal Freights. 13.900 •< •• 1864. above that point. . 1,308 05 25,203 06 26 511 11 ‘Tlic London mtrkcl has been steady at 03 shillings for Straits. Bancs In Amsterdam fl. .54'4. At Peon Haven for shipin’t by canal 8,050 17 76.465 1: 8>2ilH 14 (Corroded Weekly.) 5 614 01 42,501 It 48,142 15 Spel-teb has been sold at 6.'4c gold for Silesian and Stolberg. Imports- from Newburgh tion fur August 170 tons. Stock 300 tons against 900 tons on the 31tt Angust, t%8T£RX. 1867. Total by rail and canal. . 60.641 16 1,631,293 Of 1,69-2.93) 0-2 .$l 25 49,601 12 1,386,904 11 1,436,510 03 CoppEB —In tbe middle of last month a large business was done at 24c. ^ ..■ ’_I * _ i ’_^ liargesof tUe PooDsylvania Coal Com- .1 25 for Detroit, 23!4C. for Portage Lake and Baltimore, ir'iucc then the market l“"e«se.! 12,04004; 241,384 151 266.421 19 KTI’r/w “ lbs. Bridgeport. has been very dull, and although little has been oflered for sale, tbo price .1 25 has declined to 23*i for Detroit, for Portage Lake, and ‘23.‘^c. Tot Balti¬ .1 40 more. Report of Coal Shipped by Lehigh Canal, .1 50 The stock is small for the season, the T-ake Companies have sold nearly all Coxsackic and Stoyvosant. 40 Mystic..1 1 45 they have received and part of their expected arrivals for September and Week coding August 29, 1888, compared with same time last year : .1 45 waxns raox. Week. Total Hudson & Chtskill. 35 Stonington.1Stonington. 4S October, the Baltimore Company makes very little, the mannfactnrers are raugortieg and Barrytown. 35 Sag Hirbor.1.1 454u to coninme more than last year, the price at today’s rate of Gold is Tons. Cwt. Tims. Ce t. .1 65 Maud) Chunk Region. 13.411 01 203.3 .1 55 Beaver Meadow Region. 6,818 11 40,6i .1 55 Mabanoy Region.,.... l,5i .1 60 Hazleton Ftoginn. 8,240 07 153.21 . 1 60 Upper Lehigh Region. H:]5 01 9.9 .1 60 Wyoming Region. 8 220 16 99,6 for ordinary foreign. Sing Sing and Nyack. .1 75 The importations tor Angust amounted to 1,350 tons, aud the delivories .1 90 Total. 36,526 03 514,11 .2 15 Corresponding week last year.‘28,275 17 581,4 E.a8t Cambridge. .2 25 on the 3i8t Aug., 1867. .2 15 Increase. 8,2'.0 (IC . •• 1866. the consignee,wbosliallal-io pay wbar- Newburyport.2Newburyport. .2 25 Decrease,. 50,003 02 •• 1865. fage on the boat. Boatmen will tend . Portsmouth...2 2 25 RUDOLPH C. WINTERHOFP, Comborland Coal Trade. guv while unloading. 1 Portland. 2 00 64 Beaver Street. P. O. Box 0.52. By B. k 0. RaaROAD —The shipments over the B iltimere and O'lU Riilroid Freights on Coal Sea-borne front Port Richmond, Philadelphia- for the week ending Aug. 29, were as follows : Sept. 3, 1868 —From Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Wharves, Pliila , to From Cumberland and Pa. Railroad, via Cumbcjlaiid. BOSTOH STOCK l^KET. rotiSOlidatkMi Company. 2,422 01 Boston. 2 35 2 50 I Now York.1 25®$! 30 (By Telegraph.) Borden. 1,001 14 Providence.. 2 00 I Braintree.2 7.5- EDosto.v, Sept. 4, 1868. Midland-. 961 06 Lynn.2 .50 Prices of sleeks raugct) to day : _ Allegany. 23 13 (Juincy Point. 2 60(« 2 00 Calumet.7. Quincy. ... 20 From George’s Crock, via. Piodmuut. Bristol. 2 00 2 50 ^ - Copper Falls. Cary Improvement. ... 10 George’s C. k I. Company. 2,172 18 Gloucester. 2 50 2 00 _ Frarklin. Isle Royal. . ^ Central. \,Vn 18 Norwich.. 2 50 — — Ilocla.. . 72 Water Power. .... I8‘i Atlantic. 975 15 Ch.arlcton.. 2 23 2 bO Haoc-ick. . .. .w- Bos., Hart A Erie RK. ... 22,‘i Savage HI. 02 00 Baltimore.— 95 2 ‘25 _ Minuejota .. Rockland..,...... — Franklin. 0.58 08 Portland.2 25 2 35 i Newport.2 (lO Piedmont. 1,-290 16 Pcnibroko. 2 .30 -I Hartford. 2 30 Swanton. 710 16 Bovorly. 2 50 -I Brooklyn. 1 30 SAH FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET Potomac. 1,488 11 B it'i. 2 50 -I Marblohoa-l.2 50 A Telegram Irom !^ao Francisco, dated Sept. 2, quotes ; Hampshire. 2,020 13 Rockland.2 60 -Mctford.3 00 - Stocks. Bid per Pt. I l^tocKS. Bid per f’l American. 731 15 2 62>4 ‘i 65 Milton. 2 .50--Gould k Curry. — ® 105 Belcher. 160 ® — Ba ton. 601 06 Ame.sbury. 2 9-) Weymouth.350 -Sivage (por share)... 114 ® — I Uncle Sam. Chelsea. 2 .50 Fbir llavoa.2 00 -Chollar Potosl. 177 ® 183 Amador. ® 248 Total.17,618 10 rbirlostiwn. ‘3 60 Mystic. 2 CO -Ophir. (i® £l Imperial (pur share). .. ® _Halo k Noi'cross. 81 84 ] From F^hart U. R. Cambridge. 2 60 New I/indon.309 Alpha. 55 ® 54 C. & 1. Co. 2 393 09 Cambi Idgep irt.2 50 Now Haven.1 80 -Crown Point. 76 ® 89 Kenthck (pertbarc).. .. ® 130 Chatium.3 50 Now Suflblk.2 10 -Y’elluw Jacket.1,270 ®1,‘290 Cal. Steam Nav’a Co.. @ ' Total.‘JO.Oll 10 East Cambridge.2 59 Oroenport.. 2 00 Bv C. & 0. Canal—There were despatcliiMl from this port, during last week, Fall River.2 00 Wilmington, Del. 75 17,792 13 tons of Coal, forwarded by the follon-ing companies : llingbam.2llingbam. 2 69 — — | Hew York Imports of Metals, Ac- From Eluabetbport and Fort Johnston. The following wi'l show the imports of Motali, Ac., at the port of New York fr. HI loreign ports, for the week ending Aug. 28,1868. Tbo quantity is given Alhanv.f 35®-New Landon.|l 15 Huston.2 01-1 Newport. 1 49 lantity. 'Value. Quantity. Value. Consolidation. 2 766 14' Bri-lgcporl.. inn1 00-New York. 60 C. k I. Co. 2,331 ti6 ? ', ^0.*^ ‘. ? ^ McL-ils,fcc. Iron, other, tons.... 3,546 90,934 Fall River...1 45--Norwalk. 1 Wi Anvils. 52) 6 25.3 Looil, Pigs. .. 7,402 37,150 National. 1.139 03 llarttord.llarthird. 1 50--Norwich.M 1 35 Brs.ss Goods...... 13 1.090 Motal (foodjs. 157 17 ,.810 'Indsoii. 1 00-1 Pawtucket and lowing.... 1 60 Bronzes . IT ?,‘87 Nails. 7 777 Warehaiii . 1 65-Portland. 1 90 Total... 17,792 13 Chains k Anchors. 260 9 .541 Ncoillcs. .. 18 4,2<-8 Miildlepiwii.1 ‘2.5-jPortsnioulli. 2 10 •237 Did Metal. 8.1-27 Now Bodfoni. 1 50-i Providence. 1 40-f^twv. 87 37,586 I'latiua. i 2,419 Prices of Coal by the Carga .Newburyport. 2 15-Salem. 1 75-Oas'Fiitiir’es. I’latcd Ware. Now Uavoii. 1 00 - _lAugu.su.2 ’26 - - g^ds ^t:.V.V. 8 1 865 Perenssioa Uips. 4 8.4 IcoRnzcTKn wkkki.t < Rates of Traosportatioa to Tide Water. Hardware. 1.59 23,0:]0 1 Saddlery. .. 5 1506 At Hew York, September 4 1868 I BY RAlLRO.VD.l Iron, hoip. Ions. , 190 4.321 Steel.. .. 6,0i>5 81.769 370 5.4-21 1 Spelter....tb ... . 109,000 4.758 fchiivikill R. A..choice. $5 7.Vit.. . 1 Schuylkill I'heriiiul .. .. 4 50 To Port Richnond.-(Pi.i!.'io:pbia.) 'iZltoKwl 10U90 55,602 1 Tin, boxes. .. 26 018 “ Ordinary. 5 .■><) .. . 1 l.o*iiKii W.A Lump 0!d Co 3 621, 162.565 Philalelp’iia an-l Reading R. U. from Schuyraill llivcu. $2 00 iron, sheet, long... 131 6,814 1 Tin slabs.,. 25,304 5,025 “ W. A., Lump. 3 3^1 s. . 1 fjeDigb llroRon. .. 5 57>4 Tlijfillo.vi Ig I-J 1 11 Iri.vhiikialle.vit 01 all cut shippil Eistol Now iron, tubes. 5H4 1,.T7 1 Wire. 19 709 Steamboat.... 3 Oi) . i “ Lgg. .. 5 37 a Bru iswick a 11 .Niith of L'api Ili.iry, 0 itil f irthor notice : “ Broken . 3 30 • • , 1 ** .... ,.. .. 5 12*4 Diawback. Freight. N-tt. “ Fjrg. ft f O .. ,1 ’• (7io.-itiii- ... .. 4 87)4 I.limp.8.J $2 00 $115I 1'^ San Fraucisco Coal Trade. “ Stove. . 5 75 .. . Sliam'iUin. .. 5 50 rteiioiMiat. 85 2 00 1 15 Sl’EtTIAL CltALS.-l»KAiA:R-<’ (Jii.it.it;ox.i. Broken. 59 2 011 I .60-VI (From the Commi’rcwl IferaU, Aug 6.J I Hid < 0’s W. A l/!liigh.... 6 60 Diam’d Vein R. A.,Sch’kill 5 50 Kgg. f-O ‘2 00 1 .50-50 TheTht: supplyHiqiply of AiAutliracite and CiiraberUud is ineonsiderabic, particularly Incust Dale \V. A., “ . 5 .59 Mt Plcas.ant. 5 00 ■gluvo. 2-> 2 00 1I 75 the latii-r, which isii scarce, and extiemc prices demanded. Uu tbe contrary Lehigh. 6 2 5 6 50 Droa®.... I Egg...... 5 75 .... - /$S~ 'J he Mexican debt, now acknowledged by the present Oov- Steamer .. 5 25 .... I Stove.... 6 75 .... Totjl.. 2 35 emment, foots up $100,900,(K.O. This is $12 00 per cipita for the whole Grate .. 5 60 .... | Chestnut. 4 76 .... (BY CANAL.] population. 01 the whole sum. $60,000,009 are due to Engliah (Teditors, PtUm for Pittaton Coal at Hewbnrgb, Septtob^r 4,1868. To Port Richmond- abiiut $12,0C0,(00 to Spain, $5,000,000 to France, aud a small sum to the (Oorrecte-l weekly by Peuua. c-wl Co.j From Fcbuylkill Haven to Port Richmond.$1 09 L’ni^ States. „ ... , . Lump, per ton ot 2249 lbs.$6 lU®.... tgg “ *• •“ '510 Freights and tolls by Raritan Canal. 1 90 It is estimated that the Sre m the woods in Canada, this Steamer, “ “ “ 5 09 .... Stove “ “ « 5 35 .... rreunw ana ions oy nariiau uiuai. . season, has destroyed, n the Ottawa dlatricts. standing pine lumber to the Grate “ •• “ 6 10 .... tTiCilnut “ “ “ 4 65 .... 2 90 value of $4,000,000, and the woods sre still burning. Tbe boats on the Pea o •< <1 3 25 .... Drawback. 30 Montreal route are greatly detaiced by the smoke on the river. 70 cenU additional to New York. —- j$^ An electric organ is now being built in London for Christ Lackawanna at Rondont, September 4,1868. 9 '<0 Church, Camberwell. The organ is to bo placed in a chamber on tbe south Lump.$4 7>(9...- I Egg.$5 25®.... To Hew York. chancel, above tbe vestry, bnt tbe organist will sit on the oppo- Steamer.. 6 10®.... I Stove. 6 50 .... From Mauch Chunk to New Brunsw ick, by LeU>gh, Del Dlv. and Del. A site aide, among the choir, some ftRy feet distant from the organ. Grate.5 ‘20®.... | Chestnut. 4 50 .... Raritan .. ^ 65 cents additlooal to New York. ♦ A Prussian chemist has invented a method of warfaro on tbe Freights tbroagh. * ^ battle-field. It is a powder that makes a whole regiment sneexe for half an Lehigh Coal at Xliaabethpert, September 4,1868. Towage. hour. Lump. 5 00®.... I Chestnut. 4 25 .... » .ri. n.n.1 2 85 *** Among the latest inventions is a rubber bath-tnb, about Steamboat aod Broken.... 4 65 ....ISIove.6 UO .... To Hew York via Moriia unuL * three feet in diameter, when spread out, which can easily be stowed away In FKK. 4 75 .... 1 Uhigb C^l.. 2 * Isdy’a sateheL Wilkeebarre Coal at Hobidun, Angnat 28,1888 10 iCurrectod by Wilkosbarre Coal A iron Co.) “ . tsr Very rich coal mines have been recently discovered in our .. 1 55 “cw Territory of Alaska. We have long suspected that it was a coaled Lamp.85 50®.... I Egg. 5 75®...... country, Steamer.'. 6 75 .... I Stovo. 6 90 .... Broken. 5 75 .... I Chestnut. 5 ‘25 .... . 2 39 ^ Belgian cballonges the world to gastronomic dneh He proposes to eat a hundred dozen oysters snd finish with a bec&tesk. At Balttaore, September 4,1868. Wholesale prices to traae. , Trevortou B. A.$5 00®$5 40 Expenses from Mauch Chuuk to Jersey City for Re-shipment. There ere at present seventeen lines of steamere, makins WUkeabure by cargo or | By retail, per ton of 234O , ebigii tolls (net). .• ^ 1,322 voyages per annum, between England snd America. ^ carload..®$5 66 | lbs., delivered. 6 75® 7 25 “ . 1 so »* An upright trank, which resembles a bureau, hu been in- Pittston and Plymouth.. $5 50® 5 66 | Geort^ C’k and Comber- . so vented. toamokin B., or W. Ash 515® 6 40 I land t o- b. at Locust e .___ ^ tunnel between Scotland and Ireland is talked of, one and LjkeuYiUerR A.Point fog .480® 4T8 ... 8 a aKosrtef miles long, snd cottogabont|10,( 00,000.

O AUEBICAS JOURNAL OF MINING. [Srptf.mbeb 5,1868.

AMERICAN municated, and any substance melted over such a flame will two fine lodea of it- One of them indicatea a ererice 100 foet wide, an 1 the other baa defined itaelf about 8 to 10 feet wide. It is the have the units of heat, made latent by this process of melt¬ genuine oxide of tin ore, and there is plenty of it. It yields ser- ing, indicated by the time in minutes occupied in accomplish¬ enty-fire per cent, ot tin from the ore. We hare assayM it at onr laboratory, and bare (he tin to show for it. We bare tested it be¬ ffutttal of ii ing this. fore the blow-pipe with adds, by its specific qnality and erery This method is, however, not adapted to high temperatures, other way—hare eren tinned iron with the metal taken out. There is no disMnnt on the article, and to aatisfy yon, I send yon a spe¬ such os are necessary, for instance, in the melting of metals, cimen taken at random from about a cord of ore we bare taken out. Ton mayJndge of it for yonrself. from the fact that the loss by radiation is so great (notwith¬ “ Mr. M B. Grose, lately from Cornwall, England, where he has standing every precaution possible,) as to cause the resulting been engaged as a tin-ore assayor and inspector of tin ores, has been with ns and examined tho ores, and prononnced it the real OFFICE, 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK numbers to be greatly in excess of the truth. oxide of tin ore. He aa;s he nerer saw, in England, richer or bet¬ A second, and more correct method, is that of mixing. ter looking ore. He tested it by the Mow-pipe and assay, and has no heat tation in pronoundng it the gennine * tin.’ ” By poblUblog coatrlbatloo*, tbe Jocavii or Miniio doM not necoMurlly eo- When we take, for instance, one pound of boiling water, at dor*) tbe poeitloas uaomed by oootributora That the above statements are even half true we tincemly 212“ Fahr., and pour it upon one pound of spermaceti pre¬ hope, yet we cannot disguise the fact that we are far more viously heated to near its melting point, which is 1.30° Fahr., inclined to donbt than to believe. We give place to the re¬ we find that the water will soon be cooled down to 130°, and TERMS.—ypMnMfiK)!t, 14 00 per aoDBin, In advance ; $) 26 for alx montba ■ port, in view, simply, of the hope that we may the sooner 8lairle coinea Ten Ceou. New York City mibacrlbere are reqaired to pay M will have melted about one-half of the spermaceti. The water caata a year extra fir delivery. Aovaaneixo ; Tweniy-Sve ceots per Hoe of learn the truth or falsity of it tblrteen word* far each inaertloD Inaide, and forty ceota oataide. Terma in- will, therefore, have lost 82 units of heat in effecting this ; and varlably caah in advance. to melt the whole of the spermaceti it will require one and DESIGNINO, WOOD ENCRATING, UmOGRAraiNO and JOB HUNTINa three-quarter pounds of boiling water. This water, when Exeented In elexact atyle, on reaaonable terma. Ikfore our subscribers will have an oppsrtunity to read cooled down to 130°, will of coarse have lost very nearly 144 Mr. T. P. PiMBXRToa la Editor of tbe llecbaoical Department and Agent these lines, several thonsand of them will have received a for tbe JotmxAL or Mixiao. units of heat. statement of their account with the publishers of the Jodunal - Osrraapondenta, axcbangei and otbera addrenaing na abeell be exfmwfy The third, and most trustworthy method, and, also, that en/eful to write “ Joeaxat or Miaim.” Inetead of “ Mi.vixa JoeaxAL,” and to OP Minino. It is our rule to notify, from time to time, any give tbe number of onr Box at tbe Poet Offlee. which ie 6900, to enanre eafe which is applicable in all cases, is the measuring of the carriage. CommnnicaliODa intended for pnblicatloo abould be plainly written, that are in arrears. Should there be any who desire to dis¬ amount of ice melted by the solidification of a previously- and on one aide of tbe paper only. continue taking the paper, it is our wish that they notify us melted substance. From a knowledge of the fact that the at once, remitting to us, at the same time, whatever may be NEW YORK, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. water produced by the melting of one pound of ice contains our due. We hesitate at no expense in order to get up a 140 units of heat, or that every one hundred and fortieth part valuable paper, and hope that our claims will be prou^iify at¬ of a pound of melted ice represents a unit, we have only to weigh tended to. IniToaiAiA.—lAteot Heat n( I,lqa-ds I lixciTBATioiiB.—loomlt’ Patent Cat. the water obtained from the inside of a block of ice, into which —Reported Dfocovery of Tin io Colo-1 Off Engine—Meracbanm and Mer- BBITOBIAL COKEBSPOVBSHCE—HO XTL rado—.Songs of Miners, Ac. i schanm Pipes. the melted substance hu been introduced, and which has been KoiTOSiAi. ('xmRBHPoxDBXca Ho. XVL— ] Mixixa SuMMAST —Gold k SiLvca melted by the simple cooling and consequent solidification of TUI DEEP PLACBIS OF MBVADA OOUNTV, CALIFORNIA. Tbe Doep Placers of Nevada Coonly, M innesota—Colorado—idabo—Moo- OslUomla. taoa—Nevada— Ariiona—Canada— that substance. Suppose, for instance, we have one pound of OmoiNAi. Papebs.—liocomotives for Corraa — Micbigan — CalUbmla — August 13,1868. Minot, by R P. Rnthwell. M. E. HisccLLAKBOiTt—CalMoToia—Cbtna. melted tin, showing a temperature of 430° Fahr., its melting | The following letter was written at our request by Mr. PBACncAL lATTSse —VenttlatioD of MiHCXLLAxr.—Tbe Iron and Topper point, and introduco this into a cavity made in a large block Coal Mines, No. VU., by J. W. Har¬ Mines of lake Superior—Copper W. A. Skioiiori, of San Francisco, an intelligent and expe¬ den. M. F. Mining on tbe Rhine—New Cali- of ice. We will now place this block of ice contiuniog tbe Bcismiric Mzrrniofi.—Tbe Naixxial fornlao Production—New Mioet, Ac. rienced observer, whose views we take pleasure in presenting Acaileaiy of Ht-ieiice—American As- tin into a properly constructed vessel, and then cover the to our readers.—R. soetatnu for ttie Advaocemnnt of Naw PraucATioin. melted metal with another block of ice. • Having waited until Sdttioe—Hew York Society of Prac- Axtwraa to (.oanaapoxDEXTa. San Francisco, July 21,1868. -ticst Englnaariiig. Retikw or ram Inox TaAos. the tin has become solidified, but still indicating a temperature tfAXOf AcrcBiKa AXD MarBAXiCAi Nans. Tbk tX>AL TaAor. R. W. Raymond, Esq. : —Stlhroil’s Patent Heater and Lime Kixnto AXD OTRzn STOcaa. of 430° Fahr., we shall find, upon examination, that three and Oab'her—Tbe Wortbiogton Water Metai. Mabket. Dear Sir—In accordance with a promise made to you at Meter. On DiTSAnoDT HnenuLs, Ac. a half pounds of ice have, meanwhile, been melted, and as the Grass Valley, 1 herewith transmit an account of roy observa¬ melting of every pound of ice has absorbed one hundred and tions on my return trip to this place through the " Blue lATHMT HXAT OF LIQOIBB. forty units of heat from the cooling mass of metal, the three Lead" range of Nevada county. Placer county, and the quartz On page 72, Vol. VI., of tbe Journal of Mining, we dis¬ and a half pounds must have absorbed three and a half times district among the foothills near Auburn, Placer county. I cussed, at some length, the question of Tbe Unit of Heat. that amount, or four hundred and ninety units of heat. This had only leisure to remain one day at Dutch Flat, one at Gold We projiose, in the following article, to speak on the subject amount represents, therefore, the latent heat of molten tin. Run, and one at or near Auburn ; and such information as I of I.rBtent Heat in Liquids. This class of phenomena was can communicate is more the result of previous acfiuaintance BOHQS OF KIIER8—lY- not well understsod until the amount of caloric reqaired to with the country than of present research. Some months ago we began the publication of a series of raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fah¬ Throughout the route traversed as above I was principally songs which the miners either sing or ought to, if they don’t. renheit was adopted as the unit of heat. impressed with the decay of the mining towns and the de¬ The ballad of Jim Green, which was the last we gave, having When we attempt to raise the temperature of a mass of ice, population of the country. If this should continue in the by supplying it with heat from any source whatever, we find finally found its way into tho Editor’s Drawer of Harper'$ same ratio as it has progressed since my first acqumntance that as soon as the temperature of 32° (the melting point) has Magazine, we may fairly conclude that it is tolerably old and with the part of country referred to (some five years since), been attained, all the heat imparted is consumed in melting it, well worn, and that the time has come for another. The fol¬ we will soon have deserted towns and a waste of country torn ' and that in this way a considerable amonnt of heat is ab¬ lowing is a true, though somewhat idealized picture of placer¬ up by hydraulic washings, far more cheerlers in appearance sorbed, in order to convert it into water ; nor does the water mining. The miners do all these things and more, but they than the primitive wilderness of 1848. formed indicate any higher temperature than 32° till all the scarcely put it into such fine words. “ To simple fare re¬ The causes for this stagnation and the remedy are subjects ice is melted. Careful experiments have shown that ice, when turning” means “ goin’ to grub;” “ We need no Midas’ magic for your observation and reflection. I shall proceed to give thus converted into water, will absorb one hundred and forty wand ” means ” cone of your scientific cusses for uswhile the simple tacts of the condition of the country. units of heat; or, in other words, that in order to convert one *' the mountain sod our couch at night ” would probably be Immediately to the east of the basin in which are situated translated, “ had to camp in a wakey-up, by thunder, jest like the towns of Grass Valley and Nevada, is a ridge running any Injun.” In spite of these little drawbacks of style—not nearly north and south, and known as Greenbem mountain. exactly anachronisms, hut anatopisms, certainly—we deem the On the east slope of this mountain we find the ancient chan¬ poem a gem, and only r^ret that the author is unknown to nel known as the Blue Lead, and on which are situated the us, as we find it floating about with no other mark than tbe towns of Hunt’s Hill, Red Dog, You Bet, and little York, initial S. in Nevada county, and the towns of Dutch Flat and Gold Run Tbe Eastern sky is blusbing red, Tbe distant biU-top glowing, in Placer county. The lead referred to is well defined to the Tbe water o’er its rocky bed north of Deer Creek, Nevada county, and to tbe south of the In idle fro'.icks flowing ; ’Tis time the pick-axe and tbe spade I north fork of the American river, in Placer county ; but my Against the rocks were ringing. remarks apply only to that part of it lying between those And with ourselves tbe golden stream heat in the same manner. The amount of heat rendered A song of labor singing. streams, some twenty-four miles in length, but embracing latent varies for different substances. Some of these differ¬ The mountain air is fresh and cold. at least three-fifths of the mills employed in crashing cement Unclouded skies bend o’er us; ent amounts, together with the melting points of the sub¬ on the Blue Lead. Broad placers, rich in hidden gold. stances, are given in the following table : Lie temptingly before us. For convenience of description the mining interests of this We need not Midas’ magic wand, MBLTINO POINTS, CNnS OF HEAT ABSORBED Nor wizard’s rod divinmg— section may be classed under three headings, viz.: hydraulic deokees faub. bt melting. Ice. 32'» 140 Hie pick-axe, spade, and brawny hand mining, cement mining, and river sluicing, the latter referring Are sorcerers in mining. Sulphur.230’' 142 to the washings of the tailings in the present water courses. Spermaceti.130" 144 When labor closes with the day. Lead.617’ 160 To simple fair returning. Hvdradlic Mining.—Tbe auriferous deposit of this section Beenwax.149" 171 We gather in a men^ g^up— is from three-fourths of a mile to one mile in width, and the Zinc. 700® 480 Around the camp-fires burning. Tin. 430" Jw The mountain sod onr couch at night. depth of pay dirt varies from 80 to 180 feet irom the surface Bismuth.500" 5^ The stars keep watch above ns ; to a bed of bard, cemented gravel, which is not sufficiently rich We think of home, and fall asleep It will be seen that the above units of heat, absorbed by To dream of those who love ns. to crush under stamps, and too hard to be disintegrated by melting, stind in no relation to the melting point whatso¬ the force of water. This bed of gravel, some fifty feet in ever, but are, on the contrary, entirely independent of it. It thickness, is underlaid by the peculiar blue cement which may be observed that the latent heat of melted lead is not gives the channel the name of “ Blue Lead.” Probably no much above that of melted ice, while that of melted bismuth part of this State has yielded as rich returns to the hydraulic is nearly four times greater than that of melted ice, and this, miner as the range here described; but this kind of mining is too, notwithstanding the fact that the melting point of lead now only systematically carried on in one district on the exceeds that of bismuth by more than 100°. range, known as Gold Run, Placer county. This district was There are three methods of determining the amount of opened about four years since, and still has enough ground latent heat absorbed by fusion. The first method consists in left for two more seasons, exclusive of tbe present one. The exposing the substance to be melted to a constant source of yield for 1866 of this ristrict alone, about two and a half heat, as, for instance, to the gas flame of a large Bunsen bur¬ miles in length, was estimated by the local bankers at ner ; having previonsly determined by experiment, how many $350,000; for 1867, $500,000. The yield of the present year units of heat it will produce in a minute, or in eveiy five min¬ will not probably exceed 3400,000; but this is owing to a utes, or, in other words| how many degrees in temperatura it miners’ strike against the ditch companies which prevented will raise one pound of water in any given time. Suppose we the early opening of the claims, and not to a deterioration regulate this flame to the effect that it will raise the temper¬ of the character of the auriferous deposit The present price ature of a pound of water one degree in a minute. This min¬ paid for water in Gold Run district is seventeen cents par ute of time will become the measure of the units of hdat com- inch for twenty-four hours, a,reduction .of nearly 20 per cent ‘Seftehbbs 5, 1868.1 AMERICAN JOORNAL OF MINING. 153

from prices of previous seasons, but still not enough to satisfy Notk.—Of these 164 stamps not more than 80 are running stances : The hydraulic ground of Dutch l^lat, one of the the demands of most of the ground owners, who prefer to this year. richest localities in the State, is not all washed off, but oper¬ await a further reduction. These companies use from 350 to The channel is often said to be “ lost,” and this accounts ations have ceased for want of fall. Let a bed-rock tonnel €00 inches. This water passes out of the gnage boxes with a for the number of claims lying idle. More properly speaking, 2,000 feet in length be run from the level of the Bear River, preasare of six inches above the feed aperture. The banks they have come upon an unprofitable spot in the channel not under the ground to the back of the town, and a new bench, here are from 100 to 200 feet in height, and of more uniformly favorable to the deposition of gold—though sometimes it 100 feet in thickness, can be run off over sluice boxes, to be a gold-bearing character than any district now being worked meanders out of a particular claim. placed in the bottom. The existence of the Blue Lead under in the State. The tailings from this district run into the Rivkb Slcicimo.—The range I have described presents ex¬ this ground has been demonstrated by the prospecting shaft north foric of the American river and are there lost. In the traordinary attractions for this class of operations, which are of Mr. James Taif, of this place. The cement could be taken Nevada county end of the range described, hydraulic mining now prosecuted but on a limited scale, but destined to become out through such a tunnel, which would necessarily dnun the is still carried on extensively in places, but not with as good one of the greatest interests of this part of the country, on whole lead; but it lays so deep here that individual enter¬ results, though water is much cheaper in some cases, being as account of the number of large streams crossing or running prise on each claim, in raising and pumping, will not pay. low as ten cents per inch for twenty-four hours. The towns parfdlel with the best mining ground, and which are filled to Such a tunnel, by means of drifts, would work the whole lead of Hont’s Hill, Bed Dog, You Bet, and Little York were a depth of from thirty to fifty feet with the accumulated tail¬ at this place. There is an abundance of gravel here, and the formerly the centres of active hydraulic operations ; but this ings of ten years of extensive hydraulic mining. The mest miners in some cases offer half their claims for machinery to kind of mining is now laboring under the depression inciden¬ prominent of these streams are the Bear River, Steep Hol¬ work it. Such machinery, with water power, and including tal to this business throughout the State, though there is still low Greek and Greenhorn Creek; there are, besides, many an extra $1,000 for patting the claims in better working or¬ a vast field for it. ravines and caOons, noted for the extent o( their accumula¬ der, would not cost more than $4,000—a high estimate. It has been estimated that the main tunnel, above referred to, Ctumr JinnKO.—The gold-bearing cement lies next to the tions and the former rich character of the adjacent ground. would cost $25,000, but I think this too low. Near Gold bed-rock of the ancient stream, and can he worked with pro¬ In the early days of hydraulic mining, no allowance was Run it is contemplated to run a large tunnel, with doable set fit where the channel has been reached, for a thickness of made for the existence of fine gold, and this character of of sluice boxes and tramway for cars, a distance of 5,000 feet. from ten to twenty feet, and a width, which varies with the wealth was carried off by the strong and rapid streams of wa¬ This will not be needed for several years. i(S there is yet conformation of the channel, of from twenty to forty feet— ter running over the sluice boxes, which were then of a plenty of fall, but it is wisdom for the miners to take time by the pay being richest where the channel is narrowest, os a steeper grade and much shorter than those now used; be¬ the forelock. The ground under which this will ruu, is as general role. This channel is, doubtWs, as continuous as the sides, the advantages of “ dumps” and “ undercurrents” were rich as any in California, and the Blue Lead is developed auriferons deposits above it, but has only been opened at spots then unknown. The result was that a large proportion of the both to the north and south of its proposed coarse. The es¬ which are designated by the location of the towns heretofore gold was lost—probably one-half-^and now lies on the bottom timated cost of this project is over $150,000, and work will named. No branch of mining is attended with more risk and of the streams which were the receptacles of the tailings. A be commenced this season. This tunnel will begin to pay uncertainty than this, but when successfal the yield is enor¬ preliminary survey of Bear River was made several years when the first 1,000 feet is completed, and at 2,000 feet it mous. This kind of mining will eventually be extensively since with a view to the inaguration of an extensive system will strike the channel of the ancient stream, and thence ran prosecuted throughout this range, but not until some cheaper of tail-sluicing, but the fall of the stream not being sufficient at right angles, parallel with it. Millions of cubic yards of process is discovered than the one now in general use—that to carry off the tailings, the project was temporarily abandon¬ auriferous dirt and gravel must run through this tunnel, which of crashing with stamps. Whether the “ Cox pan,” with ed. This object can, however, be accomplished by running a debouches into a deep ravine, from which the tailings will finp some improvements, will not present the facilities desired, is a tunnel, a mile and a-half in length, through the ridge dividing their way into the North Fork of the American. When it is question which the experience of this year will decide. It is Bear River from the North Fork of the American, which lat¬ considered that the usual two weeks’ “ clean up ” on the small¬ estimated that a stamp will crush quite as much of the hardest ter stream is several hundred feet lower than Bear River, and er of these claims, using 350 inches of water, Js rarely less cement as of quartz. The larger boulders are thrown out at layieg the sluice boxes in the bottom of this tunnel. Should than $3,000, can any doubt be felt of the necessity of this the damp-house, where the cement is broken up preparatory the project of Sanford & Co., of running-off the tailings of work. There are many other projects which could be men¬ to the cement being fed in the batteries. The gold, being Greenhorn Creek, prove remunerative, this immense work will tioned, but being of the same nature, these will suffice. The mostly free, is caught in the batteries by amalgamation ; the doubtless be undertaken. Sanford & Co. have purcha^ and best mining properties in California, at Smartsviile, Yuba pulp thence passes over copper plates and in sluices. With¬ located ten miles of Greenhorn Creek, and commenced pat¬ county, and San Juan, Nevada county, owe their value to ex¬ out claiming to be an expert in such matters, I have no hesi¬ ting in their sluice boxes last year. They were much dam¬ tensive works of this nature. tation in saying, that 20 per cent., at least, of the fine gold is aged by the extraordinary high waters of last season, and their The capital necessary to' prosecute these great projects needleagiy wasted and lost, for want of longer sluices apd set¬ experiment has not yet demonstrated the profit of this class must come from the East, or from Europe. Here in Cali¬ tlers. Probably 33 per cent, of all the gold is lost, as some of operations, but practical men express no doubts of their fornia we are accustomed to high rates of interest and punctu¬ of it is " rusty” and needs grinding. Of the seventeen mills eventual success. al payments. No man puts his money out without the ex located on this channel, but two are run by steam—the others Pbksent Condition and Future Prospects.—If the con¬ pectation of realizing in a few months, by a sale, or getting having water power. One of these claims, which I visited dition of the mining towns along the route I have laid out is his interest promptly every month. The capital required two years since, was being run at an expense, for mill and to be taken os a criterion of the mineral wealth of the coun¬ here is of that class which can wait patiently for a year or two mine, of $500 per week. This claim was open by a bed-rock try, then a very discouraging picture would be presented. without a return; but when that return comes, it will be tunnel 1,000 feet long, with sufficient fall to drain and carry But to do this would be to do an injustice to a district which nearer ten per cent per month than one per cent, on the in¬ the cement to a ten-stamp mill run by water power. The re¬ I believe is yet destined, with the aid of capital, to add mil¬ vestment ceipts of the owners, at that time, were not less than S2,500 lions of dollars to our circulating medium. The causes of the I have made this report much longor than I originally in¬ per week, and it has steadily paid large profits ever since. decay of those towns are easily found. The large sums of mo¬ tended, but it occurred to me that as you were travelling hast¬ An adjoining claim was noted for a production of $60,000 in ney which the mines have yielded have not been spent here ily through the country, it might prove interesting to compare ninety days, about the year 1865. A few miles above I in making homes and opening new channels of mining enter¬ the opinions you have formed as to its future with mine. 1 visited a claim which had cost its owners $30,000 without prise, but in the majority of cases the minor, os soon as he shall not here refer to the quartz interests of Placer county getting any retaro. This latter claim took out their cement made his “ pile,” has gone elsewhere to spend it. With the which do not amount to much. W. A. S. through a shaft 135 feet deep, and were much troubled with new population which the country reiiuires this will not again water. This mill, (ten stamps,) hoisting and pumping works, occur. The soil, which a few years since was thought worth¬ NEW PUBLICATIONS. were run by water power, which alone cost S25 per 24 hours. less except for the gold it contained, is now demonstrated to Pbacticai. SuoaEsnoNB on Mining Bights and rBiTn.£OE8 in Can¬ I learn that they have struck pay dirt this season. The be productive, if not of all the necessities of life, at least of ada, with an A/tpen/Ux coH/ainittff tlte Gold Miniiw Reyulatiirnx, claims in the vicinity of the town of You Bet have proved the etc. by Adolphus M. Hart, Barrister at Law ot Lower Canada, all that make a home luxurions and pleasant. The grape, and Counsellor at Law of the State of New York : John Lovell, richest on the channel. Two and a-half miles southerly of fruits and vegetables of all kinds grow here with a profusion Publisher. 8t. Nicholas street, Montreal, Canada, 1867. Hold by VooRHis k Baker, 66 Nassau street, New York: Gold Run the same channel has been found at a point where elsewhere unknown, and the new class of miners will learn This is a neat little work of some fifty odd pages, and is pub¬ it crosses the North Fork of the American, or, more properly that here they can provide themselves with homes which will lished in the belief that it will be interesting to the people of Can¬ speaking, where the North Fork has cut through the ancient make life endurable without the enormous gains expected in ada in the extent and value of whose mining enterprises have channel. At this place (Stone’s Mill) the bed-rock terminated early times. Nearly all these towns have, at some period, become of great importance. The work is not the result ot a hasty abruptly, about 1,000 feet above the present level of the water been destroyed by fire and rebuilt in a day, but now they are cominlation for the simple purpose of getting together, for publi¬ cation, some ideas on mining legislation, but as the author inti¬ of the North Fork of the American, and the cemented mass suffering from the equally sure but slower ravages of time. mates, it is clearly the result of a patient searchieg investigation in was plainly exposed to view. An eight-stamp mill was erected, I'he town of Bed Dog has not one-half its buildings occupied, the field of mining jurisprudence. This is at once seen in the nu¬ and the mass worked by breaking it down, having first loos¬ and at present none of the cement mills at that place are merous authorities dtad by the author in support of the views he ened it by heavy explosions of powder, in drifts run for the running. You Bet still retains some of its former prosperi¬ has expressed. The writer has discussed, successively, the fol¬ ^ porpose. In consequence of the great facilities thus presented, ty. Little York has deteriorated nearly as much as Red Dog. lowing subjects: Property in Minerals and the Bights of the Crown; The Mode of Conveying Mineral Lands ; The Alienation this claim has steadily paid since the commencement of the Dutch Flat, a few years since, had a population of 2,000; at of Mining Bights by Will or Descent; The Bights belonging to the enterprise. I visited this ground a few days since, while present I should Judge the population to be about 1,000. On Owners of Mines, the injuries they may sustain, and their Beme- at Gold Run, and do not think they are in the center of the the mam street, here, we find dilapidated sidewalks, vacant dies ; What the Grant or Lease of Mining Lands should contain. channel, but on a shelf of bed-rock. I form this opinion from hotels and stores, and an occasional ruin of a house which has Special Covenants, etc.; Joint Stock Associations and Acts of In- the absence of the la.~ge boulders, petrified trees, brush, sand¬ fallen from the rotting of the timbers which supported it. coiporation. These topics are considered, one after another, briefly to be sure, banks, etc., usually found in the channel. This channel runs Hunt’s Hill (known in early days as Gouge-Eye) is supported but, nevertheless, in a clear masterly manner, and indicating, at northerly under the Gold Run district to Little York, and by the cement mills of the Gouge-Eye and Eastern Companies, once, that the author knows what he is about. It is a wotk that perhaps Dutch Flat. Southerly, it makes its appearance at whose claims have steadily paid for several years past. Gold all, who are in any wav interested in mines, by ownership, or oth¬ the same elevation on the opposite bank of the North Fork erwise, should avail themselves of. Especially should citizens of Run is the only prosperous town on the part of the Blue the United States, who own mining property, or are interested in of the American, near Iowa Hill, from whence it is easily I^ead range I have visited. mineral lands in the Canadian Provinces, make it a point to read traced for many miles. The town of Dutch Flat, which lies this little book. Men of the legal profession and others outside This part of the country is now passing through a crisis. to the north of the Gold Run district, is not on the direct when •* legal operations come m their way” cannot fail to gather much useful infonnation from this carefully written work. north and south line which the channel seems to follow; It is an interregnum in which mere labor has nearly exhausted nevertheless, deep explorations there this summer have dis¬ its efforts, and capital has not yet come to its assistance. closed the presence of the Blue Lead, but whether on a bend The gold is in the ground, but not w near the surface as to Original fapm. of the main channel, or on a feeder or affluent, can not be be extracted by mere labor. Enterprises of great magnitude, positively known. [See the plan inclosed.] Tlie following warrrav roa tbk AsnuciR jocasAL or msisa. are the number of mills and stamps erected on this part of requiring capital and engtoeering skill, must be prosecuted, LOCOMOnVBS FOR MINIJa the Blue Lead : and when completed, this r^on will enter on a career of pros¬ BY B. P. BOTHWEIX, H. E. nocAUTT. wun. stawps. perity which will last for twenty years or more, and repay Green Mountain, - 1 ■ - 10 their projectors one hundred fold. This is not a mere vision¬ The economy effected in the cost of transportation, by the Hnnt’s Hill, (Gouge Eye,) 3 - 34 Bed Dog, ... 4 . . 86 ary statement, but is founded on observation, and an acquaint¬ ■ubstitution of locomotives for horses and mules on railways, You Bet, - ...6 --56 ance of several years with the resources of this range. The has led to many attempts to introduce them also in mines. For little York, - . . 3 . - 26 Dutch Flat, - . . 1 . . 4 tailings of the rivers must be worked over ; bed-rock tunnels several reasons, these experiments have not proved snccessful Gold Bun, ... 1 . . 8 must be run in the ridges, for the doable purpose of drainage till quite recently. 1 purpose to put on record a few notes of Totala, mmU m and the extraction of the lower deposit. To give a few in¬ the.results obUtned by what 1 beUeve is the first mine loco- 154 AHieRtCAN JOOBNAt OR MIHlAfi. [Septeubm 5, ms.

railings, blackboards, and almost every other available point, motive which hue been put into Bucccssfnl operation in this hole” at the siding where the engine stands while in the mine; and still they arc but a small portion of what he has done. conutrj. 'I'hia machine was built for the Lehigh Coal and but in ill-ventilated mines this question will become of the The economical spirit of the last legislature of California greatest importance, and should receive due consideration. Navigation Company, at the suggestion of the Company’s cat the survey short in the midst of its usefulness, and would mine agent at the Panther Creek Mines, Mr. Thomas Phil¬ The I^ehigh Coal and Navigation Company purposes hav¬ have consigned all this invaloable work to oblivion, were it lips, who has the satisfaction of having realized his most san- ing two more of these engines bnilt for mine use, the present not for the energy and enterprise of the Professor. It is to be sincerely hop^ that the next legislature will see the folly gnine anticipations. having already proved itself so successful. cf sneh a step, and, while redeeming the reputation of the This is the first instance where the mine locomotive has The locomotive measures 12 feet in length, by about 4 feet State, give him the opportunity of completing what he evi¬ 4 inches in width, and 6 feet in height from rail to top of been successfully employed in onr American mines. There dently considers his great life-work. stack or roof. It weighs 11,000 pounds, with water and fuel. are doubtless many cases where it may be applied with mani¬ Tlie paper was followed by comments from Prof. Peirce, The wheels are about 2 feet diameter, are four in number, and fest advantage, as might also the method of hauling with a Mr. Lesley, and Prof. Guyot, all supporting Prof. Whitney’s idea that the general government, snonld organize a thorough are all drivers. Distance between the wheels, 5 feet 6 inches; fixed engine and an endless rope, now coming into nse in to|)Ogrjphical survey of the public domain. In the afternoon, some of the English collieries. gauge of track, .‘1 feet C inches; rails, 40 pounds per yard. Coant PoL'RTALEs read a paper on deep-sea dredgings in the The engine was built by Messrs. Grice and Ix)ng, of Phila¬ Wit.KESit.inaE, i'a.. Sept. 1,1868. Gulf Stream, and exhibited many interesting specimens, ob¬ delphia, and cost $2,800, or say $.'1,000 at the mines. tained during the progress of the work. This was followed by a paper by Mr. Garb, late of the California Survey, on the The work to be done is to draw the wagons or “ cars ” from frkntifk palings. subdivisions of the cretaceous and mirinc tertiary formations a “ coal-breaker” into the mine, a distance of about 7,500 feet, of California, which excited some criticisms from Mr. Lesley. 5,500 feet of which is in what is known as No. 5 Tunnel, near [from OLU Hl’EOLVL CORUEsrOXDEXT.] I’rof. Wolcott Gibbs then read a paper on uric acid, and Summit Hill. A great part of the road is in a gangway in THE NATIONAL ACADEMT OF SCIENCES. one on a new method of analytical chemistry. the coal of a seam overlying that worked. As the coal is a The National Academy of Sciences met last week on Tues¬ Oa Thursday Prof. Wuitnev, bjr special request, read an hard anthracite, there is no danger to be feared from fire. day, August 25, in the Court House at Northampton, Mass., account of the discovery of the fossil skull, supposed to bo and continued in session until Friday evening. Except the the remains of Mr. Bowers, of Missouri, together with some The engine has now been at work fur nearly two months, strictly business meetings, held at the beginning and end of notes on its geological position, and follows it by some re¬ and its working expenses are known with accuracy. In order the session, the meetings were open to the public, and were well marks on other antiquarian discoveries. A discussion took to compare them with the cost of doing the same amount of attended, not only by members of the Academy and the few place in which Dr. N ewberkv. Prof. Guyot, Prof. Brewer, and Mr. Lesley joined. work by mules, we will assume the mine to be working to its other scientific men, not members, but who were present by invitation, but also by a goodly number of “ outsiders,” in¬ Prof. Brewf.r then favored the assemblage with a descrip¬ full cajocily, COU tons of clean coal per day. I'o do this work cluding a fair proportion of ladies. In fact, not tho least tion of the forest vegetation of the Pacific slope, enhvened by with mules would re((aIro the handling of 300 “ cars ” of interesting part of tbe performance were the half-edified, balf- some characteristic witticisms. In the allernoon, Prot. two tons each (00 cubic feet) per day, and about 40 cars of pnzzlcd looks of the fair spectators when some savant, starting Marsh, of New Haven, read a notice of fossil bones discov¬ “ slate,” “ waste,” etc. I'o haul these over 7,500 feet of road with plain English and reasonably simple language, decoyed ered at Antelope Station, on the Pacific Railroad, and after¬ his hearers beyond their depths, and loft them floundering in a wards the Academy was regaled by two mathematical papers requires three teams of seven mules each, drawing 20 cars in sea of algebraic formulae, or placed them in imminent peril of by General Barnard and Prof. Peirce. a train, there are needed, therefore, three sidings to pass trains drowning in a palmozoic ocean. But not only were the ladies In the evening, Prof. Henry, the President, read a long on, and CO cars are on the road at a time ; there will at the thu I treacherously dealt with; tbe members themselves and very interesting eulogy on the late Prof. A. D. Bachk, same time be 20 in the mines, and 20 outside; in all, 100 cars didn't always seem to exactly understand all the details of which, occupied an hour and a half in delivery, and was lis¬ what thc’r learned colleagues were talking about; and when will bti require*! to do the work. The wear of the roads by tened to with unflagging attention by every person present. I’rofessor Peirce or General Barnard were delighting each On Friday, the last day of tho session, Prof. Johnson, of mules reejuires the constant work of one man to keep them other with a black board fu'l of C(|uations, the others seemed New Haven, road two papers on the estimation of Carbonic in repair. perfectly content to let them have their own way, evidently Acid in analysis and on nitrification, and Prof. Whitney consoling themselves with the certainty that “ every dog has To do the same amount of work with the locomotive re¬ read one on some points of the surface geology of the West his day,” and each would have his turn at mystifying the others quires but .50 cars, since the engine takes in a train of 15 cars coast, followed by a discussion between Dr. Newberry and to his heart’s content. Mr. Garb, in which Prof. Guyot also took part. General in less than half the time required by the mules ; 15 cars in the The academy is without (|acstion composed ol tho most Barnard closed the strictly scientific part of the meeting mine and 15 outside, or say .50 in all, snflice to “ handle” COO eininpnt men in their 8|)ecialties in the country, and al¬ by .reading a paper on the pendulum and gyroscope. In the though many of the papers read during the session were cer¬ tons of coal p ill) obtained from it. Uepaii'ti, oil, fuel, Ac.. . 1 5.5 1 Extra roht ot keepiug rood in repair ‘2 00 vessels from corrosion by sea water and from fouling, and on methods of protecting the national currency from being coun- .Mr. Harrlson stated that this metal had the appearance of TuUI. $C 50 1 1 T. tal.$‘29 00 bTfcited. 'I'hese, sm 1 other investigations curried out by corn- being alloyed with chrome iron, which rendered ordinary cast leaving a balance of $23 00 per day in favor of the loco¬ inittces of tho Academy, are said to have already saved for iron very hard. Chrome iron is used for safes, and no too's motive. the government large sums of money, and to have practically of steel can cut or penetrate it. He had formed tine alloys of cast and wrought iron by adding tinners serrp, to the already The men are sent in to their work on the wagons. When demonstrated tho usefulness of the organization, and thu wis¬ dom of tho step that resulUnl in its foiindaliun. Not the least molten iron. these are drawn by the engine, there is a saving of 15 minutes, important feature of tho Acideniy is tliat the inemliers re¬ The regular subject for discussion was then announced, morning and'evening ; and at one miner cuts, on an average* ceive no compensation for their services, but undertuke inves¬ which wds : “ Cleaning and disinfeclicg the streets of cities,” 14 tons of coal (clean and prepared for market) per day, has tigations, suhmilted to them by government, without hope of and a paper upon that subject, by C. F. Jenny, was read, in which it was stated that, next to the water supply there is no one laborer to load the same, it will effect a saving of 30 fee or reward, thereby securing to the departments disinter¬ ested advice from those best able to give it, and protection subject which so vitally concerns tho iuhabitauts as tbe clean¬ minutes per day for eighty-six men, or four days at $2 00= against the schemes of men who want to ‘‘ get a tingcroii’i”— ing of streets and other sanitary means for the preservation $& 00 per day, by using the engine for this work. I may re¬ tho public treasury. ol health ; for, even with an abundant water supply, unless mark that the average of 11 tons per day is aimvc that per¬ At the present iiucling there were Homo twenty or thirty the llooriiig or covering of the streets, and plan ol drainage and sewerage of these streets as well as the buildings, is ol formed by the miners, generally, throughout the anthracite piqKir.s’read, among (which were essays by I’rof. I’eirck, Prof. .Whitney, General Baknaud, Count I’oiutai.k.-*. Prof. Woi.- the proper character, muen evil will bo tho result. Streets mines, owing to the high inclination and great thick ness—from »x>TT Giim.^, Prof. Twinino, Mr. G.mib, .Mr. Peckiiam, Prof. paved with cobble or broken stones, or any plan of paving 20 to 50 feet—of the seams in the Panther Greek v.dl.y. In Mar.ku, Prof. S. W. .Johnson, Prof. Brish, etc. Tho first having earth filled around tho stones was particularly charac- the Wyoming coal fn-Kl, the average amount of coal mined per pajicr was by .Mr. Mit» hki,i„ assistant iii the (kiasl .Survey, teriziHl as harboring the germs of disease. Mr. Jenny argued, man per day is about 10 tons. OH the tides in New York Harbor, read by Prof. I’euh e, tho that washing is the best iiictbud of cleaning streets, and for chief ofth* eurvey. Prof. 1’kiuck subie(|iioiitly read a pajicr this purpose, supposing Now York City was to be so cleaned, If we consider the first cost of the motors referred to, we water pipes, ruuniog from the rivers each side of the city, find : of his own on a similar subject. General Barnard, of Wash¬ ington, read a pajier on the motions of the ptmdulum, illus- could be so laid that hose could bo attach*^, and engines at Locomotive.fa.iKK) I 21 nniU'gat .# 4,‘JOO irated by a blackboard, full of algeb-aic symbols, which tho the wharves could force water in sulficieut quantity to SO mine wayanus. i'>.-2:> 11 100 mine c.irB at 51-2,'>. 12.500 thoroughly wash all necessary [tlaces. Tho Croton water 1 Mdiag, Kay.l.OOJ | J “ KiiliuBa"i'ori)a8SiU{'triUiis tJ.oco writiT cheerfully confesses were jK-rfeclIy uuiuUlligible to hiuiscir, and he suspects that from the blank looks of o'.hcrs should be economized, and with this end in view, he would* Totil.$in,-25ol Total.JIO.TOO ill tho audience, he was not entirely alone. Professor Twin- use the sea water, and with this use another advantage would Showing a lialancc of $!),-15o in favor of the engine. i.NO tried to demoiistiate that the only invariable meter of bo gained, ns the chloride of sodiam contained in the water Taking the interest on iho above at 10 per cent., and al¬ length is an apparatus which we can only describe us a com¬ would loud to arrest Ihe decomposition of animal matter. A paiier was read from Mr. I’erry Dixon, who remarked, lowing 2O0 working days per year, since these mines are not plex sort of double tlionnometer. I’rofessor Giuns cuinmeutcHl rather severely on Airy's reduction of KiRciioFF’s.scale, and that a great deal had been said about cleaning the streets, worked during the winter, and counting twenty cents per day was followed by Prof. Peircz, who handled Mr. Airy with¬ which, when cleaned by sweeping, were nearly as foul as be¬ for keeping each mule during lUO days in winter, we obtain a out gloves. Professor Whitney, State Geologist of Cali¬ fore, as tbe pernicious matter is mostly held uuderneath the total saving of $7,5C5 per annum, or more than six cents per fornia, and now of Cambridge, read an interesting paper by surface and away from the action of brooms or shoveU. He ton on the coal iiuned effected by the introduction of the I Mr. S. F. Peckuam, on Petroleum, more especially with refer¬ advocated washing; and recommended a m-.ichiae for that locomotive. The engine would pay for itself tw) and a half ence to the bituminous products of Califuriiia. Mr. 1’kck- purpose, consisting of a traction engine that could force water iiam believes that these substances have their origin in both from an accompanying tank, through hose, to whatever point times in the course of a sine/le year. animal and vegetable sources, those of Pennsylvania being it was needed. Ihis comparison of a few ol the principal items cf cost and from the latter, while those of California are derived, proba¬ Mr. A. W. Hall remarked, that the Hoa. Mr. Drioos, of working expenses may be accepted as substantially correct for bly, in great part, at least, from animal remains. He divides Michigan, had patented a novel plan for washing streets. His the ^location referred to. The actual working of the locomo¬ them into various classes, accordiyg to their chemical consti¬ arrangement was to make every lamo-pist a water-post, and tution. Mr. Lesley, of Philadelphia, followed the paper with have the awning bars composed of pipes with jets pointing tive justifies the conclusions deduced, yet its introduction is some remarks on the bituminous deposits of Europe and else¬ to the center of the streets ; these jets could so pl**y oppo still too recent to warrant a very positive assertion that the where. the street that the impact of water would carry off the dirt results will always show so large a balance in its favor. On Wednesday morning Prof. W'uitnev discoursed on the and filth to the sewers. These figures are, however, quite suflicient to justify the hope topography and on topographical work west of the 103d meri¬ Dr. Franklin remarked that it would bo absolutely neces¬ dian. lie exhibited numerous excellent maps constructed sary to disinfect the garbage which was thrown out, in some of effecting, in many of our large mines, a material redaction under his supervision by the assistants of the California sur¬ portions of the city, and the same would be necessary with in the cost of that very important item, “ underground con¬ vey, and proved to the satisfaction of all that he had been no cess-pools and water-closets. Tho washings of the streets veyance.” idler daring his long sojourn on the shores of the Pacific. being received in the sewers, would prove a fruitful source of 1 ho most serious objection to the locomotive nndergronnd Not only has he condneted the complicated machinery of his evil and disease. , , e commission, but almost entirely at hia own expense, he has 1 A lengthy discussion then followed, relative to the value of will certainly be the vibration of the air in the gangway ; in caused extensive surveys to be made in nearly all the adjoining disinfectants, deodorents, etc.- MoDocoal’s powders, the case mentioned no serious inconvenience is experienced, States and Territories. The maps exhibits covered nearly cW, and sulphate of iron, were severally brought up, but the tie tunnel being well ventilated, and there being an “ air¬ all the wall of one side of the room, and were hoog from lattw waa coacoded to be the most Important. Air m mo- SsPTEUBEa 5,1868.] AMSmCAN JOORNAi Of MINING. tion was noticed as beiujr of sanitarry importance, and, for this H. R. WORTHINGTON’S LOOMIS’ STEAM ENGINE AND CUT-OFF. pnrjiose. heat currents indaced by ojien fires was proposed. ALSO, » Mr. J. K. Fisher was thou introduced to tho Society, ond remarked that he liad become interested in the subject of STATIONARY & PORTABLE ENGINES, cleaninc] streets mauy years ago. He recommended washing the streets by means of jets, and would employ engines, which N£W AND SECOND-HAND might be used for the doable purpose of performing this duty, and also operate as fire engines. He recommended a system STEAM BOILERS. of floating engines, which would perform a portion of their STEAM PUMPS AND STEAM GAUGES, duty by washing'the docks,etc. His great idea is to go to the SAFETY VALYFS, root of the evil, and ho proposed to introduce pavements made of iron that could not produce dust by abrasion, and Lock-up aud Safety Valves, would not permit of deleterious washings to penetrate the Aod cvcrythiog pertainiDg to Stcim Engines.

bed on which they rested ; ho discarded horses on all paved ALSO, roads as characterizing a barbarous age, and warmly advo¬ cated the employment of steam-propelled carriages. • BELTING, Much argument followed Mr. Fisher's remarks, after which MACHINISTS’ TOOL?. notice was given that the Committee upon “ Water Meters " would hold a meeting at the editorial, rooms of the Journal PATENT WATER-METER, Wood Working Machinery, &c. OF Minino, 37 Park Row, on I'uesday morning, September This Meter is also Used for the Measurement of Oil. rarticular attention paid to the location of UachUntr^ with view to Economy. 8th, at ten o’clock. Inventors and others interested in the IT COMBIHEI Address ; subject, who have meters or plans of meters, were invited to ACC JRACY, SIMPLICnr, AND REMARKABLE DORABILirY KELLOU & LOOMIS, be present, a motion being made, tho Society ad¬ with guch oaso and certainty of motion, a.s toolTcr no appreciable obstructions journed to meet again on the evening of Tuesday, September to tho flow of water in the pipas to which it is connected, as it runs and re¬ 117 Liberty at., New Vork City. gisters upon thre - inches head, or when delivering the smallest stream. These 15th. qualities, with its low coet, have caused its extensive adoption by corporations and individuals, iu mauy of our larger cities. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE¬ UENRV B. WORTHINGTON, MENT OF SCIENCE. sept No. 61 Bookman street, N. Y.

In continuation of our report on the doings of the Ameri¬ is guaranteed to remove all scale or sediment of whatever kind from the can Association for the Advancement of Science, we subjoin worst feed water. Sea water can bo fed to Boilers, though this Heater is the following •rliclcs, that to many may possess a peculiar in¬ successfully used. Nearly 800 are In satisfactory om-ratiim, principally on Stationary Boilers at the West, but many on tho Mississippi and Afissouri terest ; Records, Leg^al Docaments, and Commercial Rivers. Scale is (constantly rendering Boilers unsafe aud causing explosion, EVIDENCE OF GLACIERS IN MAINE. Accounts. redneing their efficiency and destroying their material. For Descriptive pamphlets, prices and references to parties using this Heater address Mr. N. 'r. True read a paper on tho “ I’hases of glacial ac¬ Rii:SlST.S THK ACTION OF TIMK AND CHKAIIC.l^L. JOHN B ROOT, tion in Maine at the close of the drift period.” This paper Agent for the Eastern States, Cuba, etc. discussed the effects which caused the peculiar rocky appear¬ AGKNTS. Scpt-5-3m 05 & 97 Liberty Street, New York. ance observable along the coast of Maine, especially in the vi-1 CERTIFICATE. cinity of the Androscoggin river. Large basins worn in the School of Mines, Columbia College, ) KALDENBERG & SON, hard granite were found, while the pieces of rock which had Cor. 49tli Street and 1th Avenue. j New Y'okk, April 10.1868. We received the only Prize awarded to the United States for become detached from the ledges, presented the appearance This it <0 certify that, at the request "f the Aletropolitnn Board of Health Keerahanm Pipes at the PAKIS PXPOSITIOH, 1887-. of having been torn off by an immense pressnre, which was of tills City 1 have made a severe. Chemical examination of twelve of th,^ best American and European Bltck Inks, with a view of ascertaining which Ink Highest Pbemium over all Competitobs, Amebican Institcte, 1807. undoubtedly produced by icebergs moving by glacial force over is best adapted to the purpose of perpetuating the Statistical Records of AUNUFJVCTURE, AND CUT TO ORDER, the face of this country. The basins were propably worn in their office. The list of Inks tested included, among others, the well-known OmUINE MEERSCHAUM PIPES. the hard granite by the same force acting for a long time in inanufactures of P, & J. Arnold, Maynard & Noyes, Wm. Carter & Bro., and Tbaddeus Davis Co., as well as some of the hi-st French Inks, one particular place. Some idea of the length of the glacial The results fully demonstrated the superiority of IYbight’s Black Ink CIGAR HOLDER' period may bo obtained by comparing these cavities with si¬ over all the others ; this Ink having withstood the application of strong chemical agents without fading or changing color, while all the other Inks, AMBERS MOUTH ITECE8, BOILINO IN WAX, milar cavities worn in blocks of marble by constant action of nnder like treatment, cither entirely disappeared from the paper, or hecauie water and gravel under a heavy pressure, and judging by such practicaUy illegible. STEMS, &C. MOUNTING, Jkc. a basis it could not have been lees than ton thousand years that C. F. CHANDLER, Professor of Analytical and Applied Chemistry. Done by tlie Best AVorkmen In the Trade. the coast of Maine was under immense icebergs and under¬ Wright's Black Ink has been thoroughly tested, Old Stand and F.-u;tory, since 1803,4 & 0 John at, Ist floor, next to Broadway, going the change which it now presents. In certain parts of ou-nsiTs i 23 W'ALL Htrekt, cor. of Broad (oprosito U. 8. Treasury). .Maine, and e.xtending even into Canada, large pot holes were Is unchangeably fluid, BiUlUSI. 71 Nassau Btuxet, cor. of John, New York. found which were evidently formed by this same pres.sure just Deposits no sediment. N. B.—Tlie best brands of Foreign and Domestic Smokiag Tobaccoi Latakla previous to the de<-line of the drift period and in the curly Will not corrode the pen. Turkish, Havana, etc. Sept-3-lm commenccnieut of the ghicial period. Wherever the glacial Writing executed witli this Ink has been Immrt-sed for hours in Boiling action has been marked as violent, there these pot-holes are Wateb, without changing the color of the writing or causing it to spread. THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVER if. most frequently mot with, and are proportioned in size to the W. C, WllTGHT & CO., THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERT. glacial action, and hence it ha.s been deduced that they are the Manufacturing Chemists, THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERT result, mostly, of glacial rather than of diift action. 31 Broadway, New York. THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERT. ON TUB A.NTU]LITY OF MAN. FOR 1868. Dr. J. W. Fostf.r, of Chicago, read a paper on “ 'Hie An¬ Wright’s Black Ink fot Sale by all Stationers. Ang.23:4t Fir sale by WESTERN & CO. Sent on receipt of price, TWO DOLLARS. tiquity of Mail m North America.” lie said that it was formerly supposed that man was among the most recently created of animals, and that his creation had occurred, too, at a time when the earth had assumed nearly- its preseat condi¬ tion of soil and climate. Rwent discoveries show, however, MANUFAC'TURERS OF WARRANTED that this opinion is uiitenuble. He then proceeded to discuss

of men had been found, iiiteriiiingled with those of animals e.x- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. tinct, as well as with animals wliicli have no longer habit in those regions, these being all found in such position as to Single and Double Cylinder, and Type Revolving show that they were contemporaucous. Aincng these he stated tho elephant, liyppopotamus, cave bear, cave lion, cave PKI^^TING MACHINES. hyena, reindeer, etc. 'I'his would seem to show that,at a time, an Arctic climate prevailed where now the olive and the vine grows. * * *111 the plastic arts the mound-builders were in ad¬ vance of the stone age of F.iirope. He e.vliibiled the two spe¬ cimens from the inounds near the battle Held of B*)linont in Missouri. On one, probalily a water pitcher, was impressed the features of the potter's race, wliicli, if it was sucli, sliowed it to lie diverse from the red man by tho absence of the obli¬ quity of the eye and by the variation of the profile. The whole contour, he tlioiight, slio-vod a good degree of intellectual de¬ velopment. The second specimen seemed to be a statuette, probably representing a captive ; the arms being bound to the body by cords, and the art of the fashioner being so far ad¬ vanced that he was eiialiled to e.vbibit tlie effect ot the restric tion of the cord by impressing an e.voressioa of pain upon the features. “ Their mining opi rations lie conceived to have been carried on on a scale of great in ignil ude. I'liere are few copper veins on the shore of laike Su[>erior which do not show traces of their labor. When these e.xcavations were made he could not tell, but he felt Justified in dating them back at least a thoa- sand years,”

Auswsrs to Correspondents. A. 8., of New York. Tho difforoucu botween flint aad crown Klass ia simply that tho first conUius load oxid, and the othor does not; pure crown glass is, chemically speaking, a silicate of lime and potash ; flint glass contains, in addition, a larger or smaller amuuut of silictto of^lead, aud is much heavier. The optical re¬ fraction anid dispersion ot such glass is in a direct ratio to the amount of lead it contains. P. H., OF Chicago. Tho story about the travo’ing or walking stones going tho round of the papers now, is evidently a canard; even strong magnets wouM not behave in the way these stones are Mid to do. Anyone acquainted with magnetic ores, knows better; it is a story of the same kind as that which tells ns that people lost their boots from their feet becanse of the magnets in the ground attracting the nails. 8. R., OF. Washinotok. Tho now substance, imitation of Meer- shanm, yon inquire about, is made of potatoes, soaked in diluted Circular Saws with Movable or Inserted Teeth. sulphuric acid, and dried underpressure. It is Mid that turnips, The accompanying engraving represents a new and improved Circular Saw'with inserted teeth, manufactured by ns, and con- treated in this way, produce an imitation of horn; and, carrots, stmeted on a plan in which is combined a mechanical arrangement embracing all the requirements of inserted teeth withont an ob¬ beautiful artificial coral. jectionable featnre. fS" M. Rosentiohl has discovered a new alkaloid, isomeric with These saws possess great advantages over all others. The teeth are grooved all around and comprise considerably more than tolttiuine, a subsUnce coDtainod iu aniliue ut toe shops, aud which crystallizas half a circle; consequently when they are turned into the sockets they become as firmly fixed as if they were a put of the plate itself. r^ily. There is, however, another toluidine which is nearly liquid, and These mws can be run at any speed desired, and there is no possibUity of the teeth being thrown out of their sockets from any cause. yields, with arsenic acid, a red coloring matter, analogous to ffichsine. It b<]ila There are no rivets required. In these and other respects they have an advantage over all other inserted tooth saws manufactured. at 190 degrees ccatig., aad if cooled to freezi^-point, a single drop of water Circulars and price lists will be sent on applicati-on. will safflee to determine the sotidiDcation of a large portioa of it. This proves to be the common sort; bat the remaining liquid still possesses the properties E. HOE & CO., 01 the other kind, though it yields a smaller proportioD of toe new red color¬ ing matter. The discoverer proposes caliiog it provisionally pseudo talndine. Iitavl9:lT }1 e«M Sirut, New lork. AfllERttAl JOUBtlAL OF MIMING. [Septbmbrr 5,186^.

REMOVAL. RANDOLPH BROTHERS, . | JfiJi€HIJ^ER 1* SOLE ACENTS Ot THE ORIGINAL The Empire Sewing Machine Company g O U T U~b1i 00 k l y n Hare rMnored to tbeir New Store, SPRnrO MOUNTAIN LEHIGH COAL, ](•. SB4 Bowerjr, between Hoarton and BIccclicr Strecte* STEAM ENGIHE AISD BOILER WORKS, Tbeir oew ftctorj le now to tall operatiOD, which will eaable them to All all KEtouiTaly XlMd for Smaltiaf bon- ON IMIAY, SUMMIT AND VAN BRUNT STREETS, BROOKLYN, N. Y , ordera promptly, ROOMS, SA AMD M TRINITY BriLDINa,NBW Vnwir »..ie,f D. MoLBOD, Propetotor Tbeir IMPBOVED No. 3 and No. S MACHINE tor FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES, THE DESPARD COAL COMPANY ovFOi nnt scpouos la BOt only eqaal bat aoperior to any otbor Machine la the market. Implro Sowiaf MaeUne CoaipaaT, DESPARD COAL Ao8;1y No. 3M Bowery, N. Y. To Gae Light Oampaaie. tbiDogboot the ooantry. MINES IN HARRIHON COCNTY, West Yirclaia. , WHARVES, LOCUST rOINT, I-,., >0 labor, Vo Wear, Vo Tear. COMPA.nY’8 OFIICENo. aaSoathftreet, J-“'‘‘mare. A SRI F-ACnKG HOUSEHOLD WONDER, Ayente, PARMLR BROTHERS, No. 33 Pioe atreet, Mew York. BA.NGd k HORTON, No. St Doaoe atreet, Bostoo. THE FOUNTAIN WASHER AND BOILER. Among the ooosumen of Despard Goal we name : Manhattan' Gas Light Com- Woodward’! Patent. March 25,1802. riny. New York ; MetropDllUo Qas Light Co., New York : Jeraey Citv Gas igbtCo. Jersey CUy, N. J.; Waablogton Gat Light Co., Waabiogtoo, 0. 0.; For Washing and Cleausing Clotlios by the rapid cirenUtion of hot sods Portland Gas Li^t Co., Portland, Maine, tUrongb every Ober. ReAreoce to them is reqoeeted. May 30 FRICXf t6 to tl2- 0OXE BRO.’S & CO. ManuCictory of tbe ' i STATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS FOR SALE, “Babcock & Wilcox Patent Steam Engines,” J. WARD fcCO., CROSS CRREK COLLIRRT, high and low pressure, for Sutiooary and Marine parpuagi, np to the largest No. 23 Cortlaodt atreet. auiKBS ajio aairrias cloks. Orders for the above Engines, and tor BOlIJEB^lRON and BRASS AogSAt Vanglee, Wringen, ete > is Great Varietj- of the Celebrated Crofs Creek CASTINGS, COPPERSMITH WORK, FORGINGS and HEAVY MAailNERY ot all descriptions (fog which this establishment has uneurpemed kcUities), exe¬ Free Burning Lehigh Red Ash Coal cutes promptly, at moderate prices. The BABlOCK A WILCOX Patent Engines combine the siaiplest and most SI^TE nE^L,ERS. FROM THE BOCK MOUNTAIN VEIN. dcrablo Valve Gear, the greatest rangs of cut OK, perfhot regulsrity of speed OFFICES I acd the highest economy of fbel. The cylinders arejseksted with live steam, JOHN GALT, Pblladelphia, | Drilton, Jeinao,Terrace Sqoare. marlt.1v Chicago ; James Parker, ouroer Franklin and Washington Streets. Oiarlestoc 8. C.: C. J. Ilemorest, East Bay, near Wentworth Street. Now Orleans: J. J. Lee, 3C8 Magazine SUwet. Q. B. LINDERMAN & CO., I am iwepared to give parties tbe prlcea of Slate delivered tbroagbout tbe United States at tbe Railroad Station. IsAlIISrEJIFLS, Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. Jan1:1y SUGAR LOAF, XOr>r> RAFJBTSJRXY, JJUDSON RIVER SLATE COMPANY, CRvanti LEHIGH COAL Machinery Merchanta, Saginaen and MaehinWa. 25 PARK ROW, NEW YORK, OFnCE: Mannheturers ol Sutionary and Portable Steam Eoglnse and Boilers; alas Supply from their Quarries «0 XRINIXY BUILI>I3VO, Flax, Hemp, Tow, Oakum, and SUPERIOR BLUE SLATE. liMy23:l 111 BROADWAY, N. Y. ROPE MACHINERY, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING, I IX Lathes, Planers, Drills, Chocks, fee.. Iron and Bnss Castings. Jndaon’s k Snow’s Patent Governors constantly on hand. ASHLER BUILDING FRONTS, MANTUA k MANTI.E STOCK, SAMUEL BONNELL, JR., HOUSE TIIES. of all sites, SLABS of any dimensions, OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, NO. 4 DEY ST, N. Y. FLAGGING TII UN. ol any large rise, HEARTHS, of all ataes, orrus roB stu ms PLAIN FLAGGING of any thickness, SIdtTE DUST, STJOAR. ORKESK Office and Works, Fatanon, N. J. CURia.VG, ptoio and ianry, RILUARD REUS, JosiiPB C. Todd, ap27An Paiur Riwsbtt. COUNTERS k COUNTER TOPS, SIU£ and UNTEUS, AND WAINSCUnNG k PANELING SLABS SINKS, for MARBLEIZING, of any sise CEMENTERY STOCK, HOIVEY BROOR PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ordered, SLAB ROOFING. ESJsra-insTEJS. Any ArtielM Marbleiiad to Ordar in the Moat Snparior ttyia- Omca : 43 and 46 •• TRINITY BUtLOING," 111 BROADWAY, All orders and commuiiicatMnis should be addressed to Boilers, Circular Saw Mills, Mill Work, Cotton Gina, ^ New York. ABRAHAM BELL’S SON, Cotton Qin Materials, Mannlkctared by tbe ■ * ' Nov 33,qxjn , '*28 Hark Row, New Yoifc.' QALDWELU GORDON A CO., ILBEmON fc DOUGLASS HACIHB COVillT, WHOIBULB DEAUnS HI CO^Jb REoMEEHS Sr SHIFPERS, NEW LONDON, CONN. marlSrly ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL. « ALL IN SEARCH OF ENGINES SHOULD •yyHITE, FOWLER A SNOW, HENRY HEIL’S A EXAMLVE * Boccessors to JOHN 'WHITS d( CO., CELEBRATED EAST FRANKLIN COAL. “THE RUDDICK,” Wilkesharre and Lehigh Coal, NO. 35 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. 'O The most compact, simplest end EXiR STEAM AND FAMILY USE. S. Cauiwell, Ja. F. A. Haix, N. P. Goanon, 8. B. Yotnra On ICS, BOSTON, Office 144 State St. PHILADELPHIA, <12 Walnut St. Koom No. 73, 111 Broadway, (Trinity Bnlldinig, lanSdf J so. W BITS. IjxDUT H. Fowlsb dec30 incis T. pjmw. ^AY, HDDDELL & CO., DEVF.REUX, THOMPSON k CO. 82 cedar street, N Y., J,ENGLISH COAL AND CANNEL. MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF S8PA11U COAI., from Baltimore, HABLEIOH LEHIGH COAL, A. F. DEVEBEUX k Co, BosUw, PUOVINCIAI. COAL, And tbe Celebrated Sole Msnotactarers. AN’THRACITS COAL, For Sale In Lots to suit. HICKORY, BROAD MOUNTAI.N, EXCELSIOR, SHAMOKIN A.MD NEW ENG PARMELE BROS., LAND RED ASH. No Experiment. Old approved methods in all its ports. agency of GEORGE WRIGHT k CO., UVERTOOL, OfncB: offiM, Vo. ss ran street, ww you. Room 81, TRINITY BUILDI.NG, 111 Broadway. pHE WATSON MANUFACTURING COMFAWT dec9046:67 Yard. West 82d Rireet. near lOtb Avaoue. Fhiladolphia, Boctom. Kailsoad Avixri, Opfositb Erik Railwat Statmk; AN 108 WAIJJUT STREET. 7 DOANE STREET. ap20 OFFKB THEIB 8UPER10B (ICAUTT OF MACHINISTS AND MILLWRIGHTS. PATERSON, N. J. BTTUMI]SrOUS CO^L IROJT RE^EERS. Water Wheels, Hea'vy Gearing, Sbaftliig, PnUlee^ ete. To Qas Companies, ' ALSO. PORTABLE EMQINES. Railroad Corporations, And all kinds of Hacbiocry for Oil Wheels, etc. And Manafactorers oY IVOXICE 111,0IV ATVo sxe:e:i^ Bolling Mill*, Steam Engine*, Eydranlie and otker PiuMa, More tiian two millioas of tons of their Goal have bson distributed througli tbe LATHES, PLANING AND SCREWING MACHINES, New England and Middle Stoics, and its character is esUblisbed And Tools in general. Iron and Brass Cartings, of all siaea and descriptioai. in the market as having no superior in quality. All Men who Use Plane Irons.” Patterns made to order. Also, manuiactorers of the Placs of StfruaxT—Pier No. 3, Greeowicb Wharves, Delaware River. Orncs—No. 280 South Third stieet, Philadelphia. Improved TnrUne Water Wheel. EDWABO C. BIDOLB. Prosident. WE HEREBY AUTHORIZE ALL “ HARDWARE | oct.l3, HIT. PR %NCIS H. JACK8U.N. Soe’y and Trcaa’r._AptBiCiao. ’ " DEALER'” to allow tbeir custumers to try cur ” Clovib Lsif I’laxs Inoxs,” and if not perfectly suited, tike them back, and refund price paid, and THE NOVELTY IRON WORKS. XJONEY BROOK COAL COMPANY, charge I roos over to us. Wo want Uechonics and Dealers to run no risk in baying our Plane Irons. Foot Bast IRth, 13Ui and lath Rticets. Exclusive Miners and Shippers of the Celebrated See that our BILANCH OFnCE.7# Uberty street HONEY BROOK LEHIGH COAL naxTracrcuE NO. Ill BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ' CLOVER LEAF TRADE MARK Steam Engines and Boilers, JAS. H. LTLBS, Agtnt, Wharves, Port Johnston, N. J. Philadelphia Office, 208 Walnut street. Cotton, Sugar and Bice Machinery, ai

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U Higb and Low PreBsare Steam lieating App.vatas applied to FA.CTORIES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, STORES AND DWELLINGS. Maaiftctiirers aad Bole Agents for STORER’S PATENT LUBRICATORS, lor aosplyinf Mbricating matter tn balk te the cyliodcrs of Marine and .«ta- tieoery Steam foigiaMi, Steam Pnmpe, Heaters,Steam Traps, Pipe Tongs, Pipes, Vioei, Stocks aad Djres, fcc., kc. Air Pumps, Blowing Engines, Hydraulic Pressnro Pumps, Now Locomo¬ We make Steam and Gas Fitter’s tools a speciality. tive Pomps. Firo Pumps, Boiler Feed, Murine, Uraiuage, Sugar-Work, Brewery, Distillery, Oil sud Wrecking Pumps. CoOs for Brewerlea, Distilleries, Soap Factories, Ac., Ac Improved Horizontal and Vertical STEAM PUMPS. MININa PUMPS Bend for lUnstratod Circalar. Lll-ly (Working with Plunges, and especially arranged for pnmping water contain • ing dirty or gritty matter.) A. 8. CAMERON k CO., Pumps for every possible duty, and all ftilly guaranteed. Also, WORKS FOOT E.VST 23D STREET. Knowles' Patent Safety Boiler Feeder. fcb22 dm Send for an lUnatratcd Circular.- [iATEST improved patent^ ilylO-ly DRRS p Y D R A uTTc W dll k s”~ ^ WAjJRWORKSXFiiTEftiliGAPPAR^Jijj ^ 1^ ' MANUFACTORY, AIR 13 DFLOOKLUiYI^X. TsT. Y St03m Pumping Engines, Single and Duplex, Worthington’s Patent, for all purisnos, such as Water Works Engines. Condensing or Non-condensing i Air and (zrroiatmg I’nmps. for Marine Engines; Bkiwlng Engines: Vacuum *^]mn’, SiatHiiiary and Portable Steam Eire Engines Hniior Feed nmps. Wrecking Pumps, IMEinln^ I*umpfli, Wster Meters, Oil Meters; Water Pressure Engines; Stamp Mills for Gold, Silver ana Copper Ore; Eaion’a Patent Amalgamators for Gold and Silver ; Stsun win Uas Pipe. Valves, Fittings, Ac.; Iron and Brass rbstings. A L L KINSCALE$' ^, iWr send for Circular. K. R. WORTHINGTON, h /-O/? B^Ay/<£/is.£Rb^£fiS.J£WElL£RS i Fenlily •! Beckman street. New York. ^ A SSA YERS. CfR UCdjSTS,GROCERS, fj? J ALL KINDS OF WEIGHTS;^ CAMPBELL, WHITTIER & CO,, HARVrACTURfRfl 07 BMeired the Tirtt Premium for Piltering Apparatns, Water Work. STFJiU ENGlNUa, BOILERS, STAMP MILLS, and Sealea mayioism HARDICK BROTHERS, M:i3sri2sro- and MACHINERY IN GENERAL. 8UCCK880RS TO ■^yALTONS & LEONARD, Bole Agents and Hanuractnrors of MACHINISTS' AND RAILROAD SUPPLIES, CAMPBELL & HARDICK, BROTHERS, MILLER'S PATENT SAFETY ELETAT0B8, MBTAL.S, TOOLS AND HARDWARE, No. 9 ADAMS STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y. or Factories, Stores, Machine Shops, Warobous!,, Freight Depots, kc. No. Joltn. Street. New York. Send lor circalar. f 13-Om BOSTOIST, IVC^SS. CBAR1X9 WanriKH. B. M^BURNKT. AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF T CLAYTON’S 26:6iDlaQ American Bolt Co.’s Bolt, Nut Washers, Ac. Sturtcraot’s, Pressnro Blowers, TaR’s Smith’s Shc.ars, * Patent Steam Pumps, Packer’s and Walworth’s Ratchets. Harringtoa’s Patent Tuyere, HAND PUMP AND STEAM ENGINE COMBINED. B. KBEISCHER, Patent Differcotlal thtlleys. Groeo Works, P^tmt Wrenches, Da 'g<

■] The Ahsucax Joursai or Hlvixo is tbo only taper in the United States that Si rcp:es0DU alt the varions mining interests of tbo country in a complete, sat- JSWk. m! isfactery, and trustworthy manner. It should therefore bo in the hands ot everyone who desires to be informed upon, and hence able to proOt by a knowloJge of the subjects of which it treats, viz.: our vast mineral resources, and the best methods, direct and indirect, by means of-which they may bo- come an nnlailiDg sonreo of individual and national wealth. PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR ALL a.ASEES OF MACHINERY. Publisbod every Satnrdav hi New York City. Only 54 a year. DO NOT CHILL. SrariAL Aorns autbobizsd to aacuvs SuBSCBirrion Axn AovzRTBSMBrrs. ,_...» MASiACHCSETTS.—S. R. Niuz, No. 11 ScoUay’sDuilding, Court street, Boston. GUARANTEED FREE from GUM OR GRIT. STEAM PUMP AND FIRE ENGINE. HICHIGAN-J. W. Caozaa, Ontonagon. Endorsed by tbe leading Nbcoaskiavs and Abtuaxs of the United State# and _ MONTANA.—WiuiAM Y. Lovtu, Virgnia City. Enrop: as the STEAM, WATER. AND GAS FITTINGS OF ALL KINDS. NEVADA_J. D. Exsiisl(T, Austin. Also, dealers in WROUGHT IRON PIPE, BOH-ER TUBES, elc. Hotels . BEST LUBRICATORS ChurcDw, Factories and Public noildlngs, Heated by Low Fremare. CAU^RMIAj—W. ^ Locmis, San Francisco. . n*.ti ^ » vi LN USE Woodward Bailding, 76 and 78 Centre street, corner of Wortn street. New PENNSYLVANIA.—T. R Caixonas, cor. 8rd and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, 49* Send for Circnlars. ..St York. Formerly ot 77 Beckman street. „ W. H. Davb, toton. Pa...... mI4:1v GEO. M. WOODWARD. President. ENGLAND.—FaimiBicit Aioae, 11 Clements lane. Lombard street, Ixmaon. 8. ST. JOHN, Agent, ------^— MEXICO.—Jamb Scluvah, City ot Mexico, Joax Carbwaxo, Vera Ooz, Ja- A. CARRISON cwto IJuibos, Acapnloo. 7 Broadway, Hew York. "A WlWy -CUTH AMERICA.—CotviuA Dawsox k Co..271 Callc do la Union,IJma, Pern. Box 4781. mayl6-ly 'H Manufocturers of **• Na****® •>» Viixalsa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lA;aa.x auo, Bnenos Ayrca, jj9 Argentine Republic. YORK BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY, aR Steam Pumps, Steam Eaainea, Vacatim CUBA.—tbos. w. wiusox, Havana „ . . . MAXurAOTumuRS oi _ Bwfuu ATUAupw, VOW ^ ^ »«vuuAiA jf,. T. P. PEMBERTON I# cditoT of tho Mochauical DepaTtmont BUd Bgcnt W Pumps and Vaonum Pans. ior the amcucam joca.xAL or mixixo. « VULCANIZED RUBBER FABRICS, r send tor Illustrated CaUlogne. AMERICAN NEWS C0M^Y?f2 ^S’.treot, N. T ADAPTKD TO MECHAWICAI. PURPOSES. THE NEW YORK NEWS CO., 10 Spitice street. N. Y. Tatmt Smooth Bolttug, (Patented Nov. 22, 1859,) vnlcanised between . IS rt QLInYoiTiR^N FOUNDRY^ layera of a patent metallic alloy, by which the stretch is entirely taken out tbs snrface made perfectly smooth, and tbo snbstance thoroughly and evcolv ^ ^ WATKB. and 239 aad S41 CHESBY STRBBn, Between Piks and Rutgers Slips, New York. vnlcaniaed. This is tbe only process that will make reliable Rubber Bcjting Hom never needs oiling, sod warranted to stand any required pressure Staam Paekiaw in every variety, and warranted to stand 300* of beat. ^^^^'^^^OTINERY PArrER.NS of all kinds, Stdid Emery Yuleanite.—Wheels made of this are solid, aad resemble stone or iron ; will wear o it hundreds o( tbe ordinary wheels. DtrsetioBa, Pricea,etc., can bo obtained by mail or otherwise. LOAM AHO DRY 8AND CA8T1N«8 of every description, tor mtalng parpecee, made to order at the shortsAt co oet 1318«T o.s. JOHN H. CHEEVER, Treasurer. For sals at the Steam Pcmp Worrs, 24, 28 and 30 FIrat street, Y I'HaiM- tice^oB^ enable terms. _ Warcboose, 37 ft 38 Park Row, N, Y. j burgh, N. Yi 0 AfcKUiftiKaa OcA Hv'ly H oNA^Kt AMERICAN JOORNAl OF HININQ. [Septeiiblr 6, 1868.

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JfEISCEW^L,JiJyEO US. •lilSCEL,I^^tJVEO US. emeULAR SAWS J)UNCAN, SHERMAN*& Co7, CALIFORNIA STAMP MILLS, WITH WOOD FRAMES. EMERSON’S PATENT MOVABIiE TEETH. Wheeler, Randall & Speiry’a Iron Batteiiss, Tbe,..e saws are meeting with COBKES PDTE AND MASSAU 8TBEETS, H. T. WIIKKLER & RANDALL’S unpreecdentod saccc.'s,and their iSSl E tlRCUI AR NOTE? AND LETTIHS OF CREDIT FOR TRAVEU.EB3, PATENT EXCELSIOR GRINDER & AMALGAMATOR, AVAII.ARI,E IN AIJ, THE PRI.VaPAL CmES OF THE WOULD, groat 8uperi

' M. BOTTICHER’S 6^S EARS' ■STABLISHWENT. PATENT ADJUSTABLE PREaSURE AN» VACUITM L^NGEAVING, DESIGNING AND PHOTOGRAPH- The ofilec of this Michine Is to break Ores and Minerals of every kind into ■ small (fagineiits, preparatory to their further comminution by other ma¬ ingon Wood, in all its branches, viz. : Portraits, Fine Book Work, Ma¬ chinery. El^OI-iEl G-^XJO-E], chinery. Maps, Buildings, lUnstrated Catalogues, Views, Ac. N. B epecial The machine has now been in nse, enduring the severest tests, for the last attention given to Color Work of all descriptions. 48 BEEKMAN ^TREE^ ten years, during which time it bos been introduced into almost every coun¬ op Can be lumished IVom 10 to 600 {lounds pressure. Tlic most rimple New York. augl4;Iy try on the globe, and is everywhere rei-eived with great and increasing lavor os a labor saving machine ot tlie first order. AHuH and reliable Gauge in use. 'yiy'ATER.PROOF SAFETY FUSE. Illn-stratod circulars, fully describing the machine, with ample testimonials to its efllciency and utility, will bo (urnishoil on application, by letter, to the D Every Gauge warranted to give satisfaction. State rights for sale undersign'd. Warranted Sure Fire if not Cnt in Tamping, tST Tlio I’atenfe obtained (or this machine in the United States and in Eng¬ land having been fully snstained by the courts, after well contested suits in MANUFACrURFJ) BY Jn I Ad'lress, M. BorriniRR, both countries, all persons are nereby cautioned not to violato them; and they are infer ned that every machine now in nse or offered fur sale, not made by nov 14;ly a 264 Bioad street, cor. Bank, Newarx, N. J. UREN, DUNSTONE & BIJGHT, us, in wliicb the ores are crushed between upright coiivcrgent faces or jaws EAGIJC niVER, KEEWENAW CO., (I- S.) MKIIIGAN actuated by a revolving shaft and fly wheel, ore made and used in violation ol our patent. j^TLANTIC Miners Try rt I All we ask is A Fiia Fix' D and nc Favor. dot lO-ly « BLAKE, BROTHERS, THE FUEL SAVING marl4-ly 351 New Haven, Conn. STEAM ENGINE WORKS, SMITH & SAYRE IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. oo]vtr^^isr'2'. MAKHFACTUSINO CailFANT, nasmcTTRERS or No. 205 BROADWAY, PROPR1ETOR.S AND MANUFACTl’RF.RS Steam Engines, Boilers, Sugar Mills, Tanks, Linseed and Colton seed Oil NEW YORK. Presses, and Machinery used in the Arts and Manufactures. CORNER WATER AND ADAMS STREETS, BROOKLYN, N. Y. JUHT^I^L. URG1*. MACKENZIE PATENT R. B. DUYCKINCK, Trews. janl3:ly WM. ARTHUR, Pres. S. KEYES, Graduate of School of Mines, Frieberg. Having had several years’ practical expericace in the mines and reduction works 01 Mexico, California and Montana, offers to mining companies his ser¬ vices as Superintendent, Agent or Consulting Engineer, Will examine and report upon mines, turnisn oorking plans, or practically direct smelting or amalgamation. Oui furnish the highjst references. Wou'd not object to go to Mexico or South America. Address, by letter or telegraph, W. S. KEYES, M. E., Helena, s merits of this Wrench are too well known to need comment Go to the sst hardware store and LOOK AT IT BEFORE PURCHASING ANY OTHER, ad for illustrated circular to MAKvelA LLNDSAY. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, BLOWER and CUPOLA and SMELTING FURNACE. 12 ly . AT TROY, N. Y. Also, Mackenzie’s Patent GA.S EXHAUSTER and Very thorongb instmethn in Civil, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering, COMPENSATOR. Address ITENTION, ENGINEERS, MINERS, QUARRY- Chemistry and Natural Science. Gradnates obtain most desirable positkins. MEN. LAMSO.VS PATINT STONE CHANNEUNO MACHINE, lor quar- Re-apens Sept. 9. For tbc New Annual Register, giving full inToriuation. ad¬ SUITH 4: SAYRE JL\.\UFACTURING fOMP.ANY f Marble Slate, Grindstone, Sandstone, and other rocks : does the work of dress aRgl-6t Prof. CHARLES DROWSE, Director. luo men per day ; can be seen in the quarries at Rutland, Vt.,or at the 95 Ijlierty street, N. Y. Send for illustrated pamphlet. niar26 patent diamond rock DRHJ. ; is pointed with black diamonds ; BENJAMIN SMITH LYMAN, justed and operated by one man ; boros in any dircetion, or under ^ter ; lin Marble 8 bichcs. In Granite 5 inches, in Quartz 3 inchw, in Talc 6 MINING ENGINEER, DT ATIWnil APPARATUS, SHEET, WIRE, etc., for •8 per minnte. One drill-bead has bored over 2,000 feet without repair. rl in llllllM all Laboratory and Hannlacturiog purposes. PlatianiD 1 Ull 1 111 UiU gjjj purchased. H. M RAYNOR, Is stiU perfect. Address THE WINDSOR M’F’G CO., Windsor, \ t. Ar- GEOLOGIST AND TOPOGRAPHER, (,^0 .’ueuts made for manulacturing any new Patent Macbmos- apil8-6m No. 139 SoutU FUtb Street, PlxlUdelplUa. jan4:4ii) Office, No. 748 Broadway, N. f-

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IE PROTESTANT CHURCHMAN, PROFESSOR BENRY WURTZ, A Boligioiu Family‘Paper, Formerly Chemical Examiner In the tJ. 8. Patent Office, may bo employe.1 No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, $16 per ton, in gold, or its profeaeionally as a Paasrinc Expkkt. Geological Examinations and Roports, Analytes and Assays, etc., etc. Practical Advice and Investigations In tho equivalent In currency. THE LEADING EVANGELICAL ORGAN Cboucai, Arts and iiAscrscrnR^. Invention and Examination of new chemi¬ BRUCE’S CONCENTRATEO FERTILIZER, in barrels cal methods and products. Address 36 Pino street, rooms 35 and 36. Always per ton, $oO. in lycm 12 to 3. tar Written communications preferred. PURE GROUND BONE, in barrels, p'ir ton, $40. BONE AND MEAT, in barrels, per ton, $38. Important to Gold and Silver Miners and Com¬ fievoted to the advocacy of Evangelical Troth against Ritualism and Rational ism ; tho defence of the “ Uberty of Preaching,” and the cultivation of FISH GUANO, in barrebi. panies. Iratemal relaUona with Evangelical churches. ' ALTA VELA GUANO, $25. PROFESSOR WURTZ, Editors: Rev. Messrs. John Cotton Smith, D.D., Marshall B. Smith, and ALTA VELA PHOSPHATE, in bags, $56. Who is the Inventor and Patentee of tho new and wonderful uses ol Stephen H. Tyng, Jr. GROUND PLASTER, per barrel, 75. SODIUM IN WORKING GOLD AND SILVER ORE AND JEWEIJiRii’ SWEEP¬ The Editors are assisted by a largo corps of clerical and lay contributors in INGS. all parts o< tho United States, in England, and on the Cont'nent. SWAN ISLA.ND GUANO, in bags or barreD, $35 per ton. Will fumtsh .at the above address informution relating thereto together with SDLPHATE OF SOD.V. in barrels, per ton, $30. cxpcrlmentiol packages ol Pnbli.shcd every Thursday at No. 633 Broadway,New York. .SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, $60. SODIUM AMALGAM. Tkuis: Four Dollars per annom ; to clergymen, three dollars ; to theological All preparations and instructions elsewhere obtained are spurious and un. BEST SUPERPHOSPHATE, conbtininr ten per cent. reliable. KOtrsiE pliosphnric acid, and three per cent, ammou’a, put up in bags or barrels Price $5.5 per ton. Working Experimenta on Amalgamation of Orea, Etc. CUB \N GU ANO, from caves conljining—besides the usual Plot. W. has in operation a largo and small Hepburn Pan, lor working 1,000 lbs. and 20 lb. charges of material for experimental purfiosos. phosphates and organic maticr—live 11 six tier cent, (d nitrate of iictash. Gold Mills and all kinds of Minors’ Maoliincry select^ with care and judg¬ An excellent application for pitatoes, tobacco, cotton, &c. Ihrice in bags, ment. 8:4nan JJVERY FARMER SHOULD HAVE THE WORK! $35 per ton. SOUTH CAROLINA PHOSPHATE, ground and put in IS nii^IID.” bags and barrelq, $35. El. 13. BEIETO'.A.lvIIIT, NAVAHSA GUANO, by the cargo, in lump, or ground. SfCCKWOB It) PROF. VILLE’S NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. For sale by " GEO. E WHITE, G. QUETTIER, aag29-6m No. 150 Front street, N. Y. , IVo. Greenxvieh atreet. Importer of an address BFJORE the BEDFORD, N. U., FAP.MERS’ CLUB, FEB. 28, gOUTIIARD, HOBSON & CO. S French and Bohemian Chemical and Druggists’ 1868, by JOHN A. RIDDLE, Eiwi. STONE DRILLING MACHINE. GLASSWARE, PORCELAIN, EARTHENWARE, &c., Apparatus, Laboratary Utensils, Filtering Paper, Pnblished by request of flub. Pi Ice 25 cents. Portable, Durable and Cheap. Can be driven by hand, steam, or other Chem’l power. 528 W.1TER STREET, New York City. angl-3m j. N. ULMORJC, Mannrjer. WESTERN k CO. The only machine (nr hand power that is perfectly simple and portable. Will never get out o( order with common management. Will rejiay its cost several times over in one season, saving at lea^t threo-fourtlis of cost of drill¬ UEPEDEN & WOLTERS, ing. ie2i)dim ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS and ASSAY51RS, jniscEL,L.oajyEo us. JfEEToUW.W^URG 1*. and consulting ENGINEERS, Central City, Colorado. ^IliiON’S PATENT Examinations of, and Reports on Mineral lands and Mines, Ibrnisbed en ap¬ Olmsted’s Improved Oiler. plication. Analyses and As.saya of Ore.s executed with arcvra:y. Plans and STEAM STAMP-MILL COMPANY, 8|)cciflcations furoisbej for tho oroction of Smelting Works, Dcsulphuricing ALW-tYS RIGHT SIDE CP. Furnaces,Ac., Ac. 24:43f OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., Warranted the most durable Oiler maile. The Are now prepared to supply Miners and other parties with their ^IIARLEb SCHENCK, a resident of Puh-Ranagat Silver spring cannot be get” by use or the Oiler in¬ Mining District, and County Surveyor ot Lincoln county, Nevada, beg jured by fa ling. NKW 8TEAM STAMP MILLS, leave to inform tho mining puplic that bo s able and ready to give true and valuable inlbrmation about mining property in this District. Tliese Oilers are made of heavy Tin, Brass and AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. Address CHARLES SCHENCK, M Copper, and are sold by the trade everywhere. Hiko, Pahraoogat District, Nevada. Address Tbeso Mills, (or References—Wm. A. Smith, Esq., 25 and 27 Nassau street. durability, efficien¬ Prof. Harper, New York, etc. octl2:67.68 J. H. WHITE, Newark, N. J., cy, aud facility ol transportation are Manafactnrer o( SHECT and CA8T METAI. Small not excelled by, and ^DELBERG & RAYMOND, Wares, Stationers and Trunk makers. Hardware, are believed to be superior to, any MINING ENGINEERS AND METALLURGISTS, other Mills manu¬ 90 BROADWAY, W. Y. Patented Articles, Ac., Ac. factured. Tlic Valvo Gear is ol the sim¬ Mines, Mineral lands. Machinery and Metallurgical or Chemical Works ex¬ Dies and Tools, E'aucy Hardware, Ar., made to plest and most du¬ amined and reported upon. Advice given to minors, chemists and manulnc- order. jnlSrly rable eonstruction ; turers. Assays and analyses made. Competent Engineers liiriiisbed to com¬ readily adjusted by panies or iodividuals. 6:3.qp ANDREWS’ moveable cams oa the Piston Rods or .Stamp Stems, there PATENT ENGINES, BOILERS, by giving the oper¬ ator absolute con¬ MINING A CIVIL ENGINEER AND METALLURGIST PUMPS AND HOISTERS. trol o( the length, From the Imperial School cf Mines, Paris, Member cf tho Geological Society of and velocity o( mo¬ France, Ac. OSCILLATING ENGINES, run at great speed. Sizes 1 to tion and torce of the OFnCE, WILKESBARRE, PA. 250 Horse-Power. blow. These milts are adapted for Having bad a large practical experience in Europe and this country is pre SMOKE-BURNING AND SUPER-IIEATING BOILERS both dry and wot pared to examine and report on all kinds of Mm.iral p'operty, superintend are Economical and Sate. crashing, and for Mines a>td Metalinrgical Works, A-nsay Or»--, At. 18tl»]p the liardest rock or CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, pass Sand, Coal, Com, Gravel, softest cement. For Ac., without Injury. Capacity 90 to 40,000 galls, per minute. lull particulars call HOISTING MACHINES, run without noise ; speed on or address OF* OOLjI_iE]<3LE7, chinged or reversed iustanlaneoa'ily. Wiiso.v’B PATcrr Steam NEW HAVEN, CONN. INSTITUTED IN 1846, All Compact. Light and Parable. STAMP MILL CO.. Instraction given in Practical Chemistry, Metallurgy, Hiueraiui'y, Geology 326 Walnut St., Mining, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, etc. Circulars soot on appllcatirn Address manulactnrcrs, WM. D. ANDREW.8 A BRO.. —^-1^-:.-T Philadelphia, fean. to Prof. D. C. GILMAN, Secretary. .■»p.25 (a, ‘niylilv No. 414 Water street. N. B.—One of tho above Mills can bo GEO. W. M&TNARD, ^GENTS AND CANVASSERS WANTED seen In operation at Messrs. Cresson A PROFESSOR OF MINING and METALLURGY IN EVENT CITT AND TOWN IN TBE UNITED STATES, Smith’s Machine AT THE RENSSELAER POLfTECHNIC INSTITUTE, FOR THR Works,8. E. comer Eighteenth and Ha¬ TROY, NKW YORK. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MINING. milton Sts., Phila¬ Reports, Cunsultatlons, A.SBays. Especial aiteiitlu:i given to Metal¬ delphia. janllrly lurgical Operations. Jald.ly Liberal inducements Specimens sent on receipt nf Ten Cents. Address WESTERN & COMPANY, NEW YORK STEAM ENGINE COMPANY, HE WHELFLKY AND STORER METHOD 37 PARK ROW, N. Y. Manufacturers of OP r91N(l

Mannfacturera of Stationary, Portable and Hoisting The undersigned offers for sale Rights and Machinery for employing this me¬ thod, by which the Slack and Waste Coals are utilizol, and mado equal to solid STEAM ENGINES coal, aud a vastly increased efficiency obtained for all kinds of Fuel in the gen¬ HERSKY’S PATENT ROTARY PUMPS,FORCE, LIFT eration ol Steam, in the-heatiug of Furnaces, and in Motallurgic I’rocesses. AND AIR PUMPS, Also, MILLS AND FURNACE RIGHTS, Sugar House Machinery, Mycr’s Moulding Machines, Screw Bolts, and Gen¬ eral Machinery, _ for working the Ores of Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, etc., according to the pro¬ COBMEB OF SECOND AND E 8TBEETS, cesses designed and employed by Messrs. W. A S. South Boston. JACOB J. STORER, apl25:3iu 105 State strset, Boston. WAI,TEK E. HAWES, CHA’S H. HEBSEt, FBANCIS C. HEBSET. tUg 8 6m ]y£AYS & BLISS’ J^ABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY.

DIIIECTED BT New Patent Screw and Lever Presses, CUrriNG AND STAMPING DIES. raOF. H. r>XJSSAUCE, chemist. Advices and coDsultatiouEon chemistry, appi.cd to arts and mannfactnros Jniy4;6m Plymouth Streat, Brooklyn, N.T- agricultore, metallorgy, etc.; plans of factories,drawings ot apparatus. He’ can furnish the most recent improvements in chemical labrirations, such as T. F. PEBIBERTON, chemical products, petroleum soaps, candles, colors of lead and zinc, varnishes, ceramic glass, wines, liquors, vinegars, matches, inks, dyeing and calico iirint- MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND TEACHER OF ing, perfumery, colors of coal tar, tanning, etc., etc. STEAM STAMPING MILL, He will give all necessary informatioa to exhibitors to the great ExhibltloD Address New Lebanon, Colombia Co., N. Y. 8.4/ip MECHAlVIOAIa r>RA.WIIVGI. STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES. Booms No 15,16,17, at 37 PARK ROW, N. Y. aty. Engine Lathes, Planers, Bolt Cutters, Upright Drills, and "UUM. M. GABB, late member of the Geological Survey cf Machinist’s Tools of all Descriptions. • » California, offers his professloDai services to the mining pnblie, espe¬ OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, 126 A 128 CHAMBERS ST., N Y jaDel3:3m cially in cooneclion with Gold and Silver mining. No 138 Walnut street. A GENTLEMAN WHO IS PRACTICALLY AC- Philadelphia. (f qualnted with the Desnlphurizatioo and Chlorination of ores, a skilllhl Chemiu and Mineralogist (graduate of one of the principal Polytechnic Schools in Faropel, desires to meet with owners of mineral land, or other parties, who IMPORTANT TO MINERS. DAVID COGHLAN may require bis services. Would also conduct the smelting assays In iron Every description of Analysis anl Assays careftally attended le. and returns furnaces. Addrcis A. D., American Journal of Mining. Angl5:tf promp’ly male, by WESTERN A UIMPANY, No. 37 Park Riw, New York City, MINING ENGINEER, P. O. f969 scKAivro.a. i».\. FILE-COVERS. FILE-COVERS. WeubI undertake to inspect or manage Gold »ir Silver Mines. Has had a io.i FILE-COVERS. FILE-COVERS. I. WALZ, PH. D., cxpericnco in directing mining concerns and mruUlurgic works, and has I it o (SUCCESSOR TO HE.SRY KRAFT,) mploved for the last year and a half as Mmuig and Civil Engineer under souie FILE-COVERS.' FILE-COVERS. of the principal companies of the Anthracite regions of Ponnsyl vaitia to whom For preseri^ng the numbers of the Ahiucas Jockial or ai:)>i.‘0. Price $2. ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMIST, refere^ ^ be given, aa well as to partlea of tho highest reqiectahility in For Mle by W^QRN * CO., 37 P»rk Row, N.y. •uS;( IVo. 18 Kxciuinge Place. AewYorKCity. Iwisiv AMERICAI JOURNAL OF MIIIIG. ^ iSeptembeb 6,1868

XKBBKHAini An) HXIRSCHATni FIPIS. to Constactioople in boxes, borne by pack horses. From the So long 88 the practice of smoking is generally indulged Turkish capital they are forwarded to Semlin, and thence by in, w at present, the use of meerschanm may be hailed as a way of Peeth to Vienna, which is the chief market for the usefnl amelioration, owing to iU property of absorbing the article. When wrought up, a plain *pipe bowl of superior nicotine which forms the most deletmions sabetance con¬ fineness and beauty will often bring $10 to $20, while the tained in the fragrant weed. In its natural condition meer¬ sculptured pieces may reach from $100 to $1,000, depending schaum is white or cream-colored, and of a soft, fatty or greasy on the work and the mountings. nature to the touch. The best and purest article bears a blu¬ The genuine and imitation meerschaum so,closely resemble ish tinge, and its surface is corercd with very small star¬ each other that good judges often are puzzled to distinguish shaped flecks, but this latter kind is seldom seen in this them; but when they are heated the difference becomes ap¬ country. Denominating this as the first quality, there are parent. The imitation generally is composed of the pikrings several inferior qualities, each difiering from the others, yet of meerschaum, technically termed “chips,” and the whole lieing genuine meerschanm. A peculiarity of the first quality substance being unable to expand or contract uniformly, CHROME is its capability of receiving a high polish, and haring a per¬ cracks when heated, and the oil or wax in it, not being equal¬ fectly even and smooth surface, and coloring evenly through- ly absorbed, slowly bums, and in burning emits a most oflen-

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108 BANK STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO, And fbr sale by our Agents in the Priocipxl cities throughout the Unitnd Slilcs. of magnesia, combined with silex or flint, and is found in beds made of It by this firm, was sent to the Paris Exposition, and in varioDS parts of Europe, but particularly in Natalia and was really a cariosity, it being but seldom that a perfect piece OFFICES TO LET. near Thiva—the antique Thebes—in Greece, but is also pro¬ of umber of that size can bo obtained. Amber is a resinous Broadway cor. Wa^-ren fitreet, Opposite the City cured near the villairo of Killschill, and the town of Kskis* gum similar in appearance to gum co|>al, but much harder, and cheher, in I^esser Asia, where it is sometimes discovered in is found on the shores of the Baltic Hea, principally in tht: HaU Park. veins twenty feet below the upper stratum of soil. When Prussian dominions. It has for ages been valued for orna¬ To kt Ihr a term of years, 24 offices in the'.hove buildirtg, singly or in suite, first taken out of the earth it is white and soft, and with mental purposes, such as neckioces, bracelets, and breast pins. each room cominunicaiing with the main hall. . For light, ventilatioa and central positien onsnrpasted by ary in tbc city. Apply to John Lloyd k Sous water makes a lather like soap, and is sometimes used for In Europe the cloudy or milky amber is considered the finest, 7 and 9 Warren street. DEYIIN k CO. ang 29 2t o s washing by those who live where it is found. It readily that which is clear being held in no consideration, although hardens without exposure to the fire, and the miners declare each cost the same, except the light green variety, and that NONPAREIL grows again in the excavated hollows by a sort of foamy de¬ which is of one perfectly uniform color throughout. Amber posit reproduced from below. Meerschaum is also found in is divided into two kinds, called Fleisen and Erd Bernstein. W.A.8HTNG MAOHINE. Has been seven years in successful operation I and is oneqnallod tor strength the vicinity of Paris and Madrid in rough, rounded pieces of The former is found in the water; the latter is obtained in and simplicity ol coostrnction, and the rapidity, ease and completeness with uneven and slightly shining surface. In Spain it is some¬ mines, and is considered the most valuable, being harder and which it performs work. Fond for descriptive cirenUr to times used for ovens and stoves. of a clearer color. Amber, being so hard and so beautiful, OAKLEY k KEATING aag29:9t 49 Courtlandt street, N. Y. The commerce of meerschaum is very considerable, not has long been prized by smokers for mouthpieces of pipes merely in the raw material, but in the manufactured article, and cigar-holders, and in Turkey as much os $2,000 has been TNCRUSTATION OF STEAM BOILERS PREVENTED ns the value of a pipe may be enhanced to any extent by paid for a single mouthpiece. 1'hcre are many imitations of A by WINANS’ BOILER POWDER, 11 Wall street, New York T. 8. Post k Co., Booiiam. Texas, say : “ We were humiog tieo cords of carving. This is shown in the accompanying cuts, which this beautiful gum, but none arc so hard and durable as the wood dail.v ; pot in a dose ol Wiiians’ Powder, and found less fuel necevary each day ,'nLti1 at the end of the week we used less than one cord per day .and represent a few of the pipes from the justly celebrated estab¬ genuine article. bad better steam than formerly. This may seem incredible to tbeiie who have lishment cf Messrs Kaldenberg A 'Son, of 71 Nassau street, not nsed those Powders, bat we are willing to make oath to the toct. We would not be without the article for ten times its value.” i .to* 31 23 Wall street, and NoS. 4 and 6 John street. New York ADVERTISEMENTS. City. I'hese cuts represent the plainest form in which meer¬ US' limited nainber o( advertUomsnts will bo almitted on this page a' DEhOSTROEE POWER HhMMCRS. tbe rate of 40 coot? p-ir line No extra ebargo for cnU. These CHLEBBATED HAMMER? arc manufacturel Irom 15 lbs. to 2 000 schaum Ts wrought, and also the most complicated in design, Tbc AaxRirax JoviucaL or Mi.xixa has a larger circnlalion than any other lbs. weight of ram. For prices and references apply to mikcrs. and carved with the most artistic skill. The manufacture of paper o( the kind pnblisliod in the United States. It goes into the principol cities and towns of every State and Territory in the American Union, as well PHILIP S. JUSTICE, such pipes, and the importation of the raw material, have be¬ as in M exico, the South American States, the West India Islands and Enrope. No. 14 North Filth street, Philadelphia, come considerable enough to warrant an extended notice. septS-Smops No. 42 CilTstreet. Now York. J^ACON’S IMPUOVED THUNK ENGINE. Messrs. Kaldenberg and Son import the block meerschaum ^ L. WASHBURNE, [ For Stationary and Hoisting rnrposes, rortah