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NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 14, 1«6«.
ture. The following lidTeDtages are claimed for thia plan:— base, and placed transversely to the Hne of road. In the event 1. The corrugated or fluted wrought iron columns, support¬ of mcoontering vaults under the'sidewa|ks,*tbe^ can be bed¬ ing the superstructure,'occupy no more space upon the outer ded half their length into division oellair^a}]^ the . other half That New York dty detiUnds immolate relief from annoy¬ margin of the sidewalk ihan is now taken up by awning- extending under the gutter and pavement, t Being at the side ances to which it is snl^tediby the present ill-conducted and posts, lamp-posts'and telegraph-'poles. With the elevated of the street, they offer little or no obstraotion to gas and over-crowded system of tramportation, is a fact conceded by railway built, all of those encumbmacesmay be removed fnm water pipes or sewers. 2. Upon each iron croi^head, fitted to the top of columns and hdd seonrely in its place by substantial yet ornamental brackets, is* placed a cross-tie of wood with intervening pads of India rubber, to deaden the noise, and prevent crystallin- tion and wear of iron from the content vi¬ brations wbkb, through a too rigid at- ■> tachment of parts, would be communi¬ cated from the movement of the cars, pp ' By a simple form of rail-chair, combinad with straps, bolts and nuts, the entire cross- head and rails at each column are firmly
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all; but upon what plan can a reform be best obtained? The {tho streets, and by an easy combination of attachments, abet- j clamped, with the use of only four bolts and nuts, thus spectacle which New York presents, of a population packed ter support for each is supplied. The form of these columns, i rendering the insertion of new ties, new pads, or new into cars as sardines in a box; of hours lost, where minutes as seen in Figs. 6 and 7, combine great .strength with sim-I iron cross-heads an easy matter. 8. The rails of wrought ebould suffice, in daily passing from home to labor; of streets plicity and symmetr}’ iu construction. They are formed with iron, with or without steel face, have a depth of twelve inches,
choked by multitudes of vehicles, H moving often at snail’s pace, is dis- ■ graceful and insufferable. It is im- I possible that this state of things shall long continue. The need of increased facilities for dty travel is too great, and presses too sore upon all for longer delay on the subject. It is not a question of this or that company, but of the plan which will yield most speedy relief. The accompanying PNEUMATIC DlfPATOH.-FigS. 8, », 10. illustrations present several views of a system of Elevated Railways, proposed by Mr. E M. two corrugated plates riveted upon a centre plain plate, mak¬ admitting the use of car wbeala with a flange of four or more Barnch. Fig. 1 shows an elevation iu front of a block of ing a transverse section, seen in Fig. 7. These columns are inches, and are distingnisbed for ligbtnese, with safficimit buildinp, with a car upon the track. Fig. 2 shows the plan planted in cast iron bed-plates or sills, resting on compact strength to effectually sustain the weight of a loaded car. A of bracing and strengthening the structure, together with the earth, concrete, or rubble-work, and by mwns of two iron gystam of diagonal and lateral bracing, with iron saddla in¬ roof of a car and floor of balcony in front of station. Fig. 3 keys at the base, can at all times be plaeed in tn§ perpen¬ troduced between the rails and upon the tube or tubas akwg shows a croa section of the road and oar at one of the sta¬ dicular, rendering alignment of the road perfect. These sills, the centre of the track, renders this portion of the structurs tions. Figs. 4, 6, 8 and 7 shows some of the details of struc-, shown in Figs. 4 and 6, are about two by ten fset on thai^ as firm as a tnused bridge, 4. Ilia introduction of li^t and
4I elegantly-constructed cars, without cumbrous platform^ but stromcnt, Eimilar to those on the common Gnnter’s scale. wiih entrances through doors in the side, and with atnple rartlcal Writers. The sectorial lines are drawn twice on the same face of the in- seats for 86 passengers. There being on the elevated raiway 1 strumeut; that is to saj, each line is drawn on both legs. no possibility of collision with any vehicle <» the stres^ tbsss,, [WBITTSH FOR THE aKZRICXR SOURRAL OF lURlKO.] Those on each face are, cars may be made more like a phieton than like tbs present LESSON* ON MECHANICAL DRAWINO—No. ZVllL A scale of equal parts, marked L, style of Streeters, and as no mud nor bruising can reach A line of chords, marked C, them, thay tODsy be pusstwd exMrtally m cImb andmeat as A line of secants, marked S, a private caitktgc. 'Tentl^tiun is provided at bottom and A line of polygons, marked P, or Pol. top, as well^h through tha ends^d UDderoSlth tha seat^ These sectorial lines are marked on one face of the instru¬ Tto windows are aahrralisd Mfcsio oarelMS pnossagsr can ment ; and on the other there are the following: spit or drop a^ght upon the heads of persona below. In the A line of sines, marked S, sumnsar season these windows will be shaded by a projecting A line of tangents, marked T, awning er roof, giving an unobstractsd view to the A line of tangents to a less radius, marked t. streets and stations for all passengers. 6. Access to the cars This last line is intended to supply the defect of the former, in (ditained on*7 by stairs leading to station-rooms in the sec¬ and extends from about 46 to 75 degrees. ond story of buildings at frequent intervals along the route, The lines of chords, sines, tangents, and secants, but not the and from balconies at the front of each station, made with line of polygons, are numbered from the center, and are so floors on the same level with the floor of the cars. These . disposed as to form equal angles at the center: and it follows stairways will be always within the buildings, not exposed to , from this, that at whatever distance the sector is opened, the storm, snow or sun, direct from the sidewalk, and easy of access. Stations will become as well known as post-office, , angles which the lines' form, will always he respectively police or other public rooms. No collection of fares on the equal. The distance, therefore, between 10 and 10, on the care, but this duty performed at the entrance of stations. By ^ two lines marked L, will be equal to the distance of 60 and 60 this arrangement all fares will be collected with certainty and | ; on the two lines of chords, and also to 00 and 90 on the two despatch, and the responsibility shifted from a dozen men to one man. As no person can possibly ride without prepay¬ j lines of sines, etc., at any particular opening of the sector. ment, at the same time, facilities are created for excluding all ] Any extent measured with a pair of compasses, from the cen- drunken or lewd fellows, and preventing the introduction of 1 ter of the joint to any division on the sectorial lines, is called objectionable baskets and baggage. Gar thieves and pick¬ g a lateral dutanee ; and any extent taken from a point on the pockets will rarely operate here, because they will have no means of leaving the car, save through the stations and under e similar line on the other leg. u called a tranneru or parallel the Burvcilihnice of a station-master or a policeman. 6. By e dUtance. In the next lesson I shall proceed to explain the 'riaisOkr^^tRtform stoppages at given distances, cars can be e use of the sector, in so far as it is likely to be serviceable to ■ rviJilmuch higher average rate of spaed, and with less in- mechanics. vf time or distance than on any surface road. Up¬ town and down-town cars being on independent tracks, at [written fob TRR AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MIKINO.]
lk hension of them. There are books [ 1 |j I I I explain the construction of Ml 111 I I the Ouuter’s scale and treatises on N instrumental arithmetic,which show THE STEAM JET. I ' 11 Hi n * utility of the slide rule. Your contributor, Mr. Rothwell, in his recent paper ■ 11 I We would refer the draughtsman to tells us that in Belgium : fi III these for all further information re- “ The steam Jet failed so signally in efficiency and economy, 11 EU U specting this part of his studies. that it is entirely rejected." 11 Is-fl I th^ useful instruments And no wonder, seeing the manner in which it had be>eu shown in the annexed engraving, Hi II applied. For though the British Commissioners, in reply -ji ^ which represents a Gunter’s Slide I'jJ I I to a question whether it hod been properly tried—and by ^ j* and Engineer’s Rule, as made by those who understood it—said : ^ 1^13 the Stanley Rule and Level " They should think that, with such a number of scientific men llJja Company. This Rule is fully ex- os the Belgian Mining Engineers, it is scarcely to be supposed 1 iTt 44 plained in a treatise on instrumen- tiiat they would come to so unanimous an opinion upon the IjjJj tal arithmetic, prepared especially I point without a fair trial; yet, from what follows, that view does not appear to be justified." « ||4'14 by the Company. It will be found In a report to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Brus¬ LI4 44 convenient for reference, not only sels, which accompanies papers by various authors on i.cci- n 114 to rules generally, but also, conve- dents in mines, the Secretary says of one of them : l4-|4d nient in the formation of tables to “ The third means which is proposed to accelerate the airiug, I ! r| I If which the instrument is adapted. lias been known a long time; it is that which consists in carry¬ = 1 explanatory information in ing steam—ta vapevr rf’eou—into the airing chimney." y w this Pocket Companion to the Slide Ot another lie says tiiat the author establishes veiitihi- I I Rule is presented in as clear and tioii by the process due to Mr. Taylor, which consists in ci I I— brief a manner as possible, so as causing to arrive at the I otlom of the airing shaft—tlie I \ M ■ y “ot to weary the learner by their upcast—steam at high pressure produced by two boilers; I 1^ prolixity, iior embarrass him by and ill directing atteiitioii to the paper of M. J. Gonot, I I their philosophical minuteness. Cliief Engineer of tlic mines at Mon^, ho tells us that Hint I / TKE SECTOli. gentleman says: “ Exiiiiiiiiiiig and discussing tlic different means known of arti¬ O • q’liis is the most complicated iii- ficially wanning the air in order to excite its continued and effi¬ V' strument contained in a case of ciently rapid motion in mines, I uni in favor of that wliicli con¬ drawing instruments. It consists of two scales jointed at the sists in introducing steam at a sufficiently great depth—200 me¬ ters, for example—into the shaft of expiration." centre, and opening freely to their full extent. 'I’hc princi¬ And in his Memoire on the Airing of Mines and menus ple of its construction results from the demonstration th.at of protecting tlic work of Coni Mines from the cliauccs of similar triangles are proportional to each other in all their parts. explosion, etc., etc., M. Gonot, in recommending the use of the steam jet, writes: " Tlicrc sliould he erected at tlic surface one or two steam boilers, to wliieli sliould be fitted a pipe of 0.20 of a metre in di¬ ameter, which should be placed in one of tlie corners of the out¬ let shaft, and whicli sliould empty almost at the foot of this shaft by its lower extremity bent back vertically in such a manner as to give to the steam, as to the current of air, an upward direc¬ tion." In recommending tlic sleam to be brought from the sur¬ face to the bottom of the sliaft, anil there with tlic mouth of the pipe turned upward to discliurge tlic whole volume loaded market baskets, city morning papers, and all bundles, at once into the upcast column, he can not have intended boxes or crates which can be placed within a carriage 16 or auytliiiig more tliuii its rarefaction ; at least, if he did, the 18 inches in diameter, and three or four feet in length. All plan he recommends could only lead to disappointment; carpet-bags, valises and parcels which the thousands of pas¬ tlie mechanical action of the steam ns an eductire power, sengers may daily bring to the stations, will be sent through the tubes, and not admitted within the cars. Even a poodle being entirely lost sight of, or, if not so, and M. Gonot in¬ or puppy can be despatched unharmed, aud as speedily as a tended aiding the upward current by its mechanical force, satchel. The objwt attained is very high velocity, with per¬ such an application of tlie steam would only act on a por¬ fect safety. Full information may be obtained by aiMressing tion ot the column, and, by so doing, produce a circular £, M. Barnuii, Esq., 11 Pine street. New York City. Thus, iu the triangles A C I, B C H, D C G, E C F, the sides and bases have one common ratio; and suppoeing the lines A as well as an ascending motion, retarding, or at least not G, C I, to be two legs of a sector, movable on the centre C, accelerating the upward tendency of the column, and re¬ at every extent of opening the similar triangles will bo pro¬ ducing the effect of the steam to that of rarefaction; the portional in all their parts. The Sector, as furnished in a velocity of the column being again injured by its becoming A patent has been taken ont in France for making cruci¬ bles from magnesia, which forms the best material for cruci¬ case of drawing instruments, consists of two equal rulers, loaded with condensed vapor before reaching the top of bles to melt platinum, iron or steel in. The d^ription given each six inches long, joined together by a brass folding joint. the shaft. Yet one would hardly conclude that such was is not very clear; but we believe they are molded, no doubt These rules are generally made of boxwood or ivory ; and the test made of (he steam jet in Belgium, while we have by pressure, and are then exposed to the beat of an oxy-hy- OD the face of the instrument, several lines or scales are en¬ it on the authority of Mr. Guerney that one of their sci¬ drogen flame, by which they are brought to a semi-pasty condition, and the magnesia acquires its greatest denrity, co- graven. ^ Some of these lines or scales proceed from the center entists—he does not say whether it was Mr. Taylob—was hesian and hardness. Such crucibles are said not to be afiect- of the joint, and are called tectorial linet, to distingnish them rewarded with 2,000 fiaucs for its application; but be is sd by sudden alterations of temperature. I from otbsri which ftra drawn parallel to tha edge of tha in- unable to ley bow it wa« applied, or with wb«t Kcceae.
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Your contributor says: am* ♦ ffi»4*44,4kfcwill probably realize enough money from fee* to rcimlmrse Uie j I I 1 It I sHlllllin ^UmiltllAw* Territory In full for the appropriation made.”_.We hike from »Since” Since toethe adoption of donkey-pumpsdonkey-pump* inIn onrour mines,mines itIt ha* ining fumwarg.^ PP foUowlng Interesting account of tl.e been proposed, and lain someaome ^e*caaea ^edcarried Intointo successfulsaccessful opera¬o^ra- - oper*ons of the Brown Silver Mining Co., which o,.r cotemim- tion, to use toe steam from toe ezbaost, to supplement nstnral Uon to use toe steam from toe to supplement natural GOLD AND SILVJBB. mry aay. 1. now In a more promising condition than any other ventUaUon,ventilation, 6yby fnminyrfwtosfeam^ef*.”(uminy it into iteam Jett.'' _ company In Clear Creek County: Now, we can understand liow, by siicbsuch means,menus, tbethe tem¬tern- ^ , , “Themine 1* opened In such a manner as to allow a great numy perature of Uie uiKtastuixsaat column will be increased, and the COlOradO.Colorado. to yrk toe same time to good adjutage It was ..niitmn >* t1i» ■ imA *im» Inadn.! xrtMi vunnr • i.nt L« Wc condcuse from the Georgetown ifiner the followlug mining la the first place by running a tunnel on the vein, a dis- column, at the B.ime time, loaded with vapor, but by gchirmer & Bruckners new furnace, at toe Geor^wn of owe hundred feet, which reveals a good strong crcvlcc what process of revivification the exhaust steam is again smelUng works, la now !n successful operation. It Is currentlT ore, being over a foot wide in some places. From the endowed with tire heat and elasticity it has iwrtcd with— reported that they are meeUng with extraordinary succcstf in },®J® ... smeltimr toe refractory ores of this district The Flora Me- This shaft also slioWs a strong Vtelh of mineral. Across With power, indeed, to exercise the functions of h jet-wc Lai„io/e h. sltuated^n ShermLi MofS^n, shout of 150 feet arc left to conjecture. Every engine-driver knows tliat Clear Creek Valley. The lode is being worked by shaft on dls- to strike toe ^tom of toe shaft, aifd ttom toe end el tois the more freedom witli wliich the exhaust sleam of nu en- covery, which is now about 50 feet in depUi. The crevice varies driveir . . „ r . Ill .1 from two to three feet in width, and judging from the ore we P* •’“ too west 80 lanUoiig. The cross tunnel gmc is ullow^l to oecupe, tl.c more satisfactory will be tire ^ ^ drsta. toe nmre mid fonUsho. fresh jl. to the miners. Th^ ore^ working of his engine. It may sometimes happen that the chet in width, but has been pinched for toe past few feet, and * ‘'‘“en out in car* torouf^i Uiis cross tunnel, and deposited in a iiower of the engine is above its work, and tlirottling the uow has every appearance of widening and coming Into a fine p? liodyofore. The vein In toe bottom of toe shaft Is about on Inch “"/oiw “ •> toab^ in toe co^ mines of Pennsylvania, exhaust of lesa consequence ; but even then any eductive i„ jlie ore is argentiferous galena and zinc-blende, and yI'W cabla Is stretched from ibis station to toe work* at |>ower obUiiieil from it will be but a poor apology lor a runs In bulk, without tlrcdalng, at Newark, N. J., 1117 Insurer to ® and 1laaupportc4‘by atrong timbers, at ateaiii ieL about of lead. There U now on the dump from ^ ^y a^wn. We are made of iron and ar- . • • I 1 .• 1 1 (• 11 1 •! I • n ton to fifteen tons of undressed ore. Forty eight feet west of **"S«d to-swlagi vMor'ttttwire, ^vtng two small wheels Its principle and actum Icis been lully dcrciibcd iii the ghaftauotocr one has been sunk to the deptl^bfabonttwblv* a deep groove, sons to exactly fit on toe cabla The first series of tlicse iiairers—“miiiutely,” as your contributor feet, showing a flue creviee of gaiigne and some mineral. A short Uie empty one up. The ore i» diaelMrged into a says—and wc have seen how it was applied at Seaton, De- ‘l^touce west of the Mendota lode a tnnnel has been started, 'xhls'whol^MTmiirem^^ iT^u^ ^ , , 1., riw.i.-i which, when finished will cut the vein at a depth of 400 feet. We Thl* whole arraiigemont is put up m too mos^. SsiHire lavcl and other colleries, and tlie useful effect obtained ^^g^c sorry to see that work had been suspended on It, as we “?“* “ubsUntlal manner, and we can tolnk of no rwson w\v It from it. Having alluded to its use in tire ventilation of know that it is the cheapest and most economical mode of work- not answer toe i«rpo*e for which it was construct^/ iron stone mines in tbe course of mv own oractice where toe property. A mill site 300 feet square has been fenced, reduction and smelting works arc bpllj. op toe side of tlie iron stone luines in the course ol my own practice, where ^ i “"““to*", toe most extensive anrf coinplete works of the the nature of tlie ground would not allow the use of the gherman mountain. Is without doubt sreond to none, and deve- ‘“to® country, if we except those of the Baker. Co. Tljey furunce, I will, as briefly as! possible de3cril>e how it was iopmeui only Is required to place It on a paying basis. The same m terraces the upper room being used for an engine- aoDlietl and the effect obtained company of which W. Murdoch, Esq., is superintendent, own an ®™to®r and twenty stamps. After toe ore Is crushed, It ap^ietl, and the eff^t obtained is conveyed into toe rating furnace (on the next terrace below) Within 30 feet of tbe shaft, 8 feet in diameter, 2 cylin- Brown. Work will be commenced on the same Immediately.... ^ \ different pattern from any we have ever drical boilers, 30 feet long by 5 feet in diameter, were There are several other lode* on Sherman Mountain being active- “cfore noticed. It has two floors or hearths—on the first toe ore erected on tbe surface from wl.icb a sle im niuc 5 indies 'y ^»'-*‘®d- The Cashier and Pride arc among the number most « P'‘;«'‘»y ro'ftod, and then flnUhed In the .lower one. From erected on the surlacc, l orn which a sle.im pipe, o inches mcniion, both having also found cousidereble first to*" the ore goes Into too smelter. In addition to all 111 diameter, was taken level away, resting on piers, and class ore on the dumps. The Elgin Is being worked and is carry- «*«»«, there is a bone furnace—a cupel furnace, and It Is intended crossing tbe shaft. In the last length of this pipe, and ing from four to six inches of galena and zinc-blende, containing , Put up a set of small stamps, for Uie pui^sc of crashing cominir over the center of the sliaft was a branch for the ®®“® brittle silver. An assay recently made gave a return of O'! toe different terraces are about coming over the center ot the shaft, was a branch for the 24 lu silver to toe ton of ore. Mr. Pratt Is developing a f feet, but the upi>cr room has been enlarged to give room reception of a three inch pipe, extending 25 feet down the vein just above Quakerville, which he calls the Great Eastern. .5.““® “d the lower one to Include the cupel fnrnacc. shaft, and, by 8 radiating branches at the end, securely fix- He Is down about twelve feet, and has considerable gangue and ® toe room containing the roasting furnace, an ad- cd in the center Into tiiese branches were tauned 24 one of lead. They are sinking on the Emmett, with about 6 ditlon has been made for tbe Ireiie-ash furnace. These works cd m tbe center. Into tnese brandies were tapped 24 one centre of the shaft. There is also a ®r‘‘‘ ®“"‘P‘®to running order in a very short time. incli pipes, projecting 18 inclies upwards, fitted with brass three or four inch vein on the north wall, but it has not lieen The engine u now put up, and the furnaces are r^y. Boaides nozzles, each with au orifice a quarter of an inch in diamc- token down. The crevice is about 12 feet wide, and Is not Inf”"®' _. . . . - , . wnrki>H nil* full wiHiii to iiia A
pleasure ot do lus. ot sicaiu, ai a cosc oi i ii». oi coui per | feet, the pay vein lueai^ured fuU forty inches, and iii the bottom minute, and a drag ou ihe mine of 1.05 inches of the toe shaft 42 inches. The ore is decomposed and solid quartz, AriZOna. , 1- 1 .1 I carrying but a sinall pcrccntege of sulpburcts of iron and cop- water gauge. I bis performance was contmuetl tlircc The ore is The Prescott ifmer. Sept. 19, has the following items of mining years, until, on Uiirling liy diill into a turnace pft, as on- rcmarkalily rich, the surface liaving run upward.? of six hundred news; “Cal. Jackson & Co., liavc recently purchased the iiiin- giiially intended, (an engine in tlic mean time having been ; dollar? te the eoi^, and what they supposed to be the ‘cap ’ up- j„g claims and ditch below their hydraulic claims, on Lynx Creek, ..rocip.l .III 1 aUaclied to tlie i«t Imilers) llie iet •iDD i atns ^ T**.® ""'"r '* now producing a cord of ore per i^om 8. Z. Pierce. Tlic company have now undisputed sway over ercctcil an I auaciietl lo me JI*1 imiiersj me jet .ippianis.j Messrs. Haskins. Disliro & Bro. are tlic owners of the nron- ... _ _i_i._j_-... .._i.. winding sliaft. paying properly, which tliey arc mining legitimately and not for j„ building flumes, and preparing generally, for a vigorous
--- „ , - „ 10 per ceiu. oi gaiona. .... Ill aamuoii Mj uic auovo miciiigence „„ furnaces and ledge. In Walker’s District McWilliams and ilowii old goaf; and lor fear of spontancoiis ignition, it ^ from Emiiirc District, we have the following from a correspond- winning have just worked and cleaned up seventeen tons of ore was iiccessarv lo stunk iiii the niiciist sliaft, and l>y so do- ®'d' writes Messrs. Ball 0: -Mason arc ruuniiig toc U„;.gu from Dci>ositc lode, which yielded them the snug sum of • wl. .f AirontatuMi u-na lii-liio marie over i Hill for tlie Disbrj Bros. Oil the Conqueror | ^iq54 ur |g2 to the ton. Wc saw them weigh the gold and sell ing oppose what circulation was beiii„ made over tla ^^dc, with good rcsulU. Their average yield so far is »225 per [ .j, |17 an ounce. This is a big yield, and a person would uatu- brokeii ground. At tbe same t im*, however, it was al.,o , cord, coin value. Messrs. Robert Steel
1) Drab day. Very thort time. At no time were the proepecU end enticipe. j letend iaeUaee, bfaBchiac off oa the eeln, eed cot wide enough |« ** 11 Ugatts. tiooe from our mining dietricU more promiaing then now. Or»r i for e rail track lor the pit cara, with here and there a turn-out . i, 10 Clay. dueUy but iteedily, In the face of Indian deprcdaUona, the eoun- OetUng down to the gang-ways or laUral Inclines the steam power 1 n Ugnlto. • SaadstoDC. try U being rapidly and systemaOcally prospected, and about the | U disconnected and we are Introduced to a learned mule, sleek j» ODrabCUy. 7 Lignite. 8 fret 11^ result we are not In doubt We were told that the yeln te and mild-eyed, who knows all the ropes, and only comes above <8 Drab Clay, paaaiog up into sand, t t Dnb Clay. ftom e to 8 feet in width, and widening as they go down on the ground two or three times a year to have new shoes put on. If UsdC. 8 Otay and ycDowitb gray aandatonc. same. The quarts resembles rery much the white Callfomla a small stone or lump of coal <s across the track, be will not ST lignite, 8 feet. 4 1^0 Ciay, 8 feet. bndge an inch till some one has gone forward and removed it S4DrabCUy,6llMt. 8 LigniU, 11 to 18 iMt. crystalline quarts and has until now prospected eery well, and S5 Baadatone, 14 iieet. X Drab Clay, 4 feat. ImproTed erery day in richness. The company are now engaged Nor will be work a moment after twelve o’clock, until lie has 84 Drab Clay, 8 feet. 1 Fine ysllowlth grit iadnrated. had bis r^ular dinner. It is useless to attempt to deceive him; tunnelling Into the hill, and intend to bring ont early in spring, The following is a copy of an analysisls of Marshall’s coal a aO-stemp Quarts MIU.” ^ ^ . be plauta his head towards the stable and demands bis rations. " Tlie dip of the Pittsburgh vein, better known as tbe Clark made by Dr. Torrey, of New York: vein, from the name of the discoverer, is about 22 d^rees. It Water in a state of eomblnatioo or Its elsmcnts.. 12.00 Vermont. nearly crops ont np the side of tbe mountain, and extends down¬ Vegetable matter expelled at a red beat in tbe form of inflamnuble ''fA Mend sends us the following, credited to the Portsmouth gases and rapora.. 26,00 wards indefinitely. The thickness is four feet, lacking two inches, Fix^ Carbon. 8SJI0 Journal: “ We have this week seen a sample of gold washed and there is little or no shale. Tbe vein is overlaid and under¬ Asb of a reddish color, sometimes gray... 2.80 M>m Minister Brook, a small tributary of Onion River, at about laid with either sandstone, or fire clay; the latter slacks on ad¬ eight miles from Montpelier. The sample was about 8 ounces In mitting air, and falls down in flakes, so tliat for a considerable 100.00 weight and had every appearance of good quality. It was the psul of the way timbering is reulred. Tlie sandstone, when not After going through the coal mine, we took a look at the fur- preeeeds of a fortnighU’ work by a company varying from three rifted, makes a solid roof, requiring no timber. There arc two | mines belonging to Langford A Co., and known as 1o flve men, with Imperfect arrangements for working. Tbe levels or cuttings on tills vein. The upper one is now being tlie Bcliemont Furnace property. An Iron furnace was erected value of tbe sample was about $!i00. Tbe company was Incorpo¬ worked. From the rail track the miners work up on the dip, cut¬ iiere some four years since, but owing to tiie great abundance of rated by the State of Vermont about a year ago, under tbe name ting out channels or chutes, from which tbe coal slides down di¬ old castings tliat iiavc been for sale here of late for a much lower of Minister Brook Mining Company. It went Into operation rectly into the cars. Proceeding along the lateral cut we pass a cost than that of smelting iron from the ore, no work has been this fall, organising September 8, by choice of Jonathan Dear¬ great number of these chutes, and can hear the picking of the done at this furnace for two years. There appears'to be an abun¬ born of this dty for President, and L. T. Hall of East Corinth, miners far up these channels ; sometimes a flickering light can dance of iron ore here, of a very good quality. It is mostly of Vt, for Treasurer. The company have bought the privilege of be seen from tbe lamp bung on to tbe miner’s hat, which keeps the brown hsematitc variety, witli some bog ore. We next visited mining for a term of years on a number of rods of each bank the center of gravity like a compass in a binnacle. The latend Murphy’s coal mines, on K^tou Creek. This bank is a vertical along the entire stream, and have also purchased land. Expe¬ draft in tlie mine Is now about 1,500 feet, from which tlie miner one, sixteen feet in width, and the coal is of a very fine quality. rienced miners have examined tbe location and meaus of opera¬ works upward and never downward. The coal falls down into the ; portions of it being brighter and more solid than any that we tion, and pronounced it a promising lead." cars without any shoveling or extra handling. have before seen in tbe country. The bonk is opened by tunnel on the vein on botii sides of Uie creek, that on tlie south side St. Domingo. A FAULT. being in nearly six hundred feet, and that on the north about " Tlie silver miners call this a ‘horse;’ in a coal mine it is a four hundred. The coal has been taken down in both of tiiesc Mining is at a dead stand in this locality. The story is thus liorse of another color. A fault was pointed out—that is, a break tunnels twenty-two feet high. These banks are now producing briefly told by a correspondent writing under date Octobei 22 : i in the drift—wliich took one year of hard mining before tlie lost and selling, as Mr. Murphy informed us, thirty-five to forty tons " The country is rich in mines undoubtedly, very rich; as j vein could be recovered. Some violent convulsion of nature liad per day, which will soon be increased to fifty tons ^r day, by rich, perhaps, as any other country; but it is impossible to work j broken tbe vein short off, and dropped it down, changing also tiie putting in more miners. During the last few wceu, Mr. Mur¬ such mines without resources, and there is not one single direction. But most of the way tlie vein is clearly dcfinml, and phy has not been able to supply the demand for coal, and several man at this moment with a pickaxe In his ^hand working them. comes as clean from the matrix as cast iron from the mould. teams were obliged to go away light whila we were there. The There ore not any means of transportation, nor any road, good THE XINEItS. mines are being run night and day, and the cool sells at tlie mine or bod, to go to the mining region. Tbe English company, the for 85 per ton, and sells at Denver for $12 to 814. Mr. Murphy only one that once did any work at all before the Spanish annex¬ (Most of them) do contract work—tliat b, they mine by ihe foot or yard, working ten hours a day. The most expert of them has four other veins on his place, one of which be thinks is wider ation, has not done anything whatever since, and after Mr. Hen- tlian the one which he is now working. None of these have, os eicken’s death it bos not even been mentioned. The Comercio probsby make from 84 to 85 per day, out of which they pay their own board. Many of them had no shirts on—nothing but a pair yet, been opened for working. These banks arc twelve miles Industrial Company never started for want of funds. The cele¬ from Denver, and flve miles from Golden City. brated Monticattini enterprises exploded, as they deserved; and of course pants, buttoned around the hips, and a hat to serve as the New York Copper Company never has done anything at ail, a place to suspend the lamp. Lying down on their sides or backs, except to send a few tons of ore to the United States, and pro¬ and working up under the vein, it was only where a little stream COI»I»EB. bably will never do more tlian it has done so far. In a word, of perspiration ran down their faces or bocks that one could tell' whoever says that there is any working of mines or any company that they were white men. The temperature at some places was with capital or anything of the kind Is in error." a little stifling, and there was a pretty strong sulphurous smell; but we were told that the miners were healtiiy and liked tiie England. China. business. Occasionally blasts were resorted to, but most of the THE BB1TI8R COPPER TRADE. work b done with the pick. No water has ever appeared in tiie Tlie London Times says; *' It b satisfactory to be able to re¬ We have later advioes relative to China mining matters. A cor¬ mine. The systematic way in which all tbe operations were car¬ port tliat the depression which has so long characterized the cop- respondent writing from Shangbae Sept 16, says: “ The vigilance ried on was worthy of note. I per trade is rapidly passing away, and there is every prospect of of the native officials near Cbefoo seems to have relaxed con¬ THE RAILROAD. ! a good autumn and winter trade being done. The importation siderably and they now make no open opposition to tbe opera¬ tions of some half hundred foreigners who are doing what they " There is a ndiroad company which makes a separate Item of ; of copper ores from tiie west coast of South America, Cuba, and can to obtain the precious metal. Accounts of their success vary transporting coal from tlib group of mines. The track, with i other places into the port of Swansea during the past week or much, Uie general belief being that though they do get some return tumoub, is almost six miles long—b most substantially built, ■ ten days has been considerably above the average for many fur their labor, it is very small indeed. As yet there is certainly no and has two locomotives and a laige equipment of iron care. Five i months past, and trade at the various smelting works in tbe dta- sufficient inducement for any rush from California or Australia. trains, of about 60 tons each, are dally taken over this road. In j trict b more brisk tlian formerly, a large number of bauds being In a memorial to the throne by Tseng-kno-fau, tiie Viceroy at tlie foot-hills the ascending g^rade for two miles b at the rate of ; employed. Other favorable circumstances have conspired to in- Nankin, relative to the proposed revision of the treaty (which by 874 feet per mile—lower down, 105 feet, and then it falls to 90 i crease the prime cost of fine copper by about £3 per ton over the way, we hear has been indefinitely postponed), tliat astute feet, and so tapers off to a gentie grade. The coal from thb quotations obtainable some few months since, and should tiib statesman recommends that ‘ foreign appliances should be hon¬ group of mines Is all taken to Pittsburg Landing, from whence it j advanced price be maintained, of which there now appears every ored for coal mining, as that would tend to enrich China.' This is conveyed to this city by schoonem. The Union mine b owned prospect, the copper trade will recover much of its former pros¬ once granted, the thin end of the wedge may have been inserted by Stephen Whipple, who, it will be recollected, some years ago perity during the ensuing winter. The reports which merchants and other concessions follow in time. Tseng-kno-fiiu belongs to built an opposition boat, and forced tiie C. 8. N. Company to re¬ have recently received from the west coast of South America fa¬ the strong anti-foreign scliool and is as tout opposerof telegraphs, new their contract to consume his coal at 88 per ton, as the con- vor the opinion tliat the attempts made to smelt the ores in the railways, internal steam navigation and all those innovations we slderation of laying up hb boat The boat i^ still laid up; the j neighborhood of the mines (importing the rcgulus and bar cop- westerns are so anxious to introduce into China.” company are still buying cool at 88 per ton, although the same per, raUicr than the raw ores) is not likely to succeed. The very quality of coal can be bonglit at tlie river landing at 84 per ton, inferior quality of the coal of the dbtrict, together with the scar¬ and the people are still paying for the whbtle. city and consequent dearness of skilled labor, is said to prove an effectual bar to the successful treatment of ores on tbe coast of COA.Zs A.'NJy IROIV. THE BLACK DIAMOND. Chili, and consequently the importations of ores will increase California. The operations at thb mine arc much more extensive, but as rather tlian diminish. At all events, with Uie recent advances, there b some wa^r in it we did not care to make a second de¬ trade will soon improve, and little fear need be entertained of THE MOCHT DIABLO COAL MINES. scent on tiie same day. The coal has apparently a little more foreign competition outrivaling our large smelting establish¬ A correspondent writes In tbe San Francbco BuUstin the fol¬ sulphur, but otherwise does not seem to differ from that of the ments in the manufacture of copper in all its brauches." other mines. The vein, including sbtes, b about seven feet thick, lowing interesting account of a vbit to those mines. He says : The mines can be approached overland, going np by way of is easily worked, and the woik is vigorously prosecuted. A rail¬ road extends from the mine to New York landing. The coal is Berkley, San Pablo, Martinez and Clayton, or by tlie river route, mostly taken down the river by tugs towing barges. Cargoes stopping at tlie coal landing at New York, Pittsburgh, or a little beyond at Antioch; the Stockton boat stopping at all these are landed in the city nearly every day. The coal from all these pbces. The dbtauce from either to the mines b about six mines is delivered in the city at the same rate—85 per ton by tlie Pennsylvania. miles. cargo.” THE MINES. Colorado. THE HLATINOTON SLATE qUARRIES. “ The direction from the river is directly back to the foothills, Some late remarks on the Colorado coal banks, sitnated in ihe In order to give our readers an idea of the importance of the approaching which, all random roads over tiie prairie converge vicinity of Denver, Golden and Boulder Cities, will, without slate trade, and the number of quarries in and around Slating- as you enter the Jaws of the mountidns. Our route was to . tbe doubt, prove interesting to many of our Eastern readers. We ton, by whom originally opened, where located, by whom super¬ Pittsburgh group, which we reached after striking tiie foot¬ have the following account from a correspondent of the Miner's intended, value of quarries, etc., we reprint from a cotemporarv, hill back of Antioch, by moderate ascent of about two miles at an Register, who, sp^dring first of the Marshall Bank, os being one published in tlie immediate vicinity, the following iutcresting and altitude of, say 400 feet In thb group the only mines now ac¬ on which tlie most work has been done, says:—“ It b a very useful account: tually worked are the Pittsburgh, Eureka and Union. Near by large and nearly horizontal bank (dipping to the east five degrees " The Keystone Quarry is located on the Lehigh Valley Rail¬ are the abandoned works, where it b said Greenhood, Newbauer —Just enough to nicely drain it), fully twenty feet thick, of a road, 1,500 feet north of the depot at -Slatington; it was opened &, Co. spent over 8100,000 in tbe fruitless attempt to strike a pay¬ very fine quality of ligneous coal. Two tunnels have been run in by Messrs. H. O. Wilson, J. Hoffman, Willbm Peters, L. C. ing vein of coal. Upon the other side of a low ridge b a Black across the dip of the vein about four hundred and fifty feet, one Smith and H. J. Ilankee, in 1863; at present owned by Messrs. Dbmond mine, say one mile distant'from those first mentioned, of which has three branches, terminating in working rooms W. & C. Dodson, A. & W. Peters, and J. B. Kemerer; present but substantially upon the same veins. Tlie Pittsburgh mine thirty feet wide, with pillars of coal left between to support the superintendent, A. Peters; doing business in the name of the took ont coal first, we believe, in March, 1831. The Black Dia¬ roof. In all the rooms there is a working face of over one hun¬ Keystone Slate Company; copartnership, value of quarry, lands, mond vein was dbcovered as early as February 1860. The pre¬ dred feet, and with twenty miners working, one hundred tons of buildings, improvements, etc., 885,000.| sent yield of these mines b about as follows: coal per day caiLbe broken and delivered in wagons at the mouth " The Williams Quarry is located on the Leiiigh Valley Rail¬ of the mine. In the winter season twenty to thirty tons are road, 400 feet north of the Slatington depot; was opened by Da¬ Black Diamond, per montli.8,00(1 taken ont daily, which sells at the mine for 84 per ton. It is vid and Owen Williams, in 1863; at present owned by David Plttslwrch, per month.2,000 IVilliams and H. W. Harper; present Biiperintcndcnt, D. Wil¬ Union, per month.2,000 mostly mined by the ton, tlie miners breaking it and delivering it Eureka, per month.1,800 : in tlie wagons for 82 per ton, furnishing their own oil aud pow- liams ; doing business in the name of D. Williams & Co.; copart¬ “ These are only approximate estimates, rather under than I der, and the ownera of the mine furnishing timbers, toob, track nership ; value of quarrj', lands, buildings aud improvements above the actual yield. ' and cars. Tbe miners put in tlie timbers and by down the track 8100,000. ! as they progress. Besides this bank, there are several others on “ The Mantel Qnarry is located on Trout Creek, 800 feet west Fan inside view.' I Mr. Marshall’s land, none of which have, as yet, been much of tbe Lehigh Valley dopot at Slatington ; was opened by George Wishing for once to have an inside look and to go to tbe ; worked. Tbe banks are sitnated on South Boulder, twenty-two and Nelson Labar, in 1848; at present owned by the Lehigh bottom of the pit, and preferring a dry mine to a wet one, we I miles from Denver, sixteen miles from Boulder City. In speak- Slate Company; present superintendent, R. McDowell; doing busi¬ concluded to sample the Pittsburgh. Mr. Cbrk the superinten¬ ' ing of these banks. Prof. F. W. Hayden says; ‘ Tlie Marshall ness in Uie name of the Lehigh Slate Company; chartered capi¬ dent, kindly volunteered to show us through. A list aud cost ' mines are probably the most valuable in tiie West * * * The tal, 8150,000; purchased ; value of quarry only, 8.50,000. were fui-nbhed at the engine room and a small brass bmp, to be ' beds are at the foot of tiie monntains and dip to such an extent •* The Douglas Quarry is located on Trout Creek, one third of lighted on the lower level. The engine, of about 30-horae power, as to expose the whole series, 11 in number, varying from'5 to 13 a mile west of tlie Lrliigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington ; b geared to a abaft on which tlicre Is a great drum, over which feet in thickness, so that we have from 20 to 40 feet, at least, of was opened by R. McDowell, in 1849; at present owned by'Mor- runs a coll of wire rope attached to iron cars that descend the in¬ solid lignite.* Prof. Haydesi abo gives the following remurka- gan Jones; present superintendent, M. Jones ; doing business cline, and are drawn up with about a ton of coal In each, which' able section of strata including the lignite; in the name of M. Jones’Slate W'orks ; individual; purchased; b dumped down a ehnte directly. value of qnarry, lands, buildings and improvements, 825,000. " Into one of these grim-looking boxes we were invited to take 45 SaiidstoBS,Eray and coarse rraiued. 88 LigBite, 71 (Mt, 44 Drab Clay J 82 Drab Uay. * “ The Welshtown Qnarry is located on the west branch of Trout a seat with the snperinteudent, or rather to ait flat down and 48 Ugnite. 21 Saadstoae, 80 M. Creek, one-half mile from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at never mind the coal dust At a given signal, down we go into 48 Drab Cby.J 20DTabCky,8fHt, Slatington; opened by Owen Jones and W'illiam Roberts in 1845; 41 Lbnite. the darkness, with a clanking and reverberation, as though a If IJrniU, 7 fceL at present owned by Beqj. Kem; present snperintendent, R. R. 40 Drab Oay.' 18 Drab Cky, 8 fret' score of mountain fiends had broken loose. At a depth of a 88 SaadstMie. * 17 Saodstooa, 10 fret. Hughes; doing business in the name of R. R. Hughes & Co.; co¬ little abort of 800 feet we come to a level or ‘ gang-way’—for mia- 88DfabUby. If Drab Cnay, 8 fret. partnership ; leased; valne of quarry, lands, buildings and’ im Ing nomenclature b somewhat mixed np brae, or rather the same 8TLi^te. 15 Ucaits. 6 fret. provemento, 820,000. 88 Drab Oay. 14 Drab (iajr. terms are not wed m tn » silver miaet These bveb are really BO SondttoB#* ISSsadstcaw. " Tb« Monitor Qaairy is locatod on the west branclt of Tron| i November 14,1868] AMEfttCAtt VOORtUlL OP MttUSC. 3«»
“ The Locke Slate Qnarry Is located at Slate Dale, three and a half miles from the Lehlgli Valley Railroad depot at Slatington ; was opened by George and Nelson Lebar In 1848; at present owned by the Locke Slate Company; doing business in the name ' of the same company, and is superintended by F. Schenton ; chartered capital, Il50,000; purchased ; value of quany, lauds, buildings and improvements, 1150,000. “ The Enterprise Quarry is located near Slate Dale, three and venting breakages or accidents. The matcher head is moved flvc-ciglith miles from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at by a crank both on the end and side of the machine, with an Slatington ; was opened bj* F. Schenton in 1868; at present own¬ ed by the Enterprise Slate Company; doing business in the name index to gauge the width and thickness of the board. The ma¬ of said company, and is at present superintended by R. H. Dalby; chines are built in the most thorough manner, and from the copartnership; purchased; value of lauds, buildings and im¬ beet stock. provements, $75,000. “ The Hope Quarry is located on Trout Creek, four miles from The Wilson Steam Stamp BSill. the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington; was opened by O. Lloyd in 1861; at present owned by the Hope Slate Com¬ This mill, which is manufactured by the Wilson Steam pany ; doing business in the name of said company, and is at Stamp Mill Go. of Philadelphia, is adapted for both dry and present superintended by J. Schreiber; copartnership; purchas¬ wet crushing, and for the hardest rock or softest oeDoeot. ed ; value of quarry, lands, buildings and improvements, The valve gear is of the simplest and most durable construc¬ $65,000. tion ; readily adjusted by movable cams on the piston rods or “ The Diamond Quarrj* is located on Trout Creek, six miles stamp stems, thereby giving the operator absolute control of from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington; was open¬ ed by Scbali A Ballict in 1856; at present owned by the Diamond Slate Company ; doing business in the name of said company, and is at present superintended by J. Roberts; copartnership ; purchased; value of quarry, lands, buildings and improvements, $50,000. “ The following arc quarries which have made temporary stop¬ pages, through disagreement or other causes; but yet are very valuable, beyond a peradventure; “ The Kern Quarry is located on the west branch of Trout Creek, one mile from the Lehigh Valley Railroad deptot at Slat¬ ington ; was opened by J. Kern, Morgan A Co. in 1867; at pre¬ sent owned by J. and E. Kern and H. J. Hankee; copartner¬ ship ; purchased ; value of quarry, lands, buildings and improve¬ ments, $20,000. “ The Laury Quarry is located on Trout Creek, three-fourths of a mile from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington ; was opened by I^ury & Co. in 1858; at present owned by Laury, Jones, Klotz A Co.; copartnership; purchased; value of quarry, etc., $40,000. “ The Joy Quarry is located on Trout Creek, two and a quar¬ ter miles from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington ; was oitencd by T. Weiss in 1847; at present owned by W. H. Weiss; superintended by tlie same gentleman; purchased; valne of quan-y, etc., $-^0,000. “ Tlic Blue Mountain Quariy is located on Trout Creek, two and a half miles from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slat¬ ington ; was [opened by Dr. H. 0. Wilson in (1866 ; at present owned by W. Donelson A Brother, M. L. Dreissbacli, Meyers and
the length and velocity of motion, and force of the blow. One of these mills has been at work in Korth Carolina sinoo last June, and its performance has been and is perfectly u^fac- I tory. Indeed the company owning it, state that it iriU vb- I dnee one ton per hour of hard quarts to the rcqoired^ ioenois for amalgamation, and that in talcoee slate, it will reduce sixty tons in twenty-four hours. In a word, it is a complete scc- cess, and had any effort been made to introduce these mills, there is no doubt but that a great number would now be at work. The company hope soon to introduce them into Cali¬ fornia, with the full confidence in a large demand springing np for them.
Manufisoturen of Oiea, Presses, etc.
Messrs. Mats A Bliss of Brooklyn, N. Y., are pi Was opened by Dr. H. O. Wilson in 18.51; at present owued by oldest firm engaged in iL..the manufactare of. ‘ catting—. dies in the D. D. Jones and H. Williams; present superintendent, D. D. United Statee,”and it has been asserted they are the oldest es¬ Jones ; doing business in the name of Jones, Williams A Co.; tablishment of the kindjn existence, having had an experience copartnership; purchased ; valne of quarry, lauds, buildings and improvements, $140,000. of'; twenty-five , " ,years.1. They manufacture all kinds of dies for “ The Star Quarry is located on Trout Creek, one and three- tin ware and ail kinds of tools for round and square cans, fourths of a mile from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Sla¬ and square five gallon oil cans. They have made tools for tington ; was opened by Mr. Daniel in 1866; at present owned the celebrated cans used by the Devoe A Pratt Manufacturing by the Star Slate Company; present superintendent, D. Thomas ; Company. Tools and dies for manufacturing watch cases, doing business in the name of the Star Slate Company; chartered ordered by a firm in Cincinnati, etc. Their tools have been capital, $30,000; purchased; value of quarry, lands, buildings ordered by parties in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and even in and improvements, $60,000. Australia. In addition to tools of the character mentioned, “ The Glencoe Quarry Is located on the west branch of Trout [they manufaclure crimping machines, formers, headers, Creek, two miles from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Sla¬ notching machines, drops, power pressesd and any tools re- tington; was opened by M. D. George and others in 1866; at I quired for drop und die work. present owned by the Glencoe Slate Company; present superin¬ tendent, D. Thomas; doing business in the name of the Glencoe Boxwood and Iwoiy Rules, Levels, Etc. Slate Company; chartei-cd capital, 840,000; purchased; value of Manufacttirixig and Mechanical Notes quarr}, lands, buildings and improvements, ^,000. The Stanley Rule and Level Company, of 67 Beekman “The Conway Quarry is located on Trout Creek, two miles street. New York city, are justly celebrated for (heir excellent from the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot at Slatington; was opened and well-made rules, and their assortment comprises every by Dr. II. O. Wilson in 1866; at present owned by Conway, Improved Planing, Tongueing and Grooving Machine.] i form of measuring imi)Iement required by scientific men and Slienton A Dalby; present superintendent, Joseph Roberts; I mechanics. For accuracy of measurement, neatness and du- doing business in the name of tlie Conway Slate Company; co- I rability of make, their rules maintain their long established pertnersliip; purchased; valne of quarry, lands, buildings and iinproveniciits, $40,000. j reputation. Wc observe among their stock of boxwood and “ The Brooklyn Quarry is liMoitcd on Trout Creek, two] miles I ivory rules all grades, from the cheapest one-foot four-fold from Lehigh Valley Railroad depot ut Slatington ; was opened I narrow rule to the most costly, including all intermediate by D. McKenna and Mr. Thomas in 1866 ; at present owned by sizes and styles, together with boxwood and ivory calliper the Brooklyn Slate Company ; the present superintendent, Mr. rules, bench rules, board and Thomas; doing business in the name of the Brooklyn Slate Com¬ log measures, yard sticks, gear pany ; chartered capital, $.50,000; purchased ; value of quarry, or cog wheel calculating rules, Gunter’s slile aud Eugineer’s rule., Md otbm too Ditmer-
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justable to the various thicxnesses o flumber. The rolls are so ways remain so ; the sides and edges are perfectly tme, aud weighted that the lumber passes through before it reaches the combine a level with e convenient straight edge; the me- cutter head, thus giving at all times an eqnal pressure in all chenic can nee them for lining shafting from below, through I the irregularities of t^ lumber which cannot be obtained an aperture in the bet# of the level. }i« ABIEBtCAS JOttftllAL OT ntttmC
MAnmr RHVLMW i .is^eos 16h.0*1 I Per ton. Dari Per ton. Dart ■1 AW a. CM cuiTUirr. Uiueed.do. ... M,*«0 t,m | HaoriDf Sock H. B. )im.|87 88-^ Teaneiare CoU Blait .... 48 46-io .. lim*.—The market tor Bocklaud li firm at $1 T8 for Common, and li for I S*“5J“* 5'• H .II S9~*® FaiBAT Erainno, Hot. 18, 1888. , 1 Hangln* Kock Cold Blaet. 88 ..—80 Jackion (Mone coal) Fob. 88 88—M Hanging Bock Car lirheel. 86 80—90 | Blooma.100 108—80 «!▼« B8«ltti AntilllOBT.^ntliiue.-Mareead.lfirm,.t«Je.,foM. j “tf*’** ...... ^.....100 106-80 dartttgirtBff the pMtpnet week, mottly In Color*doColorndo Stocks.Stockt. OreforyGregory wm mMtold mu bl^bt^ I - . -i r-n » MAHcrACTr»»D.—TredeMaarracTTBED.—Trade laU belter,beiter, batbut no changecbniiffe inIn prieea.prket. a* $8 80 on WednewUr, ind clored to-day at $8 00, a conilderwde idTaDes 8. C.C. t B. C.O. in price orer laat week’a Smith A Parmelee if lower. In Serada aiM other ! -TO FUt Bar.4 4i 8i81 8} Half Oval and i1 Boand4( 81 8 44 Rto^s there are hot tow tranaaetioni reported. CamWnatlon SUrer la ))BOt- * I THE IEOH TEADE. ■ Horaeehoe Iron.81 8e 8}81 717} Angle Iron.81Iron.8| 818| Iff( 7}74 ed at |4 80^|8 80. The Hat la aa toUowa: . . - Heavy Band.41 8 8 8481 T A Hollow BaU IronA .. 7471 .. eked. 1 61 91 Ssw-mlU Track.8 **10, New Ton*. Nor. 18,1888. S ?! « •‘IL ” S • Alameda Silver.S8 40 Kipp A Bnell Gold. 8 I 2 80 I.aCmaaeGold. 18 is! We have but Mttle change to note in the markeL Prioee remain firm, and , ‘"If::; * •* ” 'S • S " American Flag. ■ : ftocka of iron of ail klndt la light. The recent advance in coal tenda to keep I ?{®®P,*"** ?} fj *1, ii'klii** " ?* " Batee A Baxter Gold. 80 Liberty Gold. I up prieea, and they are expected to rule high. Salea are email and nnlmpor- , .81 81 Boiler-Plate, 8-18, 8-18.. .. 7 88 Manhattan Silver.100 00 Benton Gold. S8 ■ ■ yj ! taut—!V0 tone. No. 1 Crane at $42.00 ; 280 tone No. 1 (love on private tenne. I Milwaukke, Wla,Wia, November 9,1888 1 28 MIda* Silver. *8 Bobtail Gold. 42 In Scotch Pig Iron wc note ealea 100 tons Glengamock at $48.00 ; 900 tuns i no laoM.IBOM. Black Hawk Gold .... 8 80 _> Montana Gold. 87 8 00 New York. 78 y ]0 I EgUnton at $41.0$, other brands $48@$44. HIner prices are now asked. No quotable change In prices. ConaoUdated Gregory. 4 90 a In scrap Iron we note 100 tons from yard at $47JI0; 100 dock aud yard on : BnflhIo Cnion, A 1 .$49 00 Lake Sniterlor No 8(charcoal). 48 00 2 SO Nye Gold. Edgehlll Mining. . private terms. Market qniet with bnt little inqnirv. | Buffisln Union, B 1. 48 00 Iron Bidge, Nol(Sweed's).... 48 00 Gold HUI. 1 00 Owyhee Mining.18 00 .'iO ' People'aG. A S. of Cal .. .. ‘*15 ! (Hd rails—Sales 1000 tons, to arrive at Pblladelpbia, D. H.,onprivate terms; Lake Superior No 1 (Hiarcoal). 48 00 Scotch. .»....4b 00@83 00 OnnnitU Gold. gq ' 280 tooa D. H, now here, on private terms; SOU tons do., |*rivate terms. ! Lake Superior No 2(rharc
I KovsHBUt 14,1868^ AMEBtCAIt JOUSNAl Of MtHttHtC.
Central. 8,616 os B«p "ir iUitcHtcAit mznAi or ttmtso. could not poBsibly he a self-existent, imponderable fluid, Bcildbb,” it will b« our aim to giro to these interests a but necesrarily must l>c considered as a result of the mo¬ full, able, anil trustworthy representation—to supply, in tion of ponderable matter. During the boring of cannon fact, a want long existing ninong those engaged in indut- in Munich he observed the great amount of heat developed | ^ trial pursuits. As the cause of manufacturing aud build¬ by friction, and afterwardsconstiucted,to illustrate his idea, ing is empliatirally tlie cause of skilled labor, in working a hollow cylinder of iron, with a solid plunger, pressing for the I>c8t interests of the former we shall also advance WBSnnUf 4k OOMPAlfT, Froptietora. forcibly against its bottom. The cylinder was surrounded tlioFe of the latter. * “Thb Makcfactureb and Buildkb” will, therefore, ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, Editor. with a box containing water, in which a thermometer was placed, and the plunger was made to revolve rapidly by l>e a jyraetieal journal, i^rpealing directly to the masses, OFFICE, 87 PARK ROW, NEW YORK horse-power—one horse lieing employed. lie found that cither engaged or interested in the sul^ects of which it after one hour of horse lalror the lemi>erature of 10 pounds will treat. While it will be built up upon a truly scien¬ pabUshlaf MatTibathMi*, Um Jovrsal or Miania doot not nmewsrttr tific basis, it is determined that the superstructure itself •ndoTM tb« poRlUou RMaaMd t^ nontribaton. of water was raised 47** and that in one and a half hours I more the water boiled. Now, 19 pounds of water raised shall Ire eminently popular, coming within the easy grasp 47° in temperature is equal to 10 times 47, or nearly 000 of every intelligent mind. units of heat. This, produced in one hour, gives 900 di¬ Party politics will have no place in its col TERMS.—SvsscRtmow, $4 M per annum, in ndTance; ft W Aw eU I of course, questions of ]>olitical economy, ■watke. Stasia eoplM, Tea Ceote. New TorB Citj •nbaerlbera are reqntred , vided by 40, or 16 units per minute produced by one to par M eenU • jrenr eatm ht Mirtrj. AnTRansiRe: Twentx-Sve cent* II horse-power, or 38,000 foot-pounds, according to which bear upon the manufacluring and build M fine of nine wotdf Ibr each iuertioa inside, sad fort; ernts entstde. Tsnis iavartsbl; essh in adrsaoe. I 88,000, divided by 15, or 2,200 foot-pounds produced one not be ignored. DE8IONINO, WOOD ENORAVINO, I unit of heat. Later cx|)eriment8 have proved that Rcm- “The Mancfactuher and Builder will contain a LITHOQRAPHINO and JOB PBINTINO I large proportion of original matter, prepared by the ablest Eisented in eketsat style, on reasonable terms. writers of the day, in which important industrial questions T. F. Famnaroa is Corrsapondins and TrareUns Editor. will be carefully considered, It will contain elaborate ar- W. B. HAsaiso* is Editor of the MeehaniesI Department. tides, many of them illustrated, upon the following sub¬ pW“ Correspondents, exobsnsss sad others sddreasins ns ehnoM be ee- trmmely enr^M to write “JornRAL or Mnuno,” instead of ’‘Mraino jects: the different kinds of manufactures and manufactur¬ JovasAi.,” sad to sir* the nnatbsr of ear Bos st the Fost Offloe, wbirb is MW, to sasnrs a& carrlase. Commnniestloas intended for pablication ing machinery; the manufneture of all kinds of materials shonM be pisial; written, and on one aide of tbs paper only. that enter into the structure of buildings, either as useful or ornamental; the stone, slate and marble interests; NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1868. our extensive iron and lumber interests; the charac¬ ter, strength, durability and relative value of building ma¬ terials the stability of various kinds of structures; the more comm EmToRiAiA^DstcnniDAtlon nT the ihetnra of Dlf«, Ftwwa rtc.—Bbr- ion as well as the higher forms of architec- KAlatlog between the CniU of Bent wood sad Irory Bule^ LeTeU. etc. ture; lime, mortars, cements, etc.; ventilation, sew- And of Power—Nspotoon'o Atento— MnccLLART—Unprecedented Bun — TbeMonnlhetaroruid Bnilder—The Mneneslen Cmdblee. age aud kindred subjects. It will also contain notes on GoninmiMon of Cool. iLLrorsATiORA—Bomani*f Elerated OSMOtAi. PAmt.—OflMal Report oF BoilwM oad Pneumatic Diepotch. new discoveries and improvements; reviews of new pub¬ Bon. J. Itooe Snowden, No. IV. Mihimo Bchiiart.—dloLD A Siltsr : ^omoAi. LrprRRO.—On theVentlU- Colomdo—Ariiona—New Mexico— lications; summary of general {Hrogress in manufactures tion of Cool Mlneo, No. XVI, ^ J. Vermont—8t. Dominso — China— and building, both at home and abroad ; selections from ' W. Hirden, M. E.—Leeeono on Free- Coal A Irom ; CaUlbrnia—Coiorsdo tIeRl Drmwins, No. XVllI, by T. P. —CorpRR: Eosiiod—Slavs : Penn- the best English, and translations from the ablest Oer- Femberton. lylranU—CanadA. BoiRimPio MRBTtxno.—Polvtcdinle Brvirw or thr Iror Tradr. mau and French periodicals; correspondence from the Pbsnebof the American Inetttnte— TBR Coal Tradr. New Tock Society of Ptoetical Ea-jMiHiRo ard Oturr Stocko. chief maunfactnring centres of Europe and America, keep¬ fiaeoTlBf. Metal Marert. ing our readers well informed in regard to such indus¬ MARWAOITRIHa ARD MROBAHIOAL AROWERS TO CoRRKSrOHDRHTS. NoTSS—Improved PUolnc.Toncne-'SpRrTAL Nottcro. trial mrvements abroad as may have significaLce in tM and nrovlDf Mochhie — The Patrrt Claimr. Wllaoa Steam Stamp MIU—Mana-| reference to the progress of skilled labor at home; and also, a Home Department, in which will apiiear en¬ XOTId TO OOBUIPOXDXXTS. tertaining and instructive descriptions, explanations, etc., especially such as illustrate the applications of science to la coBiequence of a new regulation recently adopted by the domestic life. Postmaster of this city to faclliUte the early delivery of mail mat¬ In a word, it is our intention to make the paper, in ter, we have to request our correspondents, in addressing us, to It had also been discovered tlint strong magnets resist every sense of the term, what is implied in its name. give the number of our post-offlee box. No. 5,969, in lieu of, or In llie rotation of metallic conductors, placed between their It will he printed in new type, upon the best quality of eoaaeoUon with our business offlee address. poles, as if an invisible friction were produced, and that paper, aud will contain thirty-two large octavo pages of by applying power to overcome this resistance, and pro¬ interesting matter, closely printed and neatly ananged. duce such rotation, heat wan created, the amount of which The low rates of subscription will, it is hoped, assist the corresponded with tliat produced in the above-mentioned meritsof “ The Manufacturer and BthedebBxnLDER” iu secur¬ We are glad to announce that we have made special ar- experiments—provideil, that in each case pro|>er precau¬ ing for it a wide circulaiion, and make it welcome in every office, manufactory, workshop aud dwelling of the iudus- rangemBots with the publishers of the Niue York Weekly tions were taken against loss of motive power, and loss ol heat by railiation, convection or otherwise, and the proper trial classes of the community. TrSb^nu end the American Ayrieulturiet, so that we are en¬ deductions made for the different amounts of speed for As regards our ability to perform the task we have de¬ abled to offer anutoally favorable inducements to those who heat (or capacity for heat) of the different substances em¬ scribed, we are not obliged to indulge iu many words. It desire to have the benefit of the reading of tlie three best ployed. insufficient to appeal to the history of the American Journal of Mining, a periodical which has achieved an journals in the country, devoted, respectively, to general The results arrived at in each and ever Jioweil almost unprecedented success, and which, we have good newt and progress, sgriculture, mining and metallurgy that the descent ol 772 pounds 1 foot could raise the tem¬ reason to believe, unites to the satisfaction of all classes of We oflin the following very lilteral terms to sll wishing to perature of one pound of water 1° ; or, in other words, its readers the elements of scientific value and popular in¬ subscribe for the American Journal of Mining, together that 772 foot-pounds, or units of power, could produce, or j terest, which it is our inteution to infuse also iuto “ Thb with one or both of the above mentioned papers: were equivalent to, oue unit of lieiit. Manufacturer and Builder.” Our Spanish paper, “ El WeMy Tribune and American Journal of Mining. .$5.00 The reverse must also be true; and one unit of heat CoRREo Hispano-Amebicano,” is found to meet the need Ameriean AgricuUuriU and American Journal of must be able to produce a force of 772 fool-puuuda, or, in for which it was designed, and its large and ropidly in¬ Minino.Ifi.OO other words, tbc amount of heat sufficient to heat oue creasing patronage is proof of the appreciation of its value Weekly Tribune, American AgrieuUuriet and Ameri¬ pound of water 1° must be sufficient to raise 772 pounds entertained by American merchants, who desire to secure can Journal or Minino.$6.00 oue foot; consequently, 42.7 units of heat must be equiva¬ for themselves some portion of the vast and profitable Upon the receij^t of either of the above amounts by msi lent to 83,000 foot-pounds, and, when produced iu one trade of the Spanish-Americau States. As, in starting the or otherwise, we will promptly forward the papers desired. mionte, be equal to one borse-power. OoRBEo, we found iu the high reputation of the American Back numbers are at hand, so that we can furnish them We have already shown (page 248), that our steam en¬ Journal of Mining au important assistance aud guaranty to any who may wish. This is a rare opportunity to all gines produce only about one-twentieth of this power—a of success, so now we confidently rely upon the established who are not already readers of the Journal of Mining' result which is due not only to great loss of heat, but also, and widely known character of both these publications to and who have a dome to keep themselves well informed and chiefly, to the resistance of the liquid water, against vouch in advance fur the deserved popularity of a third. in regard to the steady development of an interest that the change of molecular coudition involved iu conversion We believe that the numerous readers who have so steadily will soon be eclipsed by no other in the country, in point to the gaseous foim. This resistauce arises, probably, from patronized us hitherto, will need no further assurance thau either of magnitude or importance. Address the strong cohesion of the molecules, which has to bo over¬ come. That no better results can ever be expected, so the knowledge that we pledge to “The Manufacturer Western ft Comfant, so long as the intervention of steam is used, for the con¬ AND Builder” the same energy, perseverance aud deter¬ mination to l>egin well and continue better, which have Post Office Box 5,969, New York. version of beat into motion, is evident; since it is easily proved that steam cannot possibly give more than about already twice achieved success. Particulars of subscrip¬ 772 foot-pounds for 10 units of beat, whereas, the theoret¬ tion and advertising rates, etc., will be found in our adver¬ ical equivalent of this amount of power is only one uuit of tising columns. heat The mind of no professional man is more constantly oc¬ THE MAFXrEACTTrEEE AHD BUILDEE. cupied than that of the pbiloeophically inclined physician Hie eloquent Bishop Simpson, four or five years a'go, in with the laws of life, (which chiefly manifest themselves A Practical Journal of Industrial Progress. an oration delivered, we believe, at Chicago, alluded in in the prodnetion of beat and motion.) We do not glowing terms to the natural resources of America, and wonder, therefore, that the first msn who eunneisted the mentioned the fact that he had met, in traveling through •qusl relation between motion and beat was a German the publication of a new illustrated Monthly, niider the Pacific States, French engineers, engaged in sludyiug Physician—Dr. Mater of HsUbronn. He first gave the the above title. The manufecturing and building interests the extent and>slue of our mineral deposits. These gen¬ number expressing the precise relation between the two of the United States are without any direct and adequate tlemen he rhetorically alluded to as “ agents of the French fnnetiens, which number is now called—tbe meekanieal representation on the part of the public press. Iu magni¬ Emjieror.’' We have met with th'S paragraph from tlie equivalent efheatt tude and importance, they are second to no others upon Bishop's address so many times since, that we confess to Rumfobo had already, in 1798, demonstrated that heat the eoDtinent. In publishing “Tax Manufacturer and being extremely tired of it. It is sure to figure, along with Koteubeb 14,1868] AMERtCAtt jooiunu. OF ttlAUtC. estimates of the prodncts of the Comstock lode since its B. 8., or New York Citt.—All anlmsl and vegetable substaa- furnish you with the following facts in regard to the mines discovery, and accounte of the dividends from ancient Po- ** by meaei of the two fcUowing wiutiont: »o. i u of this Territory. tosi, in almost every wild-cat prosiiecins, and it is likely to soo pi^s; alter, and keep in weu-stopped boties. No. s is com- ®*^*^*^ coubTv. flourish iu American oratory for years to come. Its latest posed of nitrate of silver, so puts; UquidammonU, soparts; pore water, 6B0 The surface ores of the various mines of this county are appearance was made in the columns of a Philadelphia i*^ In order, now, to silver silk, wool, hair, flax, cotton, and other flbwu- oxidized, hut at a depth of about fifty feet they consist ,, . . , 1 • 1 4 1 material by means of these solutions, they are first plunged for a very short r i • t i paper, commenting upon a “recent telegraphic despatch into a saturated solution of gauic add, and.then into a solution of one principally ofsulphuretsofcoppcr and iron, cairy mg gold from Denver.'’ According to this hasty bit of news, part of nitrate of silver into parU of water, l^iis alternate plunging U ra- and silver. “ A Mr Wearf the rommissloner sent bv Napoleok to exa- ‘be first black appearance of the substances gives way to a slight These lodcs have been founil riclicr ill many instances I “’Ct'OmiiiiMioncrBeniDyJMATOLEOMO exa metaUic lustre; then the substance U ready to take the silver coating. To , .i • i rn . ii u produce thla, plunge the snbsunce into, fivshly-prepucd mixture, in equal ‘>‘0 greater the depth ntlaincd. 1 he Stump-nulls Save a $1,000,^ capital, to build a tram-way from the coal-beds, with a p,rta, of solution No 1 and No. *, and leave it unUllt Is thoroughly silvered, greater portion of the precious metals contained in the view of furnishing cheap fuel for the smelting works for rcduc- ^■ n j » •. »T _ ...... ing Uie ores containing precious metals.” ’^*“’** ** '* ^ ^ solution of salts of tartar, and dried. surface ores, but probably more than fifty per cent, is lost v»i 1 1 1 1 • 4 1 B. C., OF 8. C.—The term caloric engine would include all In by this treatment, where sulpliur is present. The priiiei- Our Pl"U J. B., OF Pa.-“Pa.—“Will Will a rix-inchsix-inch horseshoe msgnetmaenet sttr«:tsttrset a , ^herican journal of mining k the...... hon. Colorado TerrilorjJ four-ounce weight, at a distanca of four inebea. If thU weight be suspended cnxoCH, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.] from a pivot seven inefaea above it?” Ana. If the weight la soft iron and well Tbe following is the report on tbe balanced, a alight attraction maybe obeerved. “Will the attraction be _ ~~~ _ Psednot of BnUion, stronger if the weight iteelf is a magnet f” Ana If thla magnetic weight is of OFFIOIAL REPORT OF HON. J. ROSS SNOWDEN, By Mr. Georoe T. Clark, Appended to tbe genefnl report such aform that tha distance of Its polee la equal totbe ditUnce between the UPON THE BONERAL RESOURCES OF poles of the original horaeahee magnet, and this dlitanoe alao more riisg four COLORADO.—NO. IV. of Commissioner Snowden : / . Inches, and the weight so snspended that the north pole of the magnet is over Obokoe T. Clark A.Co., Bankers, . " X t^ sooth«uu. polepo» 01of uethe honoraeaooerieehoe anaand vioavlee verm,versa, uen.then, ancand only nnder tlM«ethese q., following is the Central City, Colorado,Collado, July 17, 1868.IMS.) J partieolareoDdiUoBApartlenlar eonditioBA there wlBwifi be a greater sttraettonattnetton than Ifif the weight were me loiiowing in uie _^ . 1 w r « o /*. . i n T. . oBlyonly soft Iron,iron, particiilarlypartienlarly when the mafnetianimagnetisn o C«l.n.do. i«te«t SlmillS. are at work. Were all of these companies at work, and ! jjy j jj Jenkins, illustrating an improved method of - alloyring that they would only produce one tlioiisaiid dol- j constructing railway tracks for steam travel, consisting of a T j Interesting to Miners, Millmen, Metallurgists, Oil-Men, Inrt per week of go'd or silver, tlie territory would l>e pro- j brackets, which enclose and support the rail, and j and Others, ducing over ten millions per annuiii. Five companies in 1 by clamps plsced upen the ties Another - niinin Cnnntv from Jiilv 1 1867 to Tune 30lli 1868 nro- "'•'ich consisUxl of a rail made of an arched j gs^fug.—MANcrACTUR eof Oxide of Zinc prom Sclphuketted Qilpin County, irom July l, lwJ7, to June win, iwm, pro | jq (},g manner as the other ores._David Lees, Blair County, Pa : duced $700,000. I rail. I cliUniclaim the Appltnitlonappltratlon of a hot blast, substantially in the manner and by There are at present six l.nndretl stamps at work in Gil-; Dr. B. B Stevens, the eminent chemical geologist, gave I ^^■^rr;:y^s’ft:^’?n^n uin County, which I estimate ns producing three thous nid I eome iiiterwtmg iiiformation regarding his impressions of the srientiy eievsuai to dtav,mr that it was beyond doubt that many fearful disnrters visited the regions, but there were no huts built, most people [From the Denver city,City, (Colorado), Gatttte.Gatttte, April 19,18«8.] from Ignorance in the management oi steam, riotn.ng bad , gleeping in hammocks. There was a great deal of sickness, ThkThe AmreicanAMKtirAN JoubnalJouenal okor Minino, baaa the leading scientiflcscientifle journal of tended more to the development and growth of communities ; „„d ^ years after the region was almost unknown. in this great age than railways. 1 roceeding to the discussion q'|,g J,g knew of was wliere four requisite information necesaar)- to the auceess of mining enterprise."*A’o defective rails. A third class of accidents was the result of Lovcrics in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and New- misplaced “ switches,»’ and this was a source for which there I f„„n.,land. It is not generallj; known that |old is as uni- could be no palliation or justification, (purring as it did only ■ formiy distributefl as iron, and far more so than silver or cop- tiip fvt. 14, is^.] through th^e abrolute ignorwceor rarelessnws of cm- Like a great many other things, it is hard to get, yet it Bui.Bcrij.tion in liivance ! Tiie mark of ^iWe"n.^rrs n^a*^l^th^Sn™ri- ployea. Collisions might be considered as the fourth class of everywhere. The cold in the Elssequibo Valley is the purest ban donned a new d^eR^ and with Mb. Kaymond back accidents, and could be undoubtedly avoided .altogether by tlie ^ ^ ^ ,vo'rld. Dr. Stevens referred to the veins f^riv. we m"i!; «v Ka\mo';?» “fit! 'tt mM cWr“w!t*h‘JJir adoption of a good system of time Ubies, re lable time piec^ nvisible gold which have generally been passed over by Perievoring in the course they have steadily pursued wm Anally and a code of signals. The abolishment of the single track ' .^iDers In everv cold recion there is ouartz that contains a tamoui and wcBlthy. The mining interests of North America ,„..m on ™d.‘,o»"i ■'■<> r*"" ‘'“1 r«;^ proXn of collisions. Obstructions on the tracks were also a frightful i hissequibo Valley he directed the miners to open a vein •rtij'i® than is ^iied for, and so isp’t haifappredaM. The paper is worth source of disaster. A perfect system of brakes ^ting on the : he believed gold was plenty but invisible to the eye. r(lV«rP.rt Fou^^ entire train, under control of the engineer, would be of meal-; q’hcy laughed at him and considered it labor lost. After fur- cuUble wrvice in checking a tram approaching an obstriic- ; n^ces had been erecleti the quartz was analyzed, but the oper- wv in tion, while the general adoption ofthe calcium light would reveal ^ ^tjQn was a failure in consequence of defective crucibles. He wry best mlninE p»i.erB*'pul.Hsh«-d in th« Union.^'lM'B^.'spie^^^u^ the presence of the obstacle in time to admit oi tne slackening of g^ved a piece of the quartz and had it properly analyzed and printwl on fine book p«pvr, .nd contains much in- speed. The breaking of axles could to a great measure be violHoH Aq 514 tn tho tnn * J > valluAbl^form.tion for every ^ Intemted in mlncB, etc, or eonrse O>lo- opocu. 6 _ • 4 : . 1 _1 *. It yieiaea ijbd.oifi to me ion. rado receives cunsMenble notice in its oolnmns, uj we besrtilv commend guarded against by having at convenient intervals along the, ^ vole of thanks was tendered Dr. Stevens for his in- teeJornxAL to our resderB. it is pnbliBbed weekly, at four dollars per road an apparatus for testing the condition ofthe axles Return- teresting revelations, and the meeting adjourned for one forwwdi^^ ing however, to the most imjportent and dangerous class of ac- j week. •> j •. .vb«v .i. cidents, it was evident that from whatever cause cars were set j ’ -«#»«-- [From the South East (Ironton) EnttrprUe, .Jsn. 9. isns.] on fire there was no necessitv for incurring even the slightest ■ The Amekican .Iot asal or SDsino, s journal devoted entirely to mining on ore inere u y a r u »• TTnnr«<.iMl«ntjMl Bun and mineralK published in New York, at »7 Park Row. Tbiais d^dedlvtbe risk of this kind. In place of stoves, as a means of heating unpreceuenUd Run. best pai«r oftbe kind published in the world, and should be tiTerby every cars hotair conducted through pipes from the locomotive: - men who d«ls in min^l, or works in mines. At this time, when there is could be used. Iron cars could not take fire, and if thrown j a lr.iiii on tlie Chicago nnd Northwestern Railroad, on Bubscriber. for it contains each week"M**arSde*M**"T?e^Tr^ti«nt^*Tia down embankments would not become the splintered wrecks . j-th ult made the rninreendAnted run of ninelr-on. ‘1“ su^pton priee^JW per BOLDum. Co^ee oa that wooden cars become. Railway companies should be ‘ mneiy-one file m this office to be examined by any one wiahing to subscribe. cbrtipelled by legislation to build cars of non-combustible ma- “**** ninety minutes. The train was running east, from [Fro„, ^ Haxieton (Pa.) StmUnti, Dee. j«, iser.) terials, for if Coagress has the power to compel steamboats to Fort Howard (Wis.) to Chicago. Tlie quickest prior runs T}*' Areeicax Jocbeal <» Mhins has grown to be an indispensable carry life preservers, it certainly must have the power to pre- i of which we liave any record are as follows: In England, feiwai, ao mudi so that they rouH sramiy te c^^de^weii'^nfor^^ la vent railroad companies from running life destroyers. ;•, ^ .nnohil tmin in is n.inntP. Tn ti.o rnitori tteir respertvec^ngs wtt^t tbsknowiete that the JocEXAL-and the TW Half at this Doint exnlained a diagram for a safety oy a special tram in 15 minntes. In the United Joi-ual ahm^imparts. Were we to nadertake retrenchment by pruning l>r. MALL, at inil poini., expi I a a agrara 14 in 11 ininiitpu hv an eniriiip nnd air rant “"''"''"“W* the Ameek ak JorajiAL or Mi.vixo would be the list that rail and oar wheel. It consists of the laying on a track of a o*-***-”.'■*'""cs in 11 iiiintiies, ny an engine ami six cars that we shouM think of striking off. double set of rails, the outer rmls Wng the usual distance on the N. Y., Central; 10 miles in 714 minutes, on the [FromtheSsginawtMich.x AnVy ffh/erpriie.] apart, and the second set being laid just within tlie outer lines Pennsylvania Railroad ; 144 miles in two hours 49 minutes ***?1*^*'* Jocbeai Mixing is an admirable and able paper, pnb- of rails. The wheel differs from the ordinary car wheel in . on tlie Hudson River road ; 84 miles in 90 minutes, Irom l!liS^onSto^Lti.S^"«S?i|$rt this respect: It has two “ treads on its plane circumfer- Indianapolis to Union City; 805 m ilea in 7 hours 32 test cUss are given of the new style* of mining machinery, and other matters ence, separated by a common "flange." The Inside^minutes, from Albany to Niagara. ****''^““' ^^dr*s«, Westee.n Novksibeb *7, 1868.] AMcatcAK aouftnAi or mtmw< COAL SHIPPERS, COAL SHIPPERS, MISCELLANEO US, J)AY, HUDDELL & CO., JOHN ROBERTSON & CO., AIIIVKRS, MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF TUBAL CAIN IRON WORKS, 2 Clinton Hall, Aitor Place, New Tork. SUGAR LOAF, 115 A 111 WATER STREET, BROOKLYN, N. T., UAVS JUBT PUBLianSD: LEHIGH COAL. HARLEIGH LEHIGH COAL, MANUFACTURE Bana’i Syitem of Mineralogy. OFFICE: And the Celebrated Morlitnery for making T.ead Pipe, Hjr<\ranUc Preeami for Descriptive Mlneralogjr, comprising the most reoeat Cotton and IJnaeed IHL Adamantine, Paper, Teboceo, etc. diacovertes, by Prof J. D. Dana, of Yale Collegs. Tlfth HICKORY, BROAD MOUNTAIN, ' EXCEIiJIOB, M TKINIITT BU1E.D1.NICI. Engines, Sugar Mills, Shotting, Pullers, Uearing, Pumps, Edition, rewritten and enlarged, and lllnatrated by up¬ may 88-ly 111 BROADWAY, N. Y. SIIAMOKIN aiHl NEW KNOLAND RED ASH. Rolling MilK and all kinds of Marhinerv In general. wards of six hundred woodcuts. 1 thick 8to. roiniM, « Estimates fhrnlshed for all kinds of Machine work. shout MO page^ doth, |10. Drawings and Patterns made to order. “Wo have ua^ s good many works on Mineralo^, but SAMUEL BONNELL, JR., OFFICKS, have met with none that begin to oompsie with uut for tJoBUINO PnoMPTLT ATTKIfUKD TO. fullnesa of plan, detail, and execntlon.”—Amer. Jemma O'ers for Sale his ROOM 51, TRINITY BUILDING, 111 Broadway. ;0ct81-(tm m Coni Tnr, shown at tha Warranted the most durahls Bi;CK mOlTNITAlNI COAE., AGENCY OF GEO. WRIGHT * CO., LIVEROOI., French Exhibition in 1867, by Dr. Iloffrnnan, Del^lre, nnd Oiler made. The spring cannot Gerard. 1 vol. ^o.^M 60. Delivorsble at Elizahethport and the Harbor of New be “ set” by nse, or the Oiler In¬ “ The treatise of Dr. Relmnnn posseeses nearly avery Office, No. 32 Pine Street, New York. jured by falling. These Oilers York. Supplied to Steamers, Dealers and Mamifactnrers merit which can distlimish a hook Intended lot mann- Yard, West 22d Street, near 10th Avenue. are maoe of beary Ho, Brass fseturers. It la so well arranged tlut aU the Inibnnation at market rates. dec80 and Copper, and are sold by the It contains is aceeisiblo In s minuta.” kc.—Lo»d(» OAtm. F. H. Dklano, Treasurer. O. Wati.ani>, Sales Agent. tra of the Celebrated Cross Creek Also a other Cook, A Sf'OTT STILL—I crave no higher name.”—Bcseb. Free Burning Lehigh Red Ash Goal, and Heating Stoves adapted ness, Sills and Lintels, FROM THE BUCK MOUNTAIN VEIN. The Scottish Americai Jonrnal, Counters A Counter Tom. Sinks, Iw to every want. Wainscoting and Paneling C*-mentery Stock, OFFICES s Slabs for Marbleizing, of Slab Rooting New York Fire-Place Heater, Sanford’e AN EXCELLENT FAMILY PAPER. any size ordered. Curbing, plain and fancy. PhllMlel|ihix I Drifton, Jeddo P. O. Challenge Heater, and Challenge Containing Interesting Sketches of Eminent Scotdimeii, No. 841 Walnut Street. | Luzerne Co., Pa. of places in Scotland, and a frill weekly Summary of Newa Rangea Agent Id New York, SAMUEL BONNELL Je.. Any Articles Marbleized to Order in the from every County In Scotland. Literitnre, Poetry, and Room 48, Trinity Bnildlng. MANUFACTURED BY THE extracts on the Leading Topics of the Day lri>m the best Feb. 1-1-yr 111 Broadway. Most Snperior Style. British puUtcatkms. Newa frrom sll parts. Ac., Ac. NATIONAL STOVE WORKS. Price $8 per Annnm. Send for specimen number. All orders and communicstions should be ad¬ 239 A 241 Water Street, N. Y. dressed to PrBLISHED BT ABRAHAM BELL’S SON. A M. STEWART, DEUTBEED DIEECT PEOH THE JUNES OF Nov281y 25 Park Row, New York, IMPROVED AND SIMPLIFIED No. 37 Park Row, New York. The Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Go. Oct21-4t OR, FOR RESHIPMENT AT AYERRICK & SONS’ SOUTH •ilA.17 A WARK FOUNDERY, VELOCIPEDES TOREEY’S HOBOKEN AND JERSEY CITY. No. 420 Washington Avenue. Philadelphia. Address William Wright’s Patent Variable Cut Off Steam En¬ PATENT WEATHER STRIPS. OFFICE—NO. 16 WALL STREET, PICKERING A DAVIS, gine, Regulated by the Governor. Merrick’s Safety No. 144 Greene Street. New York. Anril My ^'EW YORK. Hoisting Machine. Patented June, 1868. David Joy s See cut and deeeription In No. 18, Vol. YI., AjiEEtcaN Exclude Wind, Rain, Snow, and Dust from Doors, and Patent Vilveless Steam Hammer. D. M. Watson’s Pat¬ JocBXaL or Mining. Oct81-8m Windows of every description. ent Self-Centering. Self-Balancing Centrifugal Sugar Drain¬ QALDWELL, GORDON & CO., ing Machine, and Hydro Extractor, for Cotton and Woolen Our new improvement, for which we have lately Manufsetnrers. Novl.Vly A LLYN’S PATENT SALAMAN eeived letters Patent, are of so monifosta character aa to WIfOMSALE DEALKB8 IN der alarm gauge. gira Torrqy’t FMent Weathor Strip! aa eooy superiority over every kind in use. Aathrseite and BttBBinOB!. Coal. They save In fhd one-hali; and preserve health hy tha prevenUon of drafts, so productive of colds. HENRY HEIL’S Cheap, simple, effective, dnrsbie. omameatal, and wsr- rsnted tor five years. CELEBRATED EAST FRANKLIN COAL, NO. 85 PINE STREET, NEW TORK. Bend for lUnstrated Circular. 8. Calkweli, Je. F. A. Hali. N. P. Goeiion. E. 8. A J. TORREY A CO, S. B. Tovno. , Sola Manofoetorers BOSTON—Office 144 SUte Street. Ion 6-tf PHILADELPHIA—112 Walnut Street j Nov7-2m. 7$ Malden Lone, N. T hummn JotimtAL or umno. [November 14,1868, MISCELLANEO U8. STEPHEN J. OEOGHEOAN A CO. Niagara steam pump WORKS KNOWLES’PATENT STEAMPUMP. CIRCULAR SAWS (SnoMtMn to Cameron A Oeosbeptn.) WITH IM A Ml Csrcnai Stur, 5. T. _ FIRST FREMITJII AT FAIR. EMERSON’S PATENT MOVABLE TEETH. Adjolaing Eaiie'a Hotel. AMERICAN INSTITUTE 1867. MAXCTACTURERS ARD n DEALERS ll^Rl QH Wrought and Gait Iron I Steam Fijpea. Valvea, Coeka, ‘ Iittingi, Ac. ■ T • I'OR STEAM, WATER, AND GAS. AUo llirk and Low Pressure Steam Heating Apparatus ap- pOnd to FACTORIES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, STORES AND DWELLINGS. FACTORIES AT WARREK, MASS. Manalscturers and Sole .Vrenta for Storbr'e Patent Lubricators, WAREHOUSE NO. 126 LIBERTY STREET, fbr tappljrtnil labrleatinR matter In bulk to tbe cfllnders NEW’ YORK. of Marine and Stationary Steam Engines, Steam Pumps. These saws sre meeting with unprecedented snccess, Heaters, Steam Traps, Kpe Tongs, Pipes, Vises, Stocks, CHARLES B. HARDIGE, Air Pumps, Blowing Engines, Ih’drsulle Prestare and their great sniierlorlty orer evers' other kind, both Pumps. New Locomotive INimps. Pfrs Pumps. Boiler and Dies, Ac., Ac. as to efficiency and economy is now folly established. successors to Fred, Marine, Drainage, Sugar-work, Brewery, Distillery, Wa make Steam and Oaa Fltter'a toula a apedality. Oil and Wrecking Pnmps. ALSO, CoiU for Brewers, Distillers, Soap CAMPBELL A HARDICK, BROTHERS, Improved Horizontal and Vertical Emerson’s Patent Perforated Circnlar KO. 9 ADAMS STREET BROOKLYN, N. 1’ Factories, &c., Ac. MDriHO FDMP8 and Long Saws. Send for circnlar. fl8:Ij (All Gumming Avoided.) And PUMPS. (Working with Plunges, andcspecislly arranged fur pump¬ ing water containing dirty or ^tty matter.) EMERSON’S PATENT ADJUSTABLE Send for Illustrated Circular. fobl7:ly CLAYTON’S Pumps fur every possible duty, and all folly guaran¬ SWAGE, teed. Also, for Spreading, Sharjiening, and Shaping the teeth of all JOHN P. GRUBER’S Pateit SteaM Pnaips, Knowles' Patent Safety Boiler Feeder. Splitting Sawa. I’lice $5. Manutsetur^ by the AMERICAN SAW COMPANY, HAND PUMP AND STEAM ENGINE Send for an Illnstrsted Circnlar. jlylO-ly Office No. 8 Jacob Street, near Ferry street, N. Y. COMBINED. Factory, Trenton, N. J. Itraneh office for Pacific Coast, No 606 Front street, San Francisco, Cal. YDUAULIC WORKS. Send for new Descriptive Pamphlet and Price List. latest improved PATENTS^ Julyl-ly MANUFACTORY, ^ WMEBWORKSgFliTERINGAPf'ARAIyj i BROOKLYNI, NT. V. M. BOTTICHEB’S I AIR PUMPS I steam Pumping Engines, Single snd Duplex, Worth¬ PATENT ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE AND ington's Patent, for all purposes, such as Water Works Engines. Condensing or Non-condensing; Air and Cir¬ VACUUM culating Pumps, fur Marine Engines; Blowing Engines; Varnuiii Pntnjis, Stationary and Portable Steam Fire En¬ gines, Boiler Fe^ Pomps,'Wrecking Pumi>s, EACiI.K ClAl'Cii:. flbT^R\VU>APS ' Mininic Piimpeta Can bo furnished from 10 to 600 pounds pres¬ ®’^£WEries” sH4P^*^ Water Meters, Oil Meters; Water Pressure Engines; sure. Tbe most simple and reliable Gauge in Stamp Mills for Gold, Silver and Copiier Ore; Eaton's ALL KINDS Ff SCALES Patent Amalgamators for,Gold and Sliver; Steam and /-Ofi BAf^K£f MISCELLANBO US, MACHIHEBY, P UBLICATION8. P UBLICATION8, E. B. BBIMJ.4.R111V, ready; JJENRY CAREY BATR]^ Sacoetsor to I THIRD EDITION, SEVENTH THOUSAND, RE¬ INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER, VISED, ENLARGED, AND IMPROVED, O. QtlETTflSR, I 406 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Ko. IN Greenwich itreet. Hopton’s Conversations on Mines, Importer of I Has recently published A Treatise on Steel; Comprising its Theory, Me- talluiwy. Properties, Practical Working ami use. By French and Bohemian Chemical and X'A.XIIBB A.lVr> SO]V. M. IL C. Landrin, Jr., C. E. Translated ftom the Dmggifti* French, with notes by A. A. Fes^et, Chemist and En¬ ENL.ABOED FROM llS TO IN PAGES. gineer, with an Appendix on the Bessamer and Martin OLASSWARX, POBCELAllf, EaBTHENWARX, &C. Proeeases for Manutheturing Steel, flrom the Report of Abram S. Hewitt, United States Commissioner to thu Chemicil Appnntos, Lnbontory Utensils, FHterlnx SMITH & 8ATRE The Following are the Contents : Universal Exposition, Paris, 186T. Illustrated. I'imo.lS- Psper, Ac. A Practical Guide for Puddling Iron and Steel. Air, why it is propelled down. Into, and around the work¬ By Ed. Urbin, Eng. of Arts and Manuf. A Piixe Essay J. N. ELMOBE, Manager. ings aa*l-»m ^ MAyCFACTVBINO CO^ read before the Association of Engineers, Graduates of “ Quantity of^ produced by the Aimaoe the School of Mines, of Liege, ^Iginm, 1865-A. To “ Friction of whieli Is added A Comparison of the Resisting Proper - gCOVlLL MANUFACTURING CO. PROPRIETORS AND “ The peat Motion oC produced by one mode of ven¬ I ties of Iron and Steel, by A. BruU. From tlw French, tilation. and how reduced by another I by A. A. Fesquet, Chemist and Engineer. 8vo., cloth. fl - MANUFACTURERS “ Pure added to impure (plans) Mineralogy Siniplitied; A short method of De¬ MANUEACTURER8 OF “ Spiittinf of (piaiip termining and Classifying Minerals, by means of simple “ One current of (plans) Chemical Experiments in the Wet Way. Transiateil SHEET BRASS, GERMAN SILVER. “ One current of and how to adopt separate currents from the last German Edition of F. Von Kobell, with (plan) an Introduction to Blow-pipe Analysis and other addi¬ PLATED METAL, Dividing oC but not into “ separate and distinct" tions. By Henri Erni, M. D., Chief Chemist, Deport- current (plans) uient of Agricultare, author of “Coal Oil and Petrole- BRASS BUTT HINGES, Mackenzie Patent “ Crossings (see H on plans) “ Weight of in shafts uin." lofino volume, 13mo.-P ^ CosTXXTT.—The Blow-pipe; Blowing with the Kow- Gilt, Lnstini', Brocade and Fancy Dress Buttons, Kero¬ “ How to find the weight ot pipo; Apparatus Requisite ror Ordinary Blow-pipe Anal- sene Oil Burners, and tamp Trimmings. “ Table of presstre in shafts BLOWER and CUPULA and “ Jabie of presstre in shafts vsis; Blow-Pipe Reagents Proper; Table of Reactions of And importers and dealers in every description of “ Expansion of Minerals; Cu^-llatlon; Table of Simple or Elementary “ Its velocity and force SMELTING FURNACE. “ JJ* ^elocity and Bodies. IxTBunrcTion to MixnALoov. Svnopsis—1. “ RushKu»h oAo( into #acheach dlvlstondivision Photographic GoodSf Minerals with Metallic Lustre.—A Fusibility from 1-0, or “ Quantity produced by natural ventilation Also, Mackenxie's Patent “ ^Mtity produ^ by natural ventlUUon ea»‘ly VolatlliK^; B. Infusible or FuslbiUty above \ aial ' ^ pplittingr, wOy It Booula be adopted No. 4 Bcekman street and 86 Park Kow, New York. Sn n who Af, Wnntnn <*0 not VolatUlse. II. Minerals which do not show Me- GAS EXHAUSTER and “ Splitting, why the workmen^ object‘ to Mr.^ HoptoHopton I Lustre.—A. B. B. VolatiUxo easily or Bum; B. Manufactory, Woterbiiry, Omn. s<.pt81-ly adopting the mode ' ...c.i w xui.ia jlC Fuse bctwccn 1 and IS. and Volatilize only PartiMly. or COMPENSATOR. Address Anemometer, measurement of air by, engraving of Area of a pit, how to And ‘ not at all. II. B. B. Alone or Fused with 8o gOUTH BROOKLYN MANUFACrrURERS OF ^ILSON’S PATENT StMM Eaglne and Boiler Works. STEAM STAMP-MIU COMPANY, OH nCLAT, BCMlflT AND TAN BBUNT BTBUTB OF PraLADELPHIA, PA. BBOOKLTN, H. T. Arc now prepnred to inppljr lOners nod oUier portlet with their D. McLEOD, Proprietor. Mnnnlhctnry of the .'VEW STEAM STAMP MIEES, **Baboodi and Wilcox Patent Steam AT THE BHOBTEST NOTICE. Snginea” Thrtc Miili, for durability, elHrirnry, and bdlity of hiek ud low prcMore, for BUtlonnry end Mnitn* perpo- tranaiMirUtioa are not excelwd by, and are bellered to be enpenor to, any other Mills msnuihctnred. The Vaire op to the Urrett due. Order* for the nbore EnfiBe* Gear is of the dmplest and moat durable conatmctkin; •nd for BOILEBB, IKON and BKA8B CASTINGS, COP- readily adjusted by moTsUe cbum on the Platon Koda or PEBSMITH WOEK. EOBOINOS aod UBATT HA- Stamp Sterna, tbcKby girlng the operator absolute con¬ trol of the length and velocity of motion, and force of the CHIVERT of all deaerlptlona (fur wbirh thia aMaMah- blow. Theae rnlOa are adapted tfor dry and wet aaeat bat ontnrpatted IhcUitietX eaecuted promptly, at eruahittg. and for the hardest rod( or softest oement. For madarat* prleaa. full particulara call on or address Tka BABCOCK A WILCOX Patant Eneloea oombina tha dmpteat and mott durable Vaire Gear, the freatett Wll«on*« Patent raa(* of cut oE, perfect reEolarlty of a[ieed and the high- aat aaoaomy of foal. The eyllndera are jacketed with U ve STEAM STAMP MILL COMPANY, atanm, and all the parta are detigned and eonttroctcd 32( Walnut at., Philadelphia, Penn. with rafortiaea to tha graataat dombility and tmoothnea* ofaethm. They are dally gaining In popolarity, and are N. B.—One of the shore Milla can be seen in operation at Metara. Crvsaon A Smith's Madiine Works. Southeast tnpareading the beat cut-off Engine* heretofore built, ALSO EXCLUSIVE MANUFAClUREBS OF comer Eighteenth and Hamilton streets, Philadelphia. with • taring of from twenty-flro to forty par eant. In Jantl-ly foal. L. C. Stephens’ Patent Combination Rule. Bond for droulart, containing foil deacriptlon. AAdfeaa D. McLEOD, Box SMS. Mew York P. O. Riverton, Connecticit. Mining Machinery and Snpplies. dacBT-ly Or at the Work* In Brooklyn. Th»ae goods ran be found in the principal hardware stores, or we will tend them direct by mall on receipt of |4 each. BLAKE’S STONE BREAKER TODD k RAFFERTY ELI V LAIK'El OENEBAL MACHINERY MERCHANTS, ENQIMBSRS AND MACHINISTS. Maanheturers of Stationary and Portable Steam Engines nnd Boiler*; also Flax, Hemp, Tow, Oaknio, and ROPE MACHINERY, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING. lAtbea, Planers, Drillt, Chu ■fftia UHiat compact, simplest and Foniierly Chemical Examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, may be cni^oyed prolessionally aa a SeixNTinc Eiriav. CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD. GeologiciJ Examination* and Report*. Analyaes *•< At- DEVEREUX, THOMPSON AGO, Mys, etc., etc. Practical Adrice and investigaUwaa in S2 Cedar 8trert,M.Y. tbeCiiKiiirAi, Akts and MAHi'rAcri'Sxa. Inventiaus a^ Examinations of naw chemical methods aod products. ‘ Or A. F. DEVEREUX A CO., Boston, •VddressBB Pino stteet, rooms 35 and SB. Amays in Sole Manufacturers. from 18 to 8. fVo axperimcM. Old approved methods In all Its parta. eff-w ritUm communications preferred. BovWrly rlE WATSON MANUFACTUR-! IMG COMPANY. Railkoad ATKKrK, Oppobitk Erie Railway Ang4!- atWElLKBS AMD aiLVXBSlIITUa, OF KTEBT DE8CBIPTION. Ho. 610 BroBdwBy, Hew York. THE Single and Double Cylinder and Type Revolving Shaw & Justice Power Hammer. PRINTING MACHINES. These Hammers, tllnstrated on page 189, have been in nae fiv liie (nst two years on ail kinds of work, and in all parts of the country, and are the most economical and dnrable in the market. Suitable for all kinds of forging, either plain or dye work. For prices and information wliere lliunmers can be seen, oadresa PHILIP S. JUS- TU'K. 42 t'llff Street, N. Y., and 14 North Fifth Street, Philadelplita. - septA :teios E\V YORK BELTING AND PACKING CO.MPANY. MAVurACTUitRM or VULCANIZED EUBBEB FABEICS, ADAPTKI) TO NECIfAXtCAL PVBPOSEH. PATENT SMOOTH BELTING, (Patented Nov. 22, CANNOT BE BIEDCED! 1S98,) viibauiied l>etwoc“n layers of a patent inetsllie alloy, by which the stretch is entirely taken out, the surface CANNOT BE WEBCED! made perfectly smooth, and the sulistance thoroughly and evenly vuleanize