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ENGINEERING i MINING JOURN Al expert in boilers, as well as a man of practical sense, and the other an I dl ' expert in hulls, as well as a man of practical sense—shall jointly and personally examine every steamer, and jointly upon their expert VoL. XXXI. (WITH SUPPLEMENT.) No, 17.! knowledge and their practical judgment certify, under oath, its con- |dition. But the law is defective in that it makes no provision for cases like that of this port, where some 700 steamers need to be inspected in a RICHARD P. ROTHWELL, C.E., M.E., | Editors. single year. Obviously, the true remedy would haye been to execute the ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, Ph.D. law faithfully, in which case there would soon have been an accumu- Norz.—Communications relative to the editorial management should be addressed te | lation of steamers requiring inspection, and unable to get it, by reason of RICHARD P. RoTHwELL, P.O, Box 4404, New York. . ‘ . Sab = . Co nmunications for Mr. Raymonp should be addressed to Rossirer W. Raymonp, P.O. the inadequacy of the inspecting force. The commercial interest would Bre — ee. aes ee by Mr. RayMonp will be signed thus * ; and only | speedily have obtained the requisite amendments in legislation. or articles so signed is he responsible. é ° ° ° oer Semen Pricg, including oatage, for the United States and Cuseee. se per But our people have a way of quietly disregarding or “ construing” out annum ; $2.25 for six months; all other countries, including postage, $5.00 = 20s. = 1 ’ i i a pectors 25 francs = 20 marks. All payments must be made in advance. - of force a law that doesn’t work‘well. Accordingly, set ss sane yeemireances should always be made by Post-Offlce Orders or Bank Drafts on New | were appointed, who were not necessarily experts, and whose certificates eee ee SETHE SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO.. Seneene. were not officially authoritative. At first, indeed, they began to give cer- 27 Park Place, New York. | tificates ; but this practice being forbidden by the Treasury Department, ee na —~ ~~~ | an eatempore and irresponsible system grew up, under which the assist- CONTENTS, ants made inspections, and reported the result to the legal inspectors, il who simply sat in their office, to sign and swear to the certificates, of the EDITORIALS : PAGE. a PacE. | subject-matter of which they had no personal knowledge. These docu« iano Russell eal B, Harrison...... 00<0500. aad 981 281 | | NOTES: Catalogue of Ribon & March...... og4 | ments amounted, of course, to nothing : more than the expression . of their f rg yt gallant Rene eeS 281 | Stockder’s Map of San Juan ...... 284| confidence in their assistants. The special qualifications required by The Seawanhaka Case...... -- 281} National Academy of Sciences...... 285 | law of the inspectors were thus of no use to the community; and the The Gold Mines of the Rhewtian Alps. 281} A Strike amonz Nova Scotia Coal cag | Protection intended to be afforded by the law was nullified. Under this ent
—— the shrinkage of the quartz, which was originally deposited in a gelatin- The principal champion of the notion that gold ceases at a limited ous or opaline form, and afterward ‘recrystallized, and partly (that is, depth to be present in profitable quantity was HOCHEDER, whose essay, when the seams are straight and parallel) the result of the pressure of the Ueber das Verhalten des Goldes gegen die Tiefe in beiden Hemisphdren, walls. The gold and accompanying minerals he believes to have found cites as proof a large number of enterprises in Europe and in Brazil their way into these seams after the recrystallization of the quartz. (where he was, for some time previous to 1858, the manager of import- Among these minerals are scheelite, molybdenite, stibnite, and even ant mines). GRIMM, and now still more completely PosEPNy, have (yery rarely) tiue silver ores. But all these occur comparatively seldom. handled rather severely these alleged proofs, as well as the mere theoreti- The principal ores are the sulphurets of iron, copper, lead, and zinc. These cal arguments with which they were reinforced. It is shown, for in- have been deposited without doubt from mineral solutions ; and hence stance, that in many cases the change to sulphureted ores in depth, the gold in the same veins, and often intimately associated with these requiring new metallurgical methods, has caused a cessation, not of the minerals, may be confidently ascribed to a similar source. Thermal gold-bearing material, but of the operations of mining for the time springs still exist in the region, for instance, the famous medicinal waters being. In many other cases (some of HOCHEDER’S own mines among of Bad Gastein. them), continued or renewed operations have been profitable. In others, In his discussion of the auriferous character of these deposits, Pro- again, the ore-bodies are proved to continue in depth, and have only to be fessor POSEPNY makes two principal groups of gold-occurrences, dis- suitably opened. Meanwhile, a considerable amount of proof is furnished tinguished, in his view, rather by the methods of treatment they require by the mines of North America, going to show clearly that a vertical than by a real difference in the chemical condition of the gold. The first section of a gold-bearing vein shows alternations of rich and poor, just group comprises the gold which can be won by crude amalgamation, and as a horizontal section does, and not a steady change in either direction. which we would call free gold. But his Freigold is that only which is The form and distribution of the ore-bodies or chimneys are the control- visible to the naked eye ; the rest of this group constitutes his class of ling elements, and they are utterly independent of the depth. mill-gold (Miihlgold). The second group comprises the gold which We do not find clearly set forth in Professor POSEPNY’s argument what escapes amalgamation, and is supposed (though not by him) to be itself has always seemed to us one of the most conclusive considerations in dis- combined with sulphur, like the metals with which it is associated. Here proof of the theory advocated by HOCHEDER, namely, the immense ex- also he makes two classes : the pulp-gold (Schlichgold) which is found in tent of surface erosion which has taken place in many, probably in most, the heavy paris of the pulp or tailings, and the ore-gold (Erzgold) which of the gold-mining districts. The original surface has been degraded is not crushed in the battery at all, but, occurring in the more massive many thousand feet. The miner, attacking what is now an outcrop, is sulphurets, which are sorted out by hand, is sent with these to the smelt- really beginning thousands of feet below the original outcrop. The vast ing-works. The relative proportions and fineness or purity of these accumulation of placer-gold among the foot-hills of the California Sierre, classes furnish: him with materials for an elaborate and important discus- for instance, proves that the gold-bearing veins extended to the former sur- sion, into which we can not here enter at length. face. How absurd, to fancy that a few hundred feet of depth, measured Professor POSEPNY mentions the general (though not absolutely uni- from the present, so to speak, temporary and accidental surface, can be versal) fact that the wash-gold found in placers has a higher fineness than of special and determining significance as to the original filling of the that of the veins from the upper portions of which it must have been veins! Reason and experience unite in declaring that the influence of derived, and favors the hypothesis that the silver contained in the vein- the present surface is confined to the well-known and limited effects of gold has been partially removed by chloridization. In this connection, meteoric action, such es the formation of the ‘iron hat,” the oxida- he refers to the paper which he presented four years ago to the Austrian tion and partial redistribution of minerals above water-level, etc. Academy of Sciences, and in which he showed that sodium chloride is We hope to return more than once to Professor POSEPNY’s Archiv. It scarcely ever absent from atmospheric waters. It seems to be his idea is a rich treasury of facts and suggestions concerning mineral deposits. that the desilverization of the gold took place in the upper portion of the * veins, before their degradation to form the placers. To our mind, the process is more likely to have gone on in the placers themselves, where STATISTICS OF THE ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE. the formation of nuggets seems to have taken place, indicating, perhaps, a chloridization and reprecipitation of the gold also. Mr. Joun H. Jones furnishes the following statement of the anthracite Another hypothesis is, that the fineness of the gold (that is, its relative coal tonnage for the month of March, 1881, compared with the same month last year, and for the first quarter of 1880 and 1881 : freedom from alloyed silver) was originally greater in the upper zones of the veins which have furnished the material for placers. This is con- March, | March, | Difference. For Year | For Year | Difference. nected with the general hypothesis that gold is relatively confined to | 1 881. 1880. | Increase. 1881. | 1880. | Increase. upper zones, and diminishes, and at last practically disappears, in depth. Philad’a_ & ; Since this question is of vital importance to the gold mines of Salzburg . ey ed 495,835 05 461,37215|) 34,462 10 1,324,409 031,158,519 00| 165,890 03 uehig al- | oe | and Tyrol, Professor POSEPNY argues it at great length, the chief object ley RR. ..| 442,05909 289,42701) 152,632 08 1,194,635 12 849,17018 345,464 14 Cent. RR. of | j of his careful study of the region being to determine whether the cost of De iccas 337,753 15 277,57915, 60,17400 897,777 04 ‘710,104 06) 187,672 18 a deep adit, underrunning the abandoned mines of the Raurisberg, would Del., Lack. | | | | ; py Be 362,899 17, 290,363.17; 72,53600) 992,35209) 802,6€9 02) 189,683 07 be justified by a reasonable hope of finding profitable ore-bodies. el. ud. | | | | Canal Co.| 291,60005 209,161 05: £2,439 00! 764,280 12| 669,63709' 94,643 03 General experience undoubtedly declares that gold-mining operations Pennsylva‘a| | have been most successful near the surface; and it has often been main- R...... | 148,498 03 121,24101) 22,25702) 441,07900! 307,97514| 133,103 06 Penn’a Coal) | | | | waa tained that this is due to a law of the distribution of gold. The history oe | 109,443.09 71,42402 38,019 07, 286,432 01/ 22589703) 60,534.18 of mining in the Tauern range shows that both the total annual product So &W.RR!) Fe g. | 42,75119 26,3°206 | 16,4913, | 115,694 19! 83,78414! 31,910 05 of gold and the product per ton of ore suffered, as increased depth was Total. ... 225,84 02 1,746,872 02 "478,970 00 6,016,661 00 4,807,758 06' 1,208,902 14 attained, a gradual diminution. With regard to the total product, . | | | Professor POSEPNY says very forcibly—we condense somewhat in translat- The stock of coal at tide-water shipping points, March 31st, 1881, was 563,063 tons ; ing: on February 28th, 1881, 395,286 tons ; increase, 167,777 tons. ‘It follows from our modern conceptions of vein-relations and ore-dis- Although this is a very liberal increase of stocks for one month, and a tribution, that in every ore-mine, and particularly in a gold-mine, the pretty large total, it is by no means an alarming quantity. RE A OSE A « XS A end of a rich body will necessarily be reached by mining—in depth as in It will be observed that the production for the first quarter of this year other directions. The vein, considered as a surface of dislocation, pre- was at the rate of only alittle over 24,000,000 per annum, as against at the sents an alternation of barren or lean portions and richer ore-bodies, rate of less than 20,000,000 last year. Of the increase, the Lehigh Valley related to the pre-existing fissure-spaces. Mining based on the richer ore- Railroad shows a striking improvement, having absorbed over 28 per cent bodies found at or near the surface may reach a crisis, when all the of the whole increase. This, however, gives it of the whole production bodies thus discovered have been exhausted. It is evident that explora- only about what the other companies claimed it was entitled to in the tions for new bodies will be much more expensive and difficult in depth. days when the companies were allowed a percentage of production. The If the laws of their occurrence had been scientifically studied, such increase of the Reading Company in proportion to its facilities for pro- further explorations would be greatly facilitated. But it must be regret- ducing is quite small, the total shipments for the first quarter of this year fully confessed that no existing gold-mines have been so studied as to having been but a little over 23 per cent of the whole. The shipments by permit the recognition of such laws. This cause will, in my opinion, the other companies show nothing remarkable. ultimately bring to an end any ore-mining enterprise, if nothing is done PROJECTED RAILROAD IN NEWFOUNDLAND. for the careful study of the laws of its ore-bodies.” Professor POSEPNY proceeds to show, for the special case in hand, On September 4th of last year, we expressed the hope that differences that the decline of production was due, not to an increase of depth, but of opinion which had arisen between the Legislature of the colony of to t rking out of the richest ore-bodies, and the subsequent attack of Newfoundland and its Chamber of Commerce might be so arranged that leaner portions of the veins, often at or above the same horizon. Or, as the building of the railroad, which will open up good agricultural and we should put it, the miners began to extract their second-class ores ; rich mineral lands, might proceed to completion, in the interests of the _ and of course the product of gold decreased, island generally and the poor working population in particular, We
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now learn from a telegram to the New York Herald, dated St. John’s, office of State Mineralogist, and in .prescribing so many things for that April 20th, that official to do that he may, if the funds hold out, carry ona geological sur- ‘* A contract has been signed by the Newfoundland government, represented by vey, afterall. And the Governor did a good thing in appointing HENRY a joint select committee from both branches of Parliament, and by Mr. Blackman, representing a syndicate of New York capitalists, for the construction and main- G. Hanks to the office. Mr. HANKS is an expert and an enthusiast in tenance of a line of railroad from St. John’s down to the great mining regions of mineralogy, chemistry, and microscopy ; he is familiar with the mining Notre Dame Bay. The proposed line will be about 400 miles in length, and will and metallurgical industries of California; and his personal character be the first railroad ever constructed in Newfoundland. The estimated cost is $6,000,000, and the syndicate through its agent guarantees completion in the commands respect and esteem. Whether he knows how to make his an- course of three years. ‘The Newfoundland government guarantees to the company nual reports both valuable and convenient as sources of information, re- an annual subsidy of $185,000, for a period of thirty-five years, with a land-grant along the line, in alternate blocks, of some two million acres. As the syndicate mains to be seen. Wehave no doubt he can learn this art—for an art itis has the right of selection, and the privilege of rejecting any land of either a —if he hasit not already ; and wedo not think it fair to take the short barren or swamp character, the whole of the island, whether agricultural or mineral, is practically at the mercy of the American company, subject only to preliminary report before us asa decisive specimen. But there is posi- the limitation of previous grants, which are relatively of very small extent. As tively no excuse, except that of inexperience, for his permitting the the proposed line of railroad will traverse the great mineral area of the country, publication of this report, brief as it is, without index or table of contents. the New York capitalists have now, in all probability, secured what will in the near future develop into one of the biggest of big bonanzas.” It is an abominable thing todo. The pamphlet contains a few analyses It would appear that the differences have been arranged, and that the of iron ores, clays, etc., and a couple of interesting papers on electron and colony is now bound to have a railroad at any cost. The estimated cost rusty gold, which would be valuable for reference, if the whole report did is $6,000,000 ; and the government guarantees the company an annual not have to be searched through, every time, to find them. They are subsidy of $185,000 for thirty-five years, which is $6,475,000 without in- buried in a mass of less important matter, such as lists of donors to the terest, or more than the cost of the road ; in addition to which, the com- museum, and very general observations on various metals. Thereare no pany has the right of selecting two millions of acres of land. The only late statistics. Im fact, Mr, HANKS is reserving his principal material for wonder is that, while it was about it, the company did not purchase the this year’s report. = whole of the island, which could probably have been done for a few mil- PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY AT WILLET’S PoINT. 1880. lions more. ‘‘ There are millions in it,” no doubt, but not apparently for ‘We are indebted to General ABBOT, the well-known engineer officer in those who will be taxed to pay the subsidy in addition to what they will command of the post and school of application at Willet’s Point, in New have to pay to use the road. York harbor, for a neat pamphlet, printed by enlisted men on the battalion press, and containing General Orders No. 3, January 10th, 1881, which is BRITISH EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL, a summary of the work of the field observatory for 1880. Similar reports Messrs. W. W. & C. RicHAaRDSON, of London, furnish us with the fol- have been issued annually for ten years past. The present is specially lowing tables extracted from the government returns : interesting as representing the first year’s work in the new observatory, and with a portion of the fine apparatus destined to occupy it. The | 'Three months ended Month ended March 31. | March 31. appended plate, showing the construction of the observatory, will be use- RAILROAD IRON EXPORTED TO | : aa" aa ETE a ful to officers called to erect similar structures, since this one has proved 1879. 1880. | 1881. 1879. | 1880. | 1881. convenient in every respect. The work done for practice has been ets nena oseet seh chiefly in determining local time with transit and sextant, and | Tons. | Tons. Tons. | Tons. latitude with zenith telescope and sextant. Incidentally additional United States... . ‘ 15,198 25,828 1.184 —— vette eeeeees ; 1 .. 25 an 29 ae data have been accumulated for the estimation of the absolute WUIKOY.... sees vee. ee] Gieen: once 3, locas wees 3,202 : . ° . SiN 55 occ. Sasseasecsves's 16,622 7,809 31,088} 39,980 17727 errors to which various instruments and methods of astronomical field- or Horth America. . | 7 | Sarl see ee 356° | work are liable. The latitude problem is one of which we might easily seateetie wee teat eee teen eee eee e ees | yo on - 19.235 10.126 18,5 9 | imagine the young officers at Wiliet’s Point would be by this time weary. i ‘ —. “331 "954 a It must be agreat blessing to have the new observatory, which is some Spain Sweden and ond Canaries... Harees...... 52 717 589 6 = 4,169} 54a! = 2,613 278) 1,448 3 four seconds farther north than the old one, and thus” gives ives a new y “7 1 i act i a Rep ee eel 5 Et 61 584 330) 209] problem! The new determination (N. lat. 40° 47’ 21''59, with a probable ' € “> - ° Bear astnsenstnns or eee ae = eae oan a as error of + 0°082) agrees with that deduced from all former observations ONION = cn 45a en 80a acce siennns D0 IDEs satel moan caas ones ME icigcctah cesiewne ithi == ; ision. We notice in the description British Possessions in South Africa! 56 1,094 93 1,692 2 849! 683 within 11 feet—a good degree of P oo — sy ae os P 3 MEN een tae cen aes if 1,218 2,063) 1,742) 2.953| 6,937] of instruments that a fine combined transit and zenith telescope is GHEE CONNIE, i «222042 +++00enneee] | __ 5609 5 4,130) ¢ 6,667 a 15,057, 16.578] scribed to LINGKE & Co., of Freiberg, . in - Silesia. - . Our old friend . We wa co pacese cenaccevasahos | $7,197} 46,650) | 57,188! 85,751, 129,411, 131,175 LINGKE’s establishment is at Freiberg, in Saxony. 7 Total exports from Great Britain of | | | | - F ° iron a steel to all countries....| 236,141| 387,305, 290,198 499,100 927,536, 680,180 | A DIcTIONARY OF ENGLISH PHRASES, with Illustrative Sentences; to which are added some English Proverbs and a Selection of Chinese Proverbs and Maxims ; Estimated total of iron rails...... | 3,882 12,812 12,023, 10,505 32,796 30,052] a few Quotations, Words, and Phrases from the Latin and French Languages ; a oe r steel rails...... 23,:31 26,553) 36,484, 52,504) 76,955) 80.396] Chronological List of the Chinese Dynasties, Harmonized with the Cmnneing of ‘ geen ie cae Sareea en ee a Western Nations and accompanied with an Historical Account of the Rise anc Total Of ralis...... 0.-+.04- _2as _ 07 63 009 109,751 110,448 Fall of the Different amen ; and short Biographical Sketches of Confucius Exports of the following to the} | | | and of Jesus. By Kwone Ki Cuu, late a Member of the Chinese Educational nited States : | | | Mission in the United States, and Compiler of an English and Chinese Dic- IN eco caiitise nce aw seers | 3,429 106,302) 31.745 9,792) 232,523) 66,4471 tionary. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1581. Royal 8vo, 915 pp. Old iron for remanufacture e J 6,389, 1,601; 99,362 17,123 ao a Steel unwrougit...... od 25) _7,727/ 1,482 11,125 17,019] The plan of this book is in many respects novel as well as useful ; and I c geacnnccka ae 18,501; 32,933 42,071 41,792 Hoops and sheets...... wel Z 5 . 421; 2 the patience, care, and accuracy with which it has been executed reflect Bar, angle, bolt, and rod...... | 524 10,482 on 715 — 3,011 much credit upon the Chinese scholar who has thus conferred a benefit i upon both his countrymen and ours. The book is indeed calculated to be The total shipments of all kinds of iron and steel to all countries very convenient and instructive for every student of the English tongue, during March, although much less than during the same month whether it be to him his mother-tongue or a strange language. M:, in 1880, show a gain of nearly 100,000 tons on February of this year. Of Kwone’s attempt to separate words and phrases into “idiomatic,’, this improvement, more than one third was in increased shipments to the ‘‘ colloquial,” ‘‘ slang and cant,” and ‘‘ various other phrases and words,” United States. The total shipments for the first quarter of this year are is scarcely successful. The lines can not be clearly drawn between any 247,350 tons less than for the same period last year. The shipments to the two of these classes ; and no special good that we can discover is to be se- United States during the month of March in 1879, 1880, and 1881 were, cured by printing them apart from each other. If we imagine a Chinese respectively, 20,963, 201,748, and 93,020 tons. The shipments to the United student of English, puzzled by a strange phrase and turning to this volume States for the first quarter of 1879, 1880, and 1881 were, respectively, for its explanation, we see at once that he could not be expected to know 47,892, 466,696, and 196,389 tons. Although these figures show a large in which category it belonged—whether it was merely ‘* idiomatic” or atari OF falling off this yearas compared with 1880, it is evident that they are also ‘‘ colloquial,” or whether it was not even ‘ slang,” or whether it was sufficiently large to cause an uneasiness among ore-producers, being at one of the ‘‘ various others.” He would be obliged to look through the the rate of nearly 800,000 tons per annum. ; four separate lists in which these classes are set forth—only, Mr. KWone The above table indicates that there isa very active demand in Great has provided against this contingency by appending to the volume a Britain for railroad material. separate index, in which all the words and phrases are contained. The perusal of the book is laughter-provoking ; and we are haif-inclined NEW PUBLICATIONS. to predict for ita ‘‘ run}? asa piece of humorous literature. Yet this quality is not at all due to any betrayal of ignorance or awkwardness in ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF CALIFORNIA. Froin June 1, 1880, to December 1, 1880. Pamphlet, 8vo, 43 pp. the author’s use of English, such as once made the reputation and The Legislature of California awoke last year from a prolonged indif- exhausted the edition of a certain English gram mar published by a Portu- ference to the mineral resources of the State, and, although it did not (as guese. It is simply the result of placing our current terms alongside of it should have done) provide for the completion and publication of the their classic equivalents—the latter being, in many instances, too stilted work of the State Geological Survey, it did a good thing in creating the and pedantic for even the literature of the preseutday, Perhaps DIcKENs, 284 THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. [APRIL 23, 1881.
anne more than any other one author, has made us suspect burlesque under what increased mental strain in calculation, while the adoption of eight such grandiloquence. A large part of bis humor consists in the ironical would drop two digits, and make the mental work easier. Our principal use of stately phrases. Hence the ridiculous book of such passages as the reason for the speculative preference of eight, however, is that the three following : fractions which it gives are precisely those which most frequently and ** Tle is spooney on the girls : he manifests a foolish fondness for young ladies.” naturally occur, and which can be most accurately measured in practice. “Mr. M. is on the rampage: Mr. M. conducts ina violent manner.” [This, by The way in which halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, and thirty-seconds the way, is one of the few errors in the English of the book.] “At the stock exchange to-day, the bears were triumphant: at the stock survive in practice, in spite of our decimal and duodecimal notations, is a exchange to-day, the dealers who were interested to depress the value of stocks, in strong evidence of this. There is an advantage, also, for calculations of order to buy cheaply certain stocks which they had contracted to deliver,” etc. ‘** We found him at the saloon, sitting among the blackyuards: we found him area and volume, in the geometric series presented by these fractions, at the saloon, in the company of those who use jocularly abusive language in con- of which the second is the square and the third the cube of the first. versation.” But the main point is, that in our judgment the eighth, which twelve ** Here’s a go ! my horse has run away : here is an occurrence ! my horse,” ete. **In speaking of the playing of the actress * * * the editor spread it on does not furnish, is practically worth more than the third, sixth, and thick: in * * the editor bestowed a surfeit of praise on the actress.” twelfth, which it does furnish. Yet in a matter so entirely in the realm ** The good woman gave the boy a banging piece of cake: the good woman * * athumping piece of cake.” [Here Mr. KwoneG evidently thinks he has of what ‘‘ might have been,” we hold our opinion with modesty and with- iurnished a classic synonym ; for he nowhere defines thumping.] out passion !] * The Chinese proverbs and maxims are very suggestive. We quote a few of them : BOOKS RECEIVED. ‘** Buying a sick small pig with bogus money.” [Said of a transaction in which Colorado State Business Directory. With Colorado Mining Directory and both parties are cheated. ] Colorado Live Stock Directory Departments. Denver, Colo.: J. A. Blake. ** If vou do not enter the tiger’s den, how can you get his cubs ?”’ = 8vo, 462 pages, and Map of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Price, ‘In the family there are no educated sons: where are the public officers to come from /” Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1878. 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B.— The Propagation of Food-Fishes in the Waters of the United States. Washing- ton : Government Printing-Office. 1880. Svo, cloth, lxiv +988 pages (includ- TdHE METRIC FCOT—COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER TWELVE WITH THE ing Indexes and Bibliographies), 36 plates, and 17 wood-cuts. NUMBER EIGHT AS A BASE. Report of the Surveyor-General and State Land Register of the State of Nevada, or the Years 1879 and 1880. Carson City. 1881. Pamphlet, Svo, 694 (2) Letter from President F. A. P. Barnard, yages. (Index) The Minerals and Mineral Localities of North Carolina. Being Chapter I. of EpitoR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL: the Second Volume of the Geology of North Carolina. Raleigh. 1881. Sir: Will you allow me one word of response to Mr. Fernew on the Pamphlet, 8vo, 1°22 pages, and 13 wood-cuts. (No Indew.) meter? He says that, in his experience with this measure, he has found the meter itself too long and the decimeter too short. If he means too MAINE MINING NEWS, long or too short for the purposes of calculation, I fail to feel the force of his objection ; but if he means too long or too short for convenient manip- Special Correspondence of the Engineering and Mining Journal ulation in actual work, I should like to ask his opinion, then, in regard to the ** metric foot,” so-called, having the length of three decimeters. By The chimney for the Douglass reverberatories 1s nearly done, one pf the a law passed in 1851, this was made the foot of the Swiss republic ; and it furnaces is completed, and theother begun. The building is raised and differs from our own by only about 18 one hundredths of an inch, a quan- the roof boarded ; slating will begin at once. The cupolas are completed, tity imperceptible in actual use. Before the introduction of the metric and the blowing-engine, etc., ready to run, The cupolas will probably be system into Germany, there were more than thirty foot-measures in use fired up in a day or two. in different parts of that empire, differing less than one centimeter from Captain Daniel Dunn has taken charge of the Stewart, and is now en- the metrie foot ; and a larger number still within the same limits of length gaged in cross-cutting on the surface, in order to find the best location in use in neighboring countries, including England, from which we de- for sinking a new shaft. rive our own. Measurements with the metric foot are as easily made as At the Blue Hill, work is advancing at the usual rate in the east drift. with the English. The results of measurement may be written down in The foundation for the pumping-engine is nearly completed, and the meters, decimeters, or metric feet, as convenience or caprice may dic- engine will soon be at work. Work onthe smelters has not yet begun. tate. The Twin Lead machinery is running very smoothly, and every thing The thing which the world wants in this matter is not so much identity about the mine is in good shape. DIRIGO. of measures as simple commensurability of measuring units. The metric BLUE HILL, ME., April 18. foot is strongly recommended by this consideration. In regard to your own editorial, allow metosay that, if it were possible WE have received from the publishers a very elegant Illustrated Catu- to introduce a new base into the arithmetical algorithm, the number logue of Machinery, manufactured by Ribon & March, Jersey City, N. J. twelve would possess advantages much superior to those afforded by the It is a large octavo of 140 pages and of almost as many illustrations, and number eight. Eight gives us only three simple fractions—the half, the is provided with a good Index, which feature commends the publishers fourth, and the eighth. Ten gives us just as many; but the fifth takes to the good-will of all who know the difference between a complete and an the place of the fourth. Twelve would furnish five—the half, the third, incomplete book. The beautifully printed illustrations are accompanied the fourth, the sixth, and the twelfth ; embracing all given by the others with full descriptions and tables. The book is not only valuable to those except the fifth. Truly yours, F, A. P. BARNARD. requiring the machinery, but is instructive to one who may merely desire COLUMBIA COLLEGE, April 16, 1881. to supplement such knowledge as he may have acquired from the text- [ We recognize the force of Dr. BARNARD’S argument in favor of twelve books used in the schools. Messrs. Ribon & March have also made up from this catalogue a special Illustrated Catalogue of Mining Machinery as a base of arithmetical notation. He might have added that whereas for those who may not require the larger one. the use of eight for that purpose would increase, that of twelve would Moritz STOCKDER, Mining Engineer, Lake City, Colo., has just pub- diminish, the number of figures employed in calculations. All numbers lished Stockder’s Map of San Juan Mining Region, compiled from U. S. between 99 and 144, for instance, could be written duodecimally (as they Surveys and other Authentic Sources. 1881. It shows county boundaries, are now in ‘‘ board-measure”’) with two digits instead of three, while on district boundaries, wagon-roads, trails over mountain passes from river basin to river basin, continental divide, timber-line (11,000 to 11,500 feet the base of eight, all numbers between 64 and 100 would require three above sea-level), etc. The scale is 1 inch to the mile, or 1-63360. The size digits for their expression. On the other hand, the adoption of twelve of the map is 28X38 inches, and it is printed on good bond paper, in would involve the employment of two new digits in notation, and a some- pocket form, or can be furnished as a wall-map, APRIL 23, 1881.] THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. oe5
THE NIAGARA MINING AND PRODUCING COMPANY. OPENING COAL MINES,
(WITH SUPPLEMENT.) Written for the Engiveering and Mining Journal by A. Wasmuth, M.E. Accompanying this number of the JOURNAL, will be found illustrations The immense extension of railroads, and consequently of population pertaining to the property of this company, which has been principally and of industry, has brought about a corresponding increase in deep coal organized by Prof. ‘theodore B. Comstock, a mining engineer who is mining. The object of an enterprise of this class is to produce coal of known to our readers through his correspondence, lectures, etc., which various forms of consumption at such a rate as to secure reasonable returns have appeared from time to time in these pages during the past two years. upon the investment, and also the amortization of the invested capital. If he has managed the organization of this company in accordance with here the coal crops out in the sides of valleys, and the establishment of his views which we have previously published, there can be no question a colliery involves but small outlay, no elaborate calculation is required of the success of this enterprise. We believe that the properties have been concerning the probable profit. But when a coal-bed must be opened at selected with care, and the basis of organization is apparently conservative considerabje depth, a careful previous calculation of the economical condi- and business-like. The position and character of the officers and tions is indispensably necessary. The principal elements in the problem directors of the company are such that the public should expect fair are the cost of the required shafts, machinery, etc., the price of coal in dealing. This company began with five claims, and now holds thirteen, the market, and freights. aggregating 18,200 linear feet of veins, so exposed as to be reached by In estimating for shafts and machinery, the following conditions must drifts from the main valley at depths ranging from 800 to 2000 feet. be considered: The amount of the area of coal to be attacked from a The company also owns a mill-site of five acres, and town lots at given shaft must be sufficiently large upon careful and safe estimate to Eureka. It is claimed that $100,000 have been spent in the purchase repay the cost of the enterprise as well as the expected profits. In and actual developments of the property without devoting a doilar to determining this point, the available rate of the annual production as salaries or office expenses away from the mines. Professor Comstock claims well as the total amount of coal must be considered. to have proved the quality and position of the company’s main ore-bodies The first point of such a project concerns the location of a shaft. This to such an extent asto determine the best method of putting the mines should be so chosen that the available coal may be brought to the shaft quickly upon a dividend-paying basis. To accomplish this, the capital from all four quarters of the compass with the least possible transporta- is now fixed at a million dollars, divided into a hundred thousand shares tion. On inclined beds, the shaft is generally located with advantage of $10 each. Of this amount, 40,000 shares have been issued to the about in the middle of the longitudinal ‘‘run” of coal. As it has a posi- original stockholders, to repay their investment of $100,000. This tion relative to the width of the field, the question must be taken leaves 60,000 shares, or tltree fifths of the whole stock, in the treas- into account whether only one bed or several will be worked from the ury for the purpose of providing what is considered a very liberal shaft. If only one bed is to be worked, it is necessary to determine working capital. Twenty thousand shares of the stock are now whether hoisting is to be done from different levels through counter- offered at the minimum of $2.50 per share, subject to an advance chutes or cross-cuts, or to be run on each level to the shaft. ‘Topographi- of ten cents per share every ten days after May 15th. A large cal conditions or the neighborhood of navigable rivers may, in some cases, amount of this stock is reported to have been already taken by determine the shaft location. One shaft may be arranged so as to provide the original shareholders at this price, and it is asserted that no stock has for hoisting, pumping, and ventilation at the same time; but it is of course been issued at a lower rate to any one since the organization of the com- better to have two. The open question whether it is worth while to keep pany. The 40,009 shares still reserved after this sale will be held asa a separate compartment for ladder-ways, enabling the workmen to ex- permanent fund to accumulate surplus through its dividends, and the amine timbers, etc., in the shaft, and to go and come from their work, by-laws of the company provide that it can not be used for any other we shall not here discuss. Suchan arrangement is undoubtedly not to be purpose, except by a vote of the stockholders. It is claimed that special despised in workings intended to last a long time. safeguards have been adopted to prevent quict manipulation. Tests of In determining the dimensions of a shaft, the quantity of daily produc- the ores are said to show that they carry from 20 to 470 ounces of tion is the controlling element. This dictates also the power of the hoist- silver, with varying proportions of lead and copper, and from ing machinery. The pump compartment must be large enough for traces to two ounces of gold, with an abundance of bismuth in the pumps and pipes adequate to the maximum amount of pumping, to the principal vein, upon which there are six claims. First-class ore is of such conveyance of air, steam, or water for subterranean machines, etc, A a quality as to be immediately available in the market, and this occurs in special compartment for the upcast air-current must be provided, unless a sufficient amount to yield a good profit over and above the cost of extrac- separate air-shaft for this purpose is at hand. The latter is the best for tion. A second-class ore, carrying a high percentage of lead, and another extensive operations, and is even more economical in the long run, be- variety rich in copper, can be marketed immediately ; but it is considered cause the timbering is very strongly attacked by the moist escaping air more profitable to send this and the lower grades through the of the upcast, and needs to be renewed, which is an expensive work in concentrating miil, where the gold will also be separated by the main shaft. Whether underground machines for roasting should amalgamation. It is claimed that the metallurgical difficulties be employed in preference to stationary engines above ground, is are not serious, but the variety of minerals requires the exercise oi skilled a matter of local decision. For great quantities of water, reliable judgment for the most economical treatment. The new works of the engines above ground with forcing pumps are advantageous on company have been carefully planned, after two years’ hard study of all account of the relatively small cost of repairs as compared with most the problems involved. Professor Comstock has concluded that the underground machines; but it must be confessed that the latter reduction of the ores in this neighborhood can be accomplished with less may be very effective. Besides the buildings for necessary shaft ma- cost and with increased profit in the vicinity of the coal-fields down the chinery, provision must be made for the preparation and shipping of Animas River, at Durango, excepting such qualities as are best worked by coal, In this matter, the demands of the market are decisive. milling or lixiviation. The accompanying ncanaien gives a more satis- In regions where the coal-mining industry is in its infancy, a colliery factory idea of the properties than any written description we can. make. is often laid out in levels, the coal is attacked as rapidly as possible, and Although unable to speak of this property from personal knowledge, we with the smallest amount of expenditure, and the defects in the plan, do not hesitate to recommend it to the consideration of investors. which make themselves subsequently felt, are attempted to be remedied by additions, or by tearing down and rebuilding. These continual recon- Age ihe SAN FRANCISCO COPPER MINING COMPANY. structions cost much more money than a well-matured plan at the begin- ning, besides occasioning many interruptions of the production, and im- EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL : periling often the profitable character of the whole undertaking. Cases are Ta ERA A Sir: In your issue of March 26th, I notice an article copied from the not uncommon in which enterprising men open a small colliery, and, being Marysvale Appeal, in reference to this company. In it was the statement favored by the character of the seams and conducting their affairs with that a blast of 13 kegs of giant powder was set off, which brought down skill, obtain the means for the suitable enlargement of their works. This upward of 400 tons of five per cent ore. For kegs read cartridges, and may sometimes, by virtue of happy coincidences, be accomplished with the statement is correct. Since January 5th to the first of this month, success; but ordinarily, whena single shaft is sunk and the attempt is made we have thrown down over 3700 tons of ore, averaging from five to to get profit from it as soon as possible, it is likely that some sort of six per cent copper. using but two boxes of giant powder. ‘The ore is won robbing system will be resorted to in extraction. Such an enterprise is by quarrying: and this, as well as the manufacture of cement copper likely to come to an end long before the natural conditions would require here, is based upon the methods employed at the Rio Tinto and Tharsis it, simply because the unconsidered first plan and arrangements make mines of Spain. The ore being first roasted in heaps, the copper is then themselves felt at last by disabling the business in competition with some
Ra SCANSLEnei EBL a oe a A rendered soluble by lixiviation, and finally precipitated by iron. The enterprise commanding the same market and managed according toa percentage of the copper produced is high, averaging from eighty to wiser original system. eighty-five and sometimes going as high as ninety per cent. This cement would be excellent for the manufacture of blue-stone ; and as the ore is very rich in sulphur, acid works can be erected, and ultimately will be. CENTRAL ARIZONA, A rolling-mill is also much needed where the product of these works EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL: could be reduced to sheet copper, etc. At present, we produce about Str: As I seldom see any notes in your valuable JouRNAL from this forty tons of copper of cementation per month, which production will be largely increased on the completion of extensive improvements now under section of the country, I purpose telling you something of its wonders way. I remain very truly yours, R. R. HAWKINS, and doings. It is so far off of the line of travel, and you may say so difficult to get to, that this middle section of Arizona is but little known, SPENCEVILLE, NEVADA Co., April 7. except to the residents. They all seem to be of the opinion that it is the choice spot in the best territory (for miners) of the Union. The rich dis- _ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES—WASHINGTON, April 19.—The open- coveries of Southeastern Arizona, assisted by the easy transit of the rail- ing session of the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences roads, has attracted most all of the travelers and speculators to that was held in All Souls’ Church in this city to-day. Prof. William section heretofore ; but it is anticipated that the advent of the Atlantic B. Rodgers, of the Massachusetts Institute, presided. A large number & Pacific Railroad across Central Arizona will give this section a greater eee pine De of distinguished scientific men were present, among others Professors flood of immigration than that which has visited the southeast. Marsh, Newcomb, Baird, Hall, and Hilgard. The morning session was This little town was thrown somewhat off of its balance some ten days devoted entirely to the transaction of private business. since by the appearance of the advance-corps of the Atlantic & Pacific At one P.M., the Academy held its second session, when the following Railroad men in town. The chief of the engineer corps came to get a papers were read: ‘‘On the Domain of Physiology,” T. Sterry Hunt; supply of provisions, and took some three tons with him to the camps ** The Compass Plant of the Western Prairie,” B. Alvord; ‘The Solar near San Francisco and Bill William mountains. This may seem to outsiders Constant,” 8. P. Langley ; ‘‘ The Color of the Sun,” 8S. P. Langley ; ‘‘ On a small matter ; but to the inhabitants it was an ocular demonstration Mountain Observations,” 8. P. Langley; ‘‘ On the Relation of Soils to that the railroad is coming, and is not faraway. It was the difference Health,” R. Pumpelly ; ‘‘ Reduction to Sea Level of Barometric Obser- between a realization and a dream. When it does come, then we shall be vations made at Elevated Stations,” Elias Loomis. ‘“‘inside”—the Arizonian’s term for the civilized world, When he fi THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. [APRIL 23, 1881. wishes to say that he is going to San Francisco or to the East, he says he In like manner, the iron contained in the minerals found in granite— is *‘ going inside.” garnet, hornblende, etc.—is either distributed mechanically by erosive This railroad is to be the great entrance through which the ‘‘ inside” agents through a mass of débris, or it is dissolved out atom by atom by world will be able to come conveniently to see the great mineral wealth the organic acids. The great beds of hematite and magnetite which lie of Middle Arizona. That is the first and great thing; the next is a in the Archean rocks are subject to the same mechanical and chemical necessary consequence—cheaper living ; and the next is the connection destructive agencies. The immense deposits of iron pyrites which we between the great coal-field of Northeastern Arizona and the mines. find both in the older and newer formations undergo a somewhat different The mines of this section will produce a vast amount of the base or decomposition. These generally absorb oxygen, to form with the sulphur refractory ores, and they can never establish large reduction-works, as sulphuric acid. Sometimes this unites with the iron to produce a solu- has been done in Colorado, until they have a full supply of coal or coke. ble sulphate, which, being all removed, leaves cubical cavities or a sili- Although there isa large amount of wood in this immediate vicinity ceous sponge in place of the crystallized or diffused pyrites; or the sulphuric for charcoal-making, still it would be far better if that were saved for acid is joined to some other base, leaving the iron perhaps in its original mining purposes ; and besides, it would not be nearly so economical as form, but converted into limonite. coke. I know of but one furnace run in this county, and that a small Having now got the insoluble peroxide of iron into a soluble form, let one. Although there is considerable loss in the process, still it pays the us follow it in its travels. All the drainage of a forest-covered country owners very handsomely, as the ores are so rich. A number of mills may be asserted to contain iron. Where the rocks and soils hold this have been erected for the working of gold rock. These paid well until metal in unusual quantities, the amount dissolved and transported is pro- the sulphuret ores were reached. The gold veins here are the same as portionately great, and many of the springs are chalybeate. Wherever elsewhere ; they all change to pyritous ores as soon as they reach water- these solutions of the salts of iron are exposed to the air, they absorb level, and consequently the enterprises are short-lived. Nearly every oxygen, and the iron is converted into the hydrated sesquioxide, This stream has its placer-washings, but the great scarcity of water reduces we see in the preciptate of iron springs as yellow ocher ; in bogs and pools, such operations to a very small scale. it forms an iridescent film, which, when broken, sinks to the bottom of The great wealth of the district lies in its silver, which exists as the water. If it there finds decaying organic matter, it is robbed of a argentiferous galena, chlorides and sulphurets of silver, many of the portion of its oxygen, which unites with the carbon to form carbonic veins carrying more or less gold. Every district of the county can show acid, and this, bubbling to the surface, escapes. The iron thus becoming a large number of ledges, and prospectors are so accustomed to high- again a soluble proto-salt, and floating off, absorbs more oxygen, grade ores that they do not stop long to consider those that go less than and carries this also to the organic matter, continuing to do this until all $100 per ton. Thedistance from railroad—140 miles—makes the intro- is oxidized ; then it is precipitated as limonite or bog iron ore. Thus it duction of machinery a costly business ; and as but little outside capital will be seen that, under such circumstances, iron plays the same part has found its way here, the development of this section has been slow that it does in the circulation of the blood, where it is oxidized in the compared with the southern part of the territory. We all feel that this lungs and carbonized in the capillaries, serving simply as a carrier of is about to be changed, and that, before this year is over, we shall feel a oxygen. good share of the enterprise. With a few fine exceptions, the erection of The highest authorities in chemical geology are agreed that all the ac- mills has beena failure. The inventor of *- panacea” processes for reduc- cumulations of iron ore which are now forming under human observation ing base-ores and of wonderful methods of crushing rock has too often are produced by the processes I have described ; that is, by the reducing been employed, and with the usual results. Where intelligence, experi- action of organic matter, ferric oxides are converted into ferrous oxides, ence, andskill have been employed, the results have been al) that could be and, being thus rendered soluble, are leached out, transported to greater or asked. I will refer to particular cases in point at another time. less distances, and precipitated under favoring circumstances in the form of PRESCOTT, ARIZ., March 3. YAVAPAI. hydrated sesquioxide or of carbonate. They are also agreed in regarding the deposits of ore which date back to more or less remote geological times, such as the hematites and magnetites of the Paleozoic and Archzan sys- THE GENESIS OF OUR IRON ORES.* tems, as the effects of similar processes of accumulation, subsequently Fy Prof. J. & Newberry. changed physically and chemically by the agents which have meta- morphosed the associated rocks. Although we can not correctly Iron seems to be one of the most universally diffused elements in class iron among the organic deposits—since but little of it has nature. The spectroscope reveals its existence in the sun and the fixed formed part of plant or animal tissue—organic matter is so distinctly < stars, and it is so generally present in all portions of the earth’s crust that link in the chain of causes and effects by which accumulations of iron the rock of which it does not form part becomes conspicuous and re- have been produced that we are compelled to regard all iron ore-deposits markable from this circumstance. All soils contain it ; it is held in solu- as the omni of organic forces, and proof of the presence of animal or tion by all surface waters, and it forms the pigment by which nearly all vegetable life as an accompaniment of their formation. Hence in the rocks are colored; its anhydrous oxide giving the reds, its hydrated sesqui- Laurentian and Huronian formations, formerly designated as the Azoic oxide the browns and yellow ; its proto-salts, silicate, carbonate, etc., the or lifeless rocks, where some of the greatest iron ore-beds occur, the iron greens and blues. may be accepted as evidence of abundant life at the epoch of its deposi- The almost universal diffusion of these salts of iron in soil and rock is tion. This evidence is alsostrengthened by the almost constant associa- shown by the change which takes place in their color when calcined. tion of phosphorus with iron, as phosphorus is to a marked degree an or- This change is most noticeable in the burning of brick clays; but gray ganic element ; and by the great beds of limestone which are interstratified and blue shales and sandstones are equally reddened by heat, and a fire with the older iron ores, and which are distinctly organic deposits. can hardly be kindled in forest or farm, on mountain or plain, where the In order that the application of the foregoing conclusions to our iron stones and soil exposed to its action do not give prompt evidence of the deposits may be appreciated, I will briefly review some of the facts which presence of this metal. they present, and which I have myself observed. In the earliest formed rocks—those which resulted from the solidifica- The most important deposits of iron within the territory of the United tion by cooling of the exterior of the molten globe—iron must have been States may be grouped, according to their geographical positions and an important ingredient, and probably existed as we find it in the igneous geological ages, as follows : rocks of the modern world, that is, as silicate and magnetite in the 1. The Laurentian magnetites of the Alleghany belt and Adirondacks. xreenstones and basalts, and hematite in the red porphyries and red 2. The Huronian hematites and magnetites of Lake Superior and Mis- scorias. We nowhere find in these igneous rocks erupted masses of iron ; souri. but it is always sparsely, often uniformly, diffused through them. In 3. The Lower Silurian (?) ores of Southern Utah. their decomposition, it is disseminated particle by particle through the 4, The Clinton hematites. resulting sedimentary rocks, or is concentrated mechanically or chemi- 5. The Coal Measure carbonates.
cally to form deposits of iron ore; the first as black sand, the second as 6. The Limonites of the Alleghany belt, the Tennessee Valley, and Mis- seat hematite, limonite, or siderite, in beds, veins, ete. souri. _ The oldest existing rocks of which we have any knowledge—the gran- THE LAURENTIAN MAGNETITES, ites, slates, etc., of the Laurentian and Huronian series—are metamor- phic in character, have once been sediments, and are the ruins of pre- These are best shown in Essex, Clinton, and Orange counties, New exisient rocks, igneous or sedimentary. In these rocks, iron is an impor- York, in Northern New Jersey, and in Western North Carolina, although tant constituent of the most common minerals, hornblende, garnet, bio- they form anearly consecutive series of ore-deposits from Northern New tit », etc., and also occurs in sheets and masses, more commonly of mag- York to North Georgia. They consist of lenticular sheets of greater or ne ite in the granite, of hematite in the slates. These deposits less extent, and varying in thickness from a few inches to one hundred of iron ore, which are frequently of enormous size, were once universally feet or more. They are contained.in beds of gneiss and mica schist, which are accompanied by slates and marbles. There can be no question and are now exceptionally regarded as eruptive in character; but we shal. endeavor to show that they are all of sedimentary origin. The ar- that the associated rocks are metamorphosed sediments, and were once gum *nts in favor of this view are both negative and positive. First, as shales, sandstones, and limestones. All these are now much disturbed, has b:en stated, we have never found in any quarter of the globe masses folded, and faulted, usually standing at a high angle. Hence the ore- of iron ore among the products of volcanic eruption, nor any discon- sheets have much the aspect of veins, and they have been considered nected with either metamorphosed or unchanged sedimentary such by some geologists, while others have regarded them as eruptive rocks ; and secondly, all the deposits of iron ore which are masses. They have been, however, carefully studied by the members of accumulating at the present day are the products of chemico- the geologi amen of New York, and by Professor Cook, Professor Les- organic processes. To demonstrate this, let us take iron in what we may ley, and Professor Kerr, respectively State geologists of New Jersey, regard as the condition most like that in which it existed in the first-furmed Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as well as by many other geologists ; crust of the globe, and let us follow it through the many changes that and all these have not only been satisfied themselves, but have furnished are wrought in it by nature’s forces now in operation. In the more com- proof that has been convincing to others, that they are really beds de- pact igneous rocks, the iron is usually in the condition of magnetite ; and posited contemporaneously and conformably with the associated sedi- on exposure, these rocks soften and rust, that is, the contained iron is ments, and that, in the elevation and metamorphism of the mountain converted into the hydrated sesquioxide, with a change of structure which belt where they are found, they have been changed to magnetites in com- produces exfoliation. The iron oxide then mingles as a powder with the ,osition, and by pressure, when softened, have been variously pinched, resulting soil. Here it is exposed to the action of acids which are gene- Sanahed, and contorted. Characteristic impurities of this series of iron rated by the decay of the almost universal sheet of vegetation, namely, ores are sulphur and phosphorus—which may be regarded as collateral evidence of their organic origin—and titanium, a common mineral in this carbonic, humic, crenic, apocrenic acids, etc. These dissolve it, and it then comes to be a constituent of the surface drainage, to be transported a geological zone, and sufficiently abundant in some of the ore-beds to de- greater or less distance, and deposited in one or another of the various stroy their economic value. forms of iron ore. In the Laurentian area of Canada, magnetic iron ores are as common as in the Alleghany belt, and exhibit the same physical and chemical * From the School of M nes Quarterly for November, 1880. characters. They have been carefully studied by Sir William Logan and Aprit 23, 1881.] . THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. R87
Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, and have been by both regarded as metamorphosed tash. Preferably, that kind of silicate of lime is used which sediments. as been produced by double decomposition from polysulphide of THE HURONIAN ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND MISSOURI. © calcium, chloride of calcium, and hydrate of lime; or there may The iron ores of these two somewhat widely separated districts be used a silicate of the earthy bases or metals, or precipitated eccur at essentially the same geological horizon und have similar gelatinous silica. The alkali may be fixed or removed by a bath contain- mineralogical characteristics. On the south shore and at the west ing a dilute solution of fluo-silicic acid, when fluoric acid has not been end of Lake Superior, the Huronian rocks consist of slates, meta- used, or a dilute solution of any other suitable acid. To make the com- morphic (?) diorites, siliceous marbles, etc., all of which are con- position, mix the soluble with the insoluble silicate in equal proportions, formably stratified, and are recognized as the remains of a great series of although these may be varied according to the consistency required. aqueous sediments. This section of country has been exposed to the The plates are coated with the mixture by a brush or by dipping into a action of powerful eroding agents, and much of the Huronian series has bath. After coating, the plates are dried by heat, and are ready for been removed. In this process, the masses of iron ore, being more resist- manufacture. This invention furnishes a plate with asurface somewhat ant, have been left in relief, and when first examined seemed to be pro- resembling glass, but without the aid of fusion ; and this coating can jecting knobs and bosses of erupted material. They were described as not be separated from the metal, which may be bent or worked in any such by Prof. J. D. Whitney, in Foster and Whitney’s reports on the manner desired. geology of the Lake Superior region, and in his Metallic Wealth, pub- Coal-Cutting Machinery.—In the process of under-cutting of coal, lished in 1854. Since that time, careful studies of them bave been made technically called kirving, Mr. Leonard Short, of Backworth, Northum- by Major T. B. Brooks and Prof. R. Pumpelly, in the northern peninsula berland, proposes, says the London Mining Journal, to use a machine of Michigan, and by Prof. R. D. Irving and Mr. C. E. Wright, of the Wis- consisting of a cast-iron frame or bed-plate, carrying in suitable bearings consin Geological Survey, in that portion of the belt extending into the between lis sides a grooved roller, the hight of which from the ground latter State. A careful examination has also been made by Prof. Albert may be varied to suit the work to be done. In any of the grooves of this H. Chester, of important beds of iron evidently belonging to the same roller, a heavy iron ram is supported, having at one end a socket to receive formation in Minnesota. All these gentlemen are agreed in their re- the cutting tool, which is secured therein by a key, and at the opposite jection of the theory that the beds of iron ore are eruptive in character, end of the ram is a handle for the miner to hold it by. In the process of and they are united in opinion that they represent ferruginous matter side cuttin~ the coal vertically, technically called nicking, he uses a pillar, deposited with the Huronian sediments, and subsequently in various consisting of a tube having within it another tube, which pillar may be ways modified and concentrated by chemical and mechanical causes. lengthened to suit the hight of seam by loose pieces inserted at its lower Quite recently, Mr. M. E. Wadsworth, who has published a memoir upon end, and has in its upper end an ordinary screw, with a sharp point, to the copper and iron deposits of Lake Superior, has revived the theory of set up and fix into the roof of the seam, the lower end either fixing into the plutonic origin of the Marquette ore-beds, but has offered no facts or holes provided for the purpose in the bed-plate above described, or into a arguments which will be convincing to those who have observed on the footstep with points to hold in the floor of the seam. This pillar carries spot the phenomena presented by these deposits. upon ita frame, which by a clip and hand-screw can be fixed at any The associated strata are plainly aqueous sediments, as they are not un- required hight, and this frame carries on a short shaft a roller, upon frequently ripple-marked and sun-cracked, and the interlamination of which the ram before described rests. tain sheets of iron ore and jasper is conclusive evidence, in my mind, of An Ancient Scientist.—
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Aprit 23, 1881.] THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. 289 on Fryer Hill, the expense to te borne jointly by the Chrysolite, Little Chief, making forarise from the 2400 level to the 2300 level for an air connection. and Little Pittsburg companies. Lhe proposal is said to have obtained the ap- The winze from the 2400 to the 2500 level has been started. The joint east cross- proval of the management of the three companies named, and it is probable that cut on the 2500 level has been advanced 12 feet ; total length, 44 feet. No change the Daly shaft, on the Little Chief, will be selected. in the appearance of the ground in any part of the mine. AmiE.— Work has been suspended on this mine for the past three weeks, on Union CONSOLIDATED.—The donkey hoisting-engine at the top of the joint account of broken machinery. Sierra Nevada winze is in operation, and the sinking of the winze is making rapid Bic PittspurRG.—Large shipments are making from the Big Pittsburg, and the progress. On the 2500 level, the joint Mexican east cross-cut is carried forward ere-house is nearly full of ore. at the rate of three feet per day in hard ground. CHRYSOLITE.—The fire has been shut off from the workings of the Chrysolite, and work is going ou. No ore is mined. UTAH. DunkiNn.—This mine is producing and shipping ore, but the grade is considera- Our Utah exchanges have the following : bly lower than fo: merly. HAWKEYE.—NSinking on the shaft will : resumed in a day or two. The new Tron.—The Iron-Silver bas ncw 12C0 tcns of ore stored awaiting shipment. cage is finished, and the guides have been put in place. Drifting on the 175-foot LitTLE CHIEF.—This mine is again at work and shipping cre. The shipments level has been discontinued, owing to bad air. on the 16th inst. amounted to 25 tors. Owing to the kad roads, about 60 toas of Tintic MInES.—From a letter written to the Salt Lake Tribune, we condense lirst-class ore had accumu’ated in the orc-bins. as follows: The prospects of the Crismon-Mammoth continue to be satisfactory. LITTLE PITTSBURG.—The Leadville Herald says that it is impossible yet to get The Golden Treasure is looking finely, and is raising ore of good grade. The into the New Discovery mine, and two boilers are pouring steem into the mine company contemplates improvements that will enable it to more than double its near the line ketween the two fropertics. There is jittle gas now escaping, and present output. The grade of ore improves with the increasing depth. it is hoped the fire will soon ke subdued. The Julian Lane, adjoining the Golden Treasure, has resumed work. The The Little Pittsburg Company is now working shafts 2 and 6 on the Pitisburg, Corissa has a true fissure-vein of free-milling ore, about seven feet wide. and producing a little ore ; but the large ore-bodics in the New Discovery, from The Tintic Mill and Mining Company started its mill onthe Ist of July, and which were produced in March nearly a thousand tons of ore, are idle. it has been running constantly ever since, The corapany is working its own and ROBERT E. LEE.—The Lezdville Democrat of the 14th says : The company yes- custom ores, terday settled fcr two lots of second-cless ore. amcunting to about 95 tons, which netted $18,0C0. The mine is now prcducing 25 to 20 tens of this class of ore per PROPOSALS AND SALES, day, besides large quantities of lower grade. ‘The new sbaft of the Lee has at- tained a depth ot 240 feet, and drifting toward the old workings hasbegun. To con- nect the shaft, eighty fect of drifts are required, and workmen will be employed For the benefit of many of our readers, we compile weekly such proposals and solicit: - at both ends, so that the woik will be ccmpleted within thirty days. tions for contracts, etc., as may be of interest. The table indicates the character of PARK COUNTY. proposals wanted, the full name and address of parties soliciting, and the latest date at which they will be received : SACRAMENTO.—The Fairplay Flwiie says that the drift running west from the Lark tunnel, cn the Sacramento Company’s property. is improving in general Improving Channels at Oswego Harbor, N. Y.; at Waddington Harbor, N. Y.; at Wilson Harbor. N. Y.; at Great Sodus Harbor, N. Y.; at Little : appearance daily, ard there is grourd for the helief that the opening is approach- Sodus Harbor. N. Y.; U. 8S. Engineer’s Office, Oswego, N. Y...... -- April 25, 1881 irg another ore-bedy. Furnishing Coal and Ice for the use of the Department of Charities and SAN JUAN COUNTRY. Correction ; Commissioners’ Departmcnt cf Charities and Corrections, PALMETTO.—The Lake City Silrer World of the Sth inst. says of this mine : OE Tee COMMER. TNOGNIST, Tsk ess cee sete csciwecnwecs sues - The north drift from the ercss-cut is in 55 feet. At the breast, the vein shows six Dredging in the Cape Fear River below Wi'mirgton, N. C.; William P. Craigbill, Lieutenant-Colonel of Engiceers, U. &. Engiveer’s Office, 70 feet wide. The pay-strcak is two feet wide, and carries the usual rich proportion Saratoga street, Baltimore, Md me Sea tr of brittle silver, with pyrites of iron and copper. The south crift from the same Repairing Concrete Pavement in different Streets of the City of —— . cross-cut is now in 75 feet. The vein shows four feet wide at the breast. The pay- — of City Works, Municipal Department Building, Brooklyn, streak is 12 inches wide. Init is found rative silver in solid quartz, with the usual proportion of brittle silver. Furnishing Materials and Constructing the entire Works for the Norwich Water-Works ; Cyrus B. Martin, Treasurer, Norwich, N. Y May 2, “* MONTANA. Furnishing, Fitting and Delivering comylete the Boilers for Hot Water The following is condensed from the Butte Miner of late dates : and Steam, Tanks, Smoke-Stacks, Bath-Boilers, etc., required for the ALIcE.—It is reported that the cross-cut, iv a distance of 85 feet from the 700- Heating Apparatus and Steam Supply of the North Wing of the Building for State. War, and Navy Depattments; Office of Buiding for State, foot level, struck a ccmpact vein of solid ore of a rich character. It is stated that War, and Navy Departments, Washington, D. C...... -....--.000-00- ei a. the assay of this ore resulted in showing 127 ounces in silver to the ton. Furnishing and Delivering and l'utting in p!ace all the Cast-Iron Frames, AMY-SILVERSMITH.—This property es recently been incorporated. Active Casings, Trimmings, etc.. for Doors and Windows, and Cest-Iron Wash- operations bave been commenced. The shaft on the north vein of the mine is boards and Stair-kings required for the North Wing of the Building for down over 50 feet. Sinking goes on daily, and it is the intention of the company State, War. and Navy Departments ; Office of Building for State, War, to put it down to a depth of 2C0 feet. The shaft is in a vein of first-class ore of and Navy Departments, Washington, D.C...... seccteaca nner aees * Dredging in Secretary Creek and Treadhaven Creek, Maryland ; William about five feet in thickness. The shaft of the south vein has been sunk 70 fcet on P. Craighill. Lieut.-Col. of Engineers, U.S. Enginee1’s Office, 70 Sara- a very strong vein of ore. At the bottom of this shaft a cross-cut has been run, RE. TIP oo Gains crse ns eecccncwondinss neccnmcasines cae - os ™” exposing an ore-vein over 17 feet wide, without striking either of the wall rocks. Furnishing, Fitting, and Delivering complete certain Cast-Iron Work, con- ANSELMO.—At the west shaft, where the new steam hoisting-works are in oper- sisting of Flanged Pipe, Coils, Covering Plates, etc., required for the ation, the work of dropping the shaft down continues with good progress. No Heating Apparatus of the North Wing of the Building for State, War, heavy volume of water has been encountered in this shaft, which is an inetline and Navy Departments ; Office of Buiiding for State, War, and Navy following the vein of ore down. The ore coming out is high grade, and the Departments, Washington, D..C...... 06600. cccccesceesses se hawaadanasins * ‘a Dredging 600,000 Cub‘'e Yards of Material, in Upper Galveston Bay, bottom of the shaft is reported to be in satisfactory condition. At the whim- Texas ; S. M. Mansfield, Major of Engineers U.S. A.; U. 8S. Engineer's shaft, work is pushed vigorously. The mineis so thoroughly cpened that the Office, Hendley Building. Galveston, Tex...... -..-ssceeeee «xtraction of ore in large quantities can be accomplished with dispatch, es the Improvement of Harbor at Charleston, 8. C.: Q. A. Gillmore, Lieut.-Col. combined length of the level is over 250 feet on the ore-vein. of Engineers ; U. S. Engineer’s Office, Army Building, New York City... ** oe large three-compartment shaft has reached a depth of over Continuing the C: nstruction of Jettics at the Mouth of Saint John’s River ~£6 feet. and at the entrance to Cumberland Sound, Fla.; Specifications, in- structions to bidders, and blanks for proposals ! be obtained at this STEVENS.—The east level, now advancing from the west shaft, is progressing ata office or from Lieut. W. L. Fisk, Jacksonville, Fla.; Q. A. Gillmore, fair rate, with day ard night shifts steacily employed. The ore-vein is opened Lieut.-Col. of Engineers, U. S. Engineer’s Office, Army Building, 00 feet in length, exposing a regular and ccnspact vein. The last forty fect of TO Naas derle curd cn dxaieed ocaueawcudcas | AecedsanesRewaday dose s the level is in ore that will run to the surface a distance of 100 fcet. No ore has Construction and Delivery of Iron-Work needed for the Davis Island Dam, been cxtracted frcm the surface-working on this portion of the mine. The situated on the Ohio River, five miles below Pittsburg, Pa.; Approxi- suspension of work on the middle skaft was due to the want of proper machinery mate Weights, Wrouzht-Iron, 132 tons ; Cast-Iron, 78 tons; William E_ Merrill, Major of Engineers, U. S. Engineer’s Office, Cincinnati, Ohio.... “ to Loist the water, and the jurtker sinking cf tre sbait will be stopped until the Improvements at the following Harbors: Ontonagon Harbor, Mich.; Man- ccmpany cbtains the machinery needed to successfully contend w ith the water. istique Harbor, Mich.; Menominee Harbour, Mich.; Green Bay Harbor, Mi h.: Kewannee Harbor, Wis.: Two Rivers Harbor, Wis.; Menitowoc NEVADA. Harbor, Wis.; Shebovgan Harbor, Wis.; Port Washington Harbor, COLUMBIA DISTRICT. Wis.; Major Henry M. Robert, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., U.S. Engineer's Office, 427 Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, Wis...... af ae 13, *¢ NORTHERN BELLE.—The cross-cut from the fourth level drift was extended 19 feet, during the week ending the %th inst., without developing any change in the Knoxville & Ohio Failroad —On the 19th, contracts were awarded in Knoxville to five formation. The other sbaft-levels look wel), and stopes are producing the usual companies out of the thirty-nine which bid Monday on the Knoxville & Ohio road tocom- plete it to the Kentucky State line. Work will begin immediately. This road will meet quantity and quality of ore. the Louisville & Nashville road at the Kentucky line on July Ist, 1882. COMSTOCK LODE. New Jersey Central Railroad.—Recent reports state that this company’s traffic con- The Gold Hill News of the 13th inst. says: At the Sierra Nevada, tbe usual tract with the Pennsylvania Central Company will be signed in about a fortnight, after work is doing. The north drift on the 2500 level, about which there have been so which the New Jersey Central authorities will immediately let the contracts for building the seventy-mile extension from Red Bank, Pa., to Youngstown, O., thus completing the many rumors the past week, is carried steadily forward to connect with a new through system to the West. é winze started from the 2400 level for air connection. The material passed New York Central Railroad.—The work of laying two additional tracks on the New through by this drift has shown occasional bunches and feeders of quartz for the York Central Railroad from Rochester to Buffalo has been commenced, and is to be past month, but not in any quantity. The pump at the C. N. S. shaft will prob- completed by August 15th. The 9500 tons of steel rails required for the new tracks have ably be ready for another trial the latter part of this week, but actual work been purchased in London, and are now on the way hither. About 1000 men will be will not be commenced for some time yet. The Savage and Belcher mines have employed, and the cost of the work is estimated at about $300,000, exclusive of rails and ceased underground work. At the Savage, repairs are making on the surface =, plant required. This addition gives four tracks on the main line from Albany to and the machinery, so as to have every thing in readiness when they are relieved uffalo. from water by the C. N.S. pump. At the Belcher, the pumps are kept running to hold the water at its present level. Until the successor of W. H. Smith as ASSAY DEPARTMENT OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. superintendent is settled upon, nothing else will be done there. By the time the new superintendent does take charge, the Yellow Jacket will doubtless have started pont, and the Belcher can then resume underground work. It *This department is opened for the benefit of miners, prospectors, and others in- is probable that the company will work its own low-grade ores, instead of having terested in minerals. it done by cuntract. The Alta has resumed sinking. Replies will be made in these columns, and without charge, to questions asked CALIFORNIA.—The mine is cutting out a chamber for a joint Ophir east winze on the 2500 level. The ore extracted and sent to the mills—nearly £00 tons a regarding the nature and commercial value of minerals, and of samples sent. week— assays $24.75. For workings joint with Consolidated Virginia, see report Assays determining the actual composition and value of ores will be made at of that mine. the following rates. All assays are made with the utmost care by the most ex- CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA.—Hastening the cutting out cf a cooling station at the bottom of the uprise on the 2300 level to connect with the Best & Belcher perienced and competent assayers : winze. Still sinking the winze about 10 feet a week. On the 2500 level, the Assay for gold...... :. $3.50 | Assay for copper. ....$3.00| Assay for iron...... $4.00 west drift to the C. & C. shaft, joint with California, has been advanced 32 feet, o Sliver...... 3.0 . lead (wet)... 3 00 " nickel and and the joint California east drift from the C. & C. shaft extended 33 feet during sc gold and silver 5.90 “ SINE. ..<.. p SORE CONG cei. cc5 case the week. Extracting the usual amount of ore. Its assays average $20.20. SIERRA NEvapDA.—Raising about 210 tons of ore per week. On the 2500 The amount should invariobly accompany the order, and expressaye or poste ge level, the north drift is carried along at the rate of 45 feet per week, to connect must always be nrepaid. with the winze from the 2400 level. Itisin the same material as has been en- countered for a month past : total length, §92 feet. The east cross-cut, No. 3, Communications, samples, etc., te be addressed to on the 2400 level, has been cleaned out and repaired its total distance of 116 feet ; ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 27 Park Place, New York west cross-cut cleaned out and repaired a distance of 70 feet. Preparations are (P.O. Box 4404), 290 THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. [APRIL 23, 1881.
with sales of 9000 shares. Mariposa stocks are experi- FINANCIAL. fairly maintained at $3.95@$3.65@$3.75, with encing one of their periodical spurts. Preferred has Gold and Silver Stocks, sales of 3610 shares. Moose has had a moderate been dealt in to the extent of 2253 shares at $8@$10.13; NEw York, Friday Evening, April 22. business at weak prices; the sales amount to and Common, 18,493 shares at $6@$9.13. The public 14,400 shares at $1.70@$1.50. Navajo has had There is still a very large business doing in mining will probably have to study very hard to find any shares, and prices are well maintained, with indica- a moderate business at declining prices ; the sales ag- thing like the value of the company’s rights gregate 4600 shares at [email protected]. Northern Belle tions that there will be a good market during the sum- in this property. Mexican has been quiet mer in mines of a bona-fide character. The Eastern records sales of 140 shares at $17@$18. North Belle Isle has been dealt in to the extent of 500 and strong, the sales amounting to 210 public is getting over the singeing which came from shares at $9.13@$12. Mineral Creek shows some the bursting of the overstrained Leadville balloon, and shares at 30c. The sales of Ontario amount improvement under a very liberal business; the sales the consequent demoralization which followed in all to 300 shares at $37. Ophir only records aggregate 29,200 shares at 91c.@$1.30. Miner Boy mining maiters. sales of 100 shares at $9.88@$8. On Saturday, has only been dealt in to the extent of 300 shares at The San Francisco market is quite sensitive, and 100 shares of Plumas sold at $1.75. Rising Sun has been quiet, irregular, and a little weak, the sales $1.25@$1.60 ; and Moose Silver, 200 shares at there are indications of a ‘‘ deal.” Nothing, however, $1.95. North Standard has keen quiet and has been made public to indicate that any develop- amounting to 1800 shares at $3@$2.80. Robinson Consclidated has been steady and quiet with sales of steady, with sales of 5700 shares at 17@15c. ments have been made in the Comstock, which is the Oriental Miller has been irregular, but strong at the foundation of the mining gambles of the Pacific 800 shares at $8.50@$8.25. Sierra Nevada has been weak under a small business, the sales amount- close, under a liberal business, the sales aggregating Coast. 19,900 shares at $2.65@$3.50. The Quicksilver ing to 10235 shares at $16@$13.75. Spring The Eastern public has paid for what should have stocks have been quiet, the sales of Preferred amount- been a very liberal education in mining matters, and Valley only records €0 shares at $2.75. Standard ing to 200 shares at $6534@$64%, and Common 200 it is tobe hop.d that it will benefit by its experience. has been very quiet and steady, the sales amounting shares at$17._ Rappahannock has been quiet, with sales There is no question but that there is some risk in to 910 shares at $24.838@$24. Starr-Grove has been of 3700 shares at 12@14c. Red Elephant has bad all mining ventures; but there is no reason why money quiet but very strong, the sales ameunting to 400 a very liberal business at strong prices, the sales invested in mines should be worse situated than ona shares at $6.50@$7.25. Stormont, although not so amounting to 34,500 shares at 26@32c. Silver Cliff risk. For most of the money paid for mines during active as last week, has had a very liberal business has been quite active and very strong, the sales the past two years, it was a foregone conclusion that at well-maintained prices ; the salesamount to 11,400 shares at $3.95@$3.35@$3.90. Yellow Jacket has amounting to 18,798 shares at $6.13@$7@%6.28. it was thrown away. Furthermore, as mining is, at Silver Nugget has developed some _ strength best, a risk, the public should not pay for mining been dealt in to the extent of 100 shares at $6.50. under a moderate business, the sales amounting stocks prices that indicate that the* profits are a cer- Alta-Montana has been steady, with sales of 2500 to 14,700 shares at 22@15@30c.. The same may tainty. There are at the present time a great many shares at $2.25@$2.15. American Flag only records be said of the new stock, the sales of which amount to nines selling at more than they are worth, and with a 200 shares at 26c. Bald Mountain bas had a liberal 21,495 shares at 55@67c. South Bulwer has been general *‘ boom,” the prices of these stocks will still business, the sales amounting to 45,800 shares at 7@5c. quiet but strong, the sales amounting to 4200 shares further advance. Barcelona has been dealt in to the extent of 3300 at 24@39c. Sutro Tunnel has been somewhat The probable mode of getting rid of the stocks of shares at $1.80@$1.45. Bechtel Consolidated has had irregular but strong, under a very active busi- new mining enterprises will be by “ deals,” and those a moderate business at very strong prices, the sales ness, the sales aggregating 133,800 shares at who get the “inside points” will be “left,” and not amounting to 2825 shares at 60c.@$1.05@65c. Best $2@$2.50. Tioga has been quiet, but shows the insiders, so that the public in another * boom” is & Belcher has been a little weak under a small a large advance, the sales amounting to 2&0 as likely to be duped as in the past. business, the sales amounting to 420 shares at $13.50 shares at 56@95@75c. Tuscarora has been quiet and Alice kas had a moderate business at fairly steady @$12.25. Big Pittsburg has been quite active about steady, the sales amounting to 3900 shares ct prices; the sales amount to 6700 shares at $7.50@ and irregular, with an inclination to strength; the 15@12ce. Unadilla has ranged between 14@12c. , $8. Amie has had liberal dealings with a slight sales aggregate 17,255 shares at $3.75@[email protected]. with sales of 10,600 shares. Union Con- inclination to weakness ; the sales aggregate 38,000 Black Jack records sales of 700 shares at $1.25@ 51.30. solidated has been very quiet, the _ sales shares at 456@52c. Belle Isle has been quiet Bonanza Chief was dealt in on Saturday and to-day amounting to but 100 shares at $12.50@$12 and about steady, with sales of 1450 shares to the extent of 5400 shares at 30@25c. Boston Vandewater, under a fair business, shows some de- at 50@55c. Bodie Consolidated has been Consolidated has had a moderate business at de- cline, the sales amounting to 18,000 shares at 55@49 moderately active but weak, the sales amounting to clining} prices, the sales amounting to 7500 shares, @5lc. Willshire has been steady under a small busi- 1500 shares at [email protected]. California bas been at 50@38c. Boulder Consolidated has had a tair busi- ness, the sales aggregating 1400 shares at [email protected]. quite active but weak; the sales amount to 14,930 ness at very irregular prices; the sales amount Allouez has been dealt in to the extent of 380 shares at [email protected]. Caribou has _ been to 8300 shares at 85@75@92ce. Buckeye has shares at 2.51. Kossuth records. sales. of dealt in to the extent of 500 shares at $2.13@ been quiet and steady with sales of 9€00 1300 shares at 18@12c. The State Line stocks have $2.75. Cedar Tree has been steady with shares at 16@19c. Bull-Domingo has had a very been quiet until to-day, when they were liberally dealt sales of 2300 shares at $2.55@$2.65. Chrysolite liberal business at very weak prices. the sales in at strong prices. Nos. 1 & 4 record sales of 2900 has had a moderate business at about steady prices : amounting to 11,500 shares at $3.25@$2.70. shares at $1.60@$1.85; Nos. 2 & 3, 3400 shares tke sales aggregate 6000 shares at $6.25@$5.88. — Cli- Bulwer made avery important gain, part of which, at $6@$8.50; and No. 1, 1000 shares at max has been liberally dealt in at steady prices, the however, was lost at the end ; the sales have been $1.35@$2.55. Original Keystone has _ been sales amounting to 12,400 shares at 75@70c. Con- quite liberal, amounting to 9015 shares at [email protected]@ quiet but very strong. We advise the public to solidated Virginia has been very active andirregular ; $2.60. Calaveras has been fairly active and let this stock alone at the prices quoted. The sales. the sales aggregate 29,395 shares at $2.20@ very much stronger, the sales amounting to amount to 2150 shares at $1@$1.55@$1.25. Crowell $2.95@$2.55. Copper Knob records sales of 2000 39,400 shares at 19@26c. Caledonia (B. H.) has ranged between 5@10@6c., with sales of 39,600 shares at 5c. Dunkin has had a very fair has been quiet and weak, the sales aggregating 600 shares. South Hite, new stock, has been quiet, with business at prices somewhat irregular; the sales shares at $2@$1.65. Catskill has been fairly steady, sales of 1400 shares at 60@71c. amount to 15,800 shares at $1.70@[email protected]. with sales of 1000 shares at $7@$7.25. Central Arizona UNLISTED QUOTATIONS. Eureka has been quiet but strong at 330@$30.50, with has been quiet and weak, the sales amounting to 1100 sales of 300 shares. Father de Smet bas been dealt in shares at $5@$4.50. Cherokee has been steady with Mr. L. V. Deforeest, No. 70 Broadway, under date to the extent of 10S shares at $11@$11.50, Findley sales of 1400 shares at $1.95@$1.85. Chey- of April 22d, 3 P.M., reports the current quotations of has been very quict butsteady, with sales of 1200 shares enne, under a_ small business, has been unlisted stocks as follows : at 80@28e. Glass-Pendery has had a liberal business at | about steady, the sales aggregating 5500 shares B 1 Or Pat : Bid. ones . . a . . : -, __. | Barcelona...... 15 45 agonia...... a
GENERAL MINING STOCKS. Dividend-Paying Mines.
SHARES, ASSESSMENTS, DIVIDENDS. TIIGHEST ANI) LOWEST on SHARE AT WHICH SALES WERE NAME AND LOCATION OF | Feet on} Capital |—--—— eS — : COMPANY. Vein. Stock. Par Totai Date and Total April 16. = 18. | April 19. ,; April 20. { April 21. | April 22. Ez No. Val levied to} amount paid to | Last Dividend. |—-— —-——— | —_-.-——__ | — - —-- -|-————- —--—— | -| 3 date. | share of last. date. s L. za L. | H. | Le H. | ag H.f 1 7h a
BR ican bibcatcasecseyes ROROG ONE GOONER) B5i 55. cc cccalsceccageescapeccees 80,000| Apr. ; 1881 10 { 77) 6,500 Amie Con. 8. L...... ° 5,000,000! 5uu,v00| 10! EOE TU] Suejuuu|May. |1as0| lu). ‘ ‘ | 53 | 38,000 APBOREA, Ba... cc0cceccess 10,000, 000} 100,000) 1v0} 130,000 Mar..'1881 20 40,000'Feb . 1880} riences bakirsl cesses: cut pees benim tacesin degen aaebvaden Beccemibabdellncaeccs « het Barbee Walker 17609,000} 100,000} 10 Fe ing ga tecoeabauawsn 60,060! Nov. {180 lu) Mecaseirs rc Bassick, * ivcccan 10,0007000 100,000) 100 * lospk@thakecelmomsan 25) CGO | Feb..| 1880 26 ae Kelle Isle, s...... 1€,000,0G0| 100,000) 100 34,000 Feb. |1880! 3! 300,000|Dec.. 1879) 25 . “52° 1,450 Belcher, G. "3 bene 10,400,000} 104,000) 100 2,250,000 Feb. .|1881)| 50} 15,397,200) A pr. 1876! 7 escssel ese ce] ecccce cece e Cores] eee eccee cecccces Bodie Cons., @ 10,000,000} 100, {000} 100| 75,000 May. ,1879| 1 00 1,200,000 Mar. | 1880) 25) 7.50 aw weeceul ee 7.00) 6.50, 65) 6.35 1,500 Breece...... 5,000,000} 200,000) 25 ¥ | eee 2,00 Feb..|1#80'...... Gdaled San cekdeaah eleceNal alga iavaaeaueass Wallace Ganesan wa cae: Cahtfornia, G. § 54,000,000| 540,000| 100|...... ) sess :|81,320,000|Dee..| 1879) 60, 1.45, 1.65, 1. 5" 1.55)" 1.55)" 1.45)°1.50 “245 14,980 Calumet & Hecla, c... 2,500,000 100,000} 25 5 19; 359,000! Apr..|1881 wl pecusbecian| bhwemlens ie Crribou Con., G...... ° 1,600,000} 100,c00; 10) 50, evo, Mar |1838u eo} PRY TD cccecnecso ; 5,000,000 200; 5000) 145,212 Mar.. 1881} 65 Eureka Cons., 5,000,000| 50; 00) | 4,605,00U| Apr.. 1851 - Excelsior W't’ - M. ‘Go 10,060,006 100, 000) an 850, 00u: Sept. 1880} “ Father de Smet, G...... 10,000,000 100, 0G0| oe 315.000 Apr. 1851) 00, Findley, @ 200,000] 2002000} 3,000 May. 1879) a Freeland 5,000,000) 290,006) 50,000 Vay. 1880 25 dank auntie bese pamuetaenecat 2 alr dosSO vatseeleal naan Glass Pendery. 5,000,010 250,000! 25,000 Apr... 1881} 10} 2.45 |... .: 2.05!.. 2.15 2.C0; 2.05, | Gold Stripe...... | 1,590,000 150, gov! 10 67,500 Mar../ 1831) 15} - OU | cceeei B.OU;.. seinem iincsndbedonn Gould « Curry, G. §s. 10,800,000] 108°, ,000) 100 3,260,000 Feb . 1881 °"" 56 3,82 6) 300/ Oct. 1870) * 00, 9 -0O shevereunouele ag! Grand Prize, S...... )} 10,000,000} 160;000! 100 265, 000 Mar.. 1881 40| '450,000 Sept./1880) 0 25 1.05 | 1.60 ....0)....00) 1.00 ...... Great Eastern, G...... 300.000] 300,000} ; NL peiefcoeweessets 16,006 ‘July. 1880! 28 | SS} St f...55 S 2 Raed Aue ove Green Mountain, G. 1,250,000} 125, MT BO Wh Vee eh ce Va | 146,875 Apr.. 1881} p 616.20 | 6.25 6.25 1 Hale & Norcross, @. 8 .|} 11,200,000] 1122000) 100 3, 38, 000 Mar.'1881! 50) 1,545,000 Apr. 1871 Jecsresee seas aiadall Sdnatehea tetas antes OS ee « | Ca, See FF Le, uvcclecsesiccesenl 120,010 Feb . 1881 10} 1.40 i120 1.46) 30,2 40 i 2%” ne 50| 1.40)100,285 Homestake, G...... | 10,000,000 100; ,000 100 200,000 Apr. a 1 00; 969,000 Apr.. 1881 Ue ele we Vewaice (2450) 0... 100 et Horn- Silver, s. eo 10,000,000 400; 000! ae | ee sc] “Z1c} easile 490!" 49% dc acbeawcdinusan 52] Rawcece 49e! | 18,000 10 Rsv ccecsnesecnes 50,000 — 1 We! Besos P| epee ed eee ee eee eee \ 1,400
@. Gold. Silver, 8. 1, lead. o, Copper. *Non-. ble. +The Deadwood mine = in aca a to the eae qa. Teal a shares sold during the week, 1,099,59 597, - 292 THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. [APRIL 23, 1881.
(RR ee A ESE RET LT TI to $25,675, which leaves a deficiency of $25,520. shaft-house over the deep shaft, and completed the | Transfer-books will be closed from the 25th to the The present assessment has been levied to meet this warehouse building. The work of clearing the ground 30th. deficiency. for the new buildings to be erected has been contin-| The Iron Silver Company has declared a dividend Richard Gird, late superintendent of the Tombstone ued, as also the making of roads. The f undations | of $100,090, or twenty cents ashare, payable May 2d. Mill and Mining Company, and a large owner, has and piping are now ready for the reception of the} The Dunkin Mining Company has declared a divi- brought suit against the company for $80,000, $40,- compressors, which have not yet arrived, and every | dend of 7's cents a share, payable May 2d. 000 of which is money loaned the company and thing else is progressing as favorably as possible. The La Plata Mining and Smelting Company has de- $40,000 for dividends past due. Francis Wolf, attor- Chappara!.—The superintendent reports, under date | clared a dividend (No. 20) of 7!,; cents per share, pay- ney for the Tombstone Mill and Mining Company, of the 9th inst., that tunnel No. 1, on which work is | able May 2d. Transfer-books close April 25th, and re- says: The money to pay Gird in full awaits his agrec- now prosecuted by contract, is looking remark- | open May 3d. ment to have his accounts for the past twelve months ably well. The ledge is 5! feet wide, giving good| The Hibernia Mining Company has declared divi- Ul audited. tests with horn spoon, and showing free gold. When | dend No. 4, of $30,000, or 10 cents per share, payable The San Francisco Chronicle says : the tunnel is connected with the shaft, it will take a | May 2d to stockholders of record April 22d. Tombstone is filling up with blackmailers—men who 40-stamp mill to do the crushing. The Father de Smet Mining Company has declared never work, but as soon as a rich strike is made by the miners in any one property, these fellows hunt back and Dunderberg.—The superintendent, under date of the | dividend No. 11, of 25 cents per share, payable May 2d find some o'!d abandone: location, get a quit-claim deed 15th inst., reports that the vein in the fourth level is | to stockholders of record April 21st. from the old locator, and, whenever an opportunity offers the mineis to make asale of their property, the black- looking well, being 8 inches solid. There isa 2-inch}| The Putnam Nail Company, of Boston, announces a mailer steps in and claims so much money or will spoil the streak of solid ore and a crevice about 3 feet wide in | quarterly dividend of 3 per cent. sale. If the miner obj cts, a suit is brought and left to slumber. Our prospecting miners, as a rule, are poor the A level. The Tribune of to-day says: The Big Pittsburg Consolidated Silver Mining Com- men, and dread a lawsuit, as does a cavitalist when so This company has begun to lease its property. No -_ pany gives notice that it is prepared to redeem at par many chances of purchase offer. If there happen to be no former abandoned locations, these scoundrels do not hesi- Scand eh the Saeed ae that the ioine will | 20 per cent of its outstanding bonds, and all its small tate to make one right over the works of the miner and pay es under this system, which it never did | and fractional bonds, on May 2d. proceed to settle. This business pays them, too. In most while worked - directly by the company. The San Francisco Bulletin of April 9th says : cases, the miner will pay liberally rather than be kept | oe sate nal z . 2 he from his sale or defend a suit. Glass-Pendery.—The superintendent telegraphs : The delinquent assessment rollin this city for the first The Real Estate Record of April 16th says: The Shipping all ore the bad condition of the roads will four months of the year compares as follows: permit. Mines. Amount. New York Mining Board has grown into a very im- Gold Stripe and Rising Sun.—Thesuperintendent of | FAW cc By RRS portant institution. The dealings increase in magni- tae Gold Stripe writes that he has struck the ledge by | March...... --....222-220eeeee 2 eee = 417,400 tude daily. The newer members are all men of means, the lower tunnel in the Goodwin chute of ore. He re- | APT e+) seserecree setter ee tee eter rees i 1,088,450 and, should any of the numerous mining regions de- gards this as satisfactory, as it insures a large reserve WIS, osc ccoorguceerdne soesensecnees 127 = $3,152,750 velop meritorious properties, our mining board would of first-class ore in this portion of the mine. He also | Im 1880...... -. 6... .05 ce ee eee eee ees 169 4.778.000 assume proportions that would recall the San Fran- ar . DRED. dca nabs sal eobeosssss scene ese yecae 158 4,711,400 reports that the new mills and the boarding-house at | fn 1878.11) .111 1110 loo... sss. eee ee 145 4.398.200 cisco Stock Board in its palmiest days. As we have the Rising Sun mine are rapidly pushedahead. said before, there are really very few fraudulent The amount this year is from $1.200,0C0 to $1.500,000 less Grand Central.—A dispatch dated Tucson, Ariz., than in former years. More would have been called for if stocks dealt in nowadays. Not one in twenty may the prospect of col]'ection had been more favorable. In April 18th, says : become dividend-paying, for mining is a very doubt- some of the undeveloped claims, it is asserted that there A new three-compartment shaft has been started at the was not enough collected to pay for the costs of advertising. ful business ; but all of them have real ore, and some Grand Central mine. A drift has been started from the In other cases. considerable stock has been forfeited to the of them are sure to develop into paying mines. 400 foot station to the top of the back ledge, about 200 feet respective companies issuing it. to the west. which is advancing at the rate of five feet A special meeting of the Penobscot & Snowdrift erday. There is still a large amount of ore on the dump The Eureka Consolidated Mining Company, has de- Consolidated Mining Company, of Montana, will be from development, and from sixty to seventy-five tons clared a dividend of 50c. per share. It is stated a day are hoisted without stoping. held at 70 Broadway, at noon on May 34d, to consider that this company will havea surplus of $320,000 Little Chief.—The superintendent telegraphs : the expediency of abandoning all work at the mine after paying this dividend. Shipments 26 tons. Owing to bad road, ore has accu- SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCK QUOTATIONS, and selling the machinery, supplies, and personal prop- mulated on the dump, where we now have 60 tons. Our erty of the company, and dividing the available assets, output for the week is in excess of the average for the Daily Range of Prices for the Week. past GOdays. Have made no new strikes, but the stringers, or continuing developments until all of the available which we are following through the iron southwest of | CLOSING QUOTATIONS, Open- resources are exhausted. Proxies are solicited for Daly shaft, have improved. NaME -————— a | SR. Old Dominion.—The superintendent telegraphs oF Company April April ‘April April | April April April Gecrge F. Peabody, Secretary. 15. 16. 18. 19. 20. 21. A dispatch from Pitkin, Colo., savs: At the depth from Globe, Arizona, April 14th : One vein 20 feet wide, all high grade, average 40 per of seventy feet, fourteen feet of sand carbonates was cent ; improving daily. 4%; ‘ 4% Be 456 355, 4lg, 534 3igG 476 8... 434...... struck on Tuesday in the New York mines, situated Silver Cliff.—A telegram received yesterday says : Argenta. ..e about three quarters of a mile from here. The ore Am milling over 100 tons rock to-day ; am getting plenty | Bechtel... . 9-16 "21-32! 11-167 34 ie : 34 are assays 107 ounces to the ton. The strike caused great of water ; have shipped to-day two bars, 216 pounds, bul- | Belcher.... 24, = 234 3 2H 2% 23% lion. Mine looking well everywhere ; every thing running | Belle Isle ..'.... 2. «2.22. e200 0: cece Jeces os cece ce cece excitement. Miners were out during the night with splendidly. Best & Bel. 115g 1134 12 | 13h; 1236 12%...... lanterns staking claims. Stormont.—The superintendent, under date of the a | G4 Oe 3% As seen o Sosatos The business in mining stocks at the New York 20th inst., reports that work has been resumed in the Bulwér. .... 3 3% 334 3M 3% 19 ee stock exchanges amounted, for the five days previous mine, and that he will be able to steam upina few —-- ae 3g 16 14 ase * see ee to Good-Friday, to the large sum of over $1,800,000, days. He thinks that there will b2 no trouble in re-|Gon.Imp...... --.. . eek ee eee ee : OFFICIAL LETTERS. suming dividends. — vig) Dig) akg RT Beg BRT Allied.—The superintendent reports, under date of Standard.—The report of the Standard Consolidated | Grown Pint 23, 24% 3% 2% vin aba Mining Company for the year ending February Ist, eer es | oe ne + Avril 10th, that the Hidden Treasure cross-cut was os ree » ° 4 “. v ™% ps ett ors extended 29 feet during the previous month ; Norma, 1881, shows : Goodshaw..| .....|...... |.. ... 0c. 34 FA os00 0. Cash en hand, February Ist, 1880...... $133,206.53 |Gould &Cur 774 734 BM BBG TBR THR. No. 1 level, 54 feet, showing ore-body 30 inches wide ; Bullion received (net), during the year end- Grand Prize ky TAG 13-82 13-32 19-32 19-32... Norma, No. 2 level, 50 feet ; Yellow Rose, No. 1 level, ing February Ist, 1881...... 1,952.843.55 | Hale& Nor. 64 5% 6% 73% 6 YG 060.0. 53 feet, vein widening ; Yellow Rose, No. 2 level, 40 Drafts outstanding and unpaid February Ist, mal White. na eas aire hone a. . 3, : Bene eCLal e caaweSehebucreehe sah trax none 8,519.73 | Mexican.... 56 4 234 eee feet, assays averaging 130 ounces to the ton ; Yellow STL RIE, cosnaancanss avunseseuxenansec 603.50 a: settee 1% ia 7¢ = 21 ; eames acacia SD sws5 oat ae) eee ed EE baw ws Rose winze, 25 feet, vein widening : Emily, 41 feet. uaa IN Gwe ceive costes cucamatescces $2,695,173.31 _—— Belle 1% vee oe 193, 18 17% 17% ..... Average assays of ore areas follows: Norma, No. 2 i oonday... 34 134 1% «602% 214 eR 6ss05 : ; _ DISBURSEMENTS, Ophir ...... 7% TH Sle 98% Sig TH ..... level, 150 ounces per ton ; Yellow Rose, No. 1 level, Total payment 1 by superinten- e aks fas ig 1% 1% a 1 i 188 , 119.0701: dent for mine and Standard Overman 134 15 1 Ob »iZ 1 102 ounces ; Emily, 50 ounces. mill, which agrees with drafts none | oaeel a | ake ae aie mee Big Pittsburg.—The superintendent telegraphs un- drawn and coin forwarded.... $656,345.59 Savaze... . a7) as 4g aie ." 390 SRS Bulwer Standard = a 4, of Sousplan 7B a AB vvse es der date of the 17th inst.: $177,016.64 (3177, 77. 4, ess > ase oe "aes ae oe Phe Ae cates 06ee se Shipped 41 tons. No settlements during the week. Lent tes eer esiciee 88,508.34 Sierra Nov. 1536 1456 485 144) U3ig 1346 -..- shaft going down at rate of 3feet per day. Estimated ag- Paid at San Francisco : So. Bulwer...... |... << ie 4 ee is 13-32 ae gregate value of output to date $49.000. Will send you Dividends Nos. 12 to 24, in- BR a isace lookntes tx cies Mossajan Wacclastacentes onee ss $35,000 on April 20th, and at least $10,000 additional when NOE Sees oe nonchases cause cc-s 950,000.00 Tip Top.... Re Vecantele caer 4 4 : final settlement for this month is made. Ore crushing to Bulwer Consoli- I a Do ae eos oc: wikinve os | Cheyenne.—Advices from this mine under date of dated Mining Company...... 102,707.00 Union Con 11% 113% 12% 12% 11441016 212)" Bulwer Standard mill ; our half Wales Con. 1% 1% 13g BET spine later Awee se April 17th say : Oe RE REID i
opinion, improves the character of the security, I advise BULLION PRODUCTION FOR 1881. followirg statement showing the amount of gold and silver all subscribers and scrip-holders to retain their right to the We give below a statement showing the latest bullion bullion deposited in the Helena assay office during the bonds in the new form, a copy of which will shortly be for- shipments. These are officially obtained from the com- first quarters of 1880 and 18S1, and also during the month warded to each all. ttee. panies, where that is possible ; and where official state- of March in thase years respectively: The new form refer.ed to is understood to be substan- ments @an not_ be procured, we take the latest shipments 1880. 1881. tially that submitted to the court yesterday by the counsel published in those papers nearest to the mines reported. 1st Quarter. 1st Quarter. for the receivers of the read, and Is as follows : ‘The table gives the amount shipped for the week up to the Gold Lave aeeReeveKhenenks deseaseense $31,268.10 $71,180.80 Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company—deferred date given, as well as the aggregate shipments to such MMU ca cuc- Sasssqncoseusvasshusrs 12,749.45 18,638.01 income bonds—tota: issue, $34,300,000. date, from the first of January, 1881. This iste certify that —— of entitled to —— dollars The shipments of silver bullion are valued at $1.29°-29 oh i odd $44,017.55 $89,818.81 of the deterred income bonds of the Philadelphia & Read- per ounce, Troy ; gold at the standard $20.67 per ounce, ing Railroad Company, transferable only upon the books Troy. The actual value of the silver in the following An increase over 1880, in the first quarter, of $45,801.26, of said company, in person or by attorney, duly authorized table is therefore subject to a discount, depending on the March, 1880. March, 1881. according to the rules established for that purpose, and on market price of silver. The price of silver being now Re cub nekenssGaiwansched $15,015.73 $19,733.12 surrender of this certificate. about $1.12 per ounce, the following figures, where they DENN. cnauvswesky: eeewiendies 8.445.34 10,395.11 The certificate is one of an issue of $24,000,000, the prin- relate to silver bullion, should be diminished by about 13% cipal of all of which issue is not demandable or payable, per cent to arrive at actual value : e CUE ccskcescnsennon $23,461.07 $30,128.23 but is redeemable at par atthe option of the company An increase over 1880 of $6667.16. after the year 1921, and they are entitled to interest up to 6 per cent out of the net profits of the company applicable © | Ee UTAH. to dividends upon the common stock of the company, and | w = ° i De Park City Smelter.—Bullion shipment from the Park only after a dividend of 6 per cent in each year shall MINEs. $ ea = eS City smelter for the week ending April 8th, 442 bars, have been paid on the common shares of the said com- ij s 2 S & ke ex weighing 44.184 pounds. pany, and thereafter the right of this issue of deferred ; BR oF: oa GS 2 Rebellion.—The ore-shipments from this mine continue yonds to further interest shall rank pari passu with the & = ~ at from 25 to 50 tons daily. declaration of further dividend upon the common shares —-—-——__ — -— |—_-—_ — Salt Lake City.—The Salt Lake Tribune of April 13th of the said company. CS See) ee eee $8,000 $294,450 says : Reports from all the leading mining districts in the Witness, etc. oe & Walker, s.... ah. Messina seeuleceasans 81,155 territory are very encouraging, and the output of ore and Gas Stocks. CLMONE...... -:0.00-050-+ +. | MORE ..]..00000000].-000055 | 15,270 bullion this year will be greatly increased. ex Z = S ce eer $6,000) 19,17 15,509 New York, Friday Evening, April 22. Bodie Dis. Banks, etc.| “* reer . = er Mo 138 MISCELLANEOUS. These stocks are dull, but a little stronger. The | Bos. £ Colo. S. W "KS. |Colo....|.....002. vefe..0000- 665,000 Bullion Receipts from the Mines to New York.—The ss “ . : er California, @. s...... Re eeN cree i ie 29,940 63,776 New York Gas-Light Company has declared a dividend | Caribou, G...... RUNS cclecocuk en le ....| 43,617 bullion received from the mines at the varicus offices in of 4 percent. Auction sales are reported of 25 shares a wetter eee ees a --| 5,546) 30,230) 146,586 this city during the week ending with yesterday, as com- ae es “a i : : ackos snes » hee Weed: ban sueaeelcieewes | 2 of Municipal at $151, 22 shares of New York at $961¢ Renee : Bee A ae Utah. a 5,750} 5,750 94°138 piled from various sources, amounts to $193,346.23, as and 70 shares Brooklyn, ex dividend, $109!4. A dis- | Contention ...... Ariz....| 31,400/101,270) 728,548 against $407,255.31, reported in our last. ae = Con, Vareinia...... Nev....| heh aces 29,000) 114,000 The Monetary Conference.—BEruin, April 16.—The patch from London, dated the 16th inst., says: Crismon-Mammoth.. Utah...! 3,800] 5.125 German deiegates to the Monetary Conference have started Referring to the stock market, the Economist says that j *Custer. G.S...... RARINO 50155 5 ons <0] evn on for Paris They will presenta memorial tothe conference, the gas people are encouraged by the opportunity for |*Deadwood-Terra, G..)Vak....|....0 . ..J...... giving a complete review of the German monetary luws unfavorable criticism offered by the pending electric light | Derbic...... | ORE ono daesissneeeclarsiesss and coinage system. Prince Bismarck has submitted a experinent. Dexter Mill eis be cone EEE nT Aw) eons Pile nies sew motion to the Federal Council stating that, as the popula- WASHINGTON, April 18.—The appeal taken by Mr. | Elkborn Nill ...... PORE ss. lssnevnsscalewns ss ; tion has increased nearly 2,500,000, the coinage of silver Thomas A. Edison, in the interference case of Maxim | Eureka Con.,G.s, L.../Nev....| 34,500/102,760) 480,083 be increased 15,000,000 marks [about $3,750,000], and against Edison, has been decided by the Board of Examin- | Exchange Silver...... | ** 44,400 that 339,000 pounds of silver bars in the treasury be de- ers in Chief of the Patent Office in favor of the United | Ferry Bullion...... 7,210 voted tov that purpose. States Electric Lighting Company, owners of the Maxim | Fresno Enterprise... .|C: 9,600 Paris, April 16.—The International Monetary Confer- patents. This case was decided last February by the ex- | Frisco M. and 8. Co..|Utah...| 6,570, 13,375 69,073 ence was opened here at two o'clock this afternoon by M. aminer of interferences, who awarded priority of inven- | Germanix...... i | oan ne eiee | 7,400) 79,819 Barthélemy St. Hilaire, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who tion to Maxim, and the Board of Examiners in Chief now | Grand Central Mill....|Ariz. .| 12,140, 26,186 86,837 welcomed the foreign delegates, and said the object of the affirm that decision. Asa final resort, the case may yet] rand Prize,s...... |Nev....).... 2...) 6,960 73,339 conference was to endeavor to establish a normal monetary be taken on appeal before the Commissioner of Patents. Hele.® Noneroea,@.6.) “* = |...... |..0..05. 33,090 standard instead of the shattered equilibrium of the past, —_————_——_——_——_ “om may A a JATiz.. .|...... -- er 9,825 and to consider the b st means for preventing a recur- ermosa Mill...... ie i penises ere keewune 237.000 rence of the disastrous crisis. BULLION MARKET. +Homestake, sseess HDR cl ownvwces sel oc ....| 265,281 On motion of Mr. Evarts, delegate from the United Be ef . : orn-Silver, 8. L...... | Utah...) 15,000, 44,000 277,572 States, M. Magnin, French Minister of Finances, was New YorK, Friday Evening, April 22. DOD) .ccann). overseers | ata 51,000 elected President of the Conference. The slight = advance = in : sterling : . exchange i and a Independence, eee Queen. s...... | 57-684 14,000 M. Magnin, in his opening address, reviewed the different phases of the question. and shcwed the inconveniences firmer tone to the market have advanced our figures | Iron Silver...... 264,331 which the system established in 1867, of a gold standard, for silver a little since last week’s report, but the mar- Ss Rereeeene heey ; vie with silver as a transitory companion, had brought about ‘ : JOXINRtTON..... 220 soee ‘, in Germany. He dwelt on the recommendation in favor of ket is without special features. Little Chief, s. L...... 63,314 bi-metalism by the committee of the United States Con- DAILY RANGE OF SILVER IN LONDON AND NEW YORK, PER OZ. lea ee ae ¢ et gress in 1876. He explained the causes of the non-success of the Monetary Conference in 1878. As regarded the ob- |London| N. Y. London ee, PR cn o5ssbaus eee | 24.179 jects of the present conference, it was indispensable, in DaTE. ia ——j}| Date. |——— | ——_—— ] Morning Star...... | 15,200 order that silver regain its former value, that it should Pence.| Cents. Pence. Cents. | Mount Potosi...... 9,830 again be freely coined side by side with gold. He said — — ——|-——--— | ____—__ —— | __—___ ] Navajo...... 68 481 he hoped the deliberations would show that interna- April 16 ../52 1-16 }1128g | April 20/52% 11244 | Nevada Silver Ore.... 11,875 tional bi-metalism was the only system capable of | April 18...|/Holiday|112% /April 21/5214 112% | Noonday...... Cal....| 18,040, 18,040 108,23: restoring a monetary regularity in all paristof the world. April 19...|52% {112% «| April 22|521¢ 11256 | Northern Belle,s.... |Nev....|...... | 59,050 367.937 It was not a question of discussing a treaty by which some cc scnweensen es SUNN ccuEb odie inh hha 8,684 would gain and others lose. It was simply a question of ene. *Ontario, 8...... -.... Utah...| 55,081/104,873 681,511 forming in good faith, and with a knowledge of the sub- ject, decisions equally favorable to all parties. He men- ae Central Mill.—This mill crushes 90 tons of ore ee eens eeeenens | Te een se tioned the fact that 15 States were represented at the con- daily. i ebellion Ore...... Fee Dr eRe i Wate 3:7 ference. They are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Old Dominion Copper Mining Company.—A dispatch, ca, euewaee Nev....| 44,246] 58,903 4508,504 Spain, the United States, France, England, Greece, Italy, dated Globe, Arizona, April 17th, says: Ore-body 20] Robinson Con...... Cal | . ; ; 107.069 Holland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland. feet wide, improving daily ; taking out ore enough to] sierra Nevada, G.8... Nev....|...... 50,600 67,375 Lonpon, April 20.—A correspondent at Berlin says the supply two 30-ton smelters; assay average, 40 per cent | Silver Bow...... MMS fon coe lowtoern cnn 51,342 government will submit to the Monetary Conference a copper. Silver King,s...... /Ariz...| 17,500. 58,100 182,398 memorandum upon the history of the gold and silver COLORADO. NED i Nes ap hines Go BS Boe ol cred ioe = 5,000 standard question in Germany. The Leadville Circular of April 16th gives the following | Standard, s...... EME sss 67,170 145,702 705,302 The Gold Flood. —$2,991,300 ia foreign bullion has arrived table of the approximate daily output of the leading mines ] Star...... OW... 6155 0sc0ene. 7,800 39,013 at this port, in addition to that announced in our issue of of the camp before the roads became impassable : ie er is cue ix wukh ates cecacadel rinbawae 77,249 the i6th inst. ‘i Mines. s. | Mine Synd Ee 7 eee 6,000 32,987 The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an ieee Boys. = <:.:... He /OaeemeneRM,...... Pons, | Tintic M. and M. Go." Utah... "28d ast Gass increase of gold to the amount of “2,075,000 francs, and an PENSE 5 cn tre ccuwinie ah | RRCMTOES ... os ooscccsecns 50 | Zip Top... -.---.-.... ANIZ 00. eee ee eee epee nee 147,900 increase of silver to the amount of 4,850,000 francs, making EAUED BUVET. ..6025 0.050 12 | Evening Star...... OOO | cto nvneee 20,100; 385,127 a total increase of 6,925,000. Colorado Prince...... PEER ccna exw nn: esau 15 | Union Con., G. 8...... NV. 00. cess eeeeee cree 43,100 The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany Little Pittsburg...... 0 Robert E. Lee...... 40 | Wood Fiver...... Idaho..|...... sonee ees 6,450 shows a decrease of 2,160,000 marks. a ae bssera tees coe | LOE WIND, cisiccce ove 100 } - iia ae m The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on BUEnO TORRE. . svcescncews © | Lattice Giant...... 00. 0 GG i. Silver > * “ia balance on the 19th inst. was £245,000. Iron Mine...... 200 | Crescent .....-.. --...- Se ee eee Sanne, Lonpon, April 20.—Gold to the amountof £30,000 was Silver Cord...... 10) Highland Chief...... : SE RE GARI ip CE ED PSP purchased in open ma ket yesterday for shipment to New SMD OS sci soils 5h is aioe cee eee oa 3 the past week, because.the tunnel was being widened for York. eile. 20 | Matchiess...... 15 another track. At the smelter of the mine, the roasting The Commercial Bulletin says : ee fo re jt: ...... 5 | capacity has been enlarged, and the smelting capacity The importations of specie and bullion at this port. dur- Di tne...... Stik: 0 | Seon will be. From March 20th to April 8th, there have been ing the week ending April 15th were $5,679,777, consisting Glass-Pendery.....-.-.. 0| Big Pittsburg... 1... 8 sbipped 176 tons of bullion worth from 300 to 500 ounces of $5,613,469 in gold and $66,308 in silver. The importa- Morning Star...... tee oe 6 of silver per ton, the total value being worth, it is stated, tions since the first of January and since the lst of August COMIIER. 3 oceesc. sasce 0 (thers, say altogether... 30 not less than $80,000. . compare as follows with the movement during the corres- Argentine. Cee SG UMem ee 30 Roberi E. Lee.—A recent report states that this company ponding periods last year : V8, ...... Sl MMM... 00..c occ 5, | received $18,000 for 95 tons of second-class ore ; 25 to 30 Half-Way House...... 20 *__“ ] tons of this grade are produced daily. . —Since January Ist.~ -—Since August Ist. acted oo. 10 | Bibel hone... - 793 | Silver Cliff.—A dispatch dated April 20th says: Bullion 1880. 1881. 1880-81. 1879-80. product, two days’ run, Silver Cliff mill, 462 pounds. Gold.. ... $23,102,088 $1,196,299 $91,381,056 $76,224.271 Etna.—This mine recently shipped three lots of ore, Silver ... 1,932,192 1,663,435 3,503,563 4,640,949 returning respectively 269, 172, and 218 ounces of silver to DAKOTA, the ton. Atouat 25 tons of ore are daily produced. Caledonia,—The superintendent reports that for the Total... $24,134,280 $2,859,734 $94,884,599 $80,865,220 week ending April LOth 1260 tons of ore were shipped to Boston & Colorado Smelting Company.—This company the mills. The bullion produced during the week amounted Wasurnaton, April 21.—The Treasury Department to-day produced and shipped bullion worth $665,000 in th» first yurchased 71,000 ounces of fine silver for delivery at the three months of 1881, including $438,090 of silver, $118,- to $15,318. 000 of gold, and $109,000 copper. . MICHIGAN. ew Orleans and San Francisco mints. The coinage at the San Francisco Mint for the month of Custer County.—The following from the Silver Cliff Lake Superior Copper Mines.—The production of some Lake Superior copper mines in March, in tons, was as fol- March amou ted to $2,630,000, of which $2,53v,000 was in Gazette approximates the daily output of the following gold and $1,100,000 in standard dollars. mines for the week ending the 15th inst. : lows: SILVER CLIFF MINES. ROSITA MINES. Jan Pounds. Tons of REE BNE! 5. costes icmcccuaecsucivedeweawaan Dae Teicens METALS. 7 ore. OO Be on 5 kos Svan ekesienbnbncensbeacesces 5 345 3ull-Domingo sees +++, Bassick...... 0...... Des mlamet © MCCUE .. 20.5.0 .cse0esssnesens 1 639 wo New York, Friday Evening, April 22. MAMIKMBIG -... 265 oes oe Be ae DUMB cc. case acohinueovancincscceswes 130 eo Silver Cliff.... 120 Twenty-Siz...... RL SS ae SN AS ac Se a 20 ee The same dull and featureless condition which ne eNO: Canes & xn2eunee ss wavs bkas enous _— Pesnee has characterized the metal market for some time past REM rs sorebe verses 120 WORE. aniseiss s'oneor ee BEEN isis bine wo nian 5 sks sSanahahe ns anen exis 140 seeeee continues, if it does not increase, and monotony per- Dunkin.—The superintendent telegrapbs, under date of | >“ Sane a7 Peemenenstinh oaconnpeb axes. 94077 ere April 19th, shipments to date, 660 tons, MONTANA. vades all branches of the trade. The opening of navi- Leadville G. and S. Mill Co.—This company recently Butte.—The shipments of silver bullion through the ex- gation may apparently, and for a time, possibly may shipped silver bar No, 178, weighing 1014 ounces, 988 fine, ress office at Butte, for the week ending Saturday, April improve matters, but a material reduction in stocks is and worth $1123.04. th, footed up 2516 pounds, valued at $40,316. tobinson Consolidated,No ore has been shipped for Helena Assay opt ce.—The Helena papers publish the what must be looked for before much brisknexs APRIL 23, 1881.] THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. 295
t and speculation will enter into metals. We constantly Messrs. Robert Crooks & Co., of Liverpool, under | the fact that iron-masters’ returns show an increase of hear of a large and legitimate consumptive demand stocks for the last month of only 5039 tons, with the date of April 7th, say of tin and terne plates : number of furnaces in blast unchanged. Late in the week, going on, but the means of production seem to be fully In sone grades, notably Charcoal Terne, all the cheaper trade has been very dull in MiddJesbrough numbers, and equal to it, and any stimulant in the way of improved sellers are well sold and hold | rmly for an advance. This as we write, all dt scriptions are weak. Glasgow market buyers hive so far been unwilling to pay; but from indica- has also pursued a downward course, interspersed with prices would only be temporary, and would soon make tions of Jots still wanted, as well as from some purchases slight fluctuations toward firmness. Derbyshire iron is m atters worse. at the higher rates, it would appear asif before long buyers unchanged; the quantities on offer, however, are very limited. The Lancashire pig-iron trade is almost stagnant, a = would have to come in freely. Stocks in Liverpool show a q Copper is flat and dull, with sellers of Spot Lake at 4 further but not large decrease, and are still much in and has slept through the somewhat improved trade of f 19c., and futures unquotable; Baltimore for spot stuff, excess of average. last week. Hematite hasa somewhat improved inquiry, 7 but buyers are not disposed to give makers’ terms. 18 '!4@18%c. There bave been sales aggregating some Pig-Lead is dull and inactive, and without Fase Rails.—Sales of about 2500 tons of foreign steel 5 00,000 lbs., four fifths of which was Baltimore. feature. We quote Common Newark lower at 4°70 rails in lots are reported to have been made during There are rumors of sales of Lake for shipment to @4°75c. The shipments over the St. Louis & San ae the week. We quote these at $62@862!s. Sales of Eur ope, the quantity being variously estimated at Francisco Railroad for the week ending April 14th about 3000 tons of American steel rails are reported. from 6,000,000 Ibs. to 10,000,000 lbs. Some of these were 132 tons. These are quoted at $62@8621¢ ia the East, and $64@ rumors come from England ; but as is usual with any Spelter and Zinc are both dull, with prices $65 in the West for reasonable delivery. Iron rails thing connected with copper shipments or statis- nominal and unaltered. We quote the former at 5@ are very quiet. English are quoted at 46@$48 here, tics on this side, it is more or less unreli- 5\4c., the latter at 7c. American at mills at $47@$49. There is said to be a ble, until -accomplished. Certain it is, how- Antimony is dull, with prices slightly off our geod demand for rails for next year. ever, that from 350 to 400 tons have already been last week’s quotations. We quote Cookson’s 14144@ shipped. As copper shipped from here to Europe 14%{c.; Hallett’s and Johnson’s, 143%@14}/c. Old Rails.—Sales of 3000 tons of D. Hs. at $27 with present prices ruling there, can only be for the pur- from store ; 1000 to 1500 tons of Ts. at $26!/@$27 are reported. We quote Ts. at $26!/@$27, and D. Hs aplasia pose of relieving the market and maintaining prices, IRON MARKET REVIEW. we fail to see how, as some contend, the stocks here at $27@$2714. are not above our requirements. By reference to New York, Friday Evening, April 22. Wrought Scrap is very quiet. No. 1 from yard our Boston report of the copper companies’ stocks The demand in all departments still continues to be is quoted at $30. for last week and this, it will be seen that the market very dull,and as a consequence, prices are weakening. there is dull and inactive, with lower prices ruling. The necessities of makers are notsuch yet as to com- We publish the following letters from our regular tle: se ee Chili Bars by cable are quoted in London at £60 10s. pel them to force sales, or a very demoralized state of correspondents : Oar English advices by mail include April 8th. affairs would exist. Many consumers are taking a Columbus, 0. April 19. April 4th. A good trade on 2d inst., and this day, very liberal amount of material on old contracts, [Specially reported by Kixc, GILBerT & WARNER. | with easier tone atclose. G. 0. bs. changed hands from while others are pursuing a hand-to-mouth policy in The pig-iron market the past week has been very quiet. their purchases. While there is no quotable change in prices, they are £6034 to £61 cash. scarcely as firin as last reported. April 5th. Market steady, but without animation. The backwardness of the season is the great draw- Louisville. April 20. Bars reported at £60°4 cash ; £6114 to £61%% for- back to the iron trade. It not only prevents a large [Specially reported by Georce H Hvtu & Co.] ward deliveries. consumption of iron, but throws a great clement of uncertainty over the future requirements of the mar- The market is very dull, with few or small sales. But for April 6th. Buyers did uot seem inclined to operate the large amount sold by furnaces for future delivery, we freely unless at a reduction. A small trade was done ket. The farmers, owing to their inability to should expect a slight decline, but this has not been the do their spring planting, and from the loss or ease on standard brands. Inferior brands, however, show in Chili Bars at £60!;@£60%{ cash. Considering adecline of 50c. to $1 perton on prices current in Feb- the extent of the business which has lately taken fear of loss of previous plantings, are pur” ruary and March. place, and the recent improvement in statistics, the chasing as few plows, agricultural materials, We quote for cash as below: present decline is somewhat remarkable. ete., as possible. A large number of new rail- FOUNDRY IRONS. April 7th. The tone was a little firmer, though sales roads have been unable in many instances to get No. 1. | No. 2. were restricted. Chili Bars sold at £601¢ cash; £6114 their material to lay, and when they did, have been unable to lay it, and the established roads have in Hanging Rock Charcoal... $27.00@$28.00/$25.00@$27.C0 three months, the market closing rather buyers than Southern Charcoal...... 23.00@- 24.00) * @ 23.00 sellers at those rates. many instances been unable to make necessary re- H’n g Rock, Ste’l & Coke..| 23.50@ 24.00 @ 23 00 Southern Stonecoal & Coke} 23.50@ 24.00] 23.00 April 8th. There is again a slight improvement to pairs. These delays in demand and consumption, al- note in the demand for Chili Bars, with a fair trade though very injurious to the ircn market, must result ** Amer. Scotch "$224 @$23% | Silver Gray.$20.50@$22.50 Seotcb tron...... 24.00G@ 2d | done from £60!;@£60%4, cash, £61! being paid for in a very large demand later on, and consequently an sundry forward deliveries. Values at the close were improvement in prices. Although our production is MILL IRONS. steady, g. o. bs. £602@£60% full terms, and buyers immense and greater than ever before in the history No. 1 Charcoal, cold-short and neutral...... @ ...... No. 1 Ste’l & Coke, cold-short and neutral..321.50@$22.00 at the lowest. of this country, it is still below the probable rate of No. 2 Ste’l & Coke, cold-short and neutral... 21.00@ 21.50 Wallaroo is quoted at £70; Burra Cake, £67; consumption, aud a firmness will probably be ob- No. 1 Missouri and Indiana, red-short...... 26.00@ 27.00 White & Motilled, cold-short and rneutral.... 17.00@ 19.00 nothing doing ; English, steady ; Tough Cake, £641 served before the end of the summer. American Pig.—Without learning of any busi- CAR-WHEEL AND MALLEABLE IRONS. @£65 ; Select Ingot, £66';@£68 ; India Sheets, £70 Hanging Rock, cold blast...... ++.835.00@$41.00 @£71 ; Yellow Meta) Sheets, 53¢@5Ke. per Ib. ness worthy of note, Allentown and Crane No. 1 Alabama and Georgia, cold blast ...... 35.00@ 40.00 Tin.—There is nothing doing in large lines, buta fair Foundry iron is reported as being hawked about the RcttiOR SCONE WHRRE. 5 5. 6en ca cicccscecevecs 35.00@ 40.00 jobbing business exists. We quote 20!¢@20c. for all market from second hands, without finding ready pur- Richmond. ~ April 18, brands except L. and F., which we quote at 197,@20c. chasers at $24 per ton. This fact alone indicates [Specially reported by Asa SNYDER.] By cable to-day, Loudon quotes £86 10s. for spot both the lack of demand and weakness of prices. So far, deliveries here of pig-iron by rail and water from This weakness is not general, however, among the furnaces have been immediately absorbed by foundries stuff ; Singapore, $2714, with exchange at 3s, 101¢d., and mills. Quotations are still unchanged. equal to 201¢c. laid down here. makers. We quote No. 1 Foundry at 324@#25 ; No. 2 St. Louis, April 16. Our English advices by mail include April 8th. Foundry, $22 ; and Forge, $20@$21. April 4th. The sales since Ist inst. aggregate some Scotch Pig.—This like American is very quiet. [Specially reported by Horrer, Ptums & Co.] 200 tons, mostly for cash, at from 88%{s. down to 88s. The arrivals for the week have been small and mostly Our market remains in the quiescent state it has been in for the last month. There is no quotable change in prices; for immediate payment, rallying to S8,@SS8\/s. and absorbed. We quote Egiinton at 321 ; Coltness, $2414 ; but to induce sales of round lots, concessions from the rather buyers. Glengarnock, $22!4@$23 ; Gartsherrie, $23 ; and Sum- quotations would probably have to be made on ordinary eoke irons. But all specialty metals, including high-grade April 5th. Rather quiet, with moderate business merlee, $23@$23' 5. charcoal foundry irons, remain strong and unyielding. for cash at 88@S8814s., one month at 88%s., and three Messrs. John E. Swan & Brothers, of Glasgow, months at 89@S8914s. under date of April 8th, report 121 furnaces in John H. Austin & Co.'s Special Market blast, as against 114 at the same time last year. April 6th. Slight upward tendency, transactions Beport,. moderate ; cash parcels realizing frora S8@8S8%s. The quantity of iron in Connal & Co.’s stores was Closing values for cash 8814@88¥s.; forward, 893¢ 542,352 tons, an increase of 3371 tons for the week. The Lonpon, E. C., April 7. shipments show a decrease since Christmas of 84,658 Street Rasts.—£6 5s.@£6 10s. per ton for ordinary sec- G89%s. tions. 50 fs. per yard and upward. During the past week, April 7th. Not much business; a few cash parcels tons, as compared with the shipments to the same date a large business has been done on the above basis for sbip- in 1880. The imports of Middlesbrough pig-iron for the ments over the ensuing four months. Makers are now changed hands at 88@8814s._ Sellers are scarce, and very nearly filled up for such delivery. There are large no important trade could be done except at advance same period show an increase of 11,054 tons. The fol- inquiries existing and still to come forward. and it remains lowing were the quotations of the leading brands to be seen how they will affect the near future. on quotations. Iron Ratts.—£5 5s.@ £5 7s. 6d. per ton; very little doing, April 8th. Steady though quiet, and prices without of No. 1 pig iron: Gartsherrie, 58s. ; Coltness, 58s. 6.1. ; | and prices rather in favor of buyers. Langloan, 58s. 6d.; Summerlee, 57s. 64.; Carnbroe, BaR Iron.—£5 2s. 6d.@L5 Ss. per ton; very dull mar- material change. About 60 tous cash metal sold from | ket. 88s. up to 88%¢s., according to payment, and a little 54s. ; Glengarnock, 55s. ; Eglinton, 49s. Middlesbrough | ‘ Op Ratis.—Buyers offer 75s. pert on for Flanges, and pig-iron was quoted as follows, f. 0. b.: No. 1 Foun- 77s. 64.@80s. for O. D. Hs., c.i. f. U. S. ports; but sellers 3 months at 8914s. Buyers remained at 88s. sharp do not come forward. cash, sellers asking 88 {@881/s. same terms. dry, 43s.; No. 2, 41s.; No. 3, 39s.; No. 4, 38s. 6d.; Heavy WrovGHr Scrap-Iron.--Very dull at 65s.@67s. No. 4 Forge, 38s. 6d. per ton, f. o. b., weight aud quality approved at time Tin Plates.—In these there is very little doing ;the of sbirment. market is quict and fairly firm. We quote per box as Messrs. J. Berger Spence & Co, of Manchester Oup Rattway LEAF SprinG STEEL.—Nominally £5 10s.@ £5 15s., per ton, but market bare of stock. follows: Charcoal tins, Melyn grade, 1¢ cross. $6144@ under date of April 2d, say : Oup Cast-Iron RaILway CHatrs.—t2@ 44s. per ton. $63¢ ; Allaway grade, $57,@$6. Charcoal Roofing, Evidently the anticipations of a continued advance, or at STEEL RaiL Crops.—72s. 6d.@ 75s. per ton, f. 0. b., rather Dean grade, $514 for 14 x 20, and $11},@$11}4 for 20 least a steadiness in the pig-iron markets, were rather buyers. premature, as has been shown by the week's business. The STEEL BuLooms, 7” X 7” AND UPWARD.--£5 1lis.@ £6 x 28; Allawaz grade, $53¢@$5!4 for 14 x 20, and tendency up to Monday last was certainly toward higher per ton. prices, and sales were more freely made,though principally BesseMER Pic-Iron, Nos. 1, 2, anD 3.—60@65s. per ton; $103(4@$10% for 20 x 28. Coke Roofing, B. V. grade, for April delivery, a very small proportion being for for- fiat market. $5 for 14 x 20, and $10 for 20 x 28. Coke tins, A. B. ward. A reaction. however, has set in, and values have | Scotcn Pic-Iron.—Fluciuating between 48@49s. per grade, IC, $53¢@85! ; B, V. grade, $5.05@85} ; been again unreliable, merchants accepting prices that ton, with a large specul itive turn over. would not be.entertained by makers. No. 3 Middlesbrough | Mipp.LessRovuGH Pic-IRon, No. J.—38s.@38s, Cd. per ton: IOW, $414 for 14 x 20, has fallen from 3s, to abvut 48s, 3d., and this in face of very steady, THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. [Apri 28, 1881.
COAL TRADE REVIEW. foriows, subject to the usual conditions of shipment and The decrease in shipments of Cumberland Coal over the sale : Cumberland Branch and Cumberland & Pennsylvania New York, Friday Evening, April 22. Per grcss ton 2240 Ibs. Per net ton. Railroad amounts to 25,669 tons, as compared with the 7 To Dealers on 2000 lbs. corresponding period in 1880. Anthracite. F, O. B. Ve:sel cars at Buffalo Retail The Production of Bituminous Coal for the and bridges. delivered. week ending April 16th was as follows : PLA ; : . ; | Lump There is an improvel although not an active” busi- | E Tons of 2000 ibs., unless otherwise designated, Grate $4.75 Week. Year. ness reported in most offices. This is so much the ee 4.75 Cumberland Region, Md. Tons. Tons. PIN Cnnxewd 5.00 case that is’ now understood that no action will be ee ee INI oven ncewas 2ss0ns sans 42,062 474,415 taken in relation to curtailing production next week. Chestnut 5.00 Barclay Region, Fa. = Pea Barclay RR., tons of 2240 lbs...... 9,549 139,097 Undercutting in prices still continues, but it is not se- Broad Top Region, Pa. aes Blossburg...... Huntingdon & Broad Top RR...... -. = 68,256 rious, and, as compared with the usual state of the San Francisco, ETO Sing coe expe saseccsceswe 1,407 18,946 market, prices may be said to be well maintained. The imports of coal by sea during the month of March Clearfield Region, Pa. E MIIED asd rantnkas’ soxspenyes 20s’ 2,436 21,708 Some sizes, with some of the companies, are sold were as follows : Tons. | Tons. Tyrone and Clearfield...... se: «: sess ee 580,804 ahead of the supplies, but this is not general, and it is Alleghany Region, Pa, 3 Domestic (Eastern)... 5.495 | Seotch ...... -... 5,701 eee very probable that some weakness in prices will be Ametratian ...... <.0. 4,612 | Carbon Hill...... 756 ERC UUNIIOI TEER...» ossesesesesceencs 6,395 78,343 iets Au eae SERGE | WANE: .6snnscne ens 28 Pittsbura Region Pa developed before our next. The fact that the Departure Bay ...... 10,795 | Mount Diablo (esti- Lt, rrr rr 94,444 companies are likely to work full time next British Columbia.... 714 MEMELD cabowswss nen 13,000 Southwest Penn. RR.. pane ee 10,053 Sa eee 9,773 nest l'eun & Westmoreland gas-coal, Pa. week will make many suspicious dealers and con- _ RE 10,533 Total..... hoeoas 62,55% MeSicbskeaks bso. aeeeacweens bese 241,610 SOPROIUR GEM.” 6 ons. vane -ossecens 10,932 171,178 sumers believe that a compromise has been made with The price of sy, for cargoes to be skipped or on pass- age have further declined, and may now be quoted at The Production ot Coke for the week ending some manager, or managers, who have views which, $6.3714@$6.75 for all kinds of Scotch, English, and Welsh, March 26th, and year from Jan. Ist : if adopted, would flood the market with coal and while Australian finds buyers at $6.50@ $6.75 for early ship- Tons of 2000 Ibs. Week. Year. bring a crash in prices. Up to the announcement of ments, while near by cargoes would command even better Penn. RR. (Alleghany Region)...... 1,943 28,046 rates. Imports during the week include the following : WES EEL TEs s0s nocscue's.s00e pistons 3.225 28,612 a coming increase in supplies, the public was slowly Fremont, from Tacoma, 505 tons Carbondale. From Coos Southwest Pome. BE...... 06 0 ccc cvce 25,755 416,057 but steadily gaining confidence in the stability of the Bay—Ida, 300 tons; Emma Utter, 350 tons; Hayes, 260 Penn. & Westmoreland Region, Pa. RR.. 5.151 59,686 tons; Arcata, 550 tons; Clara Light, 215 tons: Jennie NER, TEI ope gave ewee oon 13,039 140,279 combination ; what this action will bring about it is Stella, 390 tons; Laura May, 350 tons. From Victoria, Snow Shoe (Clearfield Region) ...... 120 2,326 yet too early to determine. The more conservative B. C .—Hylton Castle, 1564 tons Wellington ; Victoria, 675 tons Nanaimo. From Seattle—J. B. Bell, 1100 tons: Majes- I ish dees ls, sess 51,233 675,006 members of the trade think it would have been better tic, 1800 tons ; Rock Terrace, 500 tons English. Following to have continued the curtailment, and compelled are the nominal rates to the trade : Coos Bay, $6.50@ $7.50 P ton; Seattle, $7.50; Wellington, $10; Scotch Splint, FREICHTS. a buyers to purchase coal from those who could supply $9.50 ; West Hartley, $10; Carbon Hill, $10; Nanaimo, it ; for there is no question that there is enough coal $10; Cumberland bulk, $14: do. cks, $15; do. sks, $14: Coastwise Freights, eS Se Lehigh, $16; Egg, $12; Welsh Hartley, $9.50; Black being mined to meet all of the present requirements. Diamond, $6 75 ; do. screenings, $4.75. The British ship Per ton of 2240 lbs. In view of the low prices at which bituminous coal Berkshire, 120 days from Liverpool, brought 1966 tons. Representing the latest actual charters to April 22d, 1881. The Hera, from Coos Bay, brought 406 tons.—Commercial is being sold, the anthracite companies will probably Herald, Aprit 7. The imports of coal by sea during the month of March | find a large portion of the manufacturing trade being | were as follows : | absorbed by that interest. Tons. Tons | The production of anthracite coal last week was Domestic (Eastern)... 5,495!Scotch...... 5,701 eee 4,612\Carbon Hill...... 756 Ports. 498,448 tons, as compared with 610,023 tons for the CS) 2S ere 1,150| Various...... ee tes 28 | Elizabethport, corresponding week of 1880. The total production Departure Bay...... 10,795, Mt. Diablo (estimated). 13,000 British Columbia...... 714 -- | from January Ist to April 16th was 6,721,875 tons, REDD Gbi iis cceks wets: 9,773 Total ...... 62.557 ee 10,53: | | South Johnston, Port Hoboken, Amboy, Weehawken. and as against 5,{42,209 tons for the like period of last | Philadelphia, From Baltimore. From | From The prices of foreign for cargoes to be shipped or on | year, showing an increase this year of 779,668 tons. passage have further declined, and may now be quoted at Alexandria...... 90 .70 | teeeceeeeeees The Philadelphia Ledger of April 18th says : $5.37 7 $6.75 for all kinds of Scotch, English, and Welsh, Annapolis...... +.+ adameene leeesehseeeabes |eeeeseeeereees wnile Australian finds buyers at $6.50@$6.75 for early III 6-0 5.555:605 sett ecne sess 2.00 C86. ce cesccess The outlook of the trade is steadily brighter from week shipments, while near-by cargoes would command even Baltimore ...... BP. Meksenceusarseulreswceawsen as to week, and is confirmed in the fact that there is a more better rates. Imports for the week include 2015 tons Bangor...... ; ate perfect accord in action now than ever before. Some of Nanaimo per Belvedere, and 1205 tons Wallsend per A ID sions senny 0s .nsenesew sie 1.60 | 1.15 the companies prefer work half-time and others desire Schiffswert. The local combination continues its grip EN oss 6: cnkelsicscnusionanachs a5 sabes sn's Peres ene eamees working all the time. While this is so, there is no proba- upon the retail trade of the city, keepiig up prices at Boston, Mass..... [email protected] 1.50 bility of a rupture in the trade. Whatever course is con- rates far beyond the necessity of the case, and which must CCT rE Ts ei oo | ee eee eC Gkael acme ee keen kes cluded upon by the companies will command the assent of soon come tu an untimely end. Th2 Whistler, from Bridgeport,Conn, ...... - Some A eesaspmns 006 all. There will be no rivalry or under-cutting. Tbe ad- Seattle, brought 730 tons. The arrivals on the 12th inst. NN re cic laps eadan hes Vass s osbe'sace™’ Lepeahevelsuyaes vantages, from any line of policy resulting to any party included the Barnard Castle, from Departure Bay. with Mn Sunk Gs apa apapeenn esieas laces eae se: (ass will be enjoyed by all. Thus is harmony invited aud gene- 2200 tons Wellington, and Great Western with °2100 tons Cambridgeport | ral success to the trade rendered most probable. There Seattle.--Commercial Herald, April 14. Charleston...... | bas been some little debate among parties whether tnere SNE, ss Lien 000 hee:cewwl ese aussie sec | shall be another three days’ suspension at the mines this SR on ha uice] sv 090005 ase 05 ‘Pe week, or whether such suspension shall be deferred until STATISTICS OF COAL PRODUCTION. SE I. 5 ose esl skew nvnes. ox lakebscivw omnes | next week. The differences arise from two causes: a Com, Pt., Mass. . Jaks daew Siesta bees ous larger alleged amount of orders received by some compa- Comparative statement of the production of anthracite coalfor the week ending April 16th, and years from Jan- NN on oi Negve nib cktineeies nies than others is one cause why such companies East Cambridge.) ...... is desire to uary lst: work steadily on. Another complaint of half-time working E.Gr'nwich,R. I.|...... is, that some of the parties, as their weekly returns ex- 1881, | |, 1880, Fall River...... 1.25 | oa hibit, do not show as much reduction as working the same Tons oF 2240 Las, | —-——_——— sane WON ccs scss5uccslevehe sees scene lL ciwaw ines ee length of time shows at other mines of like capacity. This Week. Year. Week. Year. RN alae cates ss