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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1877)
54 THE WEST SHORE. December HUM Ul'H BBONZ& A correspondent of the London Miniinj Journal vert the formula for comjiound bis iiiuth bronze, which he tielieves will be found of wiile Usefulness to tneUl workers. The process is invented by Mr. James Webster. .Mr. Web 1. 1 ' object M to produce metallic alloys suita ble with or without the addition ami admixture of other metals or alloys, as required, for the casting of cannon ami other large articles, also ingots, slabs ami the like for rolling ami for general purposes; ami for the production of supuri- 1 allow for thl manufacture of articles usually made of metals or alloys of metals. For unking the hard bismuth bionzo or alloy, he takes bismuth, 1 part; lead, 'A; zinc, (i; motel, cpier, z.j; aim antimony, m parts; ' who, althoiigli THE PROSPECTOR. Ifmm ihe Minim ami Msotlfa Yrvm Volumes have been written in times past set- ting forth th claims to public esteem of the DUDieroui heroes of every age and clime. The orators, poets, philanthropists itateamon, war riors and othera who havo figured more orkss conspicuously in the life drama of nations or localities, and whose deedi or words have been considered of sufficient importance to occupy a place on the pages of history. Hut there is a lass of men wliose claims to public attention have hitherto been almost entirely overlooked. But even there the restless brain refuseas to be quiet, aud carries the weary dreamer on the wings of imagination to scenes of splemlor, where science vies with art in contributing to the wants and wishes of those who worship ut mammon's shrine, and he, for the time imagines himself a "bonatuta king, before whom all the lesser lights in the financial firmament bow with a Battering obaequlouaneaS ; hut he awakes in the morning with a headache, and "stubborn facts and stern realities" staring him in the face. To theifl restless, unsatisfied nomads the country is indebted for the discovery of nearly all the valuable mineral deposits which have in the last 'JS years contributed in so marked a iegree to the wealth of the nation and the their entrances or exits ! 4'rld. lieu we reflect upon the vast amount upon the active aceoes of Ufa have never hen. '" 19 :"nam- uun iromsne IhaMina tim,. tlinroiii-hlv IffllllMnMhl llu.l., and then runs the amalgam, alloy or bismuth " inut meteoric splendor tnat is j nlnuist countless number of men to whom it, mine on this aoast ami put into circulation, tin bronze thUI produced Into molds Of any COO- io often seen in the transit urou tin- initial both directly and i iidirei-t-.lv dvM nlnvmant venlsntahape or form for future use, aa desired, firmament oi some favored son or daughter of the stimulus tt has riven to commeroe. and the I lus bismuth bronze IS a hard metallic alloy fortune, who, through some great achievement incalculable benefit this great specie-producing and may he made into reflectors for mirrors, of sword or peii, has excited the admiration of region was to the nation in its recent terrible tamps ami ins iiM ami into oiuer articles wie worm, .inn whom praises nave been suns by struggle for existence, and the resulting Hnan- requiring a high degree ol harmless or polish; ten thousand tongues in words of burning elo- I cial crisis, we have but a faint conception of also lor axle uml shall Hearings, vttHcs uml loi qticiicc, lia.e by tneir Bell-sacniicing persover- j the magnitude ol the benellts lowing from lite other similar articles or purposes. It may also ence, contributed in no small degree to the labors of these unappreciated men, of whom so lie ground into bronze powder and be used for wealth of the world and very largely to that ot many people, with little wisdom and less re- similar purposes to those in which ordinary the I'acilic coast. flection, apeak in tones akin to contempt. There- . .r . , r,, ' 1 epesa is tne mining i lore i say ail honor ami praise to ttiose adven 11 wui, wnm m wu hmi m Mw; vi tuu '"jwnur, unit gvanguaril ot civilization on kind would be too costly to come into general this coast, who has, for tho lad 28 years, use, owing to the high pen intage of antimony, witli steadfast purpose and unfaltering steps, and I am Inclined to think so myself, except for through summer's heat and winter's storms the purpose of bronze powders, but he also pro traversed every desert, ascended every mountain hjscs a softer bismuth bronze, which would lie and prospected in every stream from Cariboo to as cheap as copper ami might he advantageously Mexico, ami from the eastern base of the Kocky used for a variety of purposes. The softer kind mountains to the Pacific ocean; often contesting consists of blimUtll, I part lead. 6 zinc, S thognmudfootbyfnutwithitssavageoceiipaiits, nickel, 'Mi; ami copper, .VJ parts; tin- atualgama sometimes vanquishing anil sometimes van- tion of the several nn:tals being effected m the quished. K it fuw, if any, who have never ex perienced it, 030 fully realized the hard ships and privations that many of them tUVe undergone and are still experiencing ill I auspices of the Havden survey t K ir -troi'irle t .Fi-ntifi- t1.; . . ... " .i : . . . . 9,7 . . .... " 3" ,,'""- caretul exploration of th turous sons of toil, who, unsatisfied with th slower methods of courting the fickle dame, at tempt to win her smiles by the less certain but more romantic and exciting avocation of a Proa- jHe.tar. , KHIZOPODS. same wav as in the c;ise of the bard alloy. latter admixture forms a very tough metallic alloy ami is cast into ingots ut once, to be after wards nmelted and cast or rolled or otherwise dealt with as required. These alloys will be love win am oemrc io strike it rn i. I'ha ir mm. found to resist oxidation ami keep their color pector must have a "well-spring of hope better than any other similar alio) hitherto m his soul" for none but those of the most made and can be produced at less cost. I hopeful disposition can long continue in the IKmm the IUnlO iMitl BohmUfla I'ress.l I'rof. Joseph l.cidy, the eminent cuinparative anatomi-t ami mlarosooputt, made his second visit to the West the past season, under tho lie made a tun try about Fort Brldger, tho Utah mountains ami the Salt Lake I basin, in search of rhflopodl. He has been en gaged for a long time on a memoir on this sub- TELEPHONES IN' MINES. The telephone which has been placed iu the Consolidated Virginia mine is doiug its regular duty like any other part of the apparatus of the mine. It runs from the otKce down to the bot tom of the shaft at the lb'30-foot level. A fine copper wire is used which is insulated ami cov ered with India rubber or gutta pereha. The instrument operates perfectly and orders from the oliice to the bottom of the mine are trans mitted distinctly This saves a good many trips of the cages, and in case of an accident can be matte of very great service. It will un doubtedly be introduced iu nearly all the mim before long and replace the obi bell and cord signal. The instrument is being also utilized in the same region for other purposes. The Enterprite says: An instrument was attached to the wire leading from the office, of the Virginia ami QoU Hill Water Company, south B street, to the farthest point on said company's works, near luo luaieiu oiioiu oi lke iaiioe. 1 his wire hae heretofore been need for working a Drintfno let . u"r' yp6, uvertoo. f the oomnanv. PltDtxa Mink Lamm with Commumud An We read in an exchange that an Unproved safety tamp is at presentbeing manufactured by Mr. A. It. Boollenot, Sr., of lesy-sur-Seine, near Pans, tlie leading principle of which i that Hit! compressed air which is furnished to thu lamp in quantities just sufflolenl to Insure perfect combustion is taken from outside the mine, or at least from a part of the mine which is free from lire damp. The exterior air is conducted to the lamps Inside the mini by means of an iron pipe, The air so distributed to ttie lamps is submitted to a variable pressure aconrdlug as the lamps are placed at a more or less distance from tin reservoir of air or from the citterns, which can be planed at different points in the mine, The principle id the Inventor then rests oeeentlall) upon the canalisation of the exterior air aftei the manlier of tlie canalisation of gas for the lighting ot towns, Tins lamp repels on thu one side tho carbonate hydrogen gas, while at every instant it is purified from Die carbonic aeiil produced from the combustion; solid iron bars protect ami enclose it. The wick is fed with oil by the principle of capillarity; it is neces sary only to measure tlie quantity of oil to know the number of hours one wishes the lamp to bum, or to make n bigger lamp. Fixed at dif ferent points iu tho mine it serves the miner with light in every direction by means ol a re Hector, Which can be turned round at will; However, iti ease ol iteeil, Pie lamp may he ear ned by nil experienced miner, because small tioi.iioeu Miiiia niooitr may oe ainxeii to any of the air taps which are placed along the prin cipal tube. NlONTAN Horn LoMIU'SI'ION OK Call. C.lHlIIK.S Some interesting points were brought out at a late inquiry in Liverpool int., the burning of the ftora in the Indian ocean last August. The omit, iu giving Judgment, held that the destruction of the vessel was entirely owing to the spontaneous combustion of the cargo. There was no ev i. fence helore the court, altlnuich strict inquiry was made on this point tending to show that any water bad reached the cargo before the 10th of August, when the hose was played over the heaven ooai The court could not discover any cause for the outbreak of the tire. As far as the ventilation of the vessel went, n bvcmcit to have Is-en adopted after t Mileration, as the liest and most eflcotive mode of carrying such a cargo iu safety. Hut DM experienced ship-master expressed a doubt as to KM system aOOOMU, .ml was inclined to think that the laving of the (datfor n the bottom Of the hold was a mistake, causing too much ventilation, though this was done at the instance of those interested in the insurant f the vessel. The court had before it tho " Report of the Itoyal Commission on the Spontaneous Oombus tioti .d Ooal in Bhipe'and was inclined to think that KM " surface ventilation " revomine-ided bv the commissioners highly deairable, ami to concur strongly m their recommendations that the thermometer should be constantly used ami daily registered in their log lutok. A Nkw CsfOU BlOWKft, The A.tMltti AfniM tells of a cupola in the Cleveland district, furuulud with air by means of a jet of steam, ll is cylindrical, four feet three inches in diame ter and :tU feet high, built of refractory brick with a shwt Iron casting. Tin upper irt, by means of a Imruont! rtue, commuuicaU's with 'a shet mm column dwcoiidmg vertically into the ground. whre it joins an underground' tin 1. ad "t chimney. A steam pipe of small diam eter niton tho sheet iron column, the jet of BtsjM causm a current of theainn thecuHa. which is furumhisl with uulit ktssM aUv the U.tlom. The, tuyews or oiwuing uwy be oloeed it will. The rvsulU obUuie.1 w.ro aaUefauktry, tivs'u.ns ej foundry sasj bemg mstteil in an hour with, it is ehuind, a saving of live per cent of coke There are four of the cupolas whioli four amall loilon arv fuuud autti ciout U supply with steam the I DULLOOK-OHAB business under the discouraging disappoint- jeet, which will eventually form one of the ments that most of Hit-m experience sooner or 1 series of the ouarlos of the survne i ue rnwpoae nre me lowest anil simplest later. .Many of them after long yean of unrc quitod tod iu thdr s arch for the hit'd u treas un's in nature's storehouse have SUCCUmbcd to the fatal bullet ol the wily savage, the malari. ous poison of some miasmatic region, or over come by hunger and fatigue have sunk down to die, "Unwept, unhonored ami unsung,'' n some dreary desert, far from frieu.ls ami kindred, their golden life-dreams still unreal ized. Many of them "have seen better days," a1 ' nance, icit positions of Iionor and profit, ami Inspired with the hope of siitblenly acquiring wealth in a manner so strongly tinc tured with romance, bavegtine forth determined regardless of the many Bufferings and dangers to . . 1 1 w,,n' cxpoHe.l to athorve if they eouhl not win the smiles of fortune's fickle name, Some look with scorn and derision u pon the prosjH'ctor, ami Consider him visionary, ami un practical, profligate ami reckless; that there are some BUCn among them none will deny hut many id them an- solwr, industrious ami practical i i who have weighed well the chances In-fore embarking in the business. And who will censure them when we see so many who have been raised fnou poverty to affluenoe by a "lucky strike." Imagine for a moment the feelings of one who after long years of toil and innumerable disappointments finds himself suddenly lifted from a life of laborious servitude with its thousand ills ami inconveniences, to a position of mdeomlonee, when- he can surround himself with the many desirable things which wealth alone can nraenrai and uLm h the envy of the grovelling, unambitious phnlder Who looks to-day With a frowning sneer upou the prospector who has returned from an un successful search after tho coveted treasure; but to morrow views him with iiimous atlmira tton when, erchaoee. well merited but long de ferred success has OTOWtttd his efforts. Hn Um other hand let us imagine the. feeling of one of an extremely hopeful ami sensitive tint nre, w no alt. r ui.nit lis or HerliaiM v.-r forms of en inula, mostly minute, ami MnmOj nigii power of the microscope to distinguish their structure. While most of them construct shells of ereat beauty ami variety, their soft part consists of a jclly-li ke substance. This the animal has the power of exti'inling in threads or finger-like processes, which areiiBetlas organs of commotion ami prehension, often branching. From tlie appearance of their temporary organs, resembling roots, the class of animals has re oelved its name of rhizopoda, meaning, literally, root-footed. In compensation of tho smallne'ss of theso creatures, they make up in numbers, ami it is questionable whether any other class oi .oiiniais excecii mem m HOOnr .trice 111 t ie attire. nH illnmlHJJ l.,.r . 1 ..1 -T... eoooomy of lUSnra. Iieologic.il evidence shows I taken and passed at all instants by European urauht V ouiwrinteuaeni 01 toe anautoi the aommnii tttok a telephone ami started out along tho Iin uwu mi ou uo 11 is t iiearu irom at the reservoir on the dividing ridge between Aineri can Flat ami Wiishoe valley, some six miles from the city, lie having there halted ami con nected his instrument with the wire. Every word that he spoke could be distinctly heard iu the oliice here. He then went to Lake View on the further side of Washoe valley, near the foothills of the Sierras, and over 20 miles from this city, following the course of the wire. Again he connected with the wire and again he was aa distinctly heard as though he had lieen but a few toils a WAV. ft nKmkZ) tt tains and was next lieard talking from this end of the long tunnel that runs through the Sooner divide this side of Lake Tahoe. Finally he went to the station at the end of the line, . nines irom tne omoe in tins city, ami fast eveu ing was talking from that point away up in the Sierras, where ho says there is a fool -f snow. When at the terminus every word could be as distinctly heard as one sitting in the Con. Virginia otlicc can hear what is said on the lii.'i-foot level of the mine by means of the telephone in use there. Wires will probably yet he run from this city to the mills and big flames up in the mountains; also to the mills on the Cat a ui river. This really practical invention will be of the greatest utility iu the mining regions iu the mountains, ami w ill save expense in many ways. It is stated that sitting iu the Consolidated Virginia oliice at Virginia, one may hear by the aitl of the telepl tone the putting of the coin pressed air engine, uml the rattle ami clutter of Other machinery in the mine. This being the case, the Eureka Republican suggests that a tel ephone might be introduced into the several tlntta and Outer plucea when men are at work, when a Imss sitting anug iu bis office on the Bur face might readily count the pick strokes made or the blows struck on n drill iu any part of tho mine. Though a man only paused 'long enough to spit ou his hands tho little instrument would tell about it. It would make it rather rough on men Inclined to "soldier." However, the men would probably soon carry all the tele phones into one drift ami take turns at keeping up a racket therein. It is hardly probable that the miners will take to the suggestion advanced, kindly.--Minimi and Scithtijic PrM. THE BULLOCK-GHAItllY. India is a country which, albeit, under Eng lish rule, is very far from having adopted tho customs of that enlightened country. To au American, just out from the States, used to steam-jiower, horse-cara ami railroads, a sudden transition to, let us say Hombay, would be a very extraordinary experience. For instance, you may Bee at any time in the streets of Bombay, which is the city that is most under European influences, Hindoo mer chants, magistrates, ladies of the Zennnaa (a word which corresponds to the Turkish one of harem) on a visit, driving along in their gaily that they were the starting point of animal life in Haw, ami ineir agency iu rock making has not Iwen exceeded by later, higher, ami mora visible forms. With the marine kind, known as ft tram in if era, we have been longest familiar. The beautiful, many chambered shells of these for the most nart iust visibln In tl ,, ,L ...1 eve form a large isirtion of the ocean mml ami the sands of the ocean shore. Sh-IL f f,,,,;. nifera likowise form the basis of mites of strata 01 iinicsioue, sueli as the chalk ot England, and the limestones of which Paris ami the pyramids I ""oi. rrcsn water riiizopotls, though not so abundant as marine forniB, are, nevertheless, very numerous. They mainly in habit our lakes, )iomls ami standing waters," but they also swarm in iphagnons swamps, ami ever live in newest earth. Prof, Leidy has devoted several years oi study to the fresh water rhi?o- IHhIS llf Tin- e.-lHl.TM MBt mi ..... . 1 -. , r'""" 111 ur i-oinnry, ami his especial object hi the iast expedition was to "iM-ntaii- niiiii' H men are to u t.oiti.l H,. elevated regions of the lU Lv m,.i.t.i... At Stillwater, the headquarters of tho Piute Indians, m Nevada a h. lu,, out among the Indians. A large nnfflbst of im-mii ui iia,v are t !h clt . ith .s. w. Illi,,. Ishor spent in prmpevting in a direction where!"f and fingers, which U'sidoa Wing tlie indication! MVS him every reason to ho I vry pmful rentiers them utterly helpless for a most eratifvuiL' siuvess. ihimolik- ........ The disease seems to lie .-..i. remote ami unfrequented region, finds himself Indiana. r'M, with dispelled hopes sitting i .. ..... ... . jiTwn on mo iiauk oi some menu lain smain. rellectiug ou the uncertainty unman eeuu, ami fully S ' v. UI fU two 0l,Bi,U Indians voted at Oneida, )f New ork. and were arrested on the charm of whsbrju mat Indians w .1. I.. .x... voun man prot.es but UMdisi '' And think-: , . "8" " vo tll Onridas were liv cone d." lemon, amintion, tHk his fag of the happier scenes of before the reUess tessioii of his soul; he reluctantly comes to the conclusion that 'what fates decree that man must nei'tis ain.te, and retires ttt his meager couch to soek tlu-reiu temkrry oblivion, indictttl and tnetl before Judge Wallace, at L'tica. The Judge decided that the Oueidae are entitled to vote, and at the November elec tion a number of them did vote. Dill of the notorious Davenport brothers slight-of-hand performers, is dead. dog-carts with hicli-Bteiners. Notw ithstsiid. ing the fact that the expenae attached to their bullock-gharries is as great as to that of ahorse and carriage, the discomfort of the springless and shadeless machine ami its bIowucss, it if greatly preferred by the natives; ami by force of habit they retain the cumbersome old convey ances, wnien inc example ot their more civil ized Anglo-Saxon rulers ought to have taught them to discard long ago. We give tti our readers an illustration of an Indian bullock gharry, containing a Rrahmin Bentleman and driver, drawn by twoliuzerati 00WS (bot Jhlm), also called the sacred cow of India. Ckmkntinu Hkasm ash (i lass. A cement for attaching brass work to bottle necks, lamjis, etc.. is mode by boiling three parts of resin with one lrt of caustic soda, ami five of water. The comssition is then mixed with half of its weight of plaster of Paris. It sets tirmly in half to three-quarters of an hour. It is said to be of great adhesive juiwer, not permeable by petro leum, a low conductor of heat, ami but super ficially attacked by hot water. Zinc white, white Lead, or precipitated chalk may bo sub itituted for plaster, but hardens more slowly. Trickett, the Australian champion oarsman, having challenged the world to a three-mile race for i'1,000, to be rowed in any conutry, Court ney BJ cents, to row in t). I i -'t ... . tins amount or more, ami will pay Trick'ett's expenses to this country in the event of Trick ett s defeat MRS. CtEO. 11. Tllolir-snw --- ,.f sntnr Sargent, of California has committed suicide at Lowell, Mass. A HniTlsn man-ttf.wBr b t., 1... at the Hawaiian Islands, to look after British in- i rests.
