Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, September 10, 1875, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FARMER., && Mt Percentage ol Gold. Tbero is one very marked defect in onr sys tem of gold mining that does not exist in BiWer mining, and which the sooner remedied the bet tor. We refer to an entire absence of alt posi- live knowledge as to what the ores being worked contain. The skillful silver miner, be comes daily, and often hourly, acquainted with the value of the ores being worked, and at the end of every ran can figure up the percentage obtained and lost. If a large loss he immedi ately begins to investigate the cause and seek a remedy. This is not the case with gold miners, who are usually perfectly oblivious of what their ore contains, contenting themselves in cleaning up what they can and considering it the best they can do. In this they may be right and may not, as they have no reliable data to work frpm. Possibly were they to adopt the coarse pursued in silver mining, they wonld often be aroused to an effort for bettering their results, if they found a serious loss was being sustained. It is asserted by Mr. Aim arm B. Paul, the inventor of the Paul process of dry amalgama tion, that the gold mills of California do not on the average obtain over one-third of the value of the ores. This conclusion is arrived at after ten years' experience on ores from all sections of tba State, and hundreds and hundreds of as says and other tests which-he has made daring this time. Mr. Paul is not alone in this opin ion, bat other of. our oldest and most practical men hold to the same belief. The opinion of many quartz miners is that they save from fifty to sixty percent., but opin ions as against positive critical investigations are not to he received. Which view may be correct, we hope onr gold miners will endeavor to determine by adopting such a system of assays as is used in silver mining. It is this close critical investigation into what they are doing, which not only makes silver mining popular but makes the silver miner the best possible gold miner. His edu cation is such that he investigates, and thinks it very singular that onr gold miners know so lit tle of the value of their ores exoept by com parison. Gold miners may say gold assays are unreli able. It is not so much its assays as the man ner of selecting the rook which is to be assayed. If it is desired to take the trouble to get at the value of the ores being worked, it can easily be done. Bat ores must not be selected from speci men pieces, or one piece made to answer for a whole batch. Several methods may be sug gested. One is to have your feeder take a piece of ore of given size from every shovelfull he fills for the battery, and after these pieces have accumulated to a hundred pounds or more, havo the entire lot pulverized, dry sampled and assayed. To be certain, have half a dozen as says made and average the lot. Another and poBsibly easier, but not so cor rect way will be, to collect every half hour a buckettoll of material as it flows from the bat tery, being as careful to retain the water as the crashed ore, for the reason that the water often contains as much as the sands. Continue this daring a run. Allow the whole to settle well and then draw off the water carefully, dry the whole, mix well and properly sample for assay. This is but little trouble, and we think will tend to give our gold quartz miners some different views as to their loss and the valne of their property. Considerable data might be presented to sup port the belief in an unwarrantable loss of gold and lack of intelligent investigation in this di rection among even our best gold miners; bat, there now seems to be a general desire to better the past working, and we think that in endeav oring to awaken a renewed interest in investi gation, considerable benefit will be the result. Scientific Press. The Toughened (Bastie) Glass. Notwithstanding so mnch has recently been said upon the subject of the Bastie (toughened) glass, the general reader seems to ba still eager to scan every new paragraph that finds its way into the pablio printB. Yielding to this'gen- eral desire we note that another series of ex periments with regard to the character of this glass hna recently been tried in New York by Prof. Egleston of Columbia College .before the New York Academy of Sciences. , ., The most wonderful' characteristic of this glass, as developed by the Professor, was its marvelous power of resisting heat, la several of his experiments two thousand degrees of heat were directed on the center of a plate of prepared glass eight inches square, until at the point ot contaot with the,4flame the glass be came red hot. The first plate was a poor one, and brcke nfter being hUbjected,to this .heat for three minutes. Toe others were hot broken by it. Ordinary glass stood such tests only eight seconds. The practical application of this was, that if a fire was started in a room with windows of this glass, the frame work of the. window would burn out and allow the glass to fall before a draft would be created. Lamp chimneys were then tested by nsing kerosene lamps with a combination of Bunseu burners, whioh threw a blue flame, showing that the Heat was intense along the whole length of the tube and six or eight inches above it. Water was boiled in a vessel of this glass. The water boiled out and the vessel remained uninjured. The temperature of the vessel was then raised to 150 or ICO degrees and cold water was poured in with the expectation that it would crack the glass. But the water began immediately to boil, and the glass was unhurt. Economy m Kailboadino. While the gross earnings of all the railroads in the United States in 1871 were $6,000,000 less thin in 1873, the net earnings were $5,500,000 more the operating expenses having been reduced to 'he extent of $11,500,000. This eleven and a half million dollars, as the annual savings in the cost of running the railroads of this country, means just so much money kept out of the pockets of dishonest contractors and managers and divided among the shareholders in divi dends, or the people in the reduction of trans portation The improvement in the man agement may be fairly attributed to the clamor which has been raised within the two years just past against-dubonest management, and the determined efforts manifested to inaugurate a reform in past abuses. -iju ClKENT FOB FABTKSIKO MlBBM. I ,Melt four ouncei of bleacUi rosin withTa half ounce of white wax, and stir into the melted mass one ounee of piaster of paris. To use. clean the surfaces to be joined, heat them sufficiently to melt the cement, and after applying it, press the parts well together so as to have only thin layer of the cementing material at the joint. 2. Add half a pint of vinegar to an equal quantity of skim milk, and mix tbe sep arated curd with the whites of five eggs, well beaten, enough quicklime being "Hied f form a stiff paste? This cement is wore suitable for Bmall articles of marble, or stonework in general Druggists' Circular. Pacific Mail Steamship Co. vi -i . fw I.I U ' ' New York to San Francisco, via Panama. bates of Passage. -i$rBrfiWsMBaillBuaaTOlawW SEHtHWWIHiMBpiir o a bd rj" tJCiThe t, Rates include the transit of the Isthmus of Panama via Panama Railroad. Also, Bed ding, Board and all necessaries for the voyage. An experienced Surgeon is on eacli ship, and no charge is made for medicines or medical attendance. Steamers leave New York every Saturday at 12 o'clock, Noon, And Make the Trip to San Francisco in Three Weeks. This Route offers Special Inducements to EMIGRANTS, who will avoid, the delays, discomfort and expense of the tedious trip overland, by vail. i . THE STEAMERS OF THIS LINE CONNECT AT NEW YOKE WITH ALL THE TEANS-ATL ANTIC LINES FROM EUROPE Also at the Isthmus of Panama with Steamers of the Hamburg American Packet Company, from Hamburg and Havre, The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, from Southampton, The West -India and Pacific Steamship Company, from Liverpool, "" AficTthe General Trans-Atlantic Company, from St. Nazaire. i i . All information regarding Through Rates of Passage, can be obtained from the Agents of the above Lines at any port in Europe, from whom.'Through'Passage Tickets can be purchased. THE OFFICE OF THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, IN NEW YORK, IS ON TOE WnARF, PIEE 42 NOETH RIVER, FOOT OF CANAL STREET. bun B. J. Trumbull, Dealer in and Growerof SEEDS Vegetables, TREES, .- if sTilif y,A VfiE QwnPCAf bJi"1i1 a.lTR r FLOWEBS. .Shrubs, BULBS, TCto., P Published Quarterly. 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Theae machines nas a ahnttle, atralgbt needle, and make the Lock Stitch. They are aarpaued by none. Tary ore Me timplut and ligUsUnmning m. CAfrui tn (A world. Send for circular!. Mme. Demorest Reliable Patterns. 8END POP. A CATALOGUE. Royal Charts, f 3.60. E. W. HAINES, Agent, 17 New Montgomery Street (Grand Hotel Balldlng), San Iraaolaeo, ,20 FINE VERBENAS FOR $1. Any of thr folio Ing mined planU sent by mill, prtai;f pal, l.ot I'lcviils, sell. An) three rorls lor h crnti, (r iuikii Jur HI. No order received ror Ira tball'A trutil. Kuehflas, Utruulumi (Ikmble Zonale, S i niid und Ivj). Ilriioulai, t!nill"ii. Plnki, C4l'i'jreu, liutrl flanm, Airmtuins, ADutllon, ,Mli, riiulliiis, LUleUi, raiirws. Lir;MU themuini, 1 1 .idly fiW, C'upliea, Kupnlortnms, Bleld l'iir,u. iltlkitrfrpes, neteioulruJD, Lltouui Hal, i M. 1.1, Pi I. a, KiulUi. D-mUi PrlnilUs, 8olar.u:iCnpMca,irti!u,V(riiitart One pat.il I Aa ter, llilMU. l',tiinl,'lriliK ami Vrrtutis l"T 23 cents My Illuatntu U CitaUciue of Ni-h J'lant, EMeoa iur 17,1, on.) any twit pataeia qi me auuc nerojaeutoariiupioi ii'renia, Auurew O. A. SXZSEK t CO., Erie, Pa. (in rnEss.)fj Manual of Jurisprudence and Co-Operation -"-OF THE Patrons of Husbandry. By A. B. BMEDLE?, Master of Iowa State Orange. Published by Geo. II. JONES, Ofi-ice or PATRON'S HELPER, Dei Moines, Iowa. 200 pairea, bound in cloth. By mall, pottage prepaid $1.25 por copy. By oipreBB or freight, In packages of five or more f 1.00 pereopy. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Tho Origin of tba Order. Ita Objects; To Educate, Eu7te and Strengthen the Farmers as a class. TART I-JURISPRUDENGE. I The Orange. II Orange Room. Ill Qaalld. cations of Candidates. IV Applications for Member. Btilp. V Bsllotlng for Candidates. VI-Rights and Duties of Members, VII Qualifications and Duties of peputlea. VIII Qualifications and Duties of Mas ters. IX Qualifications and Duties of Secretaries. X Charges. XI Trials. XII Appeals. XIII With, ilrawala and Demits. XIV Consolidations. XV The Degrees of tbe Order. Symbolized. XVI Pomoaa Oranges. PART II-OO-OPERATION. I Co-operation in General Business. II Co-opora-tlre Insurance. Ill Co-operative Banking. APPENDIX. Forms for : Certificate of Membership Petition of Membership Commission of Deputies Annual Report of Deputies on Business Visiting Card Withdrawal Card Demit Card Certificate of Election Certificate to bo used at Representative Election. Constitution of Pomona Oranges. Forms for t Petition for Member ship Certificate of Election Certificate of Organiza tion Petltiou for Charter By-Laws of Grangers' Bank in California. Constitution and By-Laws of Oo-Opera-tlvo Council. Artlclea of Associstlou, Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Certificate of Insurance, Deputies and Masters are earnestly requested to call tbe attention of their respective Oranges to tbla book, to ti end, that by Its geueral use each officer and each member of our Order may better understand his rights and duties, snd the Order everywhere may thereby be strengthened and built up, aud enabled to perform Ita whole work and attain unto perfect success. Address, DEWEY &. CO., Pacific Rural Presa Offloe, S. V. )VLULtiSt vTZ BRYANT & STIWT0N JTi y BUSINESS COLLEGE oil POST sr I SAK FRANCISCO The Mining and Scientific Pfess. BjTHLUlir.D in San Fiuncisoo, 18C0.J Is the leading mining Journal In America, and enjoys a large circulation among the more Intelligent opera, tors and workers In the gold fields of the world. As a sclsntlfic and mechanical representative of the Pacific; Coast, It Is decidedly popular and a standard Journal with Ins moat thrifty Industrial people of tbe raclfio Btatee and Territories, Ita authority Is of the highest order, and Its usefulness tn Its special sphere unrivalled. Every public library, mining engineer, metallurgist, raining operator and intelligent mechanlo and manufao nrer will find profit by Its reading. Subscription, f i a year, in advance. Sample copies post paid, 10 cents. As an ADVERTISING Medium for the Pacific Coast, It la superior to any oth. er Journal for all kinds of mining and bydraulio ma chinery and othermechantcal work, building materials new manufacture and Inventions. Our rate are very reasonable compared with those of other flrat-elaas Journals. DEWEY & CO., Publlahara. 231 Sanaome street, San Francisco.