Wednesday, October 31, 1900
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QUICKSILVER OUTPUT.
creasing, Prices Rising.
higher, averaging at San Francisco over
5' a flask.
The cause of the Increased price during
the past decade, and the still greater in
. . crease during the past two years, has been
Uemand Increasing, supply Lie-: the growing demand and the diminishing
supply. The demand has steadily in
t creased, while the output of the old and
1 Famous mines, on which the world has re
lied Tor vears for its supply, has been
' steadlly decreasing.
..mi me ucmanu mr q ...s yer s n- The prodnctlon of the metal (quicksilver)
ca..i.K W....C u.c .W.y . vmu.y u,i. ...- .,,, ot bn ncrMSR,,he output III Cal
.snug, may ncamucr o. congr.nuai.on ; ,forn,a( ,,. , produc)1R re0, ,s
for dealers in the slippery metal, but it is a I C0U)ryf beinR about8tatonary whe the
!.e ,uu .mi k .or go.u pr WKrri ." con-, dabjr deposits ,,, Texas ald OffR0
. . , . . 1,uvfIK" pr. 1N , "" I for which much lias been promised, show
u...y U....K lur iiiuuKiii, um me ...c ... , )u eW jjveiopme,,,,. The Austrian out
an output sufticient to meet the present I nilHs llp.rll, ,,.,,,,,,.,...,.,. .....c.,,,,,
demand would have the effect of Magna-i, .,,,,,. 0nm ..,,.,,,, .. i..r mr, nf
lion In gold mining to that extent, for , ,,,,. fl)cR1 M,ppy con)Mi ast year fch,mril
i.cc . ..u..... K u. ai . K..UW. iu nuriac , a C0I)S Jerabe decrease. Under these clr
wiH.11 ..as u, a.. uin.my .ur ...e irrtiuu , cumrfanfes ,here s ()0 preM.nt probability
enowmeiai. of a redncllon In prlces.-San Francisco
A lew statistics mav prove nteresting , El,Rneclll,K aml Mining Review.,
in this connection. While quicksilver is i -
touud in various parts of the world It is in i SNKE RIVER COPPER FIELDS.
Midi small quantities that in many dis
tricts its production is unprofitable.
On a commercial scale it is only pro
duced in Spain, Austria, Italy, and the
United States. Mexico and Russia have
produced small quantities for years past,
without effect on the world's markets, as
both these countries are large consumers
and importers of that metal.
Since 1850 the United" States has pro
duced over two-fifths of the entire world's
output of quicksilver, says a noted author'
ity. Practically all of this comes from
California. Out of the 29,713 flasks pro
duced in this country in 1889, 29,454 came
trom California.
While quicksilver is used in the arts
and manufactures, its chief value is in the
separation of gold from auriferous ores, in
the manufacture of tine paints and the
preparation of medicinal compounds and
explosives. As an amalgamating agent
In the treatment of gold ores it occupies
the first place in the mining world, and the
demand for it is invariably ahead of the
supply. Its use in the arts is also extend'
log, and makes a great drain in the world's
product of this valuable metal.
The ore from which quicksilver Is most
commonly produced is cinnabar. 'From
tills ore the metal is obtained by roasting.
When heated In a suitable manner to 66s
deg. F. or higher, the cinnabar becomes
desulphurized, the mercury passing over
in vapor from the furnace to the cooling
chambers or condensors. These conden
sers, usually made of brick, are of suffi
cient size and numr to permit the mer
curial fumes to cool upon the walls and
floors, where they gather in large globules
of mercury. These globules uniting, grav
itate to the reviving trough and from
thence run into large receivers, from which
the metal is drawn into tlasksaud is ready
for use for market.
These flasks arc uniform in
world over.
' Will Be One of the Brst Camps in Eatttrn
I Oregon.
J. R. Rowden, of this city, returned
' Wednesday evening from the Snake river
copper fields, where he li.is spent the past
six weeks looking over the country and
having assessment work done on claims
In which he is interested.
Speaking of the country generally, Mr.
Rowden says he believes It will prove to
be one of the biggest camps in eastern
Oregon. It may take some time to de
velop it on account of lack of transporta
tion facilities, but sooner or later, Its merits
will become known, when It will come
rapidly to the front. He believes that
next year will show a bigchange in condi
tions of that section. Monled men have
become Interested there and others are
'ooking that way for Investment.
All the work heretofore done In that
camp, outside of one or tW3 properties,
has been in the way of development. A
great deal of this kind of work has been
done the past season. While the ore en
the surface on many of the properties
would pay if means of reduction were
near at hand.lhey are not rich enough to
ship such long distances. As develop
ment work progressed, however, and
greater depth was attained many of these
properties have shown up ore in large
quant.tles that would pay to shta.
If reduction works are established in
that district next year, well and good, if
not you may expect to see a great deal of
the richest ore pass through Raker City
on the way to outside smelters, while the
lower grade rock will be piled on the
dumps to await the construction of local
smelters.
The McDougall group is one of the
many th.tt will commence shipping In the
snrini:. Waeon roads have been built
sire the:n,j houses erected for winter mi.irtrrs.
The American producer, how-1 iarge hodes of hiR, grade ore h;ive bef
ever, gives a little hetter weight than do
the Europeans, the American flask, when
filled, weighing 76.51 pounds (usually
counted 7 6; i (ounds), its against 76.08
pounds of the European llaiks.
The largest production of quicksilver in
California occurred from 1870 to 1879,
when the average yearly output was 49,
106 Husks, and the average price per ll.isk
f47.5). In the next decade the production
averaged 20,767 flasks per annum, and the
average price was 533.07. From 1890 to
1899 the avenge yearly production was
28,385, and the average price $38.28 per
flask. In 1899 the production was 29,454
blocked out and a large amount of it Is on
the dump. The richest ore from this
grmipwill be shipped in large quantities
next spring. In fact several shipments
h ive been made from there as a test, and
Invariably good returns have been the
result.
More men will he at work In tint dls
trict the coming winter than at any time
in the history of the camp. Democrat.
Rocky Mountain Scenery By Day Light.
Day light stop over at Niagara Falls.
Through first-class tourist sleeper from
Pacific Coast weekly for Chicago, Boston,
flasks, and the average price J47. 70, whUi , New York and other eastern points via
was the highest average prke shue 1859. Rio Grande Western (Great Salt Lake
The condition of the industry last ear, Route), Denver & Rio Grande, C. R. I.
was vety satisfactory. Nearly all (he'& P. and Illinois Central to Chicago,
California mines did well and must of , connecting in the Union Depot with MU-
them paid regular dividends
Rut a much healthier condition prevails
this year. For the first six months the
output of quicksilver approximated that of
1809, while the price realized was much
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