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ENGINEERING

MINING JOURNAL

VOLUME XLVIII

JULY TO DECEMBER, 1889,

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY,

! No. 27 PARK PLACE,

NEW YORK.

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JuLy 6, 1889.

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matter, page 19.

VoL. XLVIII. 1.

A DISTINGUISHED American mechanical engineer, now visiting Europe,

writes us in glowing terms of the courtesies extended to the visitors by

the English engineers, and as asummary of his impressions gained from a visit to several important works and shops, notably the Lancashire &

Yorkshire Railway shops at Horwich, he says: *‘The one idea gained

from a visit there is this, and it is a most important one for the engineering profession. The English engineers are no longer conservative in their machine works, but are in the forefront of progress. They are copying American ideas wherever they appear suited to English conditions, and they are exercising wonderful inventive skill of their own, so that their

most recent works, like those at Horwich, combine the best engineering ideas of both England and America.”

A NEW SERVICE THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL DOES ITS PATRONS.

So great have been the benefits which have resulted to professional men desiring employment and to employers seeking competent assis

tants through the gratuitous services of the ENGINEERING AND MINING

JOURNAL in publishing weekly a list of positions vacant, that it has been decided to: extend the scope of this special service by ‘publisliing free of charge a list of machinery and supplies or goods of any kind which may be wanted, and we cordially invite all who may be in need of such goods to send us par-

ticulars thereof, when we will promptly put them in communication

with the best houses manufacturing or dealing in the desired articles.

This will insure competition in prices, and cannot fail to be of great benefit to the purchaser, and it will also be of service to manufacturers,

who can, by consulting this department of the ENGINEERING AND MINING

JOURNAL and communicating with us, obtain the address of the interd-

ing buyers. No charge will be made to either side for this service,

the objects of the proprietors of the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL being to widen the markets for American goods, to increase the business

of its advertisers and to give purchasers the benefits of competition in

prices.

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THE “ CHARLESTON.”

Secretary TRACY on June 25 granted-an extension of four months for the completion and minor alterations of the machinery of the cruiser ‘*Charleston.” We think that he has done well in straining a point to

opportunity to turn over the ship to the government in thorough condition. He had a tempting opéning to score a petty political mark

against the last administration, under which the vessel was designed and given tocontract, and he has sensibly refused to avail himself of it.

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afford the contractors (the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco) fair

The defects ‘shown - by’ the trials’: were small and such as can

probably be remedied; and the alterations change of material of certain working parts and _ substitution

of form in some of the minor auxiliary peo eran By maintaining a rigid construction of the contract terms and condemning

the ship off-hand, Mr. TRacy could have made many uninformed persons believe that the designers had made much graver errors than they

really did, that his predecessor had injudiciously awarded “the contract,

are mainly in

and that the builders had perpetrated a fraud upon the government ; whereas, as a matter of fact, the ship is a credit to the Union Iron

Works and.to the country. Considering the disadvantages under which

the builders labored in being bound by the specifications to certain details of construction which should have been modified in the plans, not after the ship had been built, they have turned out an excellent job, as might indeed have been expected from their high reputation as mechanical engineers and shipbuilders. The vessel promises to be remark- ably fast, and bas shown herself to be a successful ship in a seaway.

Let no partisan feeling retard the development of the new navy.

THE MEXICAN SILVER-LEAD ORE QUESTION.

As a semi-official confirmation of the views we have taken on this important question, and as a further answer to some of our ardent though somewhat ‘‘ narrow-gauge” Western contemporaries, we quote

the following expression of opinion by Mr. W. L. Thomson, of the Mexican Ore Commission, recently sent to our sister Republic by the

United States Treasury Department to investigate this subject : “Mr. Thomson says that the proposed rescinding of the decision which permits

the free entrance into the United States of silver-lead ores from this country would almost ruin the trade of the frontier towns of the United States, and that, in his —, there was not so much mixing of ores to avoid duty.as had been represented, although such an evasion of the law was occasionaily practiced; he further expressed the opinion that the entire question was of such importance that it would be referred to Congress at its winter session.”

In additicn to which Major W. H. Williams, Special Treasury Agent, making this same investigation, in an interview recently with the St.

Louis Globe Democrat, said: “ As to the result of the exclusion of these low-grade ores. It would undoubtedly

cause the closing up of the smelters and mines owned and operated by Americans with American capital, and would also be detrimental to the interests of the two railroads, which are also controlled by Americans. All these industries have grown up under the present rulings of the department, and it would look hard to remove from them one of the greatest, and in some cases the only, source of revenue. At the same time I am under the impression that a proper construction of the law as it now stands, enforced ay a page, = system of inspection, as the law intends, would keep out nearly all the really objectionable ores. Of course this would hurt American interests in that country. to séme extent, but not nearly so much as a total exclusion of all low-grade ores, and it seems to me to offer the best remedy for the difficulty. The Mexicans are very sensitive on this point. They are beginning totake kindly to American manufacturers and to encourage the importation of our products into that country, but if we exclude their ores they would be almost sure to retaliate in a way that would do more injury to the general public of this country than loss of duty and the — off of the competition in lead, which, under a proper construction of the law, would be very little, would do good.” .

The probabilities now point towards the reference of this question to Congress, as is proper, rather than to any arbitrary change in the inter- pretation of the law by the Secretary of the Treasury.

EXPORT TRADE TO MANILA.

In another column we print a letter from a well-informed correspondent in Manila as to the position occupied by American goods in the Phil- ippine Islands. This information is of interest to that largely growing class of our manufacturers and merchants who be ieve that America must

look to foreign markets to provide the necessary. outlet for the surplus

of our rapidly increasing production.

And while we draw attention to opportunities hitherto neglected, and give sound and cogent reasons why A.cerican goods do not occupy a

more prominent position in the import trade of the Phil- ippine Islands and fight their way to the front by their

superiority alone, we mus: refer at the same time to the latest English Consular report from that point, in which it is stated

that ‘‘ the United States are serious competiters of Great Britain in the matter of the iron goods importation.” “A great many carriage axles and springs are used in Manila, and the supply of those is derived

from Great Britain and the United States, no other country competing.” From the same document we note that there is a good market for ma-

chinery, especially for saw mills and sugar-making machinery. Since America is in advance of all other countries in these specialties in qual-

ity and price, in addition to all the information given by our correspondent, it is evident that a good opening is here waiting more systematic

effort. It is of great importance that the quality of American manufac- tures is already recognized, so much so, indeed, that goods proceeding

from other countries are palmed off.on the people with fraudulent marks as ** American.” Ignorance onthe part of our exporters, as we have

pointed out before when treating of this topic of foreign markets, is also a potent irfluence in restricting our share of the trade, for, as mentioned in the letter of our correspondent, Americans seem to think the country too far away to pay any attention to, but it is quite as easy to transport goods there from New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and easier from

San Francisco than it is from London, Liverpool or the German ports.

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ELATERITE OR MINERAL WAX.

Some time ago we were led to investigate the question of the supply, applications and values of ‘‘mineral wax,” having been informed that a few of its products possess a very high value for insulating and other

purposes, and we requested those possessing deposits of elaterite or

ozokerite to send us samples for examination. In response to this invitation we have received a great number

of samples from various widely - separated localities, chiefly in

Utah, and of qualities ranging from asphaltum to very fine

ozokerite and elaterite. We have submitted several of these samples

to those interested in the manufacture of the valuable products above alluded to, but with somewhat unsatisfactory results; possibly, in some

cases, due to the fact that the same parties are interested in other de-

posits and discourage the development of rival mines, Nevertheless,

we have collected a considerable amount of information . hich we

give on another page as an answer to our many correspondents.

We trust the publication of this information may tend to promote the

development of a very promising industry, and may answer most of the

questions asked us, but we shall be pleased to hear from our corre-

spondents some description of the nature and extent of the deposits from

which their samples were derived.

As the result of the examination of samples of gilsonite by Professor

HENRY WoURTZ, it is shown conclusively that this mineral (which is also

the uintahite of BLAKRF) is identical with grahamite, the West Virginia

mineral that was worked years ago and was used for enriching gas.

It would appear, from an examination of the samples sent us, that the

same deposit may contain gilsonite (grahamite) and elaterite or ozokerite;

in other words, that these solid hydrocarbons have a common origin and

assume varying physical, and probably chemical, characteristics from

varying environment.

We shall shortly publish an extremely interesting and suggestive

paper on the genesis of these solid hydrocarbons by Prof. HENRY

WwrtTzZ, who has long been prominently identified with this department

of chemical investigation.

THE TRUST MANIA AND ITS CURE.

Every industry in the land appears to be falling into the hands of

so-called ‘‘trusts” or combinations, which have for their objects to

restrict competition and to increase the selling price of their products,

We have on many occasions called attention to the inevitable result of

these efforts to make the public pay forthe support of antiquated and

expensive producing works, or for the losses which ignorance or extrav-

agance would entail. The object now apparent in most cases of‘ trus.” organizations is simply to make the dear public believe that ‘‘trust stocks” are good investments, and to unload these ‘‘securities ” on them

as rapidly as possible. Many of the unwary will later on pay dearly for their education in

this matter; but inthe meantime it is well for proposing investors in

‘* trust stocks” to consider the legislation already proposed or enacted in

several States for the treatment of this trust mania.

Take for example the following extract from a bill passed recently by

the Michigan Legislature, and said to have been drawn by a lawyer who

has been the presiding Judge of the Supreme Court of the State. It pro-

vides ‘‘that all contracts, agreements, understandings and combinations

made, entered into, or knowingly assented to by and between any_parties capable of making a contract or agreement which would be valid at law orin equity, the purpose or object or intent of which shall be to limit,

contro:, Or in any manner to restrict or regulate the amount of production or the quaniity of any article or commodity to be raised or produced

by mining, manufacuure, agriculture, or any other branch of business or

labor, or to enhance, control or regulate the market price thereof, or in

any manner to prevent or restrict free competition in the production or sale of any such article or commodity, shall be utterly illegal and void,

and every such contract, agreement, understanding, and combination shall constitute a criminal conspiracy.” Organizations of workmen are excepted from the operation of the act.

This bill, whether good law or not, is certainly one of the most con-

cise, comprehensive and rigid measures we have yet seen, and it is well

worthy the careful consideration of ail who are tempted to invest in these so-called ‘‘ trust securities.”

THE USE OF FIRE-PROOF WOOD-PRESERVATIVE PAINTS.

The recent destruction by fire of the greater part of the town of Seat-

tle, Washington Territory, only emphasized the lessons taught by innu-

merable other fires at points scattered throughout the Western States

and Territories, and especially at points in the ‘‘ arid zone,” where it is

almost impossible to extinguish a fire. A wooden building becomes a veritable ‘‘tinder box” in that parched atmosphere. The “‘long-felt want” of our ‘‘wooden country” is certainly something that will render

wood incombustible, or at least that will retard its combustion and render

wood uninflammable.

JuLy 6, 1889.

In the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, June 1st, attention was called to the composition and uses of some of the chief fire-proof paints, such as the Martin process paint, the Vulcan fire-proof paint and the Dixon graphite paint. The claims of each are strongly endorsed, and they all appear to render valuable service. Probably those proposing to use a fire-proof paint would test each, and finally adopt that which afforded

the best results. None of these paints is expensive, and there can be no doubt of the fact that wood can be rendered practically incombustible

by their use.

We are convinced, as the result of tests which we have personally

witnessed, that had the Martin or Vulcan paint been used in'such struc-

tures as the great Anaconda Mill, near Butte, Montana, which was re-

cently destroyed by fire, or at the many coal-breakers in the anthracite

districts of Pennsylvania, or at the numberless other valuable buildings

burned in the mining districts, most of these expensive conflagrations would have been avoided. So inexpensive is the material that it could

even be used to protect both from fire and decay the timber used in mines, and the costly lessons of the Calumet & Hecla, the Plymouth Consolidated, and others which will suggest themselves to our readers, might never have been given. We believe it will well repay every one interested in wooden buildings,

and particularly the owners of mills and mines, of coal-breakers and metallurgical works, which are especially liable to destruction by

fire, to investigate the subject and adopt generally the use of these fire-

proofing paints, that are at the same time wood preservatives. Their cost is now so low as to place this kind of insurance within the reach of

all. The ad@resses of the chief manufacturers will be fdund in our advertising columns. ;

GNOMUM,” THE SUPPOSED NEW ELEVENT.

Some time ago Drs. Kruss and SCHMIDT announced through the

Chemiker Zeitung (noticed in the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,

March 30th, 1889) their discovery of a new element supposed to be con-

tained in nickel and cobalt. This information was sent all over the world by telegraph, and the details of theic com munication were waited for by chemists with great interets ; but when the entire paper came to be read it was found that their claims were not substantiated by sufficient proof to make their alleged discovery a certainty. Scientists have since been

waiting for fuller details, but these have not been received. “

Dr. FLEITMANN, in the issue of the Chemiker Zeitung for June 25th,

handles the subject without gloves. He says: ‘- I have very carefully ex-

amined the different varieties of commercial nickel and cobalt according to the method proposed by Des. Kruss and SCHMIDT, even in quantities of

50 grams, and I fail utterly to find an appreciable quantity of any new

metal. My examination was not made for the purpose of in any way

interfering with the researches of Drs. KRUSS and SCHMIDT, whose wish

to reserve to themselves that field was a proper request, but owing to my relations to the nickel industry, a connection which has extended over a

period of thirty-eight years, it was manifestly my duty to at once

substantiate the discovery of so important a fact as the finding of a new

element. In consequence of which, after the publication of the negative results of the discovery, I wrote under date of February 13th to Dr.

Krvss, with the request that a small portion of this new element be sent to me in oréer that I might as soon as possible satisfy myself of its ex-

istence. It was not until March 29th that Dr. Kruss re- plied that after Easter he would be able to send me some preparations. I then waited unti! the present time, but as nothing has been received, and as my own experiments were negative, I am forced to the conclusion that the so-called new element ‘‘ gnomum” exists only in the imagination of its discoverers. At best it is disagreeable te feport negative results against the positive observations already published, and

in consequence I have no desire to discuss the scientific side of the question, but prefer to wait so that Drs. Kruss and SCHMIDT may either substantiate their discovery or recall their original communication. Itis

sufficient for me at present to report that the doubts caused by the paper of Drs. Kruss and SCHMIDT among my colleagues, and the nickel pro-

ducers and consumers, are unnecessary and to state as my conviction, resulting from the examination made by me— -

‘*1. Thatif it be true that a new element exists in nickel and cobalt it is only in extremely small quantities, and not by any means up to two per cent.

‘*2, That such small quantities will have no effect on the physical properties of nicke!, which in its accepted form of purity resembles

white iron.” ; But previous to the publication of Dr. FLEITMANN’s article, at a Con-

versazione of the Royal Society, Dr. HUGO MILUER exhibited some

compounds of the supposed gnomum. Among the preparations shown

were gnomum oxide, gnomum chloride (in aqueous solution), nickel from which the gnomum, which had always accompanied it hitherto, had been removed ; and nickel oxide. also free from gnomum.

The researches of Prof. CLEMENT WINKLER in the same direction do . not seem to have led to encouraging results in the way of verifying the

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finding of the supposed new element. Of course, it is quite conceivable that a rare unknown element might be present as an “accidental” in certain samples of commercial nickel and cobalt and not in others or

most others, but as Doctors Kruss and ScHMipT were engaged in the study of the atomic weights of nickel and cobalt at the time of the alleged discovery, itis to be presumed that ‘‘gnomum” could be fairly looked for in all pure nickel ard cobalt, and, therefore, also im all commercial samples, so that a negative result by other chemists working on

for the personalities which have been used, as the point at issue is an open scientific question which ought not to be degraded into a matter of petty rivalry.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We invite correspondence upon matters of interest to the industries of mining and metallurgy. Communications should invariably be accompanied with the name and address of the writer. lnitials only will be published when so requested.

All letters should be addressed to the MANAGING EDITOR. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.

Value of the Engineering and “ining Journal Abroad. EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL:

Sim: Hav- just returned from the Master Mechanics’ Convention at Niagara Falls, aud fcund a number of letters from Australia, New Zealand and South America in answer to our advertisement in your journal. ' ‘We are pleased to see that people abroad so promptly take an interest in our car greas®, as it goes to show that a high order of lubricant like ours will always tind a demand over the cheap grade of oils which have of late years been forced on the market. Weare gratified at the prompt answer to our adverti-ement in your journal. Yours very truly,

(Sizned) THE DREHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Per A. LICHENSTEIN, Secretary.

NEw YORK, June 22d, 1889.

The Importation of Mexican Silver-Lead Ores,

EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL : Sir : [am glad to observe that the consideration of the above ques-

tion simply from the standpoint of political aapecionny. which .you so justly deprecate and reprehend. is not univereal among republicans of strong protectionist proclivities, as you will see from the subjoined letter written by Mr. A. W. Gifford, of St. Louis, a gentleman about whose political creed there can be no doubt. ‘* As a Texas republican, interested in the future development of the Grea, Southwest, [am and always have been for high protective tariff; but with it I am in favor of our country controlling the trade of Mexics. It justly belongs to us, and we should have every dollar of it. Nothing will do as much toward devel oping and giving us this trade as the opening up to American capital and eoterprise tne wonderful mines of Mexico. I have given most of my time for the past ten years to the development of Mexican mines, and have taken the pos tion that the silver-lead ores should be admitted as per their predominative value.. Our smelters need these ores to flux with other ores, Mexico needs our enterprise and capiial, and we want her trade, and the development of her mines means the doubling and trip ling of her trade, which our country will finally control. silver-lead ores destroys all possibility of securimg it.”

Here in St. Louis the feeliug is very strong that our merchants as well asthe smelters would be heavy losers in the suppression of the growing commerce with Mexico, which would follow any interference with the present regulations as to free admission of ores.

St. Louis. June 29.

A duty on

MERCHANT.

St. Joseph Lead Oompany’s Dressing Works at Bonne Terre. EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL :

Prof. H. S. Monroe’s valuable paper on the dressing works of the St. Joseph Lead Company at Bonne Terre, published in your journal of June 22nd and 29th, contains the following, which I think deserves notice:

“It will be seen that the rolls produce a large proportion of fine stuff. The losses in the treatment of this fine stuff are very great. Its production could perhaps be lessened somewhat by some changes in the arrangement of the crushing machinery, but it is evident that some better form of crushing apparatus than rolls is urgently needed for such fine comminution as is required at these works. * * *

‘Since a machine for fine crushing, that will produce a minimum of slime, of large capacity and economical, is much needed, a promising field is open for inventors.”

Such statements, coming from such asource and published in the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, are liable to mislead those who are not weil posted on the subject of crushing ores and crushing machinery. At Bonne Terre, Professor Monroe states that the ore is crushed to pass a screen, the perforations of which are 6 mm. (or +of an inch) in diameter. This instead of being fine is coarse crushing, and if the rolls in the Bonne Terre works were of the best modern construction, properly arranged and intelligently operated. the smallest amount of fine stuff that can be produced would be the result. There never has been. nor will be, any machine invented that will supersede rolls in point of economy or adaptability for pulverizing ores. If the cut in Professor Monroe’s paper correctly represents the rolls as used in the Bonne Terre mill, itis very easy to understand the 1eason why so much slimes are produced. The cut shows the rolls running close together, a condition which produces the greatest amount of fine stuff (although it is stated that the rolls are set to crush about % incb, but the figures given by Professor Monroe bear out this conclusion’. He says: ‘‘ While the perforations of the screen are 6 mm, (} inch), not more than two per cent of the screened product is coarser than 4 mm. (,5; of an inch).” This shows that the rolls arerun in such a way as to produce the largest amount of fine stuff. Now this may be done by either running the rolls close together

different samples of the metals from those used by the discoverers would be a perfectly fair test. But we do not see why the antagonistic chemists cannot fight out their battle in good temper. There is no call

or feeding such slow-moving rolls so fast that the ore crushes on itself. Not only should rolls not be run close together when the least fine stuff is wanted, but the reduction should be comparatively gradual, which is best done by employing two or three sets of rolls in each group, and the rolls should be run fast enough to keep ahead of their work. The arrangement at Bonne Terre as described by Professor Monroe is very far from good modern engineering. A Blake crusher of ancient type running but 180 revolutions and set to crush 1} inches, and this coarsely crushed ore passing to a set of still more ancient rolls running close together (or its equivalent) at 8,44, revolutions. The machinery and its arrangement is about as crude as could be imagined. One good modern crusher set to crush, say, one inch with two sets of rolls of the best modern construction would reduce 100 tons of Bonne Terre ore to 6 mm. (}in.)in ten hours. With three sets of rolls still less slimes would be produced. At this rate 800 tons would be crushed with eight ore breakers and sixteen sets of rolls, or working twenty-four hours,as they do at Bonne Terre, four crushers and eight sets of rolls would do the work and consequently at less cost for labor and repairs, original cost of plant and the production of les- fine stuff.

Then considering the character of the Bonne Terre ore, which is not very hard to crush, and the coarseness of screens, the wear and tear and expenses for repairs is too great to be considered econ omical.

S. R Krom. NEw York, July 2d, 1889. [We can not agree with our correspondent in some of his statements,

and think that Professor Munroe, in his carefully prepared paper. has fairly accounted for the large preportion of fines in what 1s really coarse crushing. Moreover, Mr. Krom’s optimistic views of rolls, though largely sbared in by us when conditions are suitable, can scarcely be indorsed in their universal application as given.—EDITOR ENGINEER- ING AND MINING JOURNAL. |

American Export Trade with Manila.

EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL: Str: In response to your letter of inquiry, dated the 12th ult., I regret

to be obliged to say that none of the houses here give much attention to the importation of American goods for several reasons, the most potent of which, I think, is that little or no direct effort has been made by American manufacturers to introduce their products into the Philippine Islands. : American canned goods are sent here from London and Hong Kong,

and the latter port sends to us a very large proportion of the flour and pork used here, which is shipped from San Francisco. American dealers and manufacturers who make any effort at all to sell their wares in this section send out a few circulars and price lists and await results. The chances are that if any of the goods advertised are ordered they are taken in small ijots from England or Hong Kong. Of course, under these circumstances they cannot compete successfully with the goods from other countries, which are here in large quantities, and are pushed upon the market.

It is quite generally admitted that American goods are the best, taken all around, that are brought here, but the prices are considered exorbi- tant. American prints and muslins are ranked first, but the genuine goods are vonsidered too high, and German and English made fabrics of that class with the American marks sell in large quantities, I am told that there are no American prints nor muslins here, and yet one can find gvods marked as such in nearly all the stores.

Soda crackers made in San Francisco can be found on the shelves of some of the groceries in 5 pound tin boxes, but no one buys them because, sold here at 12 cents a pound, they cannot besold ata profit for less than $2.25 a box. and because the same sized boxes of crackers made in Hong Kong can be bought for $1.75. The same conditions apply to canned. goods, preserves, hardware, wooden- ware, tin, tocis and almost, if not quite, all lines. For instance. one cannot buy a pound of American cheese for less than 60 to 75c., French, German and Italian butter in bottles and tins sells for a dollar a pound, and one never sees American butter, of course, for the price would place it beyond the reach of everybody American manufacturers who desire to build up a market for their roducts in the Philippine I:lands must calculate to compete with the furopean manufacturers of cheap goods, which show well, or sell their goods at bottom rates unti] their reputation is established.

English and German houses have the bulk of the import trade, and the retail business is largely in the hands of the Chinese, who want something that they can make a profit on after knocking fifty per cent off the marked price. You will understand by this that quantity and show are more potent than quality. This of course applies to the retail trade in small goods; American machinery, farm- ing implements and railway supplies have no market here, for the reason, apparently, that no one has ever taken the trouble to introduce them properly. [tis possible, also, that if any one has ever enter- tained the idea of dealing in goods of that character here the prospect of trying to make any money in competition with European manufacturers, was too discouraging to warrant the venture. Americans seem to think that this country is too far away to pay any

attention to, but it is quite as easy to transport goods here from New York, Boston and Philadelphia (and easier from Sdn Francisco), as it is from London, Liverpool and the German ports.

I believe that if American manufacturers of dry goods, shoes, machinery, farm implements, wagons, carriages, wooden ware, canned goods, railway suppliesand some other lines would make an earnest effort to introduce their products here, they would find a very profitable market. MANILA, May, 1889.

Lixiviation. EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL:

Str: Your correspondent ‘* L. M.,” from London, in your issue for June 15th, makes some pertinent remarks under the head of ‘‘ Lixiviation,” yet such that any practical mining and mill man might easily answer.

The question is asked, ‘‘Is it not probable that it may suit some ores and not others?’ meaning the Russell process. Now, my experience and observation since 1859 is that no *‘ process” will suit all ores. But I think lixiviation, ‘‘ Russell,’ and ‘‘ ordinary” will ‘‘ reduce” more

kinds than any other of what may be termed concentrating or reducing processes. This is based on experience with the different ** processes.”

The trouble with the Russell process, or any that is not purely mechanical, is, it takes a Stetefelt, an Aaron, or a Hoffmann to run it; one who has not only knowledge of chemistry, but has had experience with the different processes, and particularly with the one to be used. In fact, one must almost be born in the business, and besides havean intu- itive knowledge of whatto do. There are so many chemical combination possible in the lixiviation process that the most thorough analytical chemist is constantly met by results that are unexpected, to say the least. It requires an expert to be continually analyzing ores to prevent losses in the ‘‘ tailings,” or refuse.

The successful way to do in lixiviation is to work on a large scale, and to be all the time on the study. what to do, and how to treat your ores, and to have other ways and appliances for the reduction of ores besides the plan on which you are working, and [ believe as I have said, the Russell process will work more ores than any other, Yet it will not work some ores as economically as they can be worked by some other methods. The silver can be taken out of some ores, for instanee. mechanically; then why dissolve, precipitate and bring back to where we start, as it were? : Notwithstanding the many reputed failures, I believe in the Russell

process. I was interested with some parties in trying it here and learned, as I have above stated. Ours wasacustom mill. The silver could be leached out of all the ores, with the aid of roasting, but it needed constant care and attention by one of the best chemists and metallurgists in this or any other country, and even then losses occurred. This gentleman had worked with Hoffmann in Mexico and had a kind of intuition as to what was needed to take silver out of the rock which contained it.

: To be sure, this camp contains a greater variety of ores probably than any in the world, but the superintendent managed to get the silver and gold separated from the gangue by lixiviation.

In my trip East, i talking up the merits of the Russell process, I was asked: **‘ Where has this process been a success?” I was not well enough posted to say where, and my only reply was: ‘If it has been a success in any one place, it can be in all.” But 1 would like to have the gentlemen who are interested in the process, which I am not, toanswer. I think I can tell why it is not now worked in this country, where it has been tried at Lake Valley, Chloride and Kingston. Yours, ete., J.D. W. KINGSTON, Sierra County, New Mex., June 25th, 1889.

EDITOR ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL: Sir: If Imay be permitted to reply to your London correspondent, L.

M., whose letter appears in your issue of June 15th, I willsay that the little polemics indulged in by the priests of the cult of metallurgy are not designed as guides to the worshippers of mammon, but as a means of elucidating questions of doctrine and ritual amoung themselves. A gentleman in the position of L. M. would not be justified in selecting a process for his particular case on the strength ot his own judgment, based on their discussions.

Metallurgy resembles medicine in that, however deeply it may be im- bued with science, it remains an art; also in that no two cases are pre- cisely alike in all particulars, and again in that its practitioners are human and fallible, and still further in that those practitioners have to suffer much injustice at the hands of those, like L. M., who will insist on judg- ing while admitting their ignorance of the subject.

I have no personal knowledge of the facts in the case of the ‘* Cusi” mine, but it 1s quite clear to me that the greater success attained since the abandonment of the Russell process may have been or might have been due to causes quite distinct from the merits of the Russell process, or even from its applicability to the particular case. A change of management without a change of process might have given a similar result: a change in the character or richness of the ore would be a vital factor in the problem. But it is quite possible, in fact I fancy it to have been the case, that the Russell process was not required, and its extra cost was therefore a source of loss. An attempt is made. by certain persons who are pecuniarily interested, to make the Russell process the lixiviation process par excellence, superior in all cases in which hypoleaching is applicable. I do not include Mr. Russell himself, who appears to be a liberal-minded, honest gentleman.

For myself, I look upon Mr. Russell’s discoveries and improvements as valuable additions to our knowledge of the subject, and as constituting a series of useful modifications either or all of which may be applied as required by a competent metallurgist. Hoffman’s trough-lixiviation is another modification which promises

weli, but has not yet been worked on a sufficiently large scale, or con- tinuously enough to be considered as an established method.

Practical metallurgy is a difiicult art, and while it is true that ‘‘ an ounce of practice ig worth a ton of theory.” it is equally true that the practice which succeeds in one case may be quite misapplied in another. As to knowing ‘* which is the most satisfactury process to enable us to pay dividends,” my opinicn is that the answer in any one case depends on so many special considerations as to require the thorough investigation and deliberate judgment of at least one competent, cool and disinterested person: that is, disinterested and unprejudiced as to any particular process or modification. If proposing investors will permit themselves, for the sake of saving a fee, to be buttonholed and monop- olized by these who, either through enthusiasm, generally indicating a narrow experience or an excitable temperament, or through pecuniary motives, have no other object than the adoption of a pet process or machine, they must expect to be misled sometimes.

The next question is, how is the proper man to be known by those who are not themselves competent judges of bis qualifications? It is difti- cult, and the only guide that 1 know of is the reputation of the man, based on the fortune that has attended those who have been guided by his counsels, on his personal success in treating ores, his attainments in the line of his profession, and especially on his sound sense and freedom from hobbies. The first item is apt to be illusory, asso much depends on the way in which advice is followed, and on the permanence of essen- tial conditions. Much injustice is sometimes done to professional men by those who, having asked counsel, have taken their own way notwithstanding in some important particulars or in all particulars, and then laid the blame of their disappointment on the counsellor.

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This kind of evidence should therefore be taken cum grano salis as to any single instance, though, if a man’s advice has been persistently followed by failure, it certainly looks badly for that man’s reputation.

I wilt further observe that the mystic symbol, M. E , even when legitimately assumed, does not of itself establish a claim to unlimited confidence; but the candidate for the responsible position of adviser should be warranted in writing himself as C. C. C., or Cold-nosed, Conscientious and Competent. SAN FRANCISCO, June 24th, 1889.

THE COLORADO MEETING OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS.—SECOND NOTICE,

The issue of THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL of June 29th contained an account of the earlier proceedings of the Colorado meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, describing the doings, say- ings and movements of the engineers through the first week of the convention. On Monday, June 24th, after a _ rest over Sunday at Manitou, the party proceeded to Aspen by special train. Here they received, as at Denver, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, and all other points visited, a characteristically hospitable welcome at the hands of the local reception committee. The Aspen people had taken the pains to present a pamphlet describing the camp, giving lists of the mines and works with their history and statistics ; a plan much to be commended, since it simplified the studies of members who were visiting the district for the first time, and who were therefore unfamiliar with the ground. On Tuesday morning the institute assembled at the Opera House, Prof.

Thomas Egleston presiding, when Hon. J. W. Deane delivered a fine address of welcome, which was responded to by Dr. R. W. Raymond. Mr. W. E. Newberry then read a paper on the geological formation and the ore bodies of the Roaring Fork district. Mr. F. G. Bulkley described the interesting application .of electricity to the transmission of power, and the peculiarities of the working of the electric motors in use on the property of the Aspen Mining and Smelting Company and at the Regent mine. The party, which included several ladies, was taken to the mines of Aspen Mountain,which they examined with special attention

In the evening of the 25th another meeting was held at the opera house for the discussion of the engineering feats observed in the Aspen mines, which had been visited during the day. President Richard Pearce presided. An animated discussion on the theory of the connection between faults and vein formation was participated in by Mr. Bulk- ley, Dr. Raymond, Messrs. Pearce, Browne, Moore, Brunton and others. On the following morning conveyances were provided for the second

excursion to the mines of Smuggler Mountain, where the Smuggler, the Mollie Gibson, the J. C. Johnson, Regent and other mines were looked at. After a pleasant and profitable half day in the bonanzas to the south of Aspen, the party returned to town and went to Hallam’s Lakes, where they had a trout bake.

At Leadville, in the evening of the 27th, a grand reception was given the visitors under the auspices of the Friday Night Club. Seme of the Leadville mines and works were inspected. On the 28th the party returned to Denver, and most of the members from the East took trains homeward. A few, however, extended their trip to the Pacific Slope. Altogether, the meeting and the journey were most successful and en- joyable, for which thanks are mainly due to the hospitable citizens of Colorado for their kind reception.

JOHN PERCY.

This distinguished metallurgist, whose works are accepted as authority the world over, died at his home in London on June 19th. He was born in Nottingham in 1817, where his father w sa well-known lawyer, and after suitable preliminary studies he entered the medical department of the University of Edinburgh, where he b came the pupil of Sir Charles Bell and received his degree in 1838, Subsequently he studied in the medical schools of Paris. On his return to England he settled at Birmingham, and, in addition to his practice, was pbysician to the Queen’s Hospital. While so engaged, he became interested in the chemical principles involved in metallurgical operations, and in 1651, when the Royal School of Mines was established. Dr. Percy was called to the post of lecturer on metallurgy, which he held until 1879, After settling in London he abandoned the practice of medicine and devoted his attention to technical research, taking special interest in the early development of photography. He was also lecturer on metallurgy to the advanced class of officers of the Royal Artillery, and a fellow of the Royal Society, the Geological Society, ard an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Society of Engineers in Great Britain. In this country he was elected an honorary member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, a distinction which is conferred only in recognition of the most meritorious work.

In 1877 the Iron and Steel Institute conferred on him its Bessemer medal, and later he held the presidency of this institute. For many years be held the office of superintendent of ventilation in the Houses of Parliament.

His great work, however, was the production of an exhaustive treatise on metallurgy, and after years spent in the accumulation of material his tirst volume was given to the world in 1861. This dealt mainly with the subjects of fuel, copper and zinc. It was followed in 1864 by a volumin- ous treatise on iron and steel, and 1n due course other volumes appeared, treating of lead, silver and gold. Its value was widely recognized, and the successive volumes as they appeared were translated into both French and German, and have since their publication been accepted as standard authority. Dr. PERCY was a man of great force of character and versa- tility of tastes; a writer in command of a vigorous and pure style of English, a lecturer of power and popularity and a teacher deeply respect- ed by his students. For more than a quarter of a century Dr. Percy practically directed all the metallurgical teaching in England, and nearly every English assayer of scientific reputation had passed through his laboratory.

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THE JEFPREY ELECTRIC COAL MINING MACHINE.

We have on various occasions referred to the desirability of applying electro-motive force to mining machinery for drilling and coal cutting, and have recorded the progress in this direction so far as it has gone. We now illustrate the Jeffrey electric coal mining machine as the latest step in the practical solution of the question, and from the following description it will be seen that 1t possesses many advantages, especially if used in connection with electric lighting and haulage. The machine is run by an electric motor forming part of the coal

cutter, and the pressure required does not exceed 220 volts, with a current not to exceed 60 ampéres. This pressure is found by experience to be safe, and no injurious accidents can arise from its use.

The machine itself consists of a bed frame, occupying a space 2 feet wide by 7 feet 6 inches long. composed of two steel channel bars firmly braced, the top plates on each forming racks with their teeth downward into which the feed wheels of the sliding frame engage. Mounted upon and engaging with this bed frame is asliding frame,

similarly braced, consisting mainly of two steel T-bars, upon which ure mounted at the rear ends an electric motor, from which power is transmitted through straight gear wheels to the rack. by means of which the sliding frame is fed forward. Upon the front end of this sliding frame is mounted the cutter bar, held firmly by two solid steel shoes, with suitable brass boxes. The cutter bar contains steel bits, made of tool steel, held in place by set screws. When the cutter bar is revolved these cutters or bits cover its entire face. The cutter bar is revolved by one endless steel chain from the driving shaft, and. as it is revolved, is advanced by the above mechanism into the coal, or other material, to be undercut to the desired depth. The feed is thrown on and off by means of an an automatic lever. Thecut under the coal, 6 feet deep by 3 feet wide, 4 inches high, is made in three and a quarter to five minutes and the cutter bar withdrawn in from four to six minutes.

At this rate, on an average for ten hours, it is claimed fairly that the machine will undercut from 600 to 1,000 square feet of floor surface in

of engineers in England into one body for their common advantage orig- inated with Smeaton, one of the fathers of the profession. It was not, however, until 25 years after his death—viz., in 1817—well-nigh three- quarters of a century ago—that the present institution was actually formed. Telford became its president in 1820, and in 1828 it received the royal charier under which it has ever since flourished. In regard to magnitude it is sufficient to state that our institution now comprises (including the class of students) upward of 5,700 members, and _ is largely adding to its numbers every year. Although the Civil Engineers act as hosts in your reception, the several engineering bodies of the country are associated with us; and others outside our profession join in the welcome and have rendered valuable aid in our endeavors to secure your comfort and gratification. Foremost ‘of all must be mentioned the special permission given by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen for you to visit and inspect her royal palaces and domains at Windsor and in the metropolis. Nor must we omit to place on record the very exceptional and gratifying fact that the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Cuuncil of the City of London have been pleased to place at the disposal of the reception committee the use of their ancient and noble Guildhall, in order that we may entertain you, in accordance with old English custom, at a festival dinner therein. The leading railway, dock, gas, and water companies have vied with each other in exercising hospitality, nor have private individuals been lacking in the earnest desire to add to your gratification while in our midst. It would be superfluous and presumptuous to enlarge on the professional merits of American engineers. Their great works and clever inventions have passed far beyond the sphereof mere technical appreciation, and have become of world-wide celebrity. We feel justified in regarding the influence of you and your predecessors as one of the principal*factors which have raised, with unexampled rapidity, the modest republic of George Wash- ington to one of the foremost nations on earth. The problem of dealing with great difficulties presented by nature, and, until recently, with comparatively limited means and limited appliances, has been solved by the American engineer, andthe solution has left its mark upon the char-

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ten hours. In one case 1,200 square feet have been cut in 10 hours, and the Shawnee and Iron Point Coal & Iron Company is now operating with these machines in its coal mines in Ohio, and is, in addition, lighting and hauling by electricity. The Ellsworth & Morris Coal Company, of the Hovking Valley, has also adopted them, displacing the Jeffrey compressed air machines, which had given great satisfaction: but the conclusion is that the results attained with the electric machine are even more satisfactory. The machine can be handled easily by two men, and will cut equally

well in the fire-clay bottom as in the coal. The first cost of an electric maciine plant alone is a little more than

a compressed air plant, but when electricity is used for other purposes in the mine it is a0 greater, and for renewals and extensions this system has a decided economy, while the cost of running is about the same and the machine can be run faster than by the use of air. These machines, as well as electric lighting and electric hauling plants, are manufactured by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, Ohio.

ADDRESS OF THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS TO THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS

The following is the text of the address of welcome read by Sir JOHN Coopk, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, at the reception of the visiting members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the associated societies abroad :

‘“*To the presidents of the American societies of Civil, Mining, Mechan- ical, and Electrical Engineers.—We, the president, past president, vice- presidents, council and members of the Institution of Civil Engineers, acting on this occasion both for ourselves and the various bodies of engi- cineers of the United Kingdom, hereby tender to you, as respresenta- tives of the members of the several engineering societies of America, a sincere and cordial welcome to this country, and gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity of publicly acknowledging, and as far as possible reciprocating, the manifold courtesies which for many years past have been lavished on British engineers visiting the great Republic. It isa ‘source of peculiar satisfaction to receive you within this building, because we are here in the home of the parent of all the duly constituted engineering societies of this kingdom. The association

acter of the nation. Witha population about double our own, and aterritory stretching between ocean and ocean, more than 3,000 miles, from east to west, not to speak of its extent from north to south, distances have been conquered by your vast system of railways on ascale of magnitude of which we have no experience. We trust that all the arrangements made for your visits to some of the most important public works in this kingdom will be successful and acceptable, and we bope that you may carry back pleasant*recollections of your visit to this country.”

An engrossed copy, with the portraits of Watt and Stephenson, has been handed to the officers of each of the four engineering bodies.

The Rate at which 'he Country is Opened Up.—The census of 1890 wiil reveal many wonderful changes, The central line of population will be much nearer the Mississippi River than it was ten years ago. A series of maps like those contained in the last census, of gradations in color to indicate the changes in density of population, wealth, health and other important facts, will present a curious contrast with the maps that we now have for the census of 1880, or that of 1870.. Over 16,000,- 000 acres of land were sold in the last fiscal year under the operation of the homestead and timber culture law. More than 124,000,000 acres of land have been settled in the last eight years, representing a larger area than the States of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. The greatest changes "have been made in the northwestern group of States and Territories, comprising Dakota. Nebraska. Minnesota, Wyoming and Montana, where nearly 60,000,000 acres have been settled in the last eight years. In the southwestern group, comprising Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and New Mexico, nearly 30,000,000 have been occupied. On the Pacific coast 19,000,000 acres have been settled, and 13,000,000 acres must be added for the Southern States on both sides of the Mississippi. Along the Pacific roads 18,000,000 of acres have been opened since the last census. In other words, the Government and the Pacific railroads have opened for settlement in the last eight years a territory larger than the New England, Middle States and South Carolina combined; larger than Germany or France, and about twice as large as Great Britain and Ireland.—The Mining Industry.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AND THE GREAT FLOOD.

The following extract from a description of the effect of “ the great flood” and of the work done on the Pennsylvania railroad in repairing the damage done, is a record of a marvelous work. No one who has not seen the effect of the flood can at all appreciate the completeness of the devastation it effected in the districts involved, and when we consider also the suddenness of the disaster, the rapidity with which com- | munication was re-established was indeed marvelous and. we believe, a feat without equal in the history of railroad work. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company may well be proud of the admirable staff of trained engineers and other employés who have charge of its property, and who have earned for it the credit of being, technically, the best managed road in the world.

The progress of the storm had been carefully watched for several days, and precautions had been taken, as far as human foresight could ordain, to prevent the loss of life and property in the territory under consideration. When the critica! moment came. the floods in the east having reached their height, while those of the west, reinforced by the breaking of the South Fork dam, had acquired a momentum for destruction beyond the power of man to stay, all communication was broken, : both by rai! and wire, and concerted action under the general direction of the superior officials was impossible. ; ; |

In this extraordinary emergency each local official bestirred-himself to heroic efforts to repair as rapidly as possible the damage to his own division, so as to establish a connection with that beyond. .

In the east the executive offices of the company were moved to Broad street station, Philadelphia, and from that point a general supervision of

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ions for the workmen from the same quarter. Two or three miles of track had to be relaid on a new foundation, and with the small force laboring day and night, the work was finished, and nine days after the visitation of the most destructive flood ever known in that region, the three large bridges and seven miles of double-track road had been rebuilt.

West of Altoona. between South Fork and Johnstow”,a distance of nine miles, the destruction was greater than on any other portion of the line, from the fact that tothe force of the storm was added the violence of the flood from the broken reservoir.

The reservoir was locaied in the mountains nearly 1,700 feet above sea level, and 200 feet above the level of the valley, and about two miles to the southeast of the South Fork station. By the time the raging torrent had reached that ;-oint the force of the water bad not only increased in power, but its destructive violence had been intensified by the accumulation of trees, stones buildings and débris, which the mad flood had snatched up in its course. It swept down upon the vil- lage. carrying everything before it, and. as it roared and raged through the valley, it not only caught up in its watery embrace bridges and track, but in many instances carried away the ground on which the road was built. The South Fork bridge first met its approach, and, although it was not directly in the course of the torrent was demolished by the united water of the reservoir and the Conemaughriver. From this point to Johnstown bridge the road was almost entirely destroyed. Its condition was, indeed, appalling, and even if the means of restitution had been at hand, the experienced and skilled engineers of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company might well have stood aghast at the magnitude and difficulty of the task.

the situation was exercised by the general officers, although, for the time i A large hody of men from Altoona bega nto work westward from the South being, little else than the securing and hastening forward of supplies to ‘Fork bridge, while the local force at Pittsburgh uniting with the large all the available points could be done. All the skilled workmen and carpenters from the eastern divisions were collected as rapidly as possible and forwarded to Harrisburg to be distributed north and as far west as the work on hand demanded. Bridge builders were contracted with and their entire forces were sent out on the line. Reserve workmen from every quarter were called into requisition, and the superintendents of divisions that had escaped severe damage were directed to send out all their available force and to secure all the help they could from other quarters. All the bridge lumber held in reserve at various points on the line was loaded on cars and forwarded or held subject to shipment to points where needed. In addition to this. the lumber dealers of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore and all accessible points were given carte blanche orders to load all the bridge lumber in their yards ready for movement at any moment. The same plan was pursued at every central point. Tne material collected in the East was shipped to Harrisburg and thence north and west to the first breaks in the line, which were respectively at Mont- gomery Bridge, on the Philadelphia & Erie railroad, 20 miles south of Williamsport, and Granville, on the Middle Division of the main line.

At Altoona, a large reserve stock was always kept. That was forwarded eastward and westward for use at Manayunk and Mayes on the Middle, and the Viaduct on the Pittsburgh division. At Altoona, the surrounding territory from which to draw supplies was so limited by the washing out of the mills. and the failure of rail connection, that little aid could be obtained outside the reserve stock, yet the work of collecting it, wherever available, went on with such rapidity as the nature of the case admitted.

At Pittsburgh, when all the local resources had been exhausted, the western lines were called upon, and they responded with men and material drawn from al) points on the lines east of Cincinnati, Indianapo- lis, and Chicago. An enormous amount of material, anda large number of men were forwarded from the West to Johnstown, reaching that point before the flood had receded enough for the work of repair to

“—. principal effort was directed to the reopening of communication with the West. To this end a large force of men and car-loads of material were dispatched at once to Sunbury for the purpose of rebuilding the Montgomery bridge over the Susquehanna, four spans of which had succumbed to the swift and swollen stream. They arrived at the scene of action without delay, but the condition of the river was such that the planting of trestles in the current was impossible. The flood subsided sufficiently by Tuesday, and within four days four hundred men had bridged the river and re established communication with the West, via the Philadelphia & Erie and the Allegheny Valley railroads, This achievement is one of the marked features of the recovery of the road from this disaster, as it opened a route to the Pitisburg Division, and enabled the force from the Philadelphia & Erie to reinforce the work on the Pittsburg Division with both mem and material. :

In the meantime operations had been commenced in the Juniata Valley oa the Middle Division. A force of seven hundred men were detailed to forward supplies from Harrisburg and mend the lesser breaks in the track, while three hundred men were sent forward to rebuild the Gran- ville bridge. This bridge, which was over 70U feet long, was not only washed away, but all the piers save one had been wrecked. Work was commenced without delay, and the site of the bridge was covered with a substantial tresiling, 720 feet long and 50 feet high, in six days. Wi:h this bridge completed and the track leading to it repaired, an advance was made two miles farther west to Mayes bridge. and there in four days a trestling 780 feet long and 50 teet high was erected. The track along this entire section suffered severely. The ties and rails were not only swept away, but the ballast and found uon were carried with them. One section of some 1,500 feet of track. near Mayes bridge, was lifted from its bed and deposited intact on end, in the nud, 100 feet away, giving the appearance of a stout picket fence. ;

While the Granville and Mayes bridges were being reconstructed, the work was proceeding with vigor on the Manayunk bridge. Peculiar difficulties beset the progress of repair at this point. The locality was cut off from communication with any large center of supplies, men were scarce, and the entire section baving suffered great damage from the floods, it was not an easy matter to secure provisions for the workmen. Two hundred men were collected in the vicinity, and the task of closing up the gap was pressed forward in the face of all obstacles. Bridge lumber was obtained at Huntingdon, Tyrone, and Altoona, and provis-

contingent from lines west of that point undertook the herculean task of closing the gap between Johnstown bridge and Conemaugh bridge No. 6. The combined forces engaged in repairing this section of about nine miles amounted to 3.900 men, aud the enormity of the work required their constant labor day and night.

The force working west from South Fork had some very difficult work to perform. Besides the rebuilding of the South Fork bridge, the replacing of the Conemaugh viaduct fell to their lot. This trestle bridge is undoubtedly a magnificent example of what may be called extemporaneous engineering. It is 400 feet long, 78 feet high, and is constructed on a curve. Solid heart timber is the material, and. although it was constructed in the most rapid manner. it isas firm and as steady as if made of stone. Itspansa deep gorge, at the bottom of which flows the river, and on its northern side are the ruins of the magnificent arches of the old viaduct, their shattered masonry bearing mute but eloquent testimony to the violence of the flood. The road-bed west of the viaduct was also for the most part in ruins. The next important feature in the rebuilding of the road is the

trestle bridge over the Conemaugh, known as No. 6. I: is situated about half way between the viaduct and Conemaugh station. The river 1s wider at this point, and while the bridze and its trestle approaches is longer than the viaduct, it is not so high by 30 feet. This bridge is also a fine specimen of. rapid bridge-building. It is constructed on quite a sharp curve, and the totallength of the bridge and approaches is 600 feet. A striking feat of skillful engineering is seen at Conemaugh. At this

point the banks of the river rise up perpendicularly to the height of 1,000 feet. A shelf had been carved out of the mountain side on which to build the road-bed, and a curve in the river subjected this section of the track to the full force of the torrent. When the flood dashed against it about 1,500 feet of the track was not only carried away, but the ground and stone on which it was laid shared the sume fate. The current of the river was changed so as to run where the track once rested, and, in order to re-establish the line, tre-tling was put in for the entire distance and doubled so as to accommodate two tracks. This was, indeed, a daring undertaking, but it was accomplished with a skill and success which seem almost marvelous under the circumstances. From the eastern end of this trestle to the bridgeat Johns- town the track, with a trifling exceptiun, was built ane, a distance of three miles. The roadway along this section was exposed to the full force of the

water, and it was absoluiely annihilated. Not only werethe ties swept away and the rails bent and twisted into all taxnuer of shapes, but the earth on which the road was built was carried off, and the track site so deeply covered in sand, gravel, and débris that the most experienced trackman could not with certainly locate he old bed. The.entire work was tinisbed and a solid line 1e established in ten days. Conemaugh station is at the western bise of the Allegheny mountains.

The town 1s built on high. ground, inclining in a broad plain to the river. It was ap important point to the Peunsvivania railroad, as situated on this plain was a great freight yard and an immense round- house, where the heavy mountain climbing locomotives were stored, and attached to the freight trains to aid them in ascending the mountains. Tne flood swept over this yard with such mighty force that every vestige of a building was swept from the face of the earth. The great brick and-stone round-house, containing 85 engines, succumbed, and the work of destruction was so complete that the foundations of the round-house cannot be traced. The 60-ton locomotives were dashed away like chips on the relentless current, and left in various places imbedded in sand and débris.

Every conceivable obstruction presented itself—the lack of facilities of communication so as to concentrate material and laborers at desired points, the scarcity of material in certain quarters, and, above all, the inability to commence work on account of the high water and the in- cessant rain, There was not an entire fair day during the progress of the work of repairing, but, on the contrary, a ceaseless downpour of rain fell in the western part of the State throughout the week succeed- ing the flood.

The subsistence of the 1,500 men at work on the line was a ques-- tion of the utmost importance. The food had to be brought to them from distant points, and they had to be sheltered on the ground. Long trains of cars arranged for sleeping purposes were disposed at convenient places on side tracks, while at other points camps were pitched, where

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the men ate and slept. There was little sleep for them, and, in many instances. gangs of workmen labored without relief for twenty-four hours. Electricity was used for facilitating the night work, and the sound of hammer and saw reverberated through the mountain valleys at midnight as well as midday. Thus by ceaseless labor, marvelous energy, wonderful skill, an utter

sacrifice of personal comfort on the part of engineers and workmen, the greatest work of the age was achieved with brilliant success, and tbe Pennsylvania Railroad recovered from a blow which would have par- | alyzed the energies of any other railroad in the world.

THE SULLIVAN STEEL CANG-CHANNELING MACHINE.

We illustrate herewith a new direct acting single gang-channeling machine, which seems to have novel and meritorious features. Direct acting channelers are the simplest in const: uction and operation, and have the advantage, moreover, of utilizing all the steam employed in effective work. The objection to single gang-channelers has hitherto been their “ one-sided” action, tending to throw the machine out of

GERMAN EXPERIMENTS WITH EXPLOSIVES.

The Colliery Guardian has the followirg comments on new high explosives : Experiments were recently carried out at Konig colliery, near Neun

kirchen, with the view of ascertaining the effects produced by certain explosives in relation to fire-damp and coal dust. The following are the results of the experiments referred to: An explosive consisting of a taixture of dynamite with 40 per cent of soda crystals give very good results, bothas regards safety from colliery explosions and the produc. tion of large coal.* Samples of *‘ carbonite” gave better results than before, and the cartridges were better made. Water cartridges—the explosive surrounded with water—are said to have never given good results. ‘‘Ammopia dynamite” consists of 40 per cent of ammonium carbonate, 10. per cent of nitre, and 50 per cent of nitro-glycerin and kieselguhr (infusorial earth), with sufficient of the latter to make the mass plastic but no: too soft The introduction of ammonium carbonate is less advantageous than the oxalate. A good mixture is 45 per cent of ammonium oxalate, 15 per cent of niter, and 40 per cent of the kieselguhr dynamite. It seems po:sible that by some alteration in the

balance and thereby to cause vibration. This objection is said to be | composition of ordinary black powder it may be practicable to use it in col- removed in the Sullivan channeler by its construcuon, and the manner | lieries in safety, ammonium oxalate being used in place of carbon. “* Se- of operating the striking mecharism aids in securing smooth running. curite” gave bad results as regards safety from explosion. The Rottweil The length and wid'h of the machine over all is 8 by 7 feet, and its | Powder Works have consequently much altered and greatly improved

height with boiler 73 feet. and it is moved along the track by a small | this explosive. ‘‘Roburite” was used with success in workings which were ebgine independently of the striking engine, and therefore can be moved | free from fire-damp. Analyses failed to show the presence of chlorine when the latter is idle. Another special feature is the arrangement of the valves for economy |some of this element was present.

in the explosive obtained from Witten, although it was supposed that Experiments with Wolf’s benzine

SULLIVAN STEEL GANG-CHANNELING MACHINE.

of steam, a point not generally considered in machines of this kind. Steam throttle and cut-off valves enable the operator to reguiate the steam supply as demanded by the kind of stone and depth of channel, and a cushion valve below the piston cushions the blow, when necessary, so that the drills will ride over seams or low places in the channel, while at work, without danger of the piston striking the cylinder. The manufacturer of this channeling machine claims that the solid

buttment of the drills prevents their slipping, and avoids the use of

keys or wedges; it also prevents injurious cross strains on the piston rod, clamp bolts and guides, and as means of adjustment are provided

for all wearing surfaces, and as the equipment includes duplicates of

parts liable to need replacing, the cost of repairs is slight, and is farther lessened by the use of swiveled steam pipes, which will not leak or

burst, and which replace the usual costly and unsatisfactory steam

ose. The use of the machine is not limited to vertical channels, but inclined

channels can be cut as well, and the waste of stone is lessened by the ability to cut with it to within 5 to 8 inchesof the quarry walls. The weight of the chaoneler comp'ete with~ boiler. track-sections, drills

and tools is 11,200 pounds. The gauge of track is 4 feet 11 inches, and

the distance between channels cut by reversing the machine without changing track is 6 feet 4 inches.

The Sullivan steel gang-channeling machine is mavufactured by the

Diamond Prospecting Company, 74 West Lake street, Chicago, Ill., from whom full particulars as to capacity and cost can be obtained.

Petroleum in Russia.—The consumption of petroleum for Russia

reached, in 1888, the enormous figure of 880,000 tons, In 1889 it is pre- dicted that more than a million of tons will be used.

safety lamp gave very gond results. As regards risk from explosion, ‘‘ammonia dynamite” proved to be very safe; kieselguhr dynamite and gelatin dynamite were reported as bad, and about equally so; ‘*roburite” is claimed to be better than “ gelatin dynamite,” but not so good as “ammonia dynamite,” although it is possible that this explosive may have been recently still more improved. ‘*Carbonite,” the improved ‘‘securite.” and ‘‘ soda dynamite” afford great safety. ‘‘ Gel- atin dynamite No. 2” is placed as good as *‘ No. 1 giant.” and Favier’s explosive, one sample of which consisted of dinitrobenzine, mononi- tronaphthalen, ammonium nitrate and nitre, also gave very good results. [From the above statement it would appear that the roburite used in the experiments was manufactured by the German Company, and was not chlorinated. As chlorine 1s the element which quenches the flame in an ©x 13i9n, the results deserthed are fu'ly accouated for.

We are informed by the English Roburite Company that all roburite manufactured by them is chlorinated, and is therefore practically flame- less, as has been proved by frequent experiments. ]

Electric Weighing Machine.—Mr. William Snelgrove has invented an electric weighing machine whici he has sent to the Paris exhibition. It is operated and controlled by the current of a small constant battery concealed in the base. The machine is of the knife-edged lever type, and is provided with three movable poises or slides. As the goods to be weighed are placed on the platform, those poises automatically start and travel backward and forward on the steelyard until they exactly balance the goods, the correct weight is then shown by the m:chine in a single group of figures. When the goods ar removed from the platform all the poises automatically return to zero, the last one breaking the battery circuit and preventing any waste of current.

MINERAL WAX.

History.—Mineral or earth wax, ceresin, ozokerite or ozocerite (from ofezy, to smell, and “70S, wax) is a solid mineral belonging to the hydrocarbon family. and is practically a native paraffin. Toward the close of the last decade its occurrence was discovered in Utah, and at once every miner had a claim of itforsale. It was given a value of from five cents to a dollar a pound, and asphalt, dried petroleum, or, indeed, any mineral containing organic matter, was at once regarded as mineral wax. Specimens were sent to New York City, to Boston and elsewhere, and its utility was conceded, but the absence of a refinery in this country soon led to the abandonment of any attempt to place it on the market. The most valuable property passed into the hands of a New York house, which has developed it, until at present there is a continually increasing demand for its product. Geographical Distribution.—In Europe small quantities of it have been

discovered in England, at Binney quarry, Linlithgowshire, at the Urpeth colliery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and in Wales. It is also found in Moldavia, and in the neighborhood of Agram, in Croatia, but the most important deposits are in Galicia, at the northern foot of the Carpathian mountains. The exact localities are Boryslaw, Truskawiec, Dwiniacz and Starunia, the first named being the most valuable. In this country its occurrence is reported about fifty miles northeast of Los Angeles, California; in Texas andin Utah. The only working deposits are those of Utah, which are situated near Pleasant Valley Junction and Soldiers’ Summit, 114 miles east of Salt Lake City, on the Denver & Rio Grande railway. Mode of Occurrence.—In Galicia mineral wax is found in miocene

clay shales and clay marls with the intercalated sandstone, and it frequently accompanies rock salt and gypsum. At Boryslaw itis found after a depth of from 20 to 70 feet, and some shafts have been sunk 700 feet, where the accompanying rock is strongly impregnated with oil. At Truskawiec there are surface veins of the wax and the shafts have not been sunk so deep. A black oil, which is used for axle grease and all kinds of lubricants, filtrates through the crevices in the earth, and by pressure, heat and the accompanying chemical decomposition forms the wax. The Utah deposits, which are larger than any yet discovered, cover an area of eight miles long by one anda half wide, through which the White River passes. There are numerous bodies of the wax exposed to view on the surface, and while they are narrow at their outcrops, they increase in thickness as they go down, and the quantity that can be derived from them is only limited by the extent of ground opened. At present writing open cuts of 100 feet long ani shafts 50 feet deep have been made in various places and hoisting machinery put in.. Prof. John 8. Newberry regards it as an evolved product, the distillation of beds of cretaceous lignite and the residue of a petroleum unusually rich in paraffin.

Physical Properties.—Pure specimens resemble resinous wax in con- sistency and translucency, some times with a foliated structure. Its color is brown or brownish yellow by transmitted light, and leek green by reflected light. The poorer qualities, which are colored black, and are either too soft from abundance of petroleum or too hard (asphalt- like in character), are used abroad for the production of paraffin. The American mineral is dark brown on the surface, but grows lighter in color as the deposit is worked.

less and tasteless. - Chemical Nature.—The specific gravity of mineral wax is 0°94 to 6°97.

According to Dana it ranges from 0°85 to 0°90. Its melting poiat is variously given as follows :

DER ONIOR 5 5 os icin scescuneeseese g4° C. Malaguti SUEUR cas tonsskvandaxsean canbe 60° Johnson. Se eee eee 60° Hofstadter. Se a 61°5° S. B. Newberry.

Moldavian 62° Schrotter. ee 62° Glocker.

PRRENOMEIL cckeeusshae nianeeenneee 63° Wagner.

The boiling point is likewise differently given by the authorities :

RN. on con sens bavessaeneeseee 121°6° Johnson. rere 210° Schriétter.

DRUID. snc 0cscxseesaccheeee 300° Ee SURE, Goeaskcapasnoseencerexesie 300°-380° S. B. Newberry.

Concerning the last determination Prof. S. B. Newberry says: ‘1.5 grams of the substance were treated with about 300 c. c. of cold ether and allowed to stand for 24 hours. The solution was decanted through a filter, evaporated, and the resulting mineral tested to obtain the melting point. This treatment gave a fraction equal to 25 4 of the original substance and having a melting point of 49° C. The residue was again tested with 200 c. c. of cold ether for about the same time, and gave a further product equal to 9°1 per cent of the original mass fusing at 61°. On boiling, the undissolved portion in about 500 c. c. of ether the whole mass went into solution, and upon evaporating it was found to have a fusing point of 67°.°* It distills without decomposition. is not altered by strong acids and veryflittle by hot alcohol, but is soluble in ether, turpentine, or naptha. The Moldavian variety disolves but slightly in ether, whereas that found in Urpeth dissolves in that medium to the amount of four- fifths, and separates on evaporation in brown flecks, which melt at 38°9° to a yellowish brown liquid. Thesolubility of the variety found in Uiah has been sufficiently referred to in the remarks on its fusing point. The composition of mineral wax has been found to be:

Moldavian. Urpeth. Utah. Malaguti. Schrotter. Johnson. S. B. Newberry.

eee 85°75 86°20 86°80 86°15 Hydrogen....... 1515 13°77 14°06 13°75

100°90 99°97 100°80 99°90

It is supposed to be composed of several members of the paraffin series which are represented by the general formula Cy Hen + 2, and, perhaps, contains certain of the olefines. Avery elaborate description of the chemical composition of a specimen of mineral wax found in Kinghorn- ness, Scotland, was given in a paper read by W. Ivison Macadam, at the Sheffield meeting of the British Association in 1879.+ Refining.—In this country the crude wax does not go through any

* ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, March 22d., 1879. tChemical News, Vol. 49, p. 148.


Energetic chemical reagents, such as sulphuric and nitric acids and alkalies, have no action on it. It is odor-

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process of refining other than washing. It is thrown into tanks filled with water, which causes the accompanying clay to separate and sink while the the wax floats. The increasing demand for it will doubtless soon result in the erection ofa refinery in Utah. In Galicia, the wax is first melted under water, by means of which the greater portion of removed; but the residue still contains as much as 12 per cent of wax These residues were collected in enormous quantities, and were for long time considered a nuisance. In 1883 J. Merz began working them with an extraction apparatus of his own; but subsequently a French company succeeded in buying them up and has since been engaged in working them. Originally the crude hydrocarbon was simply melted and then drawn off. the residue being boiled with water, to the surface of which any remaining wax rose, and then allowed to: stand for some time in order to allow any = suspended impurities to settle out. The melted wax which was drawn off was poured into moulds holding from 100 to 120 pounds. These cakes were then shipp+d to the various factories where the wax was purified and converted into illuminating oils and paraffin. In order to obtain from the crude material a pure white ceresin of a high fusing point, Dr. Oscar von Gruber proceeus in the following manner: 100 parts of the wax are treated with 5 parts fuming sulphuric acid at 80 degrees C. The dark resin which precipitates within an hour an¢ a half is removed; the dark greenish fluid is then mixed with 10 parts of a solution of silicate of soda, heated to 80 degrees C.. and maintained at that temperature for one hour with constant stirring. If 200 parts water are next added the emul- sion decomposes with the separation of the silica and pigment. The yellowish gray ceresin floating on the surface is at once drawn off and mixed with equal parts of a ‘‘ nitrogenous carbon,” specially prepared by the inventor. with which itis left for two hours at 80 degrees C. The mass is next digested with naptbha ether having a boiling point of 40 to 60 degrees, in a specially constructed apparatus, and the naptha distilled off, yielding 70 per cent of a fine white ceresin. The carbon is treated in retorts in the usual manner, and the residues from the treatment with sulphuric acid are worked into paraffin and oil. Another method by which the crude wax is refined and bleached in a single operation is that devised by Hersch Goldhamer, who heats 100 kilograms in an open wrought-iron kettle over a hot fire at 180 degrees C., until the admixed water and light oil are evaporated. The mass is then cooled to 100 degrees C., and mixed while stirring with 10 kilograms of sulphuric acid of 66 degrees Baume. It is then heated again to 180 degrees, until a sample of the mass passed through filter paper yields transparent white drops. Next it is cooled to 100 degrees C. and 20 kilograms dry and finely ground sediment of potassium ferrocyanide are added, with which it is again heated to 180 degrees C. until effervescence ceases. The mass is poured into sheet-tin coolers, pressed in a stearin hot press and the press residue passed through an unsized filter heated by steam. Subsequently superheated steam was used to purify the paraffin by blowing out the con- taminating oils. The chief improvements in recent years have been devoted to a profitable utilization of the residues. Two methods are in common practice. The first and simpler consists in heating the wax with fuming or common oil of vitriol to 200 degrees C. until the greater part of the material is removed. either by decomposition or by evaporation, and then heating it at a suitable temperature with neutral- izing and decolorizing agents such as alumina, silicates. bone ash, the refuse of prussiate factories aud similar substances. By the second method the resinous and discoloring constituents of the wax are also removed withacid, but at a relatively low temyeraiure, thus avoiding so thorough a decomposition. The refineries are located in London, Glasgow, Vienna, Frankfer -on-Main, Buda-Pesth, and a few other places in Russian Poland, France, Germany and Belgium.

Uses.—In Europe about one-third of the mineral wax that comes to the market is worked into paraffin and the remainder into ceresin, In Galicia the demand for paraffin made from 1t is said to be on the increase, as atlarge part of it is consumed there in making the candles used in their religious rites by the Jewish and Catholic inhabitants. The product for this purpose does not require so careful purification as that used for other purposes. The material from the Utah deposits (that is, the un- refined mineral), owing to its high melting point, its plasticity without being soft. and its hardness without being brittle, has led to its use in insulating electrical wires for underground and line uses. The experiments thus far made show that for this purpose all things being considered, mineral wax compares favorably with other substances. It is now used by eight of the electric companies, It finds extensive use in electrotyping and in stereotyping. also in etch- ing on steel plates. As a body and as imparting luster it is used in many kinds of shoe-blacking, and is sought for in the making of sealing wax. Mixed with oil it forms a lubricant for rapid running machinery. Among the many uses for which it is recommended is as a base for a cheap composite paving material and for indurating piles and posts to prevent decay. Mineral wax is applicable for all kinds of waterproofing, and paper treated with it has been used in preference to oil paper. There has been a large demand for it in wrapping soaps, metals, books, and all articles which require protection from moisture. When refined it is used as an adulterant of beeswax. and as it is one- third the price of the latter, and when refined can be used as an adulterant taking its place, and is applicable to much the same ues as the beeswax itself. It is used to protect boxes, tubs, barrels and kegs and such when lined with it become tight, as the wax permeates the pores of the wood instead of giving it a mere surface coating, and it im- parts no odor to the contents, even if they are the most delicate mineral waters. A recent interesting application is in coating the paper cylind ers on which the graphophone stylus traces its record. Oneof its most valuable uses is in the manufacture of candles, which, owing to their high melting point, do not soften or bend at an ordinary temperature. Such candles are claimed to exceed all others in illuminating power. Thus 754 grains of mineral wax give as much light as ‘91-798 of paraftin, 1,000 of the best spermaceti, and 1,150 of wax candles. For this purpose its value is very great, and as there are 20,000 pounds of candles now used daily in the Rocky Mountain region, costing from 11 to 15 cents a pound, it is believed that when a refinery is built in the Utah district much of this trade will be lost to Eastern candle makers. Its other usesare as a vehicle in the making of liniments, salves, and plasters, in making wax

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matches, cuating life preservers, as varnishes, shoemaker's wax, wax |is therefore needed. Its great stability, its non-inflammab lity and non- explosibility, and the fact that it has no corroding effect upon iron or figures, doll heads, and similar articles.

Statistics. —The value at the mine of the American mineral wax when in good, clean condition is 4@5 cents a pound, and delivered in New York City 6@10 cents a pound, according to quality. The output at present is 10 tons a month, but it is expected that the yield for the present year will amount to 1,500 tons. The Galician deposits have since 1861 produced wax valued at about $40,000,000. and the present output is about 300 tons a week. At the seaboard the crude mineral wax is worch about $130 a ton, and the grade known as ‘**‘ Hoch Prima” brings £30 a ton delivered in London, where it is nearly all absorbed by a large firm of candle makers. The annual imports of crude mineral wax into this country amount to about 500 tons, and the refined article, ceresin, to about 400,000 pounds.

MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION.

Few people realize, especially those living in hot countries, where the importance of the question is so pre-eminent, what has been accomplished in the way of arti- ficial refrigeration. The production of ice by arti- ficial means, either chemical! or chemical and mechanical combined, has been a study for inventors for the last sixty-five years, but for many years the cost was so great, owing to the direction which the experiments took, that nothing ractical resulted, and. it as been only during the

last thirty years or so that the evolution of the present practical ystems has gradually taken shape. Though various agents

may be employed, such as ammonia, ether, sulphurous oxide, etc., and chemical compression may take the place of mechanical, the principles involved are pre- cisely the same, and sul- stantially consist of three operations, viz.: compre:- sion, condensation and expansion.

The agent in gaseous form is compressed under a pressure, varying in the case cf ammonia (which we select - for illustration as being the agent universally recognized as the most suitable) from 125 to 175 pounds per square inch, depending on the temperature of the condensing water used in order to prepare it for tle second operation. During the compression heat is developed in proportion to tbe amount of compression. and the heat thus imparted to the compressed gas 1s taken from it again by forcing it through coils of pipe, in contact with cold water. the heat being transferred to the water. During this stage of the process tbe gas in cooling becomes liquified.

{tis then allowed to enter larger coils of pipe surrounded by water, air or brine, where, reabsorb- ing heat from these, it is reconverted into vapor, while the water surrounding the expansion coils 1s converted into ice, or the air or brine is cooled, the latter being used as a cir- culating medium for reducing temperature at a distance. The foregoing operations are made continuous by means of pumps

which draw the ges through the expansion coils at a pressure varying

engine.

the best of the foregomg type.

steel, render it particularly suitable for the purpose in question. The mechanical refrigerating plant that we illustrate is made by the

Dela Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company, of this city, and is one of One of the most iasportant features in

its construction is the thoroughly substantial character of the work, thereby reducing repairs and renewals to a minimum; for it is the ‘*cheap” ice-making or refrigerating machine, like the same class of other machinery, that is the expensive one in the end. In this case the frames and bed-plates are strong, with.a heavy crank shaft and double bearings. compressors ribbed from flange to flange, and what is most important of all for economical continuous working, a first class steam

The compressor is erected vertically and the cylinder is a little longer

DE LA VERGNE RutFRIGERATING MACHINE.

from 10 to 25 ,ounds above that of the atmosphere, and it is forced into | working. the condensers at a pressure of from 125 to 175 pounds, whence the liquified gas is allowed to flow into the expansion pipes above mentioned through a stop-cock having a minute opening.

Liquified ammonia in again assuming a gaseous condition, at atmos- pheric pressure and at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahr , cxpands a 1 ; a thousand times. Its advantages in the form of anhydrous ammonia, or | greatest yet attained, being 22,952,600 tovs. gas entirely deprived of moisture asa refrigerating agent. are superior to those of other substances, its boiling point being 27 degrees Fahr. below zero at the pressure of the atmosphere, which insures low tempera-

mineral resources of France.

than the stroke, thus providing a chamber at the lower or stufting-box end, which is always filled with lubricating hquid. completely sealing the piston gland. During the downward stroke of the valved piston more lubricating fluid is introduced into the chamber by a plunger- pump attached to the cross-head and is forced through the valve. On

the reverse stroke the gas is first expelled, the lub.1- cating liquid then follows and fills all clearances, which insures theexpuls:on of the entire voiume of gas, prevents all leakage, obviates the necessity for tight packing, and so 1e- duces the friction and takes up a considerable amount of the heat developed in the gas during compression. This amounts to a_ cox- sumption. of less fuel, less ammonia and less wattr than is usually the case.

The illustration shows a 110-ton machine, thatis, a machine capable of producing cold equal to melting 110 tons of ice in 24 hours, or of making 65 tons of ice in the same time. The condensers, which are placed on the floor above, are cooled by a water shower. The small pipe coil on the right side is the oil cooler, through which the coil passes from the compressors, and is cooled by the showering water. prior to its .re-Use. At the end of the condensers will be seen a series of small pipes, called the “liquid pipes,” which are united for each condenser into one short pipe of larger diameter, called the ‘liquid header.” The liquid pipes carry away the con- densed ammonia from the separate sections of the condenser, so as to keep the latter dry, and to the fulle:t extent utilize its surf:ce for the purpose of abstracting heat from the gas.

It is difficult to ascertain from users of a plant the real economy effected by this machine, but in one case in Illinois, where the consumption of ice was for- merly about 70 tons a day. with the price of ice about $3 per ton, which, with labor, amounted to a daily expendi ure of $235, the amount saved by using this plant was about $150 a day, an amount that would fullv justify a very large investment in plant. It is well worth the while of

any large consumer of ice, or any community where ice is difficult or impossible to procure, to investigate the subject further, and we hope at a future date to give some reliable figures as to cost of installation and

Production of Coal in France.—Coal is the most important of the In 1887 the yield was 21,288,000 metric

tons, which exceeded that of the previous year by 1,400,000 tons. The provisional returns of .1888 indicate a still higher figure, and is the

Impen:trable Iron Plate.— The British naval authorities believe they have secured plates absolutely impevetrable by missiles hurled by any gun at present invented. The discoverers of the secret. are said.to be two

tures with moderate pressure in the expansion coils. This property of | well-known firms—John Brown & Co. and the Beardmore Company— ammonia obviates the need of large pumps. Its latent heat is higher than that of any other known refrigerating agent and a smaller quantity

which are casting a steel plate by the new process, ten inches thick, for experimental purposes. ,

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The Expansion of Metals at High Temperatures.—In the Comptes Rendes, H.. Le Chatelier has a paper showing that for all the metals the coefficient of expansion increases with the temperature. The law of increase is generally regular, anomalies having been observed only with some alloys of silver and with all varieties of iron: The Electric Resistance of Bismuth.—According to E. Van Aubel,

bismuth cannot be obtained pure by chemical processes of precipitation. A determination of the electric conductivity is the most convenient and accurate method of ascertaining the purity of bismuth, and especially the absence of lead. Prof. Classen electrulyzes a solution of impure bismuth, when pure metal is deposited at the negative pole and the lead, as peroxide, at the positive pole.—Chemical News.

South African Quicksilver.—A Barberton newspaper reports: ‘‘ We had the pleasure of handling lately the first little flask of quicksilver ever aude in South Africa, 7. e., a small bottle containing considerably over one ounce of pure quicksilver obtained from a little over four pounds of ore. The sample was taken from the lode by the expert sent out to report on the property, which is situated below the Big Buffalo (De Kaap gold mines) in the Lebomba. Free quicksilver is found in places.” American Dynamite Guns for Australia.—The Government of Vic-

toria, Australia, has decided to strengthen its force by the addition of a dynamite gun which has been ordered from the Zalinski Dynamite Gun Company, of New York. The gun will be of similar pattern to those which have been made for the Government of Italy. and, if possible, of a less length. It will be capable of throwing shells containing 200 pounds, 500 pounds, and 600 pounds respectively of dynamite, blasting gelatine, or other powerful explosives to a distance of two miles, and with such accuracy as to make the neighborhood of a harbor fora radius of two miles untenable to any cruiser. It is probable that the gun will be tried at Shoeburyness, England.

Chilled Slide-Valves.—L’ Ingenieur-Conseil states that M. Bollinckx is casting the valves of Rider engines in a mold which chills the faces The chill penetrates to a depth of inch to} inch. As the surface cannot be cut with a tool, it is ground with emery rollers until a perfect true and polished face is obtained. It is claimed that not only do these surfaces not wear, but that, thanks,.to their exceeding smoothness, they do not wear the faces on which they work. Farther, the co-efficient of friction is naturally very small. The administration of the state railways has sent.a representative to examine the application of the mode of construction to the slide-valves of locomotives. The plan of chilling the slide-valves of engines has been tried in this country on a small scale, and has been found to work well.

Zinc Production of the World.—The yield of zinc during the last three years is reported by Messrs. Henry Merton & Co., of London, as follows:

1888 1887 1886 : tons tons tons

Rhine provinces and Belgium............. 133,245 130,995 129,029 PSs skh seKachws eas teeeey Leobenatnieser 83,375 81,375 81,630 SE RLS (inns <5 on cicaswnd beaken bubROee 26,633 19,339 20,730 ee ae eee 16,140 16,028 15,302 SRE hcl oe une sunkucescun ba nabwehnee 3,785 3,580 4,105 UNDE cokuxkcctuckhasec. sansprasescabeenbs f 3,566 3,760 SIU IE. cass cnossunsncenveneeewesbe , 45,530 38,072 .

Rs heb sucusnnenc: suagss-aye seen 317,005 300,413 292,662 Average price ex-ship London......... £18 Is. 6d. £15 4s. £14 ds.

Coal Possibilities of Russia.—The Russian Empire is very rich in mineral wealth. The known supplies of coal are very large. As yet, however, the vast wealth possessed by the Empire in this direction alone is only beginning to be known. A report to the government by Pro- fessor Mendelieff shows that in the basin of the Donetz River, a tributary of the Don, there are nearly 21,000,000,000 tons of cual awaiting working. If the mines prove workable as deep as the average English mines it is estimated that three times the above total is to be obtained. The Donetz basin, it is claimed, could alone supply the present annual coal consumption of the world for two hundred years to come. The Donetz coal is said to possess two especially notable advantages over many other coals, in that no ‘explosive gas is generated in mining it, which we very much doubt, and that it leaves such a small quantity of ash, estimated at 2 to 3 per cent.

Paper Pencils.—One of the difficulties which have stood in the way of the substitution of paper pulp for wood in the manufacture of pencils has been the toughness af the paper covering, and its consequent resistance to the actiou or akulte. By. a new process the molecular Cohesion of the paper, it is claimed, is modified in such a manner that it can be cut as easily as cedar wood. The paper is first made into tubes, and a quantity of them is placed in a frame at the lower end of a cylinder. The substance which is to be used as a marking material is placed in the cylinder while in a plastic condition, and sufficient pressure is then applied to force it into the hollow centers of the paper tubes. After the completion of the process the pencils are gradually dried at increasing temperatures during a period of six days, and they are then plunged into a vessel of molten paraffin wax, which has the effect of modifying the texture of the paper pulp in the manner described. The Manuf cture of Celluloid.—Considerable celluloid is now made

in France. A roll of paper is slowly unwound and at the same time is saturated with a mixture of five parts of sulphuric and two parts of nitric acids, which falls upon the paper in fine spray. This changes the cellulose of the paper into. pyroxoline, or gun cotton. The excess of the acid having been expelled by pressure the paper is washed with plenty of water, and all traces of acid removed. It is then reduced to a pulp and passed on to the bleaching trough. It is this transformation into ‘‘ gun cotton” which gives it its explosive nature. Most of the water having been removed by means of a strainer, the cotton is mixed with from twenty to forty per cent of its weight in camphor; a second mixing and grinding follows. The pulp is spread out in thin slabs, which are squeezed in the hydraulic press until they are as dry as chips. Then they are rolled in heated rollers and come out in elastic strips, after which they may be worked up into almost any conceivable form. Spanish Copper Miniug.—A correspondent of London Industries

writes as follows concerning the Spanish copper mines: Notwithstand- ing the depression in the copper market, there are copper mines in Spain

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which (it is asserted) can be worked with profit even at the present low rates. Such mines as La Caridad, near Aznalcollar, would pay a fair dividend with copper as low as £32. The unworked mine of Car- racedo is said to contain ore with 12 per cent of copper and some silver, and its situation is good. This could possibly be made profitable, as Industries says, ‘‘at a time when other mines would have to be closed.” Work has been suspended in the Mazanon silver lead mines, which have been flooded. Pumping is being carried on. It is reported in London that a Madrid capitalist, last month, bought 4,000 Rio Tinto shares on the Paris Exchange. The Government have made nO attempt to carry ovt the decree against the roasting of the ores, and the company continvs the old process, and has agreed to pay for damages within a larger range than before.

DIVIDENDS PAID BY. MINING COMPANIES DORING JUNE AND SINCE JANUARY 18T, 1889.

: ee Paid NAME OF COMPANY. |Faidin| since NAME OF CoMPANY. |Paidin| since

May. |Jan. Ist. June. |Jan. Ist.

Alaska, Alaska......... lone ek 25,000 | Mammoth, Utah........|........ 10,000 Alma, idaho............. mean 15,000|| Mt. Diablo, Nev........]........ 30, ROD, TNO. wexsccnccace | 40,000} 240,000)| Monitor, Dak ..........|.....2.. 12,500 Atiantic, Mich........... lexmbaeee 80,000|| Montana Lt., Mont.....|........ 41,250 Boston & Mont., Mont..|........ 300,900|| Morning Star, Colo ....|........ 25,000 Caledonia, Dak..........; 8,000 GT SEN ADED 5. ossncctsecleweseacts 10,000 Calumet & Hecla, Mich.|........ 500,000|| Navajo, Nev.............].....005 40,000 RENE HD 5s ctnes os iw cea sees 40,000) | N.Y. & Hond. R.,C.A...|........ 30,000 Colorado Central, Colo..| 13,750 41,250) | Ontario, Utah........... 75,000; 450,000 Confidence, Nev...... |... .... 24,960|| Osceola, Mich...........]........ 50,000 Cons. Cal. & Va., Nev...| 108,000; 540,000); Pamlico, Nev.. 3,000 12,000 Copper. Queen, Ariz..... stage 70,000) | Parrot, Mont.. ee 36,000 SUG BUMMER. o's asics v0ee's 37,500 10,000) | Plumas-Eureka, Cal.. 70,312 Deer Creek, Idaho...... 10,000; 225,000)! Poorman, Colo.......... 15,000 Spumicin, S080... 05. 0025s Seaceka 20,000| | Silver Cord, Colo.......)........ 50,000 Evening Star, Col....... aeeane 12,500) | Silver Mg. of L. V.,N. Mj, 25,000 25,000 Granby Mg. & Sm., Mo..|........ 20,000| | Sierra Nevada, Idaho..|........ 20,000 Granite Mt., Mont...... 200,000! 1,000,000) | Small Hopes, Colo...... 25,000 25,000 Homestake, Dak........ 12,500} 112,500)| Tamarack, Mich.......)........ 200,000 Hecla, Mont.............. 15,000 90,000; | Quicksilver, Cal., Pref..|........ 128,738 Ivanhoe, Colo........... ; 10,000 10,000); Quincy, Mich...........]........ 200,000 Idaho, Cal....... seenewe 15,500 108,500); Ward Cons., Colo.......|........ 10,000 SNE MEL wn's5sci0xsczelosweunet 20,000|| Webb City, Mo......... 1,100 3,300 Tron Siiver, SUD cise Cahtenaanuhol, 100,000) | Young America, Cal....|........ 10,009 Jackson, Nev............ 5,000 5,000 Jay Gould, Mont....... 10,000 74,000 5 isclihaneiace RG BUM vnasss0s0s4eonceseea 50,000/; Total, 50 companies..| 614,350) 5,285,810

PATENTS GRANTED BY THE UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFIOE.

The following is a list of the patents relating to mining, metallurgy, and ki subjects, issued by the United States Patent-Office. - mined

PATENTS GRANTED JULY 2D, 1889,

406,030. Wire Drawing Machine. Fred H. Daniels, Worcester, Mass. 406,033. Rail Joint. Benjamin F. Davis, Trueheart, Tex. 406,035. Pipe oa. Solomon R. Dresser, Bradford, Pa. 406,040. Coal Drill. Daniel Giese, Peoria, Ill. 406,060. Detachable ——e pating. Isaac B. Potts, Columbus, O. 406,063. Friction Clutch Pulley. George L. Rollins, Bridgewater, Mass. 406,066. Railroad Switch. William Spielman, Newark, N. J., Assignor to C. Morris

Schwerin, same qo ace. 406.080. Rotary Engine. Joseph J. Bentley, Sadorus, Il. 406,091. Adjustment of Gibs of Cross Heads of Steam Engines. Emily A. Corliss

Providence, R. I., Administratrix of George H. Corliss, deceased. ; 406,098. Steam Pump. Edward C. Johnson, Macon, Ga. 406,106. Belt Fastener. Benjamin Lyon, Bridgeport, Assignor, by mesne assign-

ments, to George S. Smith, Norwich, Conn. 406,109. Friction Clutch. Anthony Nelson, Boston, Mass., Assignor to James Ben-

nett Forsyth, same place. 406,129. Metallic Railway Tie. Theodore R. Dunning, Middleton, N. Y.

1 406,140. Tube Boilers, etc. Samuel E. Howell, Sheftield, County of York, Eng- land.

406,154. Blasting Cartridge. James P. Todd, John S. Welch and Lucian M. McLen- don, Chatfield, Tex.

406,160. Gas Motor. Emil Capitaine, Berlin, Germany. 406,164. Coal Tub. George Focht, Hoboken, N. J. 406,181. Mold for Making Steel Castings. William E. Snediker, Trenton, N. J. 406,186. Conveyer Chain. Charles S. Wells, Bay City, Mich., Assignor of three-fifths

to - arry W. Garland, same place. 406,194. Combined Traction Engine and Digging Machine.

Thetford, County of Norfolk, England. 406,200. Well-Boring Apparatus. Jeremiah E. Day, San Francisco, Cal., Assignor of

one-half to Joseph ag same place. 406,201. Ure Concentrator. Miles B. Dodge, San Francisco, Cal., Assignor to Parke

& Lacy, same place. , 406,210. = ageens Metallic Ores. Matthew Graff and James Johnson

s a. : 406,243. Detaching Hook for Colliery Hoists. John A. Straley, Brookly

ancillary executor of John King, deceased, Assignor to Stephen Westminster, Eng.

406,244. Railway Switch. James B. Suffern, Hillburn, N. Y. 406,251. Hoist. Victor Angerer, Philadelphia, Pa., Assignor to the William Whar-

ton, Jr., & Co., Incorporated, same place. , 406,263. Gas Engine. Lewis T. Cornell, Chicago, Ill., Assignor to the Cornell Engine

Company, same place. ; 406,310. Device for Heating Soldering Irons, Lead Melting Pots, etc. John N. San-

ger, Brooklyn, Assignor to Fred Adee & Co., New York, N. Y. 406,317. Compound Engine. John H. Vaile, Dayton, Ohio. 406,332. Pipe or Tube. JamesC. Bayles, New York, N. Y.. 406,335. Dry Ore Concentrator. Gustave T. Chaudefosse, St. Louis, Mo., Assignor

to the Sonora Mining and Dry Concentrator Company, East St. Louis, Il. 406,337. Magnetic Separator. Gurdon Conkling, Glens Fails, Assignor to the Conk-

ling Ore pr penenang Donets » New York, N. Y 406,346. Railroad Tie. Haas, Chester, Pa. 406,348. Railroad Rail Coupling and Bolt. David P. Henninger, Paris, Mo. 406,354. System for naeeeng ae Discharging Storage Batteries. William P. Koo-

ey, Brooklyn, N. Y._Assignor to the Kookogey Electric Compan k 406,355. Grinding Mill. Andrew Lamberton, Coatbridge, County of Lanark, Seot-

and. 406,362. Method of Operating Oil Wells. Murdick Lytle, Duke Centre, Pa. 406,365. Pegs 4 < GalvanizingjMetals. Thomas Midgley and Walter B. Nye, Beaver

s, Pa. 406,376. Water Tube Boiler. John Taylor, Troy, N. Y. 406,378. es for Comminuting and Corroding Lead. Edward A. Webster and

ucius O, Bibbs, Chicago, Ill. 406,383. Process for making Aluminum Alloys. William A. Baldwin, Chicago, Il. 406,391. System of Electric Propulsion. Harvey D. Dibble, Rochford, Dak... 406,394. Centrifugal Pump. Joseph J. Forcies, Bay City, Mich., Assignor of one-half

406,404. D ~ eat a Salaun Geor aw. Patnoe, Crawford, Ill., Assign ' . Dumping paratus. George W. Patnoe, Crawford, IIL, - half 10 Dolese & Shepard. ” ee

406,409. Retort Charging Device. James H. Walker, Sewickley, Assignor to the Fuel Gas and Electric Engineering Company (Limited), Pittsburg, Pa,

Frederick J. Burrell,

a N.Y, Humble.

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PERSONALS.

Fred H. Newall, of Pennsylvania, bas been appointed foalenneh Hydraulic Engineer in the U. 8. Geological urvey.

Arthur F. Wendt, mining engineer, after two years absence in South America, has just returned to New York City.

Mr. F. M. Endlich, mining expert and consulting geologist, at Socorro, New Mexico, has gore to Colo- rado on professsonal business.

A School of Mines has been added to the University of Missouri, which is an appropriate measure in view of the important mineral interests of the State.

M. Armand Gautier has been elected +o fill the va- “ caucy in the chemical section of the French Academy of Science caused by the death of M. Chevreu).

Mr. William M. Lyon, the oldest iron manufacturer in the country and one of Pittsburg’s most prominent business men, died suddenly of apoplexy on the 3d inst.. He was seventy-eight years of age.

Col. John Thomas North, the Nitrate King, nas been in New York and left on the 4th inst.for a tour to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal and Saratoya. “Colonel North will return to New York in time to sail

- on the Servia on the 13th.

We regret to have to record the death, at the age of 49, of Mr. William H. Scranton, for many years general manager of the Oxford Iron and Nail Com- pany, of Oxford, N. J., which occurred on the 19th ult. Mr. Scranton was one of the most popuiar members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers,

- and at the time of his death was interested with Mr. Robert A. Cok in the Venstrfém magnetic ore

: separator. He was the eldest son of Col. George W. Scranton, one of the founders of Scranton, Pa.

. _ The death of Mr. John Frederick La Trobe Bateman, F. R.8., V. P. R. C. E., on June 10th, at the age of 79, is announced. He was a distinguished member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and his name was associated with several of the principal engineering achievements of theday. He supplied Glasgow with ‘water from Loch Katrine, and proposed a scheme to furnish London with water from Lake Bala, in Wales. At the time of his death he was engaged in engineering work in connection with docks and gas at Buenos Ayres and water service at Minorca.

Sir James Falshaw died recently at Edinburgh, Scotland, at the age of 79. He assisted Mr. Stephen- son in the construction of the Lancaster & Carlisle ailway and also of the Caledonian, Scottish Central, and Scottish Midland Railways. Some years later be joined Mr. Brassey, under the firm of Brassey & Fal- shaw, in the construction of the northern lines of railway from Inverness. In 1874 he was elected Lord ‘Provost of Edinburgh. During his term of office, in

. August, 1876, a baronetcy was conferred upon him ’ on the occasion of the inauguration of the Prince Con- sort memorial.

: At the recent. annual general meeting of the cor- porate members of the Irstitution of Civil Engineers, the ballot for council and officers resulte’ in the - elec- tion of Sir John Coode as President, of Mr. Berkeley, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Giles, M. P., and Sir Robert Raw- _linson as Vice-Presidents, ard of Mr. Cowper, Mr. B. Baker, Sir James N. Douglass, Mr. J. W. Barry, Sir Douglas Fox, Mr. Preece, Sir E. J. Reed, M. P., Mr. Mansergh, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Charles Hawkesley, Mr. Shelford, Mr. Lyster, Mr. F. W. Webb, Mr. J. Clarke Hawkshaw, and Sir Bandford Leslie as other members of council. The past presidents in order of seniority are Sir John Hawkshaw, F. R.S8., Sir Jobn Fowler, Sir Charles Hotton Gregory, Mr. T. Hawksley, Mr. G. R. Stephenson, Mr. J. F. La Trobe Bateman, Mr. W. H. .Barlow, Mr. James ont. Lord Armstrong, Sir James Brunlees, Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, Sir Frederick J. Bramwell, Mr. Edward Woods and Sir George B. Bruce

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Mr. 8S. R. Krom, New York, is shipping to Japan, for the Imperial Government, two sets rolls, screens, and other machinery for treating fifty tons silver ore per day by the lixiviation process.

Mr. F. M. Bartlett, of Portland, Me., is building a '75-ton smelter for the Santa Fe Copper Company, of “New Mexico, and a 50-ton smelter for the Copper King Mining Company, of Clifton, Ariz.

The Oil Well Supply Company, Limited, of this city, have recently shipped complete well rigs to Australia, Italy and Persia, They are also in receipt of orders from Mexico, Port Natal, Peru, Russia and Australia.

Assistant Secretary Tichenor has informed a corre- ‘ spondent in Philadelphia that there is a provision of law exempting from duty machinery, etc., constituting a patent gas engine imported -as a sample or-pat-

. tern for use in the manufacture of similar engines in the United States, which sample is to be exported after it has served its purpose. , ,

A number of rolling mill firms in the pape dooney vvley, Pa., on the Ist inst,, advanced the wages of the »puddlers from $3 to $3.25 per ton. Among these firms are Potts Brothers and the Glasgow Iron Works, at Pottstown, and firms at Lebanon, Pottsvillé and other places, Three dollars was the lowest figure at which ‘ puldders have worked since 1873, © eer ‘

The Abendroth & Root Manufacturing Company, of New York, has just sold a 175 horse-power Root sectional safety boiler to the Atlas Paper Company, Appletun, Wis.; 600 horse-power to S. George, paper maouufacturer, Wellsboro, W. Va.: 906 hburse-power to Remington Paper Company, Watertown, N. Y., and a full plant to G. L, Jaeger, of this city.

An example of quick work was shown by the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. of Braddock, Pa,, in aiding the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to repair and replace tracks washed out by the flood at Johnstown. An order for 1.000 tons of steel rails was received in the morning, roils had to be changed ard in 36 hours the raw material was delivered as rails of the weight required 70 miles away.

At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. S. Robbins & Son, the iron manufacturers of Philadelphia, Pa., to whose failure we referred in our last issue, held this week, the following statement of liabilities and assets was presented : Liabilities—Biils payable, $99,458.90; bank accounts, $22,452.77; wages, $4,241.91; total, $126,153.68, Assets—Book accounts, $24,882.79; stock, $30,675 69; cash, $4,738.81; bills receivable, $2,423.93; total, $62,721.22. Hxcess of habilities over assets, $63,432.36.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, Pa., recently madea continuous test of one week’s run on a Westinghouse compound engine of 65 H. P. The engine was non-condensing, and was supplied from an mdependent boiler, and was loaded to about 75 H. P. The gross coal fired under the boiler during the week’s run averaged 2°4 pounds per H. P. per hour, which result is an extraordinary performance. This company already had two of the Westinghouse compound engines in their works, and on the strength of the above performance have placed an order for a third 200 H. P. The Westinghouse Machine Company report business asin an extremely satisfactory condition. The orders for May aggregate 82 engines, footing up to over 4,500 H. P., of which 2,200 H. P. was for compound engines. The demand for the compound engine is extraordinary. Iu the first six days of June their orders had already amounted to 1,000 H. P.

The plant of the Reading Iron Works, Reading, Pa., to the failure of which we referred in our issue of June 8th and previcus issues, was sold at auction in Reading on the Ist inst. The plant was sold subject to a mortgage given the Pennsylvania Company,fcr the Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities Trustee, of Philade'- phia, to secure the payment of the sum of $6,000,000, with interest at-six per cent, dated January Ist, 1899. The entire property was purchased by William P. Bond, representing the Reading Railroad Company, for $150,000, subject to a mortgage of.$600,000. The Reading Railroad Company is a preferred creditor to the amount of $140,000, and is also interested in the resumption of the works by reason of the heavy freight bills which it realizes when the works are in operation. The bid of Mr. Bond was $61,957.50 above the tigures of the appraisement made by iron men appointed by the court, though the works originaliy cost over $1,500,000. John G. Johnson, of Philadel- phia, representing creditors in that city, was the principal bidding against the railroad company. The sale of the iron works to the railroad company assures the resumption of the entire plant at an early day. The property sold includes two anthracite blast furnaces, three tube mills, rolling mill, nail factory, ice machine plant, steam forge, Scott foundry, sheet mill, machine shops, Camden Tool and Tube Works, dwellings in Reading, Pa., and elsewhere, Jarge lots of ground in the Twenty-cighth Ward of Philadelphia, and tracks of land in Berks and other counties.

CONTRACTING NOTES.

Our list of machinery and supplies wanted will be found on page xvi, Manufacturers of machinery, engineers and contractors should also consult our directory of ‘‘Contracts Open” on the same page. This week, proposals are invited for the following new contracts: Dredging, Cement Work, Constructing Storage Reser- voir, Street Improvement, Gas Lighting, Furnishing Steam Engine, Sewer Construction, Constructing

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System of Sewers, Water-Works Construction, Rail- |’ way Construction, Water-W orks Construction, Water- Works Construction, Furnishing Pumping Engines, Rock Excavation and Tunneling.

Messrs. Gordon, Stroebel & Laureau, Limited, of Philadelphia, Pa., have closed a contract for a 12 by 50 furnace plant to be erected at Jefferson, Tex., by Chicago parties. The work will be completed in about six months. es

The Gas Commission of New York City this week opened bids fur the lighting of streets with electric lamps, and found that the bids for the supply of lamps in the subway district were much lower than those which were registered last month. The United States Diluminating Company bid for 282 lamps at 25 cents each, 176 at 29 cents, and 334 at 35 cents; the Brush Electric Lighting Company for 371 at 35 cents, and 70 in the subway district at 45 cents: the East River Electric Light Company for 387 at 35 cents, and 21 in the subway. district at 44 cents; the Mount Morris Electric Light Company for 378. at 20 cents, 139 at 21. :cents, 72 at 22 cents, and 22 at 25 cents; the

+} Harlem Lighting Company for 49 at 35 cents, 16 in the subway district at 44 cents, 19 in Mount Morris Park at 50 cents, and 2 on the Harlem Bridge at 60 scents; .the North New York Lighting Company bid |} for 26’at 40 cents, and 8 on the Harlem Bridge at 60 | implements, etc.

139. Mexican house wants blasting pow? cents.

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MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES WANTED AT HOME <ND ABROAD,

It anv one wanting Machinery or Supplies of any kind will notify the ‘‘ Engineering and Mining

Journal” of what he needs, his ‘‘ Want” will be published in this column, and his address will be

furnished to any one‘desiring to supply him.

Anv one wishing to communicate with the par-

ties whose wants are given in this column can ob-

tain their addresses from this office. No cnarg* wiil be made for these services. ¥-e “lgo0 er our se* vices to foreign correspond-

ents who desire to purchase American goods, and

shall be pleased to furnish them information con-

cerning American goods of any kind, and forward

them catalogues and discounts of manufacturers

in each line, thus enabling the purchaser to select

the most suitable articles before ordering.

These services are rendered gratuitously in the interest of our subscribers and advertisers; the

proprietors of the ‘‘Engineering and Mining

Journal” are not brokers or exporters, nor have they any pecuniary interest in buying or selling

goods of any kind.

GOODS WANTED AT HOME.

1. Boilers, power not specified. Texas. 2. Engine, £0 H. P., and boiler, 60 H., P.

Carolina. 3. Engine and boiler, both 50? H. P. Giorgia. 4. Engine, 15 or 16 inches by 4 or 444 inches.

Louisiana. 5. Engine, power not specified. Tennessee. 6. High speed, direct acting, short stroke engine,

175 H. P., with tubular boiler. Tennessee. 7. Two 80 H. P. return tubular boilers. North

Carolina. 8. Boiler and engine, 25 to30 H. P. Kentucky. 9. One 2 H. P. marine boiler, to burn either coal,

wood or oil, for steam launch. Georgia. 10. Boilers, engines, planing machinery and saws.

South Carolina. 11. Return tubular steel boiler, 40 H. P., and out

fit for saw mill with a capacity of 20 M feet. Car- riage is to be 30 feet, and saw 54-inch inserted tooth. Alabama.

12. Electric light plants in Louisiana and South Carolina.

13. Pump with a capacity of from 900 to 1,200 gallons per hour, and prices on iron pipe, drain tile, ete. Florida.

14. Turbine water-wheel to fit a flume 7 feet 4 inches wide by 5 feet deep. Massachusetts.

15. Water-wheel, dimensions not given. see.

16. Ice machines of from three to five tons capacity. Alabama, Texas and Mississippi.

17. Brick machive. Soutb Varolina. 18. Standing groove tin roofing of best I. C. char

coal tin, about 250 squares. Georgia. 19. Bolt forging machine, also steam hammer

Tennessee. 20. Flat cars, about 6 or 8, with one 6-ton Shay

engine. Alabama. 21. Wanted, bids on extensive canal and tunnel

work in Utah. A large amount of excavating machinery and explosives will be required.

AMERICAN GOODS WANTED ABROAD.

22. Firm in Sydney, New South Wales, wants to take the agency for American hardware and machinery. Zs. Parties in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, want

to correspond with manufacturers of the following goods: Blasting and sporting powder, bellows, steel for drills, axle grease, wire aud hemp rope. .

24. Steam inspection cars; al-o a machine for making soap and candy cases wanted in Sydney, New South W aies, :

25. Grease and oils wanted in Melbourne, Victoria, Austre lia. p ¢

26. Household s: ecialties, lumber, paints, oils, sad- dlery and carriage hardware, Perth, West Australia. 27. Canned goods, in Sydney, New South Wales. 28. A Melbourne, Australia, house wishes to repre-

sent American manufacturers of mining and boring machinery. ; :

29. Christchurch, New Zealand, parties: desire to bear from manufacturers of fencing wire or fencing; also vils and general merchandize. xs

30. A Christchurch, New,Zealand, house wants mining and general machinery.

31. Two hcuses in Sydney, New South Wales,;,want | agencies for American manufacturers. NS

32. A firm in Hong Kong wants to correspond with manufacturers of gouds saleable there. is

33. A house in Pekin, China, wants faney~articles and toys, and would hke to correspond with Amer- ican dealers in Chinese curids. c

34. Parties in Trichinopoly, India, wish to correspond with American house that will buy Indian cigars. 35. A firm in Rangoon, Burma, wants agency for

American goods. 36. A merchant in Ceylon watts to correspond

with American manufacturers. ; 37. A correspondent in Barbadoes, West Indies,

wants agencies for American goods of all kinds. 38. A firm in the City of Mexico wants to

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40. House in Panama wants catalogues and prices of goods adapted to their market.

41. Two firms in British Honduras will take the agency for general American wares, particularly articles of domestic utility.

42. A firm in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, would like to hear from American manufacturers de- | siring to be represented there.

43. A mercantile house in Chili, S. A., wishes to correspond with manufacturers of agricultural and mining machinery.

44, The president of a railroad company in the Hawaian Islands wants catalogues and price lists of American railway supplies.

45. A house in the United States of Colombia would like to establish ‘‘ commercial intercourse” with American manufacturers.

GENERAL MINING NEWS.

Shipments of iron ore fromthe mines of the districts mentioned below for the season up to and including June 26th, as reported by the Marquette Mining Jour- nal, were as follows:

Tons. Tons. 1889. 1888.

Marquette, Marquette District.... 458,660 120,784 St. Ignace, Fe a - 15,375 40,922 Escanaba, om wae 308,721 228,045

Menominee District.... 531,889 282,838 e Gogebic District........ 87,151 60,705

Ashland, = od eee 434,350 211,269 Two Harbors, Vermillion District. 239,055 61,399

Te ee eee ee 2,075,201 1,015,962

American and European cap.talists have guaranteed, it is reported, to furmish all the money required for the building of a new railroad, which shall begin at Sioux Falls, South Dak., and extend across the western borders cf Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana to Mcrgan City, on the Gulf of Mexico, where connection will be made with a line of steam- ships reaching out for the trade of Central aud South American ports. Parts of road already built will be made use of so that the expense of building will be decreased. TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY.

—The official statement for June shows that during that month 12,157 tons of coal and 7,928 tons of coke were received directly from the mines of the Tracy City division; there were mined during the month 29,258 tons of coal, making a total of 197,902 tons for the first half of 1889.

ALABAMA,

ALABAMA COAL, [IRON AND Lanp Company.—The general meeting of this company was held in London ou the 25th ult., Augustus B. Abraham in the chair. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said he hoped to show that the operations of the company during the year were satisfactory, notwithstanding that there bas been an un- doubted intermission in the sales of the land. The sales were only about one-ninth of those of 1887, namely, 49,000 odd acres were sold in 1887 and only 5,200 during the past year; seven-eighths of this has been agricultural lands, which were to the extent of one-third of those of the previous year, but the price realized has been nearly the same. Of fee-simple lands 560 acres have been sold at £5 10s. per acre.

WALKER COUNTY. Corpova CoaL MininGc Company.—According to

reports natural gas has been struck on the lands of this company, near Cordova, and is flowing with an estimated pressure of sixty to seventy pounds to the square inch. ,

ARIZONA.

{From our Special Correspondent. ]

PRESCOTT, June 18. Phe progress of mining interests in this section has

not been as great as we had expected, still it has been marked, healthy, and promises to continue.

In the Bradshaw mountain two ten-stamp gold mills, with concentrators, have been put in operation this year. These are the Boaz and the Ora Bella mining companies. I have not been able to have the value of the ores treated. Rich ores, carrying 150 to 200 ounces per ton, are being packed to the sampler from several claims in that district, and were the facilities for transportation better, that is cheaper, the preduc- tion would be very much larger. The Congress mine, producing auriferous pyrites, and

the Hillside, yielding auriferous and argentiferous lead ores are the only regular shippers of ore in the county. The assorted ore of the former runs 7 to 9 ounces in gold per ton, and the latter from $100 to $600 per ton. As these two are destined to become well-known mines in the near future, and as I iatend visiting them shortly, I shail defer any further reference to them for the present.

It would take much space to enumerate all the claims in the various districts which are being “chlorided” or worked on lease. Together they make up a total of 150 to 200 tons per month at the sampler, and make a healthy distribution of funds in the county.

Dixre Mininc ComMpany.—This company, situated in the Walker District and organized in the spring, is uttirg up a mill. The machinery consists of Blake

Caaber rolls, Wiswel] mill, sizing machines and concentrators. The intention is to catch the free gold, teheved to be about $10 per ton, and concentrate tbe mixture of iron, lead and zinc sulphides, of which the | ores comsist. Asthere isa large amount of such ores in that district the results are looked for with much

interest. The mill is expected to be in full operation this month. A good deal of prospecting work is being done in the neighborhood, and sundry small lots of good ore, ranging from 70 to 100 ounces per ton, are being sent to the sampler at Prescott.

MONTGOMERY —A duplicate of the mill now being set up by the Dixte Mining Company has been sent in by the same parties to be set up on this old mine in the lower part of the Hassayampa District. This mine is on a quartz ledge, containing free gold and auriferous sulphurets.

CoLoRaDO CoaL AND IRon ComMPaNy.—This company is offering for sale 2,000 acres of land in Up- land Park aud 500 acres around Lake Minnequa. All this land is fairly watered and valuable. ~[t is runored that a syndicate, with David H. Moffatt at the head, had purchased this land, ‘with improvements, for $2,500,000, but Secretary Fitch, of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. has denied this rumor. He stated, however, that all the city (Pueblo) property of the compavy had been wransferred to the Colorado Coal and Iron Development Company, a corporation that was formed-some monvhbs ago, and

SENATOR.—In the upper end of the Hassayampa District work bas been prosecuted for the past year on the old Senator mine. This mine was famous in this county some twelve years ago, and was wrecked by an attempt to treat the ores by barrel amalgamation without roasting. A perpendicular double shaft has been sunk to the depth of 220 feet, and connected by cross-cut with the old workings. These bave been draired by pumping and fully explored, aud the old stories of the value of the ledge fully confirmed. Sev- eral car-loads of assorted ore, sampling about $80 per ton, have been shipped and large amounts of second grade ore on hand ready for the mill as soon as ore can be obtained. The sinking of the shaft, placing new hoisting machinery and sundry surface outlays have been rather expensive, und the owners are somewhat cramped for means. It is to be hoped that they will soon be able carry their enterprise through to completion, as the mine is undoubtedly a valuable one, and its success will give a great stimulus to that vicinity, which contains a number of other large and valuable ledges. A group of eight claims near by the Senator has been bonded to an English party. YAVAPAI DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.—This company

has been formed by the citizens of Prescott, whose main object is the furthering of the mining industry of the country. The primary object is to obtain complete information of the values, quantity and distri- butions of the ores, facilities of transportation, and such other points which may be of value to persons seeking investments amongst us. The company has placed the subject in the hands of Geo. J. Rockwell, M E., and we have every reason to think that the work will be well done and good results attained.

COCHISE COUNTY. OLD GUARD MINING COMPANY.—This mine, in the

Tombstone district, was sold on the 22d ult., and the mine will be started up at once. Mr. Drinkwater, the purchaser, intends to work it thoroughly. The north end of the mine has been worked, but no operations have been carried on at the south end.

CALIFORNIA. AMERICAN RIVER SYNDICATE, LIMITED.—A syndi-

cate company has been registered in England by Messrs. J. Taylor & Sons, London, toacquire and work certain water rights and fully developed mining properties in California. This company secures the practical menopoly of the river rights over the entire district. The reports show that the mining properties are well developed and supplied with hoisting machinery, mills and all other appliances, but, coal and water being distant, the means to work them effectively and economically are wanting. The present company proposes to transmit power by electricity which can be done to distances almost incredible. The syndicate has secured water rights, at a cost but little exceeding £2,500. The mines are taken on a rental of £100 a year, merging into royalties of 2s. a ton of rock crushed, with the option of purchase at the end of 18 months lease. The income of the syndicate will thus be two-fold. In the first place, it will supply power to other mines on rental, ard in the second, it will benefit by the proceeds of 1ts own mines. £20,000 is the nominal capital of the syndicate, and £15,000 it is thought will suffice for the acquisition of the water rights, the supply of electrical plant and machinery, and for the working of the mines. The report of Mr. Cullen Pearson is attached to the circular and is encouraging in every respect. Messrs. John Taylor & Sons are themselves interested in the syndicate.

AMADOR COUNTY. [From our Special Correspondent.]

SUTTER CREEK, June 26. AMADOR GOLD MiINE.—It is thought that the 60-

stamp mull will begin operations about November Ist. CosMOPOLITAN.—Lumber is now being delivered for

the 30-stamp mill. KEYSTONE.—The company is now running 40-

stamps and sinking a new shaft.

SuTTeER CREEK MiIniInG Company.—The company is running 10-stamps oa surface ore.

WILDMAN MINING ComMPANY —Arrangements are making for additional 10-stamps.

MONO COUNTY. The suit of the Standard Consolidated and Bulwer

Consolidated mining companies began at Bridgeport, June 25th. Mr. W. T. Keyes, mining expert of San Francisco, has carefully examined the und in dis- pute between the companies and will testify in the suit.

COLORADO. The State Board of Capitol Managers bas awarded

the contract for granite for the Capitol to Messr’s Geddes & Seerie, with the option of using either Gunni- son or Silver Plume granite, and they have decided to use the former. The amount named in the contract, including work previously done, was $865,799.44. The amount done under the previous contract held ky the firm was $451,000.04, making the present award amount to $414,799.40.

The chute is tending N. 15° E. T

this may have given rise to the rumor.

BOULDER COUNTY. St. JOE Mininc Company.—At the annual meeting,

held June Ist, Mr. William Tirre was elected president, and is now in Boulder to give his personal attention to working the mine. The purchase price paid by by Mr. Tirre and his associates is said to be sufficient to pay all the debts of the St. Joe, as already mentioned in our issue of the 1st inst., and leave a margin for operating expenses. Under the former management the mine showed good returns from ore, and paid several thousand dollars on the original purchase. The company has its office in East St. Louis.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY. BURRELL MininGc ComPpany.—This company at

Georgetown has ordered a new plant of air compres:- ing machinery for hoisting and drilling in sinking its new shaft.

Marky Foster MINING ComMPANY.—The Mary Foster mine was recently sold’ at trustee’s sale to Captain Swaine, of Denver, for $7,500.

CUSTER COUNTY. BEN FRANKLIN GOLD AND SILVER MINING CoM-

PANY.—The Ben Franklin mune, owned by this company, incorporated under the laws of Colorado, 1880; capital stock, $500,000, shares $25 each, in Hard- scrabble mining district, about one and one-half miles from the town of Rosita and six miles from Silver Cliff, has not been worked by the company for some years. The president died some months ago, and in order to settle the estate, he being the largest owner at that time, the mine has been. bocded with a lease at nominal price. The property once sold:for $165,000, and is now considered worth $100,000.

EAGLE COUNTY. [From our Special Correspondent.]

. Rep Curr, June 21. CLEOPATRA.—Your correspondent visited recently

the new strike in this mine, one of the Iron Mask group. It will be remembered that this strike occurs in the second contact, as opened in the Henrietta at Red Cliff and Spirit at Gilman. A winze has been sunk at a distance of 150 feet from the mouth of the old incline, in the porphry and blue lime contact. This winze at 60 feet depth encountered a large body of ore. The chute is tending into the hill north, twelve degrees east. That it comes from the surface is evident, from the fact that they have stoped in that direction 50 or 60 feet with a header of ore 25 feet wide and 8 feet high. Tothis may be added a cap- rock lying in a regularly stratified ledge immediately over the ore-body. This cap-rock appears in the form of “ trachyte,” as found in the underlying quartzite vein. This frock is more properly a quartz porphry. Tue body has no connection with the one above, which might indicate that it is one mass of mineral. The wature of the oreis a gritty iron sand mixed with talc. It runs from $75 to $300 per ton. A large block, 30 by 40 feet, will run entire $300 per ton. Shipments are in regular order. The mine has been developed in a thoroughly systematic manner under the efficient management of Mr. Chas. Hostadt, who, it seems, is a mascot at finding ore.

Tron Mask.—The sulphide body in this mine is about 250 feet wide, and in many P ‘aces 40 feet thick.

is body has never been exploited below.

GARFI4LD COUNTY. Secretary Noble on the 2d inst. granted a rehearing

of the Paris Meadows Land case. It involves the possession of a pre-emption claim in Glenwood Springs. There is a large money interest at stake in the matter.

GILPIN COUNTY. BatTEs.—Work on this mine (which has been idle for

the past fourteen years), that portion known as the Union Company’s claims, east of tre gulch claims, has been resumed by a light force of miners, and a fine quality of smelting ore is being raised from one of the levels. The water from the west end of the property has been annoying the miners and no sinking can be done for that reason, the plant of machinery being iu- adequate forthe amount of water that is to be handled. This property at one time was a large producer of bullion, and it is claimed there is plenty of as good ore in the mine as ever was taken out.

GERMAN CONSOLIDATED MINING AND MILLING Company.—The lessees of a ——_ of what is known as the Little Vein property of this company are taking out both smelting and stamp-mill ore, The latter is crushed at the Randolph Stamp Mill in Black Hawk, and ha: been averaging 2}¢ ounces gold per cord. The slimes from the battery ‘when concentrated yield about 1%¢ tons of tailings to the cord, which brings $21 per ton at the smelters. The ore now being taken out 1s of a better quality, andit is thought ive an average yield of 3%¢ ounces gold per cord. ‘The smelting ore nets from to $100 per ton. All the ore mined is trammed to surface through the tunnel of the Gregory-Bobtail Company, a switch from the main track of the cross-cut tunnel having been laid

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up to the point where Williams & Co. are werking, which is 350 feet below the surface.

HINSDALE COUNTY. [From our Special Correspondent. |}

The Lake Fork branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway reached Lake City Monday, June 24th. Regular passenger trains will be running within the next two weeks. The country rock is trachyte, porphyry and andesite fissure veins, carrying gray copper and galena quartz gapvgue. The approximate output of the camp is 50 tons per day, which will be incr when the Frank Hough, Belle of the West, Ute and Ula are producing. Noro.—This mine, now under lease, has struck eight

inches of solid gray copper; average of six assays gave 1,150 ounces silver.

OcEAN WAVE.—This mine shows. a larger body of galena and gray copper milling; 150 ounces of silver per ton.

YELLOW MEDICINE —This mine is stoping ore from three stopes. The ore is being concentrated, 21¢ tonsfinto one, at. the Henson Creek Reduction works; the concentrates, 10 tons per day,,average 60 to 100 ounces silver and 52 to 74 per cent in lead.

LAKE COUNTY.

ADAMS MINING COMPANY.—Fifteen tons. per day are being taken from the upper contact of the Brook- land and Clontarf claims. This ore, however, is of rather low grade, although some lots are said to assay quite wellin lead. The Henrietta and Maid are now driving cross-cut drifts from one of the main drifts of the lower level of the Maid of Erin mine into the second contact ore body of the Adams, and is expected to reach tbe latter’s line very shortly.

DINERO MINING AND MILLING ComMPANy.—It is proposed to levy an assessment of 10 cents por share; this would amount to $30,000, which would be sufficient to clear off the debt of $24,000 and leave a small sur- lus. The greatest difficulty to contend with known

is the fact that of the 118,000 shares held in St. Louis, a large amount has been scattered around in the bands of parties who are not stockholders of record, and the difficulty will be to trace them up. In case the stockholders refuse to respond, it is proposed to sell the mine. The Dinero mill, it is stated, can be disposed of to Mr. Chadbourne of the Mikado mine, who wants amill. The Dinero requires no mill, as the ore is not concentrating ore.

LA PLATA COUNTY.

The fire in Durango, on the 1st inst., destroyed eight nlocks in the center of the city, and about twenty-five dwelling houses.

LARIMER COUNTY.

SoOuTHERN LIGHT.—A contract has been let to sink a shaft 50 feet deep on this lode, a St. Louis — The contract has been awarded at $10 per oot.

OURAY COUNTY. Mr. J. D. Coplen is putting in a plant for the con-

centration of ores near Ouray. The machinery is a patented system of hisown invention for the treatment of low-grade ores. The company, of which he is president, has purchased the Windom mill site and plant on the Uncompahgre River,3 miles below Ouray. Within thirty days the company expects to be in operation. The mill site embraces an area of patented ground amounting to 34 acres. The company will be prepared shortly to purchase ores.

AMERICAN AND NETTIE MINING COMPANY.—The seven cars shipped to Pueblo from which returns have been received have netted $23,314.40, and should the returns from the five cars now being sampled at Pueblo average $3,200 each, the company will have over $38,000 from which to pay a dividend in July. The company bas not decided yet to pay the dividend. Tbe above amount includes the returns from the car of ore shipped to St. Louis, which the company has decided to accept at $3,158.2i, and which is said to be the lowest yet received from any car of soft ore shipped from the mine.

PITKIN COUNTY. [From our Special Correspondent, }

COMPROMISE MINING COoMPANY.—This company has one of the largest bodies of ore in the camp; 500 feet in length, 80 feet wide; average grade, 40 ounces; shipment, 100 tons per. day. Justice Mrininc Company.—This company has

begun active operations on its property, P. Sullivan having gone to workon a 100-foot. contract on a new shaft on the property. This shaft will be the largest on the mountain, 444 x 9 feet. For a long time this property has been practically idle, the majority of tbe stock being held by a non resident, William Lawson, who did not care to do.any development work. A short time ago Geo. W. Crowe, who had attained such great success in the Celeste, adjoining the Justice, conceived the idea of getting control of the latter property. He secured an option upon Mr. Lawson’s stock a after associating a number of other gentlemen with himself, took the option up... The company was then re- organized and. Mr. Crowe was. selected as president and general manager, Thecompany owns three.adjoining claims, the Justice, the Monte Cristo and the Marlin, covering over 26 acres of territory. PITKIN ‘ OUNTY RAILROAD ComPany.—This com- py has been organized by H. A. W. Tabor, Donald

Fietcher, J. T. Cornferth, Ira W. Pendleton, L. M. Babcock, W, R. Reynolds and E. 8S. Kassler, all of D.nver. The objects are to locate, construct, o te

intain a single or double track railroad, tele- line, commencing at the ot

and graph and telephone Aspen, by the most practicable line to Tourtelotte

Park, Richmond Hilland Ashcroft, together with such extensions as may be necessary; also as a part of said railroad, to build a branch of its line to such points northeasterly, via Hunter Park, as the company may deem necessary. The capital stock of the company 1s — at $300,000. Denver or Aspen will be the ocation of the principal offices of the company. RoMULUS CONSOLIDATED MINING CoMPANY.—This

company bas been incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa. The capital stock is $150,000, shares $1 each, 50,000 shares of which have been placed in the treasury of the c»mpany to be used as a working capital, and, 25,000 of;-these shares have been sold and the money deposited to the credit of the company. Work is about to begin early to actively develop the property. Itis the intention of Mr. Durree to start a tunnel on the Arizona at a point on the first turn of the road which gues to the Bonnybell.

Spar GuLc# Mininc Company.—This company, of Des Moines, lowa, working on the east end of Hal Sayer, near the Quartzite claim, shows small stringers of malachite and gray copper found in silicious or brown lime. No shipments have been made notwithstanding the high assays reported by local papers. TOURTELOTTE MininG ComMPANY.—This company is

securing leases and bonds on the most valuable virgin ground on Aspen Mountain, and conducting developments with great vigor.

PUEBLO COUNTY. COLORADO SMELTING ComPaNy.—The work of

doubling the capacity of this company’s extensive works is in active progress. Since it started this company has kept four furnaces of the largest size in constant operation. Furnace No. 5 will be fired up in about two weeks, No. 6 in August, and Nos. 7 and 8 will be running before the expiration of tae year.

PHILADELPHIA SMELTING AND REFINING Com- PANY.—The capacity of the smelter is to be increased. The contract for the ores of the Sierra Mojada mining district of Mexico has been awarded to this company for the term of one year. The amount is said to be 3,000 tons a month. Thisis the first time a Pueblo smelter has ever successfully competed for a big contract of Mexican ores.

IDAHO. ALTURAS COUNTY.

Almost the entire business portion of Hailey town, excepting Friedenthal’s fire-proof house, was destroyed by fireon the 2d inst. The fire did not reach the residence part of the town, and no suffering exists among the people. ELMORE.—There is now considerable activity at this

mine at Rocky Bar. Recently a rich body of ore was discovered on the second level. Explorations were continued, and a force of men has been extracting ore from this body. This necessitates the resumption of crushing, and at last accounts the mill was in readi- ness to begin operations.

SHOSHONE COUNTY. Last CHANCE.—At this company’s property, near

_Wardner, the concentrator is running uninterruptedly and 32 men are on the company’s pay-roll. All the machinery to increase the capacity of the present mill to 120 tons daily is now en route from the Chicago Iron Works of Gail, Bumiller & Unzicker. A Pelton water-wheel has also beeu ordered and will be put in sei to furnish power for the new works. The new ume, 1,700 feet in length, is nearly completed and

will furnish 160-foot pressure, giving the new works 60 horse-power, which is considered ample for all purposes,

INDIANA. The coal operators in Brazil have agreed to reduce

rents, powder and eenrepenpenin: proportionately to the reduction asked in mining. A propositien before the Miner’s Executive Committee to submit to the miners the question of prolonging the strike was voted down, through fear that a popular vote would favor resumption of work.

It is reported from Brazil that President McKean, of the Vandalia Line, has proposed to the operators to take their coal to Chicago at ten cents per ton less than present rates if the operators will give ten cents pee ton more to the miners for getting out the coal.

t has not been learned what action, if any, the operators have taken.

MONTANA. BEAVERHEAD COUNTY.

HECLA CONSOLIDATED MiIniInG CoMPANY.—The company’s smelter is running in full blast; all three of the stacks are being operated. The Dexter furnace for desulphurizing and fusing the product of flue dust is working satisfactorily and is heating about 25 tons per day. The product of the furnace is mixed with the regular charges, and besides saving the lead and silver the dust contains, it has the effect of reducing the amount of the flue dust naturally deposited by the ore charges. Mr. Dexter, the inventor, is a resident of Glendale, and this is said to be the first one of his furnaces ever built on a practical working basis.

P. J. KELLY PLACER AND QvuaRTZ MINING Com- PANY.—This company has purchased the E. 8. Ball quartz and placer properties on Rattlesnake Creek, near Argenta. These quartz properties are nine in number, and carry | ore. The placer ground embraces 112 acres. The heaiquarters of the new company areat Dillon. Gov. B. F. White is the President of the company, and P. J. Kelly is the Superintend- ent. Itis stated that a 0-ton smelter is to be built within half a mile of the claims as soon as possible.

-DEER LODGE COUNTY. BI-METALLIC MINING ComPaNy.—The Bi-Metallic

tramwuy is one of the longest tramways in the United

States. The line is 1% miles long. It is now carrying 180 tons of ore in ten hours, but its capacity is stated to be twenty tons more than that amount, although it will be unnecessary to run it at full speed, as it supplies. the mill in less than ten hours for each twenty-four hours’ run. The carrying cable is 1 inches in diameter and the hauling rope five-eighths of an inch in diameter and is nrade of steel and carries 88 buckets. At its present rate of speed it delivers 500 pounds of ore every 50 seconds, and’ on a trial in full capacity it delivered 500 pounds in 45 seconds. The most striking feature about the Bi-Metallic tramway is the fact that the gravity obtained in running the line produces power enough to run the engine and rock breaker with the throttle entirely closed and the speed is regulated by cnly two brakes. It was built by the Trenton Com- pany, of Trenton, N. J.

Hope MINING Company.—A strike is reported to have been made in the Hope mine in its lime formation. The old Ten Stamps mill, which has been idle for some time, will resume operation.

SAN FRANCISCO MINING COMPANY.—The company does not expect to strike the lead until the Little Tom lode has been tapped. Until the lode is reached the company will only be doing dead work.

GALLATIN COUNTY. NATIONAL PARK MINING CompPany.-— This company

has been organized at Livingston, Mont., where the vrincipal place of business will be, with a capital of 32,500,000. The incorporators are J. E. Cameron and J. F. Mosier, of New York, and Alex. Cameron of Brooklyn. The term for which the company shall exist is twenty-five years. The object of the company is mining coal and minerals of every description, the construction and working of furnaces, concentrators, mills, smelters. etc.

JEFFERSON COUNTY. C. & D.—This mine near Elkborn has been bonded

to Downs & Allen for $100,000. The bond will ex- pire in October. The property has been worked for the past four years. The smelter near the mine is not included in the bond.

SILVER BOW COUNTY. BUTTE AND BOSTON MINING COMPANY.—The com-

pany is at present not doing anything beyond development work, Work is progressing on two claims, the Silver Bow and Gray Rock. The ore found in the first named is high-grade ‘* copper-silver,” while the Gray Rock ore is “* silver-copper.” Superintendent Palmer, who is now in Boston, is reported to have said: The company has 2,500 feet opened on the Gray Rock vein, and the shaft is sinking to the 400-foct level to get new ground. In addition, there are several exclusively silver veins, the principal being what is known as the Belleof Butte. No attempt is making to produce copper, as the company has no smelting plant, but arrangements are in progress for the early providing of ample smelting facilities. The silver product is yielding from $20,000 to $25,000 per month, a 40-ton stamp mill being at work. Machinery is ordered for a blast furnace with a capacity of 100 tons copper-silver ore per day. There are four shafts at the Gray Rock, the old one of which is going down to the 400-foot level and the new shaft is down to the 300-foot level. Cross-cutting is progressing from the 300-foot level to intercept the Bell vein of the Chambers syndicate mines of the Anaconda company. The Silver Bow lode is a continuation of the lode in the tunnel property of the Boston & Montana property, the acquisition of which has been followed by a large output of silver by the company last named. This lode was struck in the Butte & Boston’s Silver Bow shaft at a depth of 127 feet. The shaft has been sunk to the 300-foot level, and cross-cuts have been driven across the vein at that point, as well as at the 200-foot level. The ore here averages about 22 percent copper. At the 300-foot level silver is found, averaging, according to returns for a series of days in the present month, 15 ounces of silver and 22 per cent copper to the ton. The Silver Bow shaft is 600 feet east of the Boston & Montana boundary line, and the company’s property extends fully three-quarters of a mile east on the vein, as well as the same distances on the Anaconda vein and the south vem of the Boston & Montana’s Mountain View property. It is quite possible that the company will arrange with the Boston & Montana for its smelting, when the last-named company’s large works shall be erected.

MISSOURL JASPER COUNTY.

HOMESTEAD ZINC AND LEAD COMPANY.—The deed was filed for record at Carthage tbis week of 80 acres of mineral land near Carterville, sold by S. C. Edgar, of St. Louis, to this company, a corporation organized in™ St. Louis, for $100,000 cash. This tract of land was urchased by Mr. Edgar from Wm. T. Motley in Tonk it is stated, for $20,000.

NEVADA. ELKO COUNTY.

COMMONWEALTH MINING COMPANY.—The indebted- ness of this company has been reduced to $10,000, and it is stated that in a sbort time asurplus will begin to accumulate in the treasury.

NortH BELLE IsLE MINING CoMPpANY.—At the annual meeting of this company, held in San Fran- cisco on the 26th ult., the following officers were re- elected: E. Scott, President; F. A. Berlin, Vice-Presi- dent; T. J. Shackleford, J. W. Pew and H. H. Pit- cher, trustees. S. W.C. Price was re-elected Super- intendent and J. W. Pew, Secretary. The annual report of the superintendent shows that “the principal expenditures of the year have been on con-

struction account. The mine 1s now we!l equipped with reduction and hoisting facilities. With the ex- ception of the extraction of 217 tons of milling ore, the underground work has been confined to prospecting, developing, and extracting concentrating ore. If the cross-cutting to be done from the 500-foot level results in proving the downward continuation of tne ore developed on tre 400-foot level, it will give a new im- petus to every mine on the lode, and it will demonstrate as a fact that the mineralization of the vein e: tends indefinitely below the depth of any cf our former workings.”

EUREKA COUNTY.

EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MrninG CoMPANy.—-To?2 smelter was started upon the 26tb ult. Custom ore is counting rapidly, and we are informed that the company now has enough on hand, together with its own ore, to keep the smelter running steadily for the remainder of the year.

STOREY COUNTY—COMSTOCK LODE.

ALTA vs. BENTON MiniInG Company.—In the suit of the Alta vs. the Benton Mining Company, action is brought by the former to recover the sum of above $7,000, alleged due from the Benton Company for hoisting and lowering men and material through the Alta shatt. The Benton Company does not deny being indebted to the Alta, but claims the price charged per carload for waste was excessive, the Alta demanding $1.10 per carlcad for hoisting from the 725 level, whereas but 65 cents has been charged by other Com- stock companies for hoisting from a greater depth. The trial of the case is set for July 1.

BELCHER MINING CoMPANY.—There 1s said to be a promising prospect that a valuable ore body will be discovered in sinking the winze below the 1,100 level south drift at the point of connection with the west crosscut on that level. The winze is expected to cut the ore at a depth of about 40 feet below the 1,100 level. CONSOLIDATED CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA MINING

Company.—The bullion yield fur June will probabiy exceed that of May by over $30,000, provided the assay value of the ore extracted does not fall below the average of that so far produced on June account. The assays so far last month averaged nearly $3 per ton higter than May. Up tothe 25th ult., it bad footed up to $129,282.22. HALE AND Norcross MIninG Company.—A sbip-

ment of 8.425;);5 ounces silver 1,000 fine,.and valued at $10.906.47, has been made from this mine, bring- ing receipts for June to the 26th ult, up to $37,- 468.46. ro

Justice Mininc CompAany.—The company is crushing daily at the new miil thirty tons of ore and the battery sample assays show a constant improvement in value. That milled during the week ended June 22d averaged $26.96 per ton.

YELLOW JACKET MininG Company.—Battery sample assays of Yellow Jacket ore shipped on June account show an average value of $25 per ton. The daily shipments average 100 tons.

NEW MEXICO.

GRANT COUNTY.

CARLISLE GOLD Company —It is reported that this company is not producing up to the standard of last year. It bas been atthe disadvantage of having to treat very low grade ores. The comp sny has mined and milled at a profit many tons of ores this year, which, it issaid, ran less than $5 per ton.

MIMBRES CONSOLIDATED MininG CompaNny.—This company has had the Mimbres mill in operation about three months and a half, and has been producing, it is reported, at the rate of $1,000 to $1,500 per day.

SANTA FE COUNTY.

According to reports, the first payment of £36,000 has been made on the big mineral dea] involving lands lying between Santa Fe and Cerrillos. Otber payments will be made from time to time until the full amount of the contract price, $2,000,000, is paid. The English expert, Mr. Kendall, upon whose favorable report as to the character and quantity of mineral in sight this trade was ciosed, is now on the ground planning with Manager Huber for future operations. The report on the title of the property was made by P. L. Vanderveer, Esq., of Santa Fe. The property sold covers land held under United States patent. Among the improvemerts contemplated at once isa plant of machinery for treating these ores, which plant will probably be located on the main line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, at or near Cerrillos.

SIERRA COUNTY.

A large and rich cave near the Hermosa mining camp, 60 miles from La Cruces, has been opened up, and it is thought that the cave will exceed in richness the famous Bridai Chamber Cave at Sierra City.

IRONCLAD .— Work on this mine at Kingston, which was sto>ped about a year ago on account of water. will be resumed very shortly. Between $15,000 and $20,000 has been raised, all the debts of the company have been paid, and there is money in the treasury to prosecute the work. The plan proposed is to run the tunnel of the Louisville, an adjoining claim, into the Ironclad property, and by this manver draining off the water that has been so much trouble. This work, it is said, will nearly pay for itself, as it is in the contact. About 300 feet of tunneling is all that is re- uired, and when this is done the mine will be in con- ition to open up.

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OHIO. CENTRAL OHtO NatTorRaL Gas ComMPAaNy.—This

company bas been cbartered, with a capital of $475,- 000, to pipe natural gas te Columbus. Work will begin at once.

PENNSYLVANIA. COAL.

The report issued by the Schuylkill Coal Exchange, dated Pottsville, June 29th, shows that the collieries drawn to return prices of coal so!d in month of June, 1889, to determine the rate of wages to be paid, make the following returns: Keystone (P. & R. C. & I. Co.), $2.46,1;; Mabanoy City (P. & R. C. & L. Co.), $2.33,%; Schuylkill (P. & R. C. & L. Co.), $2 40: W. Shenan- hoab (P.& R. C. & I. Co), $2.44 3; Reliance (P. & R. C. & L. Co), $2.29,%. Tbe average of these prices is $2.38,4,. and the rate of wages to be paid is four (4) per cent below $2.50 basis.

All the mines on the Monongahela River were idle on the 5th inst., the men refusing to accept a reduction of wages.

PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL AND IRON Com- PANY.—'l he temporary disabilitv of this company by the flooding of a large number of its collieries has been removed by the active and efficient measures immediately adopted by the management. The Potts- ville Miners’ Journal says: Of the 24 collieries involved, all but four have been restored and are in as good shape as before the flood. With the additions made during the year to the working collieries, and improverrents in others already ip use, the company is nuw ready tosupply every possible denand upon it. The work of icx.provement isstill progressing, and a new colliery, soon to be in operation in the West End, will be one of the most valuable of the many owned by the company. It is one of four projected years ago.

OIL. Exports of refined, crude, and naphtha from the

following ports, from January Ist to June 28th: 1889. 1888.

Gals. Gals. PR TORI oS iicnkcchasoswssss 2,251,517 1,488,048

PINNED, c5. ccs nepaauan 63,307,395 53,189,557 NS iw cca cee ean kees 1,782,077 2,596,948 Perth Amboy ............. 9,494,105 11,384,142 DOW WOE: oceweswsssssex . -199,037,188 168,447,509

Wind NG S55... 63 ss xcacenes 275,872,282 237,106,204

BEAVER COUNTY. Horn SILVER MiIninG Company.—Superintendent

P. T. Farnsworth’s reguiar report to the New York office shows thet about sixty men are employed. On the 400 and 650 foot levels, the usual work of contracting and breaking ore and retimbering is going on, and the winze from the 650 foot to the 700 foot level has been comnleted. Shaft No. 4 is being repaired. At Shaft No. 5a new boiler has been placed in position, and the rock work enclosing the same has been completed. The output for the month of June, it is estimated, was 1,000 tons, yielding $30,- 000, a much better showing than was expected.

SUMMIT COUNTY. Comstock MINING CoMPANY.—This company,

which was incorporated in London last August with a capitalization of £250,000 sterling, it is announced, will develop its property. The property owned by this company is tbe old Uintah Miciug Company’s group, comprising the Black Bear, Black Hawk, Inter- vention and Comsto*k mining claims, situated up Thayne’s Canyon on the northwest side and opposite the Crescent. The ground runs along the ledge for 3000 feet and the apex is also in thecompany’s ground. A ledge 60 feet in width, containing three pay streaks, 1s exposed on the surface, and considerable exploiting with tun- nels, shafts and drifts was done by the old Uintah Company, sufficient at least: to demonstrate the probable future value of the property. Mr. Morris Dussel- dorf, who was instrumental in organizing the : om- stock Company, arriving here Thursday evening for the purpose of arranging to. start up work on the property. He has decided to continue the lower tunnel, which isin about 100 feet already, until it cuts the ledge. No machinery will be required for the present because the ground is easily worked. The ledge will cut by thistunne] in a few months and then a desired depth on the ledge will be kad. Work has cun.menced and developments will be made under the direction of W. M. Curtis.

VIRGINIA AUGUSTA COUNTY.

Mount TaRky MininG Company.—The books of this company, organized in March, has been opened in Winchester for the sale of stock, and it is stated that $100,000 was subscribed in twenty-four hours. The property is being worked - for manganese. B. H. Richards, of Baltimore, is president of the company and Jobn W. Rice, cashier of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank, of Winchester, is Treasurer.

WEST VIRGINIA. FAYETTE COUNTY.

in answer to our inquiry as to the machinery being used by the different cop] companies in and near Stone Cliff our correspondent writes.us as follows: The amount of machinery thst is used in this region is small. Our coal seams are nearly borizontal, dipping to the northwest at about 100 feet per mile, and occur in the mountain from 300 to 1,000 feet vertically above the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, which ruvs along the bauk of New River in its gorge. The coal tbus outcrops on the face of the mountain. Asa rule, the only machinery used is that to equip self-acting } lection to the planes to lower the coal from the level of coal.seam to | tion.

THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. ee te

, JULY 6, 18 89.

used to a limited extent tosave mules, which generally are solely used for hauling the coal out of mines. As the mines become driven further into mountain rope haulage may become more extensively used.

FOREIGN MINING NEWS.

AFRICA. ‘‘The Mineral Resources of Mosambique,” an article

on the resources of the Portuguese possessions in east Africa, states that the province of Mosambique is extremely rich in mineral products, centaining gold, silver,magnetic iron, coal, and copper. None of these are at present being worked, through lack of capital and of means of communication. The most important coal- bed is that which extends along the two banks of the Zambesi, and of this the town of Tete is supposed to be the center. But coal is also found in the valley of the Morongosi, a tributary of the Keouge, which falls into the Zambesi. By the law of the 21st of August, 1856, foreigners are as competent as Portuguese citizens to buy and develop State lands in the Portuguese colonies.

AUSTRALIA. QUEENSLAND.

The gold returns for the quarter ending March, show tbat the total output was 184,931 ounces, of which only 1201 ounces were alluvial. Rockhampton produced more than half the total quantity—viz., 97,- 240 ounces, but the quantity of stone c:ushed was not stated. Gympie produced 30,521 ounces from 23,341 tons; Charters Towers. 24,6743 ounces from 19,359 tons; Croydon, 17,579 ounces from 10,228 tons, Rockhampton includes the famous Mount Morgan mine which has recently been paying several monthly dividends of $500,000 each.

CANADA. PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA.

OxFoRD GOLD MiNING COMPANY.—After considerable difficulty we have at last obtain-d a record of the dividends paid by this company. It 1s as follows: 1885, $38,400; 1886, none; 1887, $25,200; 1888, $14,400; total, $78,000. The last paid was one of two cents per share, September 11th, 1888. Nothing has been paid thus far in 1889. The capital stock is only $125.000. There are 125,000 shares of the par value of $1 each. There are about a dozen stockholders, and of these five own seven-eighths of the stock.

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. CANADIAN COPPER COMPANY.—Everything is

working in a satisfactory way. The company will have a second furnace running in six weeks, increasing the average daily capacity to 250 tons of ore at least.

SILVER WOLVERINE. LimiTED.—The following report has been received from the company’s consultin engineer, Mr. Walpole Roland., C. and M. E., da Port Arthur, May 22d: ‘‘ ~ince date of my last report, referring to the rich strike of native ard black silver in No. l shaft, ata depth of 82 feet and 90 teet., I have been unable to resume operations in this shaft owing to water. I bave now, however, effected a purchase of hoist from the Beaver Mining Company that will fully answer our purposes. Immediately No. 1 shaft is made ready for further sinking, and the 100 foot level attained, wecommence drifting from that point towards No. 2, between which points I anticipate cutting a rich deposit of black and native silver. In sinking No. 2 shaft, at a point 300 feet eastward of No. 1, after excavating some 13 feet of boulder drift and gravelly clay loam, they struck the vein. At this point the vein measures 4 feet 4 inches in width and carries the usual rich black blendes, fluorite and calcite together, with black silver and iron pyrites, and notwithstanding the fact tbat 1t is yet in the trap overflow.

FRANCE. An explosion of fire-damp took place at the coal

mines of St. Etienne on the 3d inst. About300 miners were entombed, over 2C0O of whom are killed. Two pits were affected by the explosion. One of

these is inundated, the other is on fire. Sixteen bodies have been recovered. Ten of the miners who were taken out alive are so badly injured that they will probably die. Sixty horses employed in the mines were burned to death. The news of the disaster spread quickly, and the mouths of the pits were soon surrounded by crowds of relatives and friends of the imprisoned miners. Many heartrending scenes were witnessed as the bodies were brought to the surface. There is no hope of rescuing any of the men pow in the pits, all of whom bave already probably perished.

MEXICO. Opals of every variety are found in many species of

porphyry in several distinct regions of Mexico. Don José Gonzalez Cosio is owner of 24 claims, or an area of 360 acres, of opal-bearing claystone porpbyry located 75 miles from the city of Queretaro and 16 miles only from the line of the Mexican Central Railroad. This gentleman employs 100 expert miners, whose sole business is to blast out blecks of rock carrying epals. Thousands of common as well as magnificent gems are broken to: frag- ments weekly by the awkward process of blasting. By using a rock drill and severing opal rock blocks by the plug and feather quarrying plan not five per cent of the gems now ruined would be lost. Sefior Cosio has lately established a lapidary in Queretaro. He has cut and polished several bushels of. the precious or noble opais and fire opals. He contributed a very large col-

exican exhibit in the Paris Exposi- His uncut and unpotished opals cost him, on an

chutes at bottom of mountain from which it is loaded average, three cents each. The most magnificent of - into railroad cars. In some mines rope haulage is | his precious opals do not cost him upward of fifty cents

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each. There isancpal quarry beim worked in the state of Morelos, and it supplies get. equaily as fine as the Cosio quarry. For twenty years cf the seven- teenth century, commencing with 1€¢, tne Spaniards worked an opal and turquoise quarry tocated about 360 miles due northwest of this city. The formation of porphyry there is exactly similar 0 that in which the famous turquoise stones are founa mw the quarries south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ‘Tie vid Dons could not make much progress there, tor the camp was isolated, as it still is, and thousands of Apache savages constantly harassed them. In 169% te Indians fell upon the miners and garrison, massacrmmg nearly 900 men, women and children. A tew soldiers oly escaped. There are seven varieties «x ovals fonnd in the quarries of Mexico, namely, te precious or noble opal, the fire opal, the common uuai, sem1-o9al, wood opal, ferruginous opal and hydro-naz=

' CHIHUAHUA.

Santa JULIANA MINING COMPANY.—NSeveral changes have recently been effected 1m the management of thiscompany. The Board of 'l'rustees is now composed as follows: Horace E. Deming, Charles E. Phelps, Walter S. Logan, Warner van Orden, and Lindley Vinton. W. L. Logan is President and Treasurer, and Lindley Vinton, Secretery. The capital stock is $200,000, and there are 200,000 shares. We are now able to present fuller intormation, furnished by Mr. Vinton, concerning th: record and work of the company than has heretofore been obtain- able. The proverty includes the Sant» !nliana, Com- promise and Providencia mines, sevswrs! ranches, a river for water power and abunda::: ‘imher land. The principal mine, the Santa Julian. «mated near the mining town of Jesus Maria, in Chinuahua, is an old one, having been worked as long ago as 1825 by the natives who took out, it is claimed, about fifteen millions of dollars in mineral. In 1836 it was flooded and thereupon abandoned. In 1865, a portion of the property came into the possession of Mr. Bethuel Phelps, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Nothing was done with the mine however, until last) year when Mr. Phelps sv- cured a controlling interest in the mine, and the present company was formed. Mr. Phelps died in Septem- ber last. and the control of the company was placed in the hands of the attorneys of his estate, Messrs. Dem- ing and Logan of this city. An heir of Mr. Phelps and a stockholder in the company, Mr. Thos. B. Sexton, was appointed superintendent. Work was begun iu the mine last September. A shaft was started on the old Ronquilo vein, as the ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL then stated, and since then all efforts have G been concentrated on reaching the point of intersection of the Ronquilo and Santa Juliana veins, which is supposed to be a depth of 300 feet, aad where the old workings will probably be encountered. The work received a set back by an unusual infiow of water on Christmas Day, but since then new and efficient pumping apparatus has been erected and work has proceeded without interruption. According to advices dated June 16th, received this week in New York, a depth of 292 feet was reached on that date. Although no stoping has been done, the officers say that considerable rich metal has been encountered.

DURANGO.

Chas. Lewall & Co., are operating their Hun- tington plant, with a capacity of 25 tons per day in the Oro district, says the El Paso Bullion. It is an experimental plant, and has demonstrated the fact that their ore can be treated successfully, and the consequence is that the reduction capacity of the company will be increased to a degree to treat the entire product of their mines, being six in number, affording free gold in quartz gangue between trap walls. These same gentlemen are the owners of the zone concession 30x20 kilometers, about 280 square miles, on which is situated a net work of cropping gold and silver veins in practically a virgin state. Among the cropping mineral there is one vein of auriferous copper from 15 to 30 feet wide, extending several miles in length,

LOWER CALIFORNIA,

Good ore continues to be brought in from wue a)s-[ published quotations. tricts adjacent to Alamo, showing that the mineral belt is a eee one. Galena is found in some of the mines, also black sulphurets. Cupper is found in some of the ore from different ledges. The preseuv uével- opment indicates two things: The permanency of the camp and that different machinery must be had for the reduction of the ore. In place of mereiy iree gold machinery, heavy stamp mills with concentrators, roasting furnaces and reduction works for treating the sulphuret or base ores will have to be butts. Con- tinuous reports of blasts are heard on every side of the camp day or night. The Two Republics .cate that work is being done on thirty-eight mines c:at of the 100 locations in the two camps. As tbe fou. .aonths which the law gives to do the possession work draw to a close, all those who have anythix~ ‘x view in their locations, or whose rock prospects.u. all well, are hurrying up with their work. William Denton, of San Diego, states tuu, Sa can

sell his three claims, the Minerva, Oro Fino and Au- tora, for $30,000. Neither of these have a shaft on them more than four feet deep. There are about 1700 men incamp wuv ure tkere

to stay and who are making good living wages. Governor Torres gave J. M. Gonzalez possession of

the Aurora-Princesa mine on the 2)st ult. This was the first legal possession given at tux. .auy. The Aurora-Princesa is an extension of the Princesa ledge, which is considered the ‘‘mother” vein of the district. The Aurora-Princesa is considered one of the richest ledges in the camp. In addition to tur waiu ledge, there are 7 spurs running into it which are all very

rich. Mr. Gonzalez has a standing offer of $25,000 | There is little or nothing doing in the Amadors, for the Aurora-Princesa.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

BROKEN HILLS DISTRICT.

The product of this district, by the most recent mail advices, for the week preceding the dispatch of the mai], amounted to 780 tons 8 cwt. of base bullion, of the value of $134,130, in addition to which silver ore and silver lead ore were shipped to the value of $9920. The previous week the production of base bullion was 1148 tons, 6 cwt., with a value of $137,410. These and previous returns seem to indicate very steadily increasing production, which is likely soon to be largely augmented by the English company, the | 7 British Broken Hill Proprietary Company getting into full operation. This may mean an addition to the world’s supply of lead of 50,000 tons a year, which has scarcely so far been taken into account.

MEETINGS.

Poorman Extension Mining Company, Helena, Mon- tana, July 8th, at eight o’clock P. m.

DIVIDENDS.

Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Com- pany, dividend No. 30, fifty cents per share, or $108,- 000, payable July 10th,

Granite Mountain Mining Company, of Montana, d.vidend No. 55, fifty cents per share, or $200,000, and an extra dividend of twenty-five cents per share, or $100,000, payable July 10th in St. Louis.

Hazlewood Oil Company, Pittsburg, Pa., quarterly 144 per cent, payable July Ist.

Pima Oil Company, four per cent, payable July 3d, in Pittsburg.

ASSESSMENTS.

DY nq’t' Amn’t x, | When . Day of SoMPANY. No. -—> | in ‘ er eam levied. Office: Sale. | share

RE NOT so000.000 35|June 12 July 18 Aug. 8 Best & Belcher, Nev| 43)June 6 July 11|/Aug. 1) Crocker, Ariz........ 6|June 14 July 19 Aug. 13 Equitable T., Utah..| 34|/May 14 June 20|July 15 Eureka Cons., Nev.| 12)June12 July 15|Aug. 7 Golden Fleece, Cal..| 14/May 21 July 20)Sept.16) 17 oodman, Nev...... 6\June 15 July 20) Aug. 24

Nevada Queen, Nev| 5\June 3 July 9 July 30 North BelleIsle,Nev} 15) June27 Aug. 1) Aug. 22 North Rapidan,Nev.| 9\May 1June10\July 16

sukbhegseesassaskt

Platt & Gilson, Cal.} 1/June20 July 22;Aug. 7| 3 tPinal Cons., Ariz...) 55|May 15 June 21|July 12 Ophir, Nev. ........- 4\May 11 Junel3\July 2 Original, Nev....... 12|June 12 July 25) Aug. 14| Seg. Belcher, Nev..| 95|June 4 July 8\July 29 Sierra Nevada, Nev.} 38|June 7 July 11\July 31) Union Cons., Nev...| 13 May 13 June 19\July 10 Weldon, Ariz........|... May 13 June 18\July 9

*Delinquent day and day of sale postponed to dates given above. tNotice is given that assessment No. 8, of ten cents per

share, levied April 13th, 1889, upon the capital stock of the Pinal Consolidated =—t Company was rescinded by the directors a* a meeting held May 15th, 1889.

MINING STOCKS.

For quotations see page 22.

New York.

FRIDAY EVENING, July 5. The market has been steady and uneventful, the

feature to which we have frequently referred being particuJarly apparent, viz., that most of the stocks properly to be ranked ‘‘first class” have been so largely absorbed that it is difficult to obtain them even at the

Otherwise the market bas developed little worthy of note. The Committee on Mining Securities is carrying on

the good work of weeding out its list of securities. This week the following stocks were stricken from the list, pending an investigation: Central Arizona, State Line 1 and 4, State Line 2 and 3, bes Plumas, Silver Cliff, and Green Mountain. hese shares should not, and probably never will, be reinstated. The committee has also begun an official investigation into the condition and financial standing of from fifteen to twenty other properties now on the list. We are glad to see that the advice of the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL has been heeded, and that this work is progressing.

Mr. Francis H. Weeks, a lawyer of this city, has issued the following announcement: A meeting of the holders of the first mortgage bonds of the Green Mountain Gold Company will be held at the office of the undersigned, at No. 120 Broadway, New York City, on Monday, July 8, 1889, at 12 o’clock noon, to take steps for the enforcement,of.their rights.

Shareholders in Standard: Consolidat-d this week were gratified on receipt.of the following telegram from President Pettibone, dated San Francisco, July 2d: “ Suit of Bulwer vs. Standard virtually dismissed frum court. No evidence taken. Standard suit for damages commences Monday.” This is the only news of interest to report. No business has been done in the stock for some time. . Bodie is also neglected. Bulwer shows a sale at 50>. Plymouth Consolidated shows a downward ten-

deucy, and declined from $9.50 to $8.25.

Middle Bar is at 23c. and 24c. and Astoria at 20c. Messrs. Lounsbery & Co, inform us that the credit

balances on May ist of the two big Black Hills companies were as follows: Homestake, $53,662.17; Deadwood Terra, $154,956.45. No sales were made of the stock. Caledonia sold at $3, Father de Sme;s- at 32 and 33c., Iron Hill at 40°

San Sebastian has gone up to 352. The stock last week sold at 7c.

Phoenix of Arizona shows a sale of 500 shares at 30c. ees. ‘here is no change to record in United Copper,

which remains steady at from $1.10 to $1 15. Rappahannock shows a business of 8,500 shares at

c. Mutual is still being qucted at $1.45. The activity in Silver King continues, and the stock

arent from 90c. to $1.10, declining to-day again 0 85c. According to the copeteey, A. O. Harrison, the out-

put of the Horn Silver eg Compaty for June was about $30,000. On June Ist the company had cash on hand famounting to{$200,500, as the June product was unusually good. Mr. Harrison estimates the surplus on July Ist as $225,000. The secretary calls attention to the fact that the mineis making an unexpectedly good record, and that those who have proclaimed the mine to be exhausted have been greatly mistaken. When Prof. Lavagnino, in his report some months ago, said that the mine, in his opinion, would not pay much more than working expenses, some of the stockholders were rather discouraged, but, as since then, without discovering any new bodies of ore, the superintendent bas been able to take out a monthiy profit of about $20,000, it appears that, contrary to custom, the experi’s report was even less sanguine than was justifiable. The stock is firm at from 95@$1. There was one sale of Ontario at $35.

Sutro funnel stock was only dealt in on Saturday when it brought 10c. The Trust Certificates were quoted at 60 to 90c.

Consolidated California and Virginia has declared its regular monthly dividend of $108,000. Only a few sales were made at from $7.38 to $7.63. Ophir was active and advanced from $5.25 to $5.75. Yel- low Jacket advanced from $2.90 to $3.30. Crown Point declined from $280 to $2.40. Mexican advanced from $3.40 to $3.85. The Tuscaroras are quiet, the only sales were in

North Belle Isle, which sold at 95c. Colorado stocks are attracting no attention. Aspen

shows a small business at $9@$9.25; Dunkin a sale at 98c.; Little Chief at 30@32c. Plutus is down to 83c. Cashier shows one sale at 6c., and La Crosse at 9c.

Boston.

[From our Special Correspondent.}

Copper stocks continue to rule heavy and transactions light. There seems to be no disposition to | uy even the dividend paying stocks to any extent,and any attempt to press sales results in lower prices. This was seen to-day when an order to sell 5U0 shares Bos- ton & Montana was executed resulting in a decline from $37 to $3514, the lowest point touched for a month. Calumet & Hecla after being quite steady at $207 broke down to $205, and later rallied to $206. Quincy sold at $54, declined to $50 for small lot and

rallied to $52. Franklin declined from $91¢ to $9. We hear noth-

ing about the dividend which was reported as probable about this time.

Atlantic also declined to $9 and Osceola to $83. Tamarack unchanged from $1034. No sales of

Kearsarge this week, and only 50 shares of Allouez at 621¢c. Santa Fe holds steady at 70c. and Bonanza at 80c. There was a small sale of Butte & Boston at $24, a

decline of $1. National sold at $1, and a small lot at 50c. During

the boom last ‘fall this stock sold as high as $9 per share.

The outlook for copper stocks in the near future cannot be said to be very promising, yet we believe stocks bought cheap now aad laid aside will pay hand- some profits within the next twelve months. The tide does not run one way all the time, and times of depression like the present are sure sooner or later to be followed by an active movement in the other direction. Dunkin Silver Consolidated sold at $1.05@$1.10,

ex-dividend, and is in good demand at $1.05 bid. The latest reports from the mine are said to be very favorable.

After the noon hour Boston & Montana sold up to $36—balance of the market unchanged.

July 3.

Philadelphia.

Beginning July 11, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange will, every Thursday, hold an auction sale which the public are invited to attend.

St. Louis.

[From our Special Correspondent. ]

Our mining stock market during the past two weeks has bordered on dullness. The transactions have been extremely small owing to the absence of any startling results in the pri:perties wh se stocks are listed, and to a disposition on the part of those generally interested in the market to await developments. This morning, however, the street was treated to something of an ex- citement when it became rumored that the West Granite deal had fallen through and wo 1ld not be consummated, and that the property would be foreelesed and sold ont

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to satisfy the claims against it. Whether there is any truth in this remains to be seen, but that there is ;ome hiteh in the agreement is considered very probable by those in a position toknow. I1is said by well-informed parties that had the deal as originally propsosed gone through without opvosition, there would have been some good grounds to justify the present stockbolders in opposing it on a legal technicality. As it is developments will be looked forward to with a great deal of interest. Small Hopes has been very strong, and has advancei steadily, closing to-day at $1.75 bid.

Electric Stocks.

The Westinghou:e Electric Company has sent outa circular asking for an early consent to the provosed exchange of stock of the company for that of West- inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. The

stock of combined companies being fixed at $5,000,- 000. the erection of a big electric light plant in London led to the formation of au English company. Nearly three-fourths of the stock will be issued to the Pitts- burg company in return for its patents, etc., and the balance will be open to subscription by parties in Eng- land. Both the old and the new company has a cap- | ital stock of $5 000,000. Theadjourned meeting of the stockholders will b2 held at Pittsburg, Penn., July 11.

PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES.

[Special report by Watson & GIBSON.]

July 5. The petroleum market this week bas been without

interest. The introducticn of trading in petroleum futures has failed to stimulate business as its advocates contended it would, and we think the result of it bas been to increase business on the old plan in the Stock Exchange.

The public are holding aloof from oil speculation, as usual, under the feeling that the Standard controls the whole situation. Th se persovus who bought oil in an- ticipation of bigh prices will get tired of carrying it, we thirk. In our judgment the price will fall back below ninety cents. We can conceive no reason why the Standard, whichis the chief consumer and buyer of crude oil, should wish to advance its price in the open market.

Obio oil bas not yet been disposed of ‘as a factor in the problem of petroleum values, and we do not dis- miss our ideas that it is approximately as good as Pennsylvania oi]. in view of the disparity in value between the two of tiem.

The largest deal ever made in the history of the petroleum trade was consummated last Friday night at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The executive and ad- visory boards of Producers’ Protective Association turned over to the Standard Oil Company the 8500.0G0 barrels of pool oil that bas been an object of so much interest to the trade for several m:ntbs. The Standard had an option on this oil which expired on Monday last, the proposition of that company being to take this oil July 1 at a profit to the Preducers’ Association of five cents a barrel. The deal is better than this, and will net the producers a trifle over seven cents a barrel. The oil was taken by the Standard at the closing figure of the market on the 28ih inst., which was 914¢ cents, taking the quotations of the Consolidated and Oil Region Exchange. The Standard Company’s check for this big bundle of oitat tbese figures bas been turned over to the repre- selilatives of the Producers’ Association.

NEW YORK EXCHANGE. Cugeang, — Lowest. Closing. ales. 8

June 29..... 9214 928% 999.000 July lL .. 92% ‘935% 92 9234 316,000

Se 9282 93 92 92 000 Bo 91 408K 350,000 5 9114 9014 9034 120.000

Total endns te Warwels.. ck. <5 ses csenescncecs 1,294,000

CONSOLIDATED STOCK AND PETROLEUM EXCHANGE. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing. Sales.

June 92 941¢ 92 92%5 . 92% 9344 92 9234 255,000 9234 | 924% 9216 471,000 92 92% 91 914 441,000

ae 9114 9134 9034 91% 309,000

Total sales in barrels................e.0..0.. 1,909,000

*Fourth of July.

COAL TRADE REVIEW.

New York, Friday Evening, July 5. Statistics.

_PRODUCTION OF ANTHRACITE CoaL for week ended June 29th, and year from January Ist.

- 1889. 1888. Tons of 2,240 Ibs. Week. Yea. Yer.

P. & Read. R.R. Co....... 159,242 2,920,941 2,637,758 Cent. R.R. of N. J......... 152,451 2,657,367 2,324,167 Me Ws eet Dn is nist pscveees 182,843 3,467,159 2,663,509 ah, da oe WO. BOs cons 140,947 2,092,980 3,076,453 D. & H. Canal Co.......... 96,861 1,780,926 2,035,146 PRONE, Bees oaks cc ceas 59, 100 1,590.105 2,168,616 Penna. Coal Co............ 35,873 513,643 742,830 Penna. Canal Co...... ... 10,000 162,862 160,780 Bes Mbps By OY vicicc case 25,000 545,628 446,976

| | RRR aah: 862,317 15,731,591 16,316,235

I ios sc etiprk rons ce se IE sn wee The above table does not include the amount of coal

| exchange isto be ona basis of share for share, the/|

The contract which the company secured for |

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consumed and sold at the mines, which is about six per cent of the whole production. Production for corresponding period :

13,175,500 | 1887... -- +. 13,739,099 | 1

PRODUCTION OF BITUMINOUS CoAL for week ended June 29th, and year from January Ist:

EASTERN AND NORTHERN SHIPMENTS. 88

14,709,981 | ekaxennee - 16,514,480

JuLY 6, 1889.

Boston. July 3. [From our Special Correspondent.]

The anthracite coal market has not recovered to any noticeable extent from the effects of the advance, and will not until after the glorious Fourth. A better movement is expected next we2k. Retailers bave not

| been buying very heavily and can well afford to lay in some Coal at this time. Waiting for cheaper freigbts has been poor business and those who c: ntinue to wait may be worse off a month from now. The lack of bituminous coal, alluded to below, keeps shippers firm in their views on steam sizes of anthracite which are considered good property,

There is some ctitting of new circtlat prices by individuals, but not to any serious extent. In bitumin-

an 1888. | Tons of 2240 lbs. Week. Year. Year. Phila. & Erie R.R.......... 3,617 39,838 29,206 Cumberland, Md........... ),000 1,439,792 1,717,366 Barclay, _. SES e ree 1,500 53,503 86,266 OS) oS ere 162,370 181,903 Clearfield, Pa........... 74,002 1,420,592 1,682,527 DET TR ncn ceccesse 10,264 405,777 309,547 Beach Creek, Pa........... 10,580 572,047 743,861 Pocahontas Flat Top....... 44,117 755,530 704,788

| Kanawha, W. Va.......... *33,272 744,334 743,409

NAL cocdskcowhanxchansnee 237,352 5,593,783 6,228,873

*Week ending June 22d.

WESTERN SHIPMENTS. Pittsburg, Pa...... priskea tee 10,500 280,026 358,600 Westmoreland, Pa.......... 22,071 656,863 777,361

| Monongahela, Pa........... 7,989 139,507 180,611

PRM cn ceehessasenanebe 40,560 1,076,396 1,316,662

{dbnendl Gobel... .0cscssess02 277,912 6,670,179 = 7,545,495 | PRopvUCTION OF COKE on line of Pennsylvania R. EK. | for week ending June 29th and year from January ist, in tons of 2,000 lbs.: Week, 89,798 tons; year, 2,178,618 tons; to corresponding date in 188%, 1,928,880.

Anthracite.

The effect of the recent advance in prices of anthra- | cite is not yet apparent in any increase in business; in | fact, business may be called extremely dull at presert; | but this is partly due to the holiday having come to break up the week and in consequence a great many business men have absented themselves from their cffices during the whole week. There are very few

prices continue through July, and some coal sold at May prices is also deliverable up to the Ist of August, this is not surprising. There is a_ pretty active movement of coal in order to secure the low prices by delivery before August. We still bear of quotations and of sales at figures very considerably below present quotations; thus, stove coal can be bought at $4.10, and even $4 for some varieties which are not so highly esteemed; $4.25 is con- dered by outsiders a very good price for free-burning stove coals and even for Lehighs. Buckwheat coal is coming forward, and we hear of some sales at low figures.

The rumor of a further consolidation of the coal interests has found its place into many of the daily papers. The New York Graphic refers to the matter in the following terms:

‘*We see that one of the news agencies has been inter- viewing Messrs. Corbin & Maxwell in regard to the coal trust spoken of in these columns, and they deny apy knowledge of the matter. While we bave the greatest regard for these gentlemen as to their veracity, we insist that the matter bas been under cons‘deration and is still being discussed. It is no small matter to settle ail the conflicting interests. as for instance a number of the mines worked by the Lebigh Valley are leased from the owners, the Girard estate, and a royalty of so muchaton is paid. The value of this lease would be one of the many questions to be settled. There would probably be more trouble with the individual miners than with the large companies, as they would not receive anv benefits from the carrying. The Sugar, Lead and Cotton Seed Oil Trusts were formed regardless of the small interests, and there is no particular reason why the Coal Trust cannot be formed on the same basis. If, at the present high prices of New Jersey Central, Lackawanna and Delaware and Hudson, these gentlemen had looked wise and said nothing, we should have hada lurking suspicion that perhaps a few shares of these stocks were for sale at current prices, but when it comes to perfect ignorance concerning the matter, there is still hope. The market closed dull and steady.” We have made some inquiry concerning this matter,

and while it seems to be only a revival of an old scheme, it is also probable that some negotiations had taken place or are taking place on this line. The advance in the price of New Jersey Central stock at the Exchange this week is accounted for by some of the inside brokers by referring to the negotiations for a coal trust. We do not, however, place much value upon these rumors, nor upon the scheme for consolidat- ing the coal interests. It is evident that if tbe anthracite were all under one control it could be managed to the entire satistaction of the producer. and there would be no room for cutting prices, and some persons think this to be the only way to prevent cutting. We continue to quote July and August prices as follows, for free burning coal, f.o.b., New York shipping ports: Broken ccal, $3.90; egg and chestnut, $4.15; stove, $4.40 per ton.

Bituminous.

There is nothing new to report in this market. The supplies are ample and prices remain as heretofcre:

| that is, $2.40@$2.60 at Baltimore, and in New York $3.25@$3.50 mp but the temptation of a large

| order would quickly bring out lower bids than these, and all fear of the cast iron combination has passed /away. Every producer acts pretty much as seems to | him right, and there are no penalties or forfeits for | breaches of the contract into which they all entered a few months ago.

orders coming in on the new prices, but as the June}:

ous coal there is something of a sbortage. A strike has affected a few colleries. and there arealways fears that it may sp-ead. But the Cumberland coal people are not getting mych coal to tidewater. Transit affairs bave not been straightened out in that country since the floods of early.-June, and recent rains are making matters worse again, Bituminous coal jobbers tell me that they fear there may be an actual shortage in Cumberland. Clearfield coal is by no means abundant at Tidewater, and altogether large shippers are much more backward on their heavy contracts than is usual at this time of the year. It is only natural that f. o. b. rices should be firmly held. The Winvsimmett erry contract for 6,000 tons _ bituminous,

almost always taken by C. A. Campbell, is believed to have gone to the Georgia Creek Coa! and Iron Com- pany ata low price. This may seem contradictory to the statement that the market is firm, but it is only such contracts (and few of them) which call out low

| prices. Most shippers have all they can do to handle tonnage already acquired.

Freights are as before, higher than the trade likes to see them: say 90c. to $1 from New York, $1.05@ $1.10 at Philadelphia, and $1.15 at Baltimore. Retail trade is featureless.

Buftalo. July 3, [From our Special Correspondent. ]

The price of anthracite coal, both wholesale and _re- tail, advanced Monday, July Ist, 25c. per ton. The figures given out are as follows: Grate and egg, per gross tov, delivered on cars at Buffalo or the Niagara River bridges for shipment West, $4.50; stove and chestnut, $4.75; grate and egg, per gross ton, delivered f.o.b. vessels at Buffalo, $4 80; stove and chestnut, $5.05; grate and egg, pef net ton, delivered within city limits, $5.00; stove and chestnut, $5.25; pea, $3.75. No new features to report in relation to the trade

in anthracite or bituminous coal. The dealers in the latter fuel are firm in their views, and are not making any concessions Stocks of all kinds of coal ample for all requirements. The contract fer 1,500 to 1,800 tons of coal for the

Poor Department, after nearly a fortnight’s figuring and wrangling on proposals, was awarded to Mr. John L. Schwartz at $4.75 for grate and egg and $5 for stove and chestnut per net ton delivered. Lake freigbts unchanged, excepting a decline of 5 per

cent to Duluth. The sbipments of coal hence, by lake June 27th to July 2d, both days inclusive, were again light, aggregating only 27,650 net tons, namely. 10,080 to Chicago, 4,900 to Milwaukee, 3,800 to Duluth, 2,900 to Ashland, 1,100 to Marquette, 750 to Saginaw, 480 to Detroit, 2,200 to Portage, 600 to Alpena, 600 to Kenosha, 1,110 to Depere and 480 to Marine City, 700 to Toledo; total for the season, 632,120 net tons.

The rates of freight were 50c. to Chicago. Milwau- kee, Portage, Depere and Green Bay, 5ic. to Sault Ste. Marie; 60c. to Kenosha; 40c. to Asbland, Saginaw, Superior and Marine City: 45@40c. to Duluth; 30c, to aoe 25c, to Detroit, and 20c. to Toledo, closing steady. Shipments of coal by canal fourth week in June,

195 net tons; receipts, 3,724 net tons. Only charters reported were 2 loads coal to Illion, N. Y., at 60c. per net ton, free on and off.

Statistics.—Railroad receipts and sbipments at this port are not reported by request. Receipts of coal by lake thus far this season, none. Shipments by lake westward for month of June, 265,030 net tons, as compared with 398,680 tons in 1888, and 281,100 tons in 1887; for season to July 1st, 625,600 net tens, as compared with 798,000 tons in 1888, and 630,970 tons in 1887. The receipts of coal by canal for the month of June, 16.838 net tons, as compared with 19,645 tons in 1888, and 11,359 tonsin 1887; the shipments, 873 net tons, as compared with 1,622 tons in 1888, and 997 tons in 1887. Total receipts by canal of coal this season to July Ist, 19,940 net tons, as compared with 20,521 tons in 1888, and 12,314 tons in 1887; the shipments, 1,716 vet tons, as compared with 2,333 tons in 1888, and 1,597 tons in 1887. The aggregate shipments by lake sbow a decrease of 172.400 tcns this season when compared with those of 1888. The shipments of coal by lake this season to July 1st

were distributed about as follows: 274,000 tons to Chicago, 160,000 tons to Milwaukee, 28,000 tons to Du- luth, 20,000 tons to Superior, 17,000 tons to Racine, 3,800 tons to Detroit, 3,000 tons to Bay City, 5,600 tons to Sheboygan, 7,500 tcns to Saginaw, 7,200 to Green Bay, 15,000 tons to Gladstone, 5,000 tons to Kenosha, 3,400 tons to Port Huron, 1.250 tons to Windsor, 3,220 tons. to Port Arthur, 1,800 tons to Fort William, 1,500 tons to Muskegon, 2,800 tons to Marquette, 11.500 tons to Ashland, 600 tons to Houghton, 3,680 tons to Manitowcc, 310 tons to Al- gonac, 250 tons to Amherstburg, 850 tons to Portage, 1,150 tons to Depere, 600 tons to Alpena, 430 tens to Marine City and 46,000 tons to various ports by vessels clearing from Tonawanda not reported at Custom House here. P

Jory 6, 1889. THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.

Pittsburg. July 4. [From our Special Correspondent.]

Coal.—There is no change in the situation; the miners seem determined ona strike. On the other hand, the coal men do not offer any objection; they have made up their minds not to pay three cents for mining. There have been no shipments since last report.

Shipments by Obio River, January to June 30th, amecunted, to Cincinnatti, 17,512,000; Louisville, 28,- 826,000; total, 45,838,000 bushels.

Toe nominal rates are: PRICE OF COAL PER 100 BUSHELS = 7600 LBs.

Piet MOOK. . o:s.c0<intevavs $4.75 | Fourth pool............ 25 Second pool............ 4.50 | Railroad coal..... 5.006, ps Re

Connellsville Coke.—The improvement previously noted has been maintained, in tact, the trade shows a steady improvement with good prospect ahead apparently. At he same time reports are current that sales have been made by certain parties below quoted rates. Of course, personally, I cannct vouch for the fact. Of the 13.261 ovens ia the region 10.696 are in blast, aud 2,665 idle. Shipments: Total, 5,847 cars; previous week, 5,095; increas2, 752 cars.

Quotations as follows per ton: Furnace coke ..$1.05@$1.10 | Crushed................. To dealers 1.10@ 1.15 | Foundries 1.25

Freight rates from the ovens to Pittsburg, 7Uc. pe ton; to Shenango Valley. $1.35: Cleveland, $2.80; East St. Louis, $3.50; Chicago, $2.75.

METAL mARKET. NEw YORK, Friday Evening, July 5, 1889.

Prices of silver per ounce troy.

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| Sterling |Lond’n|N. Y. Exch "ge. | Pence. | Cts.

Sterling Lond'n |N. Y. Jun.|/Exch’ge. Pence.| Cts. |July

ee 42 915%, 3 2 | 4.8884 4.88 | 421-16) 91%

uly | 1 4.8814 42 91% 4 * * *

4.88 42 | 9154) 5 4.8734 | 42% | 92 |

*Holiday.

The London market has remained firm this week. closing with higher prices and stronger tendency, although this is somewhat offset by weaker exchange.

Council bills advanced .},d. per rupee on Wednesday allotment.

United States Assay Office at New York reports total receipts of silver for the week 37,000 ouuces.

Domestic and Foreign Coin.

The following are the latest market quotations for Ameri ap and other coin :

Bid. Asked. RO Io 5d o's ptias as 2's ah u's te $ .72 _ PETITE, no ainieisis focbeenncaseanees -73% 74 Peruvian soles and Chilian pesos....... 72% .73% PIO oy 5.5 a na.s cece cic boses encentve 4.85 4.89 SIMMONS, 0,555 dae veto cs vebaceearvewer 94 95 WF OT SO FOIOUEIR 6.0 osc cccccsccceeeces 4.87 4.89 I Sos. oin5s5 ese keicenvcccdbces 3.99 3.93 pa a a er ee 4.75 4,80 Spanish Goubloons...... ....ccesccsseses 15.60 15.75 BOOMIND BS MOGMAS.... 22 ccccsccccnceces 4.80 4.85 MEE MEMEMIIOIOINE. 5 0.0 cibn.cccene peeceeee 15.55 15.70

IIE, o's. c05 cess. saswenoocees 19.50 19,65 PE Io oioieo's 6.9sa'c oa. cleesdsevucoens 3.96 4.00 Copper.—In general the market remains in the

same condition as last reported, still a great lack of confidence in present values has been noticeable on the part of consumers, brought about chiefly by different rumors of friction between the Lake companies.

The grounds for the rumor, or the cause of the friction, seems to be that the Tamarack Company has been supplying its Dollar-Bay rolling-mill with copper without including it in its returns, claiming that it sbould not be counted as part of its quota; and the rolling-mill has been selling sheets below the prices of other mills. Naturally this ccurse has created some feeling among the other Lake companies, and the Tam- arack was promptly notified to mend its wavs, which, of course, it will do,.end the ‘incident’ will be forgotten. In the meantime the price of Lake copper reniaias unaltered at 12 cents, Electrolytic 1144@%, the quotation for casting copper being 10% to 10%;. Sheet copper is quoted 20 to 32c. per pound according to size. In consequence of the distrust referred to above, deliveries are not as heavy as they have been since the time the price for Lake copper was fixed at 12 cents, and until something moredefinite is known regarding the future nolicy of the Lake companies it can s‘arcely be expected that deliveries will reassume the proportions they had attained before these rumors were set float. The European markets remain very firm, fluctua-

tiops having been between £41 and £41 15s., the closing price being forG. M. B. delivery, £41 12s. 6d.; Spot, etc., £41 2s. 6d. futures. Statistics for the second half of June show a decrease of 2,560 tons, making a total of 6,400 tons for the whole month; this re- duces preseut stocks to 111,000 tons, against 125,000 tons stock a few months ago, when they were the highest on record.

Best selected brands are quoted £47 10s. in London. Furnace material is still searce and commands com-

paratively high prices. The small quantities offered are very quickly disposed of.

The exports of copper from New York during the past week were as follows To Havre— Copper. Lbs.

By S. S. La Bourgogne. ... .320casks 400,000 $48,000 o Liverpool— Copper Matte.

By S. S. City of New York.1,425 sacks 162,026 7,209 O ~ MMO. 5. 5 << 05 6,493“ 763,200. 000

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Tin.—The market for this metal has again undergone heavy fluctuations, While closing on Friday, £89 7s. 6d. for spot, and £90 for futures, the market declined to £88 for spot and £89 on Tuesday, gained 2s. 6d, for spot tin the following day ,and jum up 10 £89 7s. 6d. for spot and £89 17s. 6d. for futures yes- terday, ‘which are the closing prices for the week. The market bere is 1n a very unsatisfactory condition, consumers are, of course, to a certain extent, de- moralized by these constant fluctuations, and prices have ruled below cost of importing. The closing quotations are 20c to 20°20, and for London £89 10s.

Lead.—Prices bave eased off somewhat on account of the decisions of the Treasury regarding the stoppage of the fiee importation of Mexican silver-lead ores being deferred again. Some sales have been made at 4 cents; however, not much can be obtained thereat, there being but very little lead pressed on the market, and those parcels are chiefly in second bands. Western smelters bave apparently booked orders for some time abead and in some cases seem to experience some difficulty in delivering within stipulated contract time, wh:cb goes to show that stocks at the works cannot amount to much. Closing quotations are as follows: Domestic, common, spot, 4°10c.; Foreign, 4°87\4c: Sheet, per pound, 6%c.; Pipe, per pound, 6c. ; Tin-lined pipe, per pound, 15-.; Shot, per 25-pound bag, 1°25c.; Spanish lead, London, £12.7s. 6d.

The Chicago Market.—Messrs. Everett & Post telegraph us to-day as follows: ‘‘Market has ruled very strong. Refiners holding out, except to a limited extent, believing in the probability of Treasury revision in the Mexican ore question and in the impossibility of buying bullion to cover. Sales of 200 tons spot desilverized have been sold at 3:'9c., and 500 tons of common Missouri and Wisconsin sold at 3°9c., to local trade principally. Stocks in store amount to 2,500 tons, but are unavailable. General trade is very good and there is no anxiety to press sales.”

The St. Louis Market.—Messrs. John Wall & Co telegraph us to-day: Although not yet apparent through larger dealings, the improved opinion as to the immediate future of this metal bas if anything been gaining ground during the week, and market is not quite firm at 3°85c., at which figure liberal sales have. been made for July and August, both chemical and desilverized. Spelter is unchanged and firm at 5°05c. to 5'10c.

for prime western brands, and £18 10s. for Silesian spelter. Quotations close as follows: Foreign spelter, per pound, 5’85c.; Silesian, ton, £18 10s.; American sheet zinc, per pound, 6c.

Antimony is very strong at 151/ cents for Halletts and 16% cents for Cooksons. Supplies are very meagre, and are likely to continue so for some weeks to come, as there is hardly anything that can be secured from smelters for early shipment. Star antimony in Londou, £63 10s. Quicksilver.—In sympathy with the foreign mar-

ket, prices have been advanced to 62@64c. per pound. Latest London quotations per flask is £9 5s.

Nickel is held at 60c. per pound. The market pre- sents few features of interest.

(RON MARKET REVIEW.

New YorK, Friday Evening, July 28. Pig-TIron.—During the week business has been

more or less interrupted on account of the holiday, and the record of sales is consequently not a lengthy one. The tone of the market continues firm, but there is no scarcity of iron, and it should be clearly under- stood that the market has not undergone a “boom” or anything approaching thereto. There has simply been a _ general improvement in the demand, occasioned by an increased consumption of manufactured and principally struc- tural iron, which has had its natural effect on prices. The Thomas lron Company announces that it bas no iron for sale and therefore does not care to make quotations. As stated in last week’s report, the company maintains its prices on all orders for July and August delivery at $17 for No. 1 and $16 for No. 2 X. President Clark says that he antici- ates no further advance, and this certainly seems to

a clear-headed view of the situation. The competition of Southern iron is a Jever which will tend to keep rices down to about present figures, which, it must o conceded, are fair to the producers having modern, well situated plant. ‘We learn of sales of about 5,000 tons of Southern iron this week. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, which has heretofore been quoting $16.50 for No. 1, now in- forms us, through its New York agents, that its prices have been advanced fifty cents per ton, or $17, the price which the Thomas Company is charging its customers. Our quotations in detail, based upon the results of a careful canvass of the market, are as _fol- lows: Northern brands, No.1 Foundry, $16.50@ $17.50; No. 2, $15.£07$16.50; Gray Forge, $14.50 @$15. None of the best brands are offering at she inside figures. Southern iron is held as follows: No. 1 Foundry, $16.50@$17; No. 2, $15.50@$16; No: 3, $14.50@$15; Gray Forge [email protected].

Scotch Pig.—A trifie greater activity is noticeable, and a number of light transactions are reported. The demand, however, is not a permanent one and, as we have frequently stated, the consumption is steadily decreasing. During the first months of 1889, the importations bave been slightly over 13,000 tons, against 27,000 tons during the corresponding period of 1888. Prices remain as given last week; Dalmellington, $19.50; Su:.merlee, $21.50;

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Shots, $21; Langloan, #21; Coltness, $21.50. The following quotations were received by cable to-day to the Metal Exchange§: Scotch Warrants, 43s. 10d.; Coltnes:, at Glasgow, 54s.; Langloan, at Glasgow, 54s.; Summerlee, at Glasgow, 54s.; Gartsherrie. at Glasgow, 5%s.; Glengarnock, at Ardrossan, 51s, 94d.; Dalmellington, at Ardrossan, 45s. 6d.; Eglinton, at Ardrossan, 44s.

Spiegeleisen.—Very little business has been consummated. Importers quote $28@$28.50 for twenty

| per cent spiegeleisen, and $59@%61 for 80 per cent ferro manganese,

Billets, Slabs and Rods.—Quotations are nominally $32 per ton for steel biliets. Steel nail slabs are

- $31.50. Foreign steel wire rods are quoted at 43.50.

Steel Raile.—-Ttere has been very little fresh in- guiry, t ut as the mills are not pressing the market with offerings, prices remain firm nominally at about $28 all mill. We learn ofa sale of 6,000 tons at private | terms for Southern delivery. ; | Manufactured Iron and Steel.—Prices are firm | and in several instances an advance on former quotations bas been made. No contracts of importance have been placed during the week. The Phcenix Iron Compapny’s pew open hearth steel plantat Phenixville, Pa., bas commenced operations. We quoteas follows, at mill: Bridge plate, 2'lc.; angles, 2@2 1c.; Tees, 2°5@2'6c.: steel angles, 2°5c.; beams and channels, on wharf, 2:°8c. °

Steel Plates are beld as follows on wharf: Tank and Ship, on wharf, 2°25; Shell, on wharf, 2-4@2°5; Flange, 2 8; Fire-Box, on wharf, 3 50@4.

Iron Plates are quoted as follows: Common tank, on wharf, 2 25c.; refined, on whar!, 2°3@2°4c. : shell, on wharf, 2°4@2-5c.; flauge, on wharf, 3°5@- l3 7c.; extra flange 3°;@4,

Bar Iron is iu good demand. Deliveries from store are quoied as follows. Common, 1¥c. base; Refined, 2c. base; **Ulster,” 3c, base; *‘Norway,” 5c. shapes, and Norway nail rods, 5c. The temporary stoppages for repairs at some of the mi'ls has strengtt- ened the position of sellers, and prices are firm.

Merchant Steel.—Trade is beginning to feel the influence of summer—a general relaxation of activity, and this week, being broken also by a holiday, has been a quiet one. Prices are unchanged. We quote as follows: American tool steel, 744@10c.; special grades, 13@20c.; crucible machinery steel, 5c.: crucible spring, 334c.; Bessemer machinery, 214@2c.; Bessemer spring, 244@2\¥c.

Pipes and Tubes.—Only the usual business, largely on contract, bas been transacted. Cast-iron pipe is quoted at works, according to size, from $25.50 to $30. Wrought-iron pipe prices are subject to the following discounts: Butt-welded, plain and tarred, 55 per cent discount; galvanized, 45 per cent discount; lap-welded, plain and tarred, 65 per cent discount: galvanized, 55 per cent discount. In a: cordance with the recently adopted schedule, a discount of 60 per cent is allowed on boiler tubes. Rail Fastenings.—A good demand is generally

reported. Quotations are as follows: Spikes, 1°95c. ; angle fish-bars, 1°75@$1 85c.; bolts and sq. nuts, 2°70@2°75c. ; bolts and hex. nuts, 2‘80@ 3c.

Oid Material.—An advance is_ reported in wroughtscrap. No. 1 yard to vessel is heid at $21@ $21.50. Machinery cast scrap is quoted at $15. Olu car wheels are not offered below $17 to$18. As to old rails, prices’ are somewhat uncertain. As stated in this column last week, holders have been endeavoring to obtain an advance. The market for domestic rails is now probably $23 for tees and foreign are offered at $24 ex store. At the moment the offering is not large, and prices are firm. A rumored sale of 1,000 tons tees at $23, to be shipped to a European Con- tinental port, is denied by those who are reputed to have made it, but we understand that a tender for such an amount has been made, and is under consideration.

We learn of another offering of 1,000 tons of 40 pound old rails with splice bars well fitted for relay- ing, lying at a point suitable for Western delivery.

Louisville. July 2. [Special Report by HALL BROTHERS & Co.]

The rearket has remained stiff during the week under review, and some round orders have been placed. Among them was 2,000 tons of mill iron reported sold ata price equal to $13.75 cash here. Tbe Southern furnaces, or at Jeast most of them, are holding very very stiff, and most of the transactions reported are for immediate or near by delivery. Furnaces that a week ago declined to sell bave™“taken round business during the week under review. Silver gray and bright irons are reported scarce; foundry grades are in good request at better figures. We quote for cash f.o.b. cars Louisville:

Hot Blast Foundry Irons. Southern coke, = $14.75@$15.25

14.00@ 14.50 -- 13.75@ 14.25

- 17.0@ 18.50

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| Mahoning Valley, lake ore mixture. Southern charcoal, No.1. ..... - 16.500@ 17.00

- - E Sate aiid 6 os onset he hai 16.00@ 16.50 Missouri = SE aad slic hk es ek ee 17.56@ 18.00

- RS eee. daiaea Rebate 17.00@ 17.50 Forge Irons.

FR IDS ies 5sn: RS Sec on ooo oee bac cbkeece ae 13.25@ 13.75 RIN on Jive a catcGhicacsddeasaseoghenaes 17.50@ 18.00 IS 5 tic 2 Gon sgn PG Cc Sad as cee te enaae 12.00@ 12.25

Car Wheel and Malleable Irons. Southern (standard brands).................. -0@

- (other brands)... ............:..00. 17.50@ 18.00 Gi EIN Ca cee des ca ww avg Sandee .00@

THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. JuLy 6, 1889.

Pittsbure. July 4. {From Our Special Correspondent.]

Raw Iron.—We have nothing of special importance to note as relates to the iron market. The advance previously noted has been maintained, and all things taken into consideration, a good business has been transacted. Sales reported show a variety of prices, city furnaces and standard brands commanding top prices. July,as a general thing, isa dull month; a combination of circun-tances generally bring about this result. First, there is the scale question to be arranged: next, stock-taking and closing down for necessary repairs, and before these matters are all adjusted there is but little of July left for business. As usual, iron men differ in regard to the cut- look for the fall trade, the majority being of the opinion that trade will be active. In fact, matters at present tend that way. Buyers for some time have been very conservative in many cases, purchasing little more than the present wants required. The fact is self-evident, pig iron is gradually hardening, and holders are not anxious to sell futures at present rates. preferring to wait and take the chances of the market. [A well-informed Eastern dealer says: Pig iron demand active, feeling firm. It is not unlikeiy that if holders were to shade prices a little buyers would be more anxious to place ordets. The truth is, the furnaces are sold as far ahead as they care to go, hence they all quote firm prices, which -mperts tone to the entire market, which is strong, witt) an upward tendency. Muck bar is firm; we have repeated sales at an advance of 50 cents per ton.

Prices.

Coke or Bituminous | Much-Bar.. Pig | Steel Blooms.. ...

. 26.50027.00 . 428.00

Foundry No. 1..$16.250716.50 | Steel Slabs..... .. - 28.00 Foundry No. 2.. [email protected] | Steel Cr’p Ends 18.00 Gray F. No. 3.. 14.00@14 Steel Bl. Ends,. 18.00

ss No. 4.. 13.75 Ferro Man., 802. [email protected] PU asc c esas 13.50@..... | Steel Billets.... Mottled.... .... 13.50@.. Old Lron Rails.. 2 Silvery..... ... [email protected] Old Steel Rails. Bessemer ...... 15.85:¢16.25 | No. 1 W. Scrap. Low Phos...... 20.50@..... No. 2 W. Scrap.

Steel Rails. .... 2 28.50 [email protected]

Charconx? Pig = Foundry No. L.. 23.50«@24.50 light sec.. Foundry No. 2.. 22.00¢23.50 Bar lron, nom.. 1.65@ 1.70 Cold-Blast.. ... [email protected] | Iron Nails...... 1.85@ 1.90 Warm-Blast .. 24.00«¢25.00 | Steel Nails..... 1.85@ 1.90

eee: Wire Rails..... 2.15@ 2.20 10 +. 12% Speigel 28.00 20% Speigel..... 31.00 |

Sales. Cote and Coat Smetted Lake Ore.

2,500 Tons Bessemer $16.10 cash. DOED MRS GEERT POTRE.. 2500s scscscnscessvcscnse 13.95 cash. 1,500 Tons Bessemer 16.00 cash. 1,000 Tons No. 1 Mill 14.25 cash.

500 Tons No. 1 Mill 14.25 cash. RSD ine SEA RUNIDD Nc 5 vices wvnincee dss enicsniem 13.99 cash. ee Os RENE IS ows cesnescacnik wertagasee 13.85 cash. SS RE SERINE ous nceecd che pccwnksous .. 16.00 cash. SD RI osc cn iucieSbi sascincknceunmn 16.70 cash. Sn RENE SOMINOD, 5 sos anicewasunexewteene 14.00 cash.

14.00 cash. 15.25 cash.

- 16.00 cash.

14.00 cash. 15.00 cash. 15.50 mo. 14.28 mo.

500 Tons Gray Forge 100 Tons No. 2 Foundry 75 Tons No. 1 Foundry

Coke, Native Ore. 1,000 Tons Gray Forge

50 Tons Salveny 75 Tons No. 2 Foundry 150 Tons Gray Forge

Muck Bar. SD ins DEINE, GOS. «500050555508. ovcacace 27.00 cash, Say SN RONIONE, Nore win 0's ane 6 c's S05 em 27.00 cash. 1,090 Tons Neutral, delivered East............ 28.75 cash.

Steel Slabs and Billets. 1,000 Tons Nail Slabs delivered in East....... 28.75 cash. Sy es CONE REIN os Soisenkanisebenkec sores 28.00 cash. OD Fists FONT TRROU, 5 5 oink 55s <eesviewccocesss 28.00 cash.

Bloom Ends. PD ea URN TIS ok ss hn nv ses ernsnne 18.00 cash.

Steel Wire Rods. ,500 Tons American Fires, July and August. 40.00 cash. 500 Tons American Fires, July 40.00 cash.

Ferro-Manganese. 61.25 cash. 61.50 cash. 61.75 cash.

125 Tons 80 per cent 100 Tons 80 per cent PP RIOR cookies) one pasassnasethe

Old Iron Rails. 1.000 TonsAmerican Ts ~....6cccsicciscevscccs 22.00 cash OD Ts TOR Win iii ssc k cccsseusssce 22.25 cash.

Ske!p Iron a 1,000 Tons Wide Grooved, per 100 Ibs..........1.724 4 mo. 750 Tons Sheared, per 109 Ibs... .............. 1.92% 4 mo. 500 Tons Narrow Grooved, per 100 Ibs........ 1.65 4mo.

Scrap Steel 400 Tons Crucible, @ross........... sssssesees 18.09 cash

Philadelphia. July 5. [From our Special Correspondent. ]

This is a broken week in the iron trade and but little outside of small buying has been reported by mill men or brokers. The storekeepers have been doing their full share of business during the past six days, but mills have not bad much new business outside of supplying their customers in a retail way. Some six furnaces in eastern Pennsylvania, according to present count, will blow in some time during August. Contracts for material have been placed, aud the work of preparation is being hurried forward. The rains bave_ interfered more or less with industrial operations throughout eastern Pennsylvania fields, and the present threaten- ing appearance is inducing scme manufacturers to make special preparations against an overflow. Forge iron contracts have been placed during the past few days at $14.75 and $15 for 500 to 1,000 ton lots. Foundry iron contracts run from 50 to 100 tons and No. 1 is selling at $17.50 and $18. There are urgent inquiries for choice brands and the supply is not near up to the demands. A few lots of No, 2 iron have been taken for prompt delivery. Stove makers are slow to purchase at current rates. Pennsylvania makers dv not look for much interference from southern

iron producers, if they are bothered a farther drop of 50 cents can be made. :

Muck bars have been rather quiet this week, owing to the advance. Jt is doubtful whether the increased price can be maintained. Very few bars have been sold at present figures. Four or five demands have been made this week for shaded quotations, but witn- out success.

Slabs and blooms and billets are active, but in a smal! way. No change in quotations. The bar iron market is inactive, excepting for re-

tail lots, but there is scarcely any iron coming from Western Pennsylvania and buyers are paying 1 65 to 185c. for medium and refined. Small lots of nails were taken at $1.80. Outside prices are rarely paid. ~kelp iron is unchanged. Wrougbt-iron pipe makers report a large number of inquiries for early delivery. From present indications it is evident that July will be an active menth in wrought-iron pipe mills.

Bridge iron is very strong, as is also plate and tank, and several large contracts will soon be plagea. Mer- chant steel mills are also booking good sized orders, and agents reporta very bealthful condition. Very contradictory rumors prevail concerning steel

rails. Makers claim that there are inquiries in hand for Jarge amounts. but the business presented here is made up mostly of small lots. A great many old rails are inquired for from day to

day, but customers are not able to secure needed supplies inthis market. The scrap dealers are all doing a good business, particularly for car load lots. Quota- tions are all very firm. Receipts are heavy.

Foundry No. [email protected] | Merchant Iron. $1.60@ 1.90 Foundry No. 2.. [email protected] | Plate Iron..... 1.90@ 2.00 Gray Forge..... [email protected] | Tank Iron...... 2.00@ 2.10 Bessemer Pig.. 19.00@..... Skelp Iron...... 1.70@ 1.95 Foreign Besse- ARIIOB..0<0<5505 1.95@..... a 20.00@. Beams and

Spiegeleisen.... [email protected]| Channels..... 2.80@..... Scrap, Selected 22.00@..... Lo ee 1.70@ 1.90 A En seuccn ssn [email protected] | Steel Rails..... [email protected] Cargo Scerap.... [email protected] | Old Rails....... [email protected] Muck-Bars..... ..... (28.00 |

CHEMICALS AND MINERALS.

NEw York, Friday Evening, July 5. Heavy Chemicals.— The English makers of

caustic soda at last seem to realize that their only hope for improvement in trade, as the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL long ago pointed out, is in barmoni- ous action on the subject of prices, and in stringent cur- tailment of production. It is impossible to counteract the natural laws of trade, and so long as the market is depressed by excessive supply values will be neces- sarily depreciated. According to foreign advices received in New York, the English makers intend to curtail or suspend shipments to this port. In consequence of these reports from Liverpool, Joca!l holders are endeavoring to obtain an advance upon former quotations. We quote for the higher tests, 70, 74, and 76 per cent, from $2.15, and for 60 per cent, $2 371s.

Bleaching powder is still depressed and we can see no reason to look for an immediate improvement, unless tbe demand assumes unexpected proportions. We quote from $1,.50@$1.75 according to quantity. Carbonated suda ash is quiet. During the week a little

business has been done in small lots, but as consumers’ wants are now very light, there is little activity worthy of recor!. We quote $1.221¢ for 48 per cent, and $1.15 for 58 per cent in moderately large quantities.

Caustic soda ash, 48 per cent, is quiet. Spot offerings have been diminished. We quote $1.25. Sal-soda is rather firmer. English is quoted at 90c. to arrive. Ex-store, small quantities may be purchased at 92!4@95c. per cwt. Hyposulphite of sodais offered in casks at $1.80.

In view of what we have already said, the following from an English contemporary is worthy of note. ‘*Already the bleaching powder makers, having mau- ufactured the quantity assigned to them by the Asso- ciation for the first six months of the year, are closing their works. Caustic soda is flat, and it is felt that until manufacturers in other districts see the necessity of curtailing tl eir production, and limiting their output to the demand coming from ports and centers of consumption which may be said to legitimately belong to them as producers, prices cannot rise to a remuner- ative point.”

Acids,—A fair movement of the principal descrip- tious is reported, although trade, as a matter of course, has been more or less relaxed owing to the hot weather. Oxalic, contrary to expectations, is a shade firmer, and we hear of little offering below 101¢ cents per pound for prime English and German makes ex- stcre. Acetic, vitric, sulphuric and muriatic acids are in fair demand at unchanged prices.

Fertilizing Chemicale.—A number of inquiries for fall deliveries ure heard of, but as yet the market does net present an animated appearance, although some dealers claim to be well engaged. It is impossible, however, to record any noteworthy improvement in the tone of the market, and prices are generally unchanged. The usual price list stands about as follows: Azotine, $2.35@$2.40; dried blood (city). low grade. $2.35 per unit; Western high grade, $2.37144@$2.40 per unit for ground material: tankage, high grade, $24@$25 per ton; low grade, $22@23 per ton, as to quality. Fish strap, $22@$23 per ton, f.o.b. factory. Sulphate of ammonia at $3.05@$3.121¢ per ewt.

Refuse bone-black, guaranteed 70 per cent phosphate, $19@$20 per ton. Dissolved bone-black is 95c.@$1 per unit for available phosphoric acid, and acid phos- pbate 80c. per unit for available phosphoric acid. Steamed bones, unground, $20; ground, $24.

Charleston rock, undried, $5.50 per ton; kiln dried, $6.50 per ton, both f.o.b. vessels at the mines. — rock, ground, $11, ex-steamer at New York. Muriate of Potash—Abcut 150 tons have arrived.

Prices have not been shaded, so far as cun be ascer- tained. We continue to quote $1.80 per cwt. for both spot and arrivals.

Double manure salts, basis 48 per cent potash, is quoted at $1.15@$1.20. High grade maoure salts, basis 90 per cent potash, are held at [email protected]. Kainit.—The tone of this market continues. We un-

derstand from authoritative sources that all of the four cargoes on the way have been sold, and as most of the amount tv arrive is intended to go lirectly into consumption there is little likelihood of much being offered for resale. On the spot at presvnt, the only available supply consists of about 50 tons in store which may be purchased at $10.50 per ‘on. This is the remnant of the jast arrival over a month ago which came in too late for the spring trace. Futures are quoted at $10 per ton actual weight ::nd $9.75 by foreign invoice weight.

The discussion as to the probable eff :ct of the removal of the duty from high grade sulphate of potash seems to have been dropped for the present. The Treasury Department says that as tue article bas been expressly made dutiable at the rate of twenty per cent this duty must be levied until it is removed by a special act of Congress. Thus the matter rests until the next session of our law makers. This whole question has been exhaustively discussed during the past few months, and evidence and documents beyond number have been introduced: but after all the matter simply resolves itself into the proposition that ina:- much as the present duty fosters no native industry it should be removed. We do not believe, however, that the farmers will reap much, if any, direct benetit from the removal of the duty: it will probably increase to a certain extent the profits of fertilizer manufacturers and of importers of sulphate of potash. High grade sulphate of potash has heretofore been held so high that its use has been somewhat restrict, but op account of its greater purity it is reasonable to assume that it will be more largely used if its cost is reduced. In this way, by the removal of the duty, the farmershould receive a higher grade of potash in his fertilizer.

The chief opposition to the repeal of the duty is naturally on the part of those interested in the ssle of muriate of potash, which is now used in place of sulphate of potash in many cases. The muriate of potash sellers claim that the present use of muriate is due to its greater efficiency rather than to the difference of price. Remembering, however, that the welfare of the many is always to be first considered, we believe that a repeal of the duty is advisable. In so saying we do not overlook the fact that if the duty is repealed on the ground that it is contrary to former regulations a considerable sum will be awarded to a well-known firm of importers who have always paid the duty with a for- mal protest. Miscellaneous.—Nitrate of soda continues in

over supply and the market is in the same weak condition that bas characterized it for the past month. The foreign markets are still depressed and it is apparent that the foreign consumption will be much less than was expected unless prices are greatly reduced. This means that American ports are likely to get more than their share of shipments and New York importers will have a difficult task if they attempt to sustain values. The situation is clearly defined by the following statistics prepared by Mr. F. RB. Nichols.

¢ 1889 1838 1887 In store and afloat at Atlan-

tic Ports, Jan. 1st..... gs, 86,000 = 62, Yau 2, ‘06 Arrivals at Atlantic Ports to = July ist 258,509 314,848 vs2,z14 DRL Ccblavacabatinecicas ~ <ase0 19.870 23,629 Deliveries for consumption

at Atlantic Portsto Julylst 267,649 zza,os0 = 4,210 In storeand afloat do. do. 76,860 133,230 56,935 In store and afloat in Europe, aS eee 585,000 490,000 720,000

Imports to July Ist........... 3,450,000 2,925,000 1,770,000 Sarre 3,217,500 3,115,000 2,355,000 BOOCK, BUILT BBG... oss 00005000 f 300,000 J “Exports from South Amer-

ica, all ports, to July Ist... 2,752,500 1,807,500 1,680,000

The quantity to arrive at Atlantic ports is 256,200, not including some charters for later sailing, but com- pans all that can come in this year, against 207,500 ags for the same situation last year, and 275,000 in

1887. Making total visible supply 333,060 bags, against 340,730 last year, and 332,435 in 1887. The quantity to arrive in Europe is 1,327,500, agains: 1,132,500 in 1888; 930,000 in 1887. Making the visible supply there 2,145,000 bags, against 1,432,500 in 1888; 1,065,000 in 1887. Brimstone, as foreshadowed in our last report, has

stiffened in price owing toa scarcity of vessels at Sicily As this fact was mt generally kuown unt'l announce¢ in last week’s JOURNAL, our readers were afforded ar opportunity to pick up some of the offerings whic). were being made thn at low figures. Quotations thi. week are at least 50 cents per ton higher than at th« date of our last writing. Best unmixed seconds on the spot are held at $19.50.

Liverpool. June 2

[Special report by Messrs. J. P. BRUNNER & Co.)

( hemicals,—Although there is noactivity to repo: in the demand for chemicals, there is less desire on the partof holders to force sales, and for one or two articies the tone is rather firmer. Scda ash is in moderate re- © quest at late quotations. We quote: Caustic ash, 48 per eent, $§d.@1,d.; high test, 34d.@13,d. Carp. ash, 48 per cens, 34d.@1;d.: high test, »1.@1-sa. Soda crystals are nominally quoted at £2 7s. 6d.@£2

JuLy 6, 1889. . AN ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.

10s., but in some cases the lower »#nre has been; when buyers and sellers reassemble on Monday. We Caustic soda is ruxmer heiter for! quote as follows :

prompt delivery, as holders show. sss anxisty. to; $5.50@$6 25; Jerseys, $4.25@$5.50, and Pale, $3.25 com- | @$3.75.

Lime.—The demand continues good. and quo- | remember, however, that with the present unsteady |

tations range from £6 3s. 9d. up to £6 ««. 6d. for} and unreliable demand, any prompt delivery, while it is not easy to wuy at the}

For July-August asaie is +—oorted at £6 2s. 6d., and it is rumored that sorie con:-acts have been made for all next year at very low «rices,

shaded latelv.

realize. Sixty per

@£5 10s,

lower figure.

cent is pass and transactions reported

Seventy per cent is inquned tv:,

1s samme Se Seca

ie Te, 6d. an

most cases, however, makers declir-+ to o..ote for for- | ward delivery, except ata smar* ®°-ance on spot’ prices, Seventy-four per cent has - delivery at £6 12s, 6d., and bh” been refused. Seventy-six pe: ~cui is quoted at L8@L8 5s., but there is little business reported in this strength. | $4.75@$5 75 in New York. Bleaciing powder is without animation, but the tone | consumption is in steady demand and dealers report is, if anything, a shade firmer.

is difficult to test values.

lowanees for larger packages. quiet, but there is little offering, and £12 is about/ the new ones being opened will 10 nearest value for good gray 24 per cept f.o.b. Liver- pool,

BUILDING MATERIAL MARKET.

New York, Friday Evening, June 1. The Building Material Exchange closed on Wednes-

day afternoon, and no sessions will be held until Mon- day, the 8th inst., Thursday being a legal holiday, and no session being held on Saturdays.

~sold for prompt | ashade less have

ae aes Spot quotations are ! that they are behind with their orders. At the opening about £5 17s. 6d.@£6., and orders at a shade under | of the year, owing ‘to the great increase in consumption the lower figure have been returned unfilled Chlorate | in 1888, it is estimated that the stocks at the quarries of potash about unchanged, 414d @4}<d. being still the | were 80,000 squares less than usual, and this shortage nominal quotations, but, in the absence of business, it ; has had its effect on the market ever since the opening

eae ere, Fagg soda — good de- | of the present building a beg to ———— mand at £4 12s. 6d.@£ 5s. per ton, for one cwt. | by those who are generally well informe at the kegs, acc rding to brand and quantity, with usual al- | production this year will not be so large as usual.

Sulphate ammonia is Many of the old quarries are exhausted,

come. element of sellers have in pre's 1s

Bricks.—The advance recorded last week has been sustained, but the tone of the market bas been slightly weaker.

arge.

condition to receive them

Prices are not quotably changed. During | the past week the demand has sufficed to absorb most | of the arrivals, and at the close of the market on | Wednesday afternoon the supply carried over was not

A suspension of sales for four days, however, will be a severe strain on prices, and it 1s difficu!t to predict what will happen on Monday next. Accord ng to local receivers of brick, the Hudson River manufacturers have profited by their experience in Centen- niai week, and during the present vacation, it is assar ted. a more conservative policy will be foilowed Sind shipments will be suspended until the market is ina

. ifthis programme is carried out, values may be sustained, but if not there will be a lively struggle and probably a sudden * drop”

must be very cautiously made. Cement.—Former qu tations continue to rule.

The demand is only moderate and isnot up to expec- In | tations.

Sla:e.— \ further advance in the prices of roofing slate was made on Monday last follows: Purple and green, $3.75 per square at quarry, $7.50 in New York; red, $8@$10 at quarry, $15 in New York, and black, $3.25@$4.75 at quarry and

These assertions,

for purple and red.

conjecture, but it

much more

American Engineers in Europe A” New Service THE ENGINEERING POOR AT, LOO 108: PREPONE. < 6:5 8o06n ok 56 ccncsecg sess

The ‘‘ Charleston” The Mexican Silver-Lead Ore Question Export lrade to Manila Elaterite or Mineral Wax................ Tp denicences The Trust Mania and Its Cure The Use of Fire Proof Wood-Preservative Paints... **Gnonium,” the Supposed New Element Value of THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL Abroad

The Importation of Mexican Silver-Lead Ores St. Joseph Lead Company’s Dressing Works at Bonne

‘Terre American Export Trade With Manila Lixiviation

CONTENTS.

AND

Haverstraw, $6@$6.50; Uprivers,

increase of shipments |

Black slate for domestic

rank as important producers for another year to of course, contain an

a strong poc:ition, and an advance likely than a declin.

The scarcity of black bas increased the consumption of Vermont green, but there is only the usual inquiry

The export trade this year has not amou ited to much so far, as foreign markets seem to have been oversupplied by last year’s shipments.

Lixiviation

IwPORTS AND EXPORTS OF METALS AT REW YORK JUNE 15 TO JUNE:9. 5,428 “| IMPORTS.

Week. 'Spelter. Tons. Amer, MetalCo.... ...... Downing & Co.,R.F Hendricks Bros Lamarche’s Sons,H. .«... Naylor & Co

Nickel. McCoy & Sanders........

NON on sinks os duxnce Corres. date, 1888.. ...... Antimony. Cas

WES do aaekakdoataacses Corres. date, 1888..

Pig Lead. Lbs. CIE Bos caces owe a0 Erie Dispatch Foley, E Henderson Bros Hendricks Bros

co a eee Corres. date, 1888.. Tin. Tons

Amer. Metal Co.......... Bidwell & French.. ...... Bruce & Cook............ Carter, Hawley &Co,...... oS ey ee

Daval & Son,John. ...... Hendricks Bros.... ...... Knauth,N.& Kuhne...... Lehmarer, S. & Co. ...... Mendel & Tompkins Muller, Schall & Co DUGEIEAID, Bho. Sa anc s sess DOME SIs Goons <5558 Phelps, Dodge & Co jig SE eee Schmarer & Co..... ...... EES eB 6a. 5 occcas py eee eee Townsend, J. R Wheeler & Co

928 ‘Tin Plates.

American MetalCo. ...... American Metre Co 8 Brown & Co., V.H....... Bruce & Cook BYTNG SOs, dD... . sence Central Stamp. Co. ...... Coddington & Co... ...... oo aaa ae Con 0e., As... cscs. Con. Fruit Jar Co.. ...... Cort & Co.. N. L, Corbier. F. & S.....°...... Crooks & Co....... De Milt & Coe

Year. Tons.

67 28 28 6

205

334 1,173

Lbs. 11,240

5,828 7,685

Boxes. Boxes.

Dickerson, V. D....

Erie Dispatch...... ...... 244 Fenton, t'. U....... 647 647 NS Mii x <sac.cecs 36 75

en os cw’ wp nec 75

Holder & Herrick., ...... 271 tron Clad M, Co... ...... 283 ee Oe ee 500 LalancexscG .......... 6,207 LLQSAPG DPOB, .... 0.0 osssve 2,356 Lombard, Ayres.... ...... 3,000 Merchant & Co..... ...... 10,153 Wrereiok GUO... cc occess 6,016 Morewood & Co.... ...... 7,030 Mulholland & H......... 767 OE 294 Payne 6 Son ....... ces<.. 208 Phelps, Dodge & Co 9,263 347,964 Pratt Mfg. Co...... 2,676 124,009 Wolff & Reesing... ...... -3,106 Sanders Bros......, <3... 479 Shepherd & Co........... 15, \87 SOMers BOS. . 25.5 2s sc0 1,048 Taylor Oo.,N.& G. .: ...... 322 OImneet Be Bins c veces 111,021 Warren & Co,,J.M. ...... 3,534 Wheeler &.Co......, ...... 11,688 Whittemore & Co........ 19,100 Wolff & Reesing... 574 3,106

OS ook. awin cease 20,535 1,312,214 Corres. date, 1888... 30,374 949,000 Pig Iron. Tons. Tons.

Bartiott. N.S. ...04'....5. 900 Crocker Bros.......'... .. 3,893 CPOOMS BE OO. 5 o ccesics cc nsss 500 Drummond,McC.&Co.... 600 Henderson Bros... . .... 166 Godwin & Son,A.G,...... 390 BOT OEE, 10s. en cclcs es cs 150 EEN Ue Risaciecel coc ess 150

DOAVIOR GEOO. sens sisasese 50 Page, Newall & Co. ...... 75 gt eC ee 125 (Zo eee 500 Pope. Sons & Co...'...... 250 Sheldon & Co.,G.W....... 200 Stetson & Co.......'.....5 3,650 Walbaum & Co....'...... 275 Whittemore&Co.,H....... 50 Williamson & Co..:...... 1,800

PO sees bana notes caiac “13,574 Corres. date, 1888.... 1,830 28,11 Steel Sheets, Billets,

Tons. Tons. Forging, etc. Pa 4 ee 2,450 PEE 9 6. o5 nao ees 253 Baldwin Bros.& Co....... 15 DIGOT 28s OW voce ceusss 95 PO REE cam scce: | cesses 131 Carey & Moen............ 118 oe SS Ae 200 Joddington & Co......... 24 Crenshaw, Hugh... ... 27 POOUMEE MMicccccss cc cace : 292 OONTIN hs Po pebsiices oc ves = RPERT dives csaacess-cusene

Dana & Co... . Downing & Co... Erie Despatch Galpin, 8S. H

| Fragill, Cltas........ 5.265. 5 | Ismay, J. B

| FOO, Ger ies. sin nie cene | EBA ERPOR. 650 00ic os< 00 i Leng’s Sons, J. S... ...... | Lublin & Estey Lundberg, G.....-. -----. Mersick & Co

| Witine 8690. «5 oon. sons Montgomery & Co. ...... NAWIOE GEOG: ov oie ns case TROTROEE OG chakcs 6ncs sander CIRPNO Be OO esc sc set keds Pierson & Co Pilditch, F..S....... 00... Power, C. W Prosser, Thos....... ....-+ Roebling’s Sons Schulze & R Standard Oil Co.... ...... ee ae Strouse & Co., M Temple & L Wagner, W. F Wallace & Co Wetheral Bros Whitney & W LG Sr Wiell & Co

WBnceacmexatnss eds Corres. date, 1888 521 Bar Iron. Tons.

Abbott 6 Co., J.- < vies. Bacon & Co........ 23 Downing & Co...........: Froment, F’......... 10 Holt & Co., H. N... ..-. JOR. Ba ihc civ:c ewtns Ra Oe RIC oo os cas 3 Lilienberg, N...... 8 Rape hi ths 52 «6 dx sco Merchants’ Dispatch...._ Mins & Ce.......-< 5 Muller,Schall & Co. ... .. INGOT O00... ises cesses Cnet Be WE ica 8 ict eis Page, . BFOOs, 556505 Plenty; Jom. ......0 0.80. TOON TF oa. < 4.'<ness oe cade Wella, Fi, GCOsce <a i605+2-

ROM Kocie ceases 101 Corres. date, 1888... 150 Steel and Iron Rods.

Tons. Abbott & Co., J.... ...... American S. Co.... ...... Bacon & Co...,.... 94 PE Bie nan co 0s 00g weenie ‘Bruce & Oook:...505.... Carey & Moen..... 30 Cooper, H, & C0... ..e.ee

11,705 171 40

497 95

440 15

4,686 2,293

Tons.

701 350 20 20

595 40

or

Crabb & Co., W... 17| Charcoal Iron. Dana & Co. ... ... 1,915 Tons. Tons Downing & Co..... ...... 690 | Bacon & Co..... we $7 Durbrow, Walter.. ...... 320! Downing & Co 671 Wallet. De BE iis oe < one 15 | Lilienberg N...... 6 taliie 8. Fi... ..0: 00.0. 1,057 | Milne & Co......... ....45 94 Hazard Mfg. Co... ...... 20 | Muller, S. & Co.... ...... 135

NE ee os cic 280 2,034} Naylor & Co............. 45 Hugell, Chas....... 27 27 | Page, N. & Co...... 1... 754 Lilienberg, N ............ 56 Soe ae Lundberg, G....... ...... GI BOO diecwscvowessccceds 1,82 tani, = ea 5 oa! 246 | Corres. date, 1888... ...... 404

oe AS See 592 Spi ° le \. Montgomery & Co. ...... 36 Abbotts Con << = TTT Muller, Schall & C. ...... 378 | Blakely & McLellan...... 3,100 Naylor & Co....... es 9,418 | Crocker Bros....... 303 7,882 Nichols, B.F...:.5 sess SD PENN Oe Oa oy onc cai cnevee 5,676 Oelrichs & Co...... ...... 50| Farris & Co........ ...... "325 Page, N. & Co...... ..... : 574) Geisenheimer & Co. ...... 85 Pilditch, F. S....... 15 Ib PJarnen, J.A..5 os... 620 9,327 Pratt Mfg. Co..... ...... 30 | Naylor & Co........ ...... 9,080 ating as one ia Peeking, Co 1........5. «- 1,401 agner, W. F...... Wheeler & Con, ae 19 Walbaum Bros..... ..... eos 85

rhitney & Co..-......... 980 bMS. o5005055:3. 3 39,930 Ww illiams Be arses apetes 5 | Corres. date, 1888... 679 20,178

Wrieks & GO. — Iron Ore. Tons. Tons, 2a ee a= atom a at ein Glee 4,

ae 4 . Se) “ees: see Cases aoe 1888.. \ fT 980 32,080 & Co eee eee ee eee ee eee 480

ails. ons. Tons. whey & 1 ROS viinn aio Lks wading a 5,451 Baldwin eo aoe = Corres, date, 1888.. 998 18,795 Crossman & Bro... 300 1,598 Peatennes Meee Bey ee, 150 ae eumar WO. scian 6,115

ee g Bea ee cs Saee 433 EXPORTS. ‘erry oy ee ee oe 177 ° Sheldon & Co...... 220.2 203 | Abbett & Co... oe Pause. Ward BOO Ess) ois 21] Amer. Metal Co... 699,527 Wolff, H... 141 141] Am. & Patterson.. ...... 66,250

eres Fyfe, Robert...... 100,000 100,000 GEE ae sa! 441 9,105} Hurst, F. W. J... ...... 113,000 Corres. date, 1888... ...... 5,541 | Naylor & Co..... ...... 1,234,500 Serap iron. Tons. Tons.| Orford, C.& SCo. ...... 112,013

Burgass & Co...... ...... 162 | Piper, D. & Co.... ....... 3,898 Downing & Co...... .... 321 | Seaman, Sam’l H...... . 141,800 Panel, ©. & C0... «secs 397 Neumark & Gross. ...... 500| Total.......... 100,000 2,934,097 Teale & Co... Eedbiews 172 | Corres. date, 1888.288,800 21,694,133

y arc 0., J. B.. ...... 429/ Copper Matte. Watjen, F. & Co... ...... 152 | Abbott & Co....... ....+. 427,613

otal 2,133 | Ame & Patterson.195.700 '30%°300 wiles dike snang wes : m. atterson .195, es Corres. date, 1888... 2... 1,398 | Clark, W.A....... ...+.. 879,019 Sheet Zinc, Lbs. Lbs. Henriott, Pe vcacia , . 5,293,

Crooks & Co....... ..25:. 441,814 | Seaman, Sam’1H....... 13,000 Lemarch’s S’s, H j Wil’ms, Terhune.. ...... 1,398,094

el c..? s ce “43,36 | _Total.......... 295,700 11,514,782 Sheet Iron. Tons. Tons. Corres. date, 1888.807,400 33,823,328

Coddington & Co... ...... 456| Copper Ore. Downing & Co........... 16 | Burgass & Co.......... 32,160 Kelly, Hugh....... ...... 5| R. J. Cortis..::.. ..:... 34,100

SR per caine BUTT TORR 5s cases ce adcen 66,560 Corres, date, 1888... 35 11%, tres. 0date, 1888, .:,... 181,869.

The Colorado Meeting of the American Institute of ee ee as ee Pe 4

TORN POLCY...006-2+2+00cecsseee ere 4 * The Jeffrey tiectric Coal Mining Machine xeet’ S

Sellers must ! Address of the English Engineers to the America: DOO rs saddle iad cs ccleudgaen dis bakerc cvs &

The Rate at Which the Country is Opened Up.. .... 5 The Pennsylyania Railroad and the Great Flood 6 * The Sullivan Steel Gang-Channeling Machine. 7 German Experiments With Exxplosives...... .. 7 Electric Weighing Machine.............. 7 Mineral Wax..... area ee aie gislicn e'eiatg f * Mechan cil Kefrigeration.. 9

We now quote as| Production of Coal in rance 9 Impenetrable IrongPlate..... cia aden chide 9 The Exyansion of Metals at High Temperatures. 10 The Electric Resistance of Bismuth... 10 South African Quicksilver..... ... ..... 10 American Dynamite Guns for Australia 10 Chilled Slide Valves............... ; 10 Coal Possibilities of Russia...... 10 The Mannfacture of Celluloid .................,0000¢ 10 Dividends Paid by Mining Companies................ 10 PPmR OM EME ia race ae scone ccna scccs cctesceectaydivesc 10 Personals, Industrial, Notes, Contracting Notes...... ll Machinery and Supplies Waented at Home and IN Go esaicn candid Cad sae cae N anc dma boasted Choe 11 * Llustratea MINING NEWS: ANN aio scan tee sea 21

and | Alabama.... .. .. 12! Coal Stocks........... 21 be able to| Avizona........... 12; Kansas City ......... 22

CalfOrnias....<.6.cereeses 12 "ee 22 OOIGPAMO:.........000s00e- ae, NOW WORE. ,...2... 6. 21

. : ND ag oaccenns sone owas 13 Mit P< Peiciecanat ec 22 is undeniable that | Indiana................. 13} Pittehuegec..5<.3:<:. 25

MEORR. «50.5.5 cin cticesiare 13} SanFrancisco......... "2 ORNS o.is-s.s.0scerthaee Set Bh Rae ooo cess WOVEN § oie.scaiie wesrenes 13| Auction Sale of New Mexico............ 14 PROM xn osc cneiges 2? Pennsylvania........... 14; Electric Stocks....... 2 Race ve os 0 cdencgneuce 14; Trust Stocks... ...... 2 ae Set waste eae aes a \ MARKETs: fest Virginia.......... ‘OAL: - .

ay eo MINING iene ——- sou . Be cicactveccwcsnm 2. i. se

PaGE. | ‘Australia....... ....-- 14 aoe Raia, 16 A ROE oes odie 16 1 ee Brrr re 14| Merats............ 17

MINING RUN ns ca. 6 s0.s0x penile 14 | Ron: New York... _.. 17 1 WRGMIOG oaoas cc cacetase 1k Louisville....... 17 1 New South Wales.... 15 Philadelphia. ae 18

baiticfsismareiee Cause TD PRINS «ooo cnc cnccee = Pittsburg........... 18

2| RewmeeMeN ts. 00 18| EMrorrs anp Exports _‘ 2 | MINING STOCK MARKET: OF METAIB.....:...2%0 Vi INGU AE ORE. sc ce cadet 15 | CHEMICALS AND MINER-

SE ieee 2} Boston .....0....c.00. 15] (AUS---- -2.--. eee eeeee. 18 Philadelphia....... .. 15 | BUILDING MaTERIALs.. 19

3) (Si Bouis.s.... 0.4 . 15] CURRENT PRICES: BRO, es 3} Pipe Line Certificates 16 a “ 22

Electric Stocks....... 16) inerals.. 22 hares 3| MINING STOCK TABLES: arer Metals... 22

ee cee 3) Baltimore.............. 22] Building Materials... 22 3 Birmingham.......... 22 Advertiser’s Index.xxxiii

D FROM JANUARY |

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7 SRAREs. ASSESSMENTS. DIVIDE *D Camra ¢ 8. SHARES. NAME AND LOCATION OF CAPITAL

STocR. : Total Date and Total |Date and amount NaME AND LocaTion ov ses Company. cr es Thane rr levied. |amountof last | paid. of last. CoMPary. Stock. No. Vane.

2|agemte’'s ‘“"""""*,.[Momé| fo%000/000] 400/000] °28 --] Ope Cog zen aime, | ot Cous., 8. L../Colo.| $2,500,000] 50,000)" ¢50 3|Alma Cons.,@ ... ..|idah. 5000] 30,000] 10 nee .000|Dec.|1888| .06%4|| 2|Alloues, 0....,.......|Mich| 2,000,000) 80,000/ 25

4|Alturas,@ .. ‘|fdah.| 1,500,000|300,000| 6 sse++| 45,00u/Dec.|1s8] 50, || g/Alpha Con, @. 8... ./Nev..| 3,000,000) 80,000} 100 5|Amy & Silversmitn,8.|Mon.|............|341,419)....|. ---| 262-500|Jan.|/188) — 379¢|/ 4 Alta, 8.......4+ »++«.|Nev-.| 10,080,000/ 100,800) 100 lAtiantic, C....... ».|Mich| i 066! 40°000| 3818 “2 oe Aug.| 1887 Lake 6|Amador, @... ....00-/Cal.. 400,000 ,000 2

7|Argenta.8 .......--+.|NeV..| 10,000,000|100,000| 100 00} 620,006) Feb. |1888| 8.00 || ¢/ American Flag, 8.../Colo,| 1,260,000/ 185.000| 10 8/Aspen Mg. & S., 8. L.|Colo.| 2,000,000|200,000} 10 : £0.000) Rat.|1880) .90 7|Anglo-Mon t.|Mon.| _ 800,000 ,000, 6 Slanparn,t © S++ 8 lich | 000,0001100'000 20 --| 220,c00/Jun./1889) .20 g|Appalachian, Lt.,@.|N.¢,| 1,500,000) 300, 5

10|Bassick, @.8....-. .<.|Colo.| 10,000,000] 100,000] 100 155,000 | Oct. |1887| 1.873¢|| g/ Astoria, @......... ..{Cal..| _ 200,000] 100,000} 2 Ui [Bolle Tele 8: 1222.2622,|Nev.:| 10/000;000|100:000] 100| 165 000] Api lanol"10|_ Soo'so ipa lseee| Ves. || 2OlRocmeen Gos ar222:|Ne¥"| iropp‘eoo| <zo0'o00! 108 LL | Bolle Tale, 8. -.+e-+.0++ Tey | LoreoorooOt EOL OD] LODIL. Wee pool hee ieee) els 0. |De -lézze| 1-25 |] 11/Rechtel Con., @...../Cal..| 10,000,000 100,000| 100 12/Belober, ©; Gaisd. 8. i.|tdah.| 1°360:0001195:000| 101 " Sar7b0l Meg tment Tol eee eee ABE ITBsS) 2-0u |) 19) Belmont, 6. ...-.----+|Nev..| 64000,000) ; 50,000) 100 14|Bodie Con.. @. 8.....,/Cal . 10.000'000] 100 000| 100] 550'000 Man. ine 210] — 187,500/ Tan |1837 10 13) Best & Belcher, @. 8.|Ney..| 10,080,000) 100,800) 100

15|Boston & Mont, ¢....|Mon. 2,500,000 250,000| 10 . ar. a 60} 1,295,000 Dy coos 50 14 eee 8 L../Colo,| 20,000,000 ,000; 100

16|Boston & Mont., C.8.;Mon | 2,500,000} 100,000) 25 - wostvenenl sess saan nn. 4 eld 15 + etallic, 8........|Mon.| 5,000,000 ,000) 25

17|Breece, 8....--...-.--.| Colo 000/200,000| 25 * oeeleccee|oe ,000/Apl. 1.00 16| Black Oak, @.... ..../Cal..| _ 4,000,000} 300,000; lu

18|Brookiyn Lead, L. 8.|Utabh| —_'500,000] *50,000| 10 Reatdo se Aneurs 2.000] Feb. |1880/ 01 || 17|Boston Con., @.... .|Gal.°| 19,000,000] 100.000) 100 18 Brooklyn 10a0 b- ®-lCal..| 10,000,000|100,000| 10| 105.000lapr.|iaso oe ae july inBA -05 18|Bremen, 8............1N.M | 5,000,000 ,000) 10

20|Bunker Hill & Sull..|Idah. 3'000,000|300,000| 10 “4 pr. ° '5.000).Jan. .10 19| Brunswick, @.... ../Gal..| 2.000 000 000 5

21 |Galedonta,@........--|Dax. | 10,000,000|100,000|100| 68,000] icay |i888|"""16| lotevolun.|tseo| “08|| S8lGalaveras.e.’..” <.-1Nev"| ‘°g00:000| 00-000] 22 |Galumet & Hecla, 0..|Mich| 2°500;000(100,000| 25] 1,200'000 ay 15) 104,000/ Jun. | 1889) 08 21|Calaveras.@. ., .../Cal.. 600,000) 600,000 1 23 Carhouate Hill 21. olin. 1'300,000 200°000 0 ns ee «eee-./32,350,000/ July 1889} 5.00 SME. octnoseces' « Wy. 500.000} 100,000 5

24 |Carlisle, G......000-+e|N. 1.000,000/200,000 eee 80.006/Ap). i. 05 23| Carupano, G. 8. L. 0.|Ven. 200,000} 100,000 2

25 |Castle Creek, @.. "100,000 100,000) _1)7.77"""" 175,000} Dec. |1 -1244|| 24/Cashier,@. 8... .../Colo.| _ 500.000] 250,000 2 26 |\Catalpa, 8. L.-se.++. $,000,000| 300,000 poses 51,000/Oct,.|1883) .03 95|Cen. Contin’l,[email protected]. |C.&A| 2,000,000) 200,000} 10 27 \Gontral C...c...0.. "500°000)20:000| 25! 100.000 gooeslncsss|+° eve.| 270,000 May.|1884) _.10 -¢|Charles Dickens,@.8./Idab.| 1,250,000) 250,000 5

28|Chrysolite, 8.L.... .|Colo.| 10,000,000]200,000| 50 ».000/Sept/1861) 06 1.93 1.000 Feb. ton -06 zi Cherokee, G@........ -1Cal..| 1,600,000} 160,000) 10

29 |Golorado Central, 8.L Colo 2°750,000|275,000] 10) «| "7tt [ttt ttt ert aoa io = 38 ene: Nev. 31.800,000 112,000 100

: Rivest. -ecconen act s ro sees} sees leeense| SY2 ; : a , “000. :

30 ConSdence ¢. b-.; tex] os ai ele ann se 907,468 Al. bay .50| | 199.680] At.|1889/ 1.00 || go|Colchis........ -... |N.M.| 500,000 _50.(00/ 10 82 Contention, 8...-.--..|ATiz-| 12,500,000 250,000| 0 < an.|1885| .20| 3,08 ».800|July |1889/ .50 3]|\Commonweaith, 8..j/Nev. | 10,00' ,000/ 100,000) 10) 38 ent oein Gons,c.|Aris:| “t'400 000/140,000| 10] .77" wee [eveee| sess | 8,587,000) Dec, 1884 25 || y2|Comstock, @. 8......]Nev..| 10,000,000} 100,000} 100 34 Crescent, 8. L. @. ...|Utah| 15-000,00C Bor oo0] aE] att] cet ftee [oeeees 140,000/Oct. a -50 33|Con. Imperial, @.8.|Nev.,| 5.000,00u; 60,000) 100

85 |Crown Point, @. 8.. .| Nev... 10,000,000] 100,000| 100]2,825,000] Océ. |i8Rs| "66 228,000] Oct. |1 .03 34|Con. Pacific, @.. .../Cal.:| 6.000000) 60,000) 100

36 |Daly, &. L....0.- --+++.| Utah 3.0000,0001150,000] 20]... ” ct.|1888) .50 = one a pot 8.00 35 ee 8......] Mo... 5.5000 wn 10 oo “@......|Idah, . wy ’ t00- selecece|eooeste evcce vats un. -% sseeeeeess|COlO. 0 O 10

39|Derbec B. Grav., @. 8.|Cal..| 10,000,000] 100,000] 100} 90,000| Dec. | 188i | "16 §1,000,00¢}Nov.|1887] .10 Crocker, 8...... Ariz.| 10,000.000| 100,000! 100

40|Dunkin, 8. L.....--+--|Colo.| 5'000,000]200'000| 25 * . 1} .10| 18v.000|May {1887} .10 Crowell. @......... .JIN.C 500,000/ 500, 1

41|Dunstone, G. 8. L.... Mont 1,,000,000]200,.00] 5] 6 |‘"""° soo o|> ox. | Cee ieel coe 7 ae a Pe yer eee 4Z/Eclipse......+++ --./Colo 100,000/100,000} 1 oor locccel!coce . ~ 9 Bence wevceee-/COlO. ,000, i

‘ oo ’ peubish: les siaaensl basen 20,000 | Nov. | 188 -10 42|Dardanelles, @....../Cal.. ,000, 100,000

tifempoc'e,8.2"laont| 'goa|tonany) “el £000] fat i)-so) ara as daly 08 | sal Decnetats gr; ols] 88888) Sha om Don., @. 8 L.| Nev. . =e wast] sense 6 5 ‘| 44 8.L ../Colo.| 5,000, Y

. ak es ; enn Solo. see oaeee a 650,000 Jun.|1869) ~150) 4,955.000| July 1888] .25 Denver Gold, @......|Colo. 300, 60,000

47|Excelsior, @.....-- -+-|Gal..| 10,000,000] 100,000] 100) §60,000|Sepé| 1885 |" 1.00 1,425,000) Apl: |1BE8) 25 46 Durango, @..-.--;, |Golo.| , 500.000 500,000

ae ele Es 000) 100-900! 190 ,000|Nov |1878] 1:00] 1,125,000] Dee.|1885| _:20 3|El Cristo, @. 8........|U.8.C} 1,000,000] 500,000 60| Freeland, G. 8. C.....|Colo. sesee | 800,00C|Dec. |1888) 2.00 El Dorado, @ ......{]Gal. | 1,000,000] 250,

61] fresno Enterprise. @|Cal.. * 190,000|Jury|1886} .10 50| Hl Talento, @.. 1,000, 590,000

62/Garfield Lt., &.8.....|Nev. -10} 110,000) Tuiy|1282) .10 51|Empire,8....... 10,000,000! 100,000

63|Golconda, G. 8....... |Idah. --| 85,000] Apl. |1888} .123¢ Eureka Tunnel 0,000 100

Gould & Curry, 4.8. |Nev. ve:.| _ 120,000] May {1888} 60 Exchequer... 0 100

55/Grand Central, 8.....|) Ariz -30| ~ Sze 800] Oct, | 1870110.00 Found Treasure,«, 100

36|Grand Prige,8...... .|Nev. L00| °“625,000| Mar. g¢| 625.009) Dec | isey) Gogebic L Syn. 25 57/Granite, 8. L........ -|[dah. 500,000|500,000] 1 * , 30) 49 100 Mar a A oun Cup, 8... 1

63|Granite Mountain, 8.|Mont| 10,000,000/400,000| 23 seeetleereeles cee 1u,000/ Jan 1880 02 57 aoe ra, 8. 10

»9/Green Mountain, @.../Cal.. — S: epra reer 6,700,000 | Jun. -75 BS lacer, 25

60|Hale & Norcross, @. 8|Nev. : ..| 212,000]Nov.|/U8S1} .0746|| 59| Gold Rock, @. 2

61] decla Con., [email protected],0.|/Mont} 1 -50) 1 822.000} Aug |1888} 560 g0| Goodshaw, @.... ... a 100 Setieiie Me & Red,@.8.L|Mout| s'sis‘oocl ess ooo zo s|eseee|seeee+| 1,332,500| May /188¥/ 50 || g1/G@tand Belt,c......../Tex.| 12,000,000/ 120,000) 100

83| Holmes. 8......-+ ..--|N@V. | 10,000,000]100,000]10)| $00,000|sepi|iaas|"""'t6| Be BsalAty 1886). 62|/Graad Duke.... ...|/Colo.| _ 800.000 ,000| “10

64|Holyoke, G..........--|Idah"| ~ ’200,000/200,000| _L , pt}i885; 10 75,000|ApI |1886 Great Remance, @...|U.8.C| 1,000,000) 600,00 2

65|Homestake, @........|Dak.*| 12,506,000] 125,000] 100] ""200.900| Julv|ig7a!1'‘aa 27.000) Feb. |1883} .10 64|@regory-Bobtail, a..|Colo. 650,000) 650, 1

66|Honorine, 8.L........|Otah "600'000|250'000|, 2! 37° vly/1878) 1.90) 4,405,750|Jun.| 1889) .10 65 areeeey Con., @....|Mon.| 3,000,000} 800,000; 10

67|Hope, 8...-..---++ -««-|MOnt! 1,000'000|100,000| 10 7,000/ Apl./1884) 05) '125.000|Sept|1887/ .05 || g¢| Harlem M.& M.Co,@.|Cal..| _1'000,000| 200,000) “5 683|Horn Silver, & L-....|Utab| 10°000,000]40u,000| 25 cE seele teefseeeee| 238,252/Apl1. 25 87 Head Cons. & Tr.2.6 Ariz.| 10,000,000} 100,000) 100

69|Hubert, G...... Colo.| — *500,000] 50,000] 10 tt]eseee) veeee.| 4,000,000) Ni 1888 -50 token Ge Cal..| 1,600,000; 300,000) = 5

70|Idaho, @... Cal.. 310,000] 3°100/ 100 tree leeee asi 239.590 Oct. ell 69 hiand, C.... .....| Mich 600,000 .000} 20

21| Ideal, 8. L.... Colo.} 1,500,000] 50,000] 10]: “|e 6,166,150|Jun.|188¥]} 5.00 || 7o|Hollywaod......07°%|Cal..| _ 200,000} 100,000) a... NOM] 22500,000) 50.000) 10)..04.,-2+]-.0- 15.000] Oct. |1886) 71| Hortense. 8..........;Colo.| 2,000,000) 200,000; 10

73| Independence, 8 Nev.. 10,000.000 100,000) 100 45,000/Apl |18S9)_ . 72 ne. S eeeseseseese}/ Mich} 1,000,00u; 40,000) 95

74| Iron Hill, 8....... Dak.| 2,500,00C 250,000 10 : 73 coe d & Silver, s|N.M.| 2,000,000 000 10

7b| Iron-Silver, 8. L -|Co10.| 10:000,000/500;000| 20 4 — I, I..eeseeeeees| Wi8., 1,000,000, 40.000! 925

76) Jackson, G. 8.....--.-|Ne€V.| 5,000,000) 50.000} 100 % ih i sees 1,250,000 ana 25

77\Jay Gould ........../Mont| 2'000,000] 40.006) 5 70)§- B. Beymers.. 10,000,000} 400,000) 100

78|Jocuistita,4 .. ....--/Mex.| ¥500,000/250,000/ 10 W7 K a Cons., @. 8 11,000,000 10,000} 100

79|Jumbo, @. ;.- .-++++e»/Colo.| 2'000,000, 290,000) 10] 78 Koarsarge, o. 1,250,000 ,000}. 25

80|Kentuck.... ..-...|Nev..| 3000,000] 30,000] 100 . isne -02}4|| 79) Lacrosse, G.. 1,¥00,000 eee 10

81|La Plata, & L.... ...|Colo.| 2000,00C/200,000' 10 1,350,000) Dec. | 1886 -10 5,000,000 500.000 10

82| Leadville Cens.,8.L.L 'Colo.| 4;000,000/400,000| 10 610,000!Sept -80 || 81am 10,000,000 , 100

83| Lexington, @. 8......|Mont| 4'000,000] 40,000] 100 423,000| pl. |1887) | .05 || gz) May E SBM nceccns 10,000,000] 100,000] 400

84/Little Chief, 8. L.....|Colo.| 10;000,000|200,000| 50 000 Bu6) 8.00 || sy| Marsower Gravel... 900,000) 200,000) 10 85|Little Pittsburg, 8. L)Colo.| 20,000,006/200,000/ 100 . 84 te ae, coccccee oo [DAK 250,000 . 1

86. kout, G........ ++«e|Dak.| —1,000.000/500,000} 2 85 | Mex a. | a8. 10,000,000} 100,000} 490

87|Marion Builion,@ .../N.C.| —'500,000]........|.... = 36| Middle Bar @........|Cal..| | 400,000 200,000) 2 88| Martin White, 8.. .../Nev../ 10,000, 100,000| 100 . seeesees|| 87 _ rr,8. L.. .000,000 i 5

89| Mary Murphy, G.8....|Colo. 350.000} 3,500) L00 25 1886) .25 38 — tOr, G.......02..|Colo. 100,000} 100, 1

60| Minnesota, © ...... ..|Maich| 1,000,000} 40,000] 25] 420,000] ani’ |iRaRa eaeeia 1888) 6.00 g9| Moose Sitver, s....../Colo.| 3,000,000} 300,000; 10

B1| Mono, G. .....-.+-+0+00/Cal 509,000] 50,000|L00| 65.35: Apl./1886) 1 00 L876] ......./| go|Mutual Mg. & Sm. |W’sh| 100,000) 100,000 1

g2|Montans, Lt.,4.8.....|Mont| ‘$300,000|6au;000| 5] oe?” |Mar./1880) | .25 L ‘ 91| Native, 0........ ..-.|dMlen] 1,000,000} 40,000) 95

98|Morning Star, 8.L...)Colu.| 1;000,000/100,000| 10). tteeeleeeeeleeeess oath, @..-..- +seee.|Colo.| 1,000,000} 100,000) 10

et 2'000,000/400,000] 5] . 93| Nevada Queen, 8....| Nev | 10,000,000} 100,000} 100

95 "150,0001150'000| 1 94|New Germany,@ ...)N. 5S. 100,000} 100,000 L

98 5,000,000} 50/000] 100 9z|New Pittsburg, s L./Cole | 2,000,000) 200,000) 10

vt *700,000}100'000! 7 880} 2.00 N. Commonw’h, s...|Nev. | 10,000,000] 106,000} 100

98] Navajo, G. 8... 10,000,000 100,000 100 ** 485,000| apL’ issal’ ‘ 97| North Standard, w.. 10,000,00u} 100,0U0} 100

99) New Guston, 8 000 100,000 b a ». 30 600 ) 10

100|N. Hoover Hill, a. 8.. ¥ “000|120;000| 234 seeeezeree] seeeelewees 500 140

tou norebegn | Sev Bem] antnn 10] Sabon ‘ 2} No e 18. ..| Nev. 000,00] 100,000 :

193| North Star, @-.-s.c+ce|Cal.| 2°000-0N0|100;000| col. oe to [eam [1880 100 i eat Be Sm-v-onnen Utan 16,000,000 150,000] 1u0] oo} she ]eveeel

30

9 Ge Bo ccececee 10, 100, , ) **

106| OF Mone coves 1'500/000 G0'Ob0 190 4,159,440) May |1889 190

107| Osceola, C........----|Mich| 1,250,000} 50,000 100

108] Oxford, G@.......+-++0/N. 3. 125,000] 125,000 109| Paradise Valiey, @.8.|Nev.| 10,000,000] 100,000

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110/ Parrot, C...... « «-+++|Mont| 1;800,000] 180,000 109) powsi a 2 111| Peacock, 8. G. C....... 2,000,000 | 200,000 110 Deaths 2° tocesee 100

112|)Plumas Eureka, G... 1,406,250 140,625 1ll aciene p Be cceccccess 1

113] Plutus, @.8.C. L..... 2,000,0u0 | 200,000 12 aoe 8.4@.. 10

114/ Plymouth Con., G... 5,000,009} 100,000 113 Ae seseee 10

115/ Quicksilver, pref., Q@. 4,300,000] 43,000 114 pahannock, @.3. aoe 1

116 2 5,700,000] 57,000] 100]... w]e 11d Red Elephant, 8... ,00U}

117 qyiney. Goce cove 1,000,000] 40,000 11th] ROPES, G. 8....... 500. 300

118] Richmond, 8. L 1.350,09¢} 54,000 lly e, C....- 500,000] 20;000 120) Robinson Co 10,000,000] 200,000 121) Robert E. Lee, 10,000.000| 500,000 122] Savage. 8.. 11,200,000] 112:000 124|Shoshone, 150,000] 150,000 124| Sierra Butte: 2,225 000} 122.500 125|sierra Nevada, ° 10,000,000] 100.000] 100/6,200,000| Jun. 1889 126|Sierra Nevada, 8. L.. 1,000,000 7 127| Silver Cord, @. 8. L.. &.000,000/ 500,000 128) Silver King, 8.........| Ar 10,000,000} 100,000 129|Silver Mg. of L. V 500,000 |500,000 130| Silverton, G. 8..L.....|COlo.| 2,000,000) 200,000 131|Smali Hopes Cons.,8.|Colo.| §,000,000/ 250,000 132/Smuggler, 8. L.......|Colo. 600.000} 60,000 133 Spring Valley, @...../Cal., 200,000} 200,000 134/Standard, G.8........|Cal..| 10.000,000] 100,000 134)Stormont, 8 .... .....| Utah 500,001 500,000 136/|St. Joseph, L .........|Mo..| 1,400,000/150,000

»£37|Surinam, @......... .|D.G.| 3,000,000]600,000 138) Swansea, G... .......| Colo, 600,000} 60,000 Fo 3 meee, renee alg 10,000,000} 100,000

pWeveenncome 1,000,000] 40, 141|Tip Top, 8............|ATiz.| 10,000,000 190900 3.00 ||140/3ylvanite, 5 ......... 000,

ae ates Wontar ojada:| ‘ehateestemaer S seual”? set 20 idee eigetean en.” \Gal 10'000,00¢ »” 143/08 0s eae ae. aut was |enacoleccese 1884} .20 igs Tornado Cons. @ 8. 100 10,000 1

145 | Viola Lt.,s, 75v,000|150,000) 5 * rece [sewer loosens 1886] 2,50}9||14 1,000,000 5 110

146| Ward Con 2,000,000] 200,000] 10 See ea aoe allt 10 500'000| 100,000 100 147| Yankee Girl ..... 500,00¢ |250,000 Epren. SR SEePenrEpeneas a0ee . 05 10,000,000 . 100

148| Veilow Jacket, a. t . 1s40|°" "co -10 10,000,000} 100,006) 100

149| Webb City, L. Z.....}Mo... .50 1,000,000 40,000 25

vse, VéghpebPeccnsbene sosteesls 4 .000,000} 600,000) 10 : fe Out 300,000 2

G. Gold. 8. Silver.

ae

DIVIDEND-PAYING MINES.

Oo Le * Non-assessanle. ¢ fais ou a: viously = pare oreian eleven girjdends ‘and the Terca 873,00... Pregious. Deady, +3 due Western, o

000. revioas te the consolidation of Copper Q 1e6ee with ocr RebAe co hs consoldation ae qae


ae 138e th} Sauber ala ad paid 3. t ua

Yaa na4 0 utd 82,352,00 bia df

3 Non agseasante for

- TL

paid §l.400,00 ). ee

JuLY 6, 1&89

NON-DIVIDEND-PAYING MINES

wares ae Woe Gon, abet

ASSESSMENTS. Total ;Date & am’ levied of last,

s seerfese e]@ «*

$697,000] Mar.| 189} .50 562,500|Nov. | 188s oy

2,248,800/Sept/1888) .5¢ * .

800,000|Jun 6 Peeeeeeseel seers

aeee levee

seserleces

1883) 1 "|1886] 2:

1889} 2+ 2,130,190) Jun. . wool

Nov

1,428. 066 Oct:

*"170,000|Nov |1888]" .5u 30 000] Mar.|1887) 15

1,800,000] Nov. |/1888) .05 186,000 F b .|18e9) .2:

sessagees [erase lesen lovee,

125,000|Jun. |18€9| 10

18°¢] 25 18FY)124¢

§15,000/Apl, 30,520) Apl

: eae

220.314 Dec. e seeeel*

*** 45 coo|Jan.| 1889} .15

eeeeesees. | saree

280,000 May

1,660,000| Jan. | 1889] * ic "1907000 | Oct. | 1887|100

e eeeee coo ef, .

* + eee oes

60,000) Dec. oe 84,000| Mar. tr

485,000|Jan

eeeeeeees.

eeeeeeeees

seeessces

JULY 6, 1889. THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.

OF COMPANY.

Adams, Colo........ ++ Szscate. Nev... Gas’

atlantic Mich.

seeeereee

-Cal. & Va.,N Crown Point, Nev ... Dunkin, Colo.. Rareka Cons. »Nev.. Fainer de Smet, Dak 3 Franklii n, Mi 5056 Gouid & bases, Nev.. Geand Prize, Nev..... |. H uc & Norcross, Nev}. Holyoke, Id.. H muestake, Dak.. furn-Silver, Ut.... tron Hill, Dak....... . { on Silver, bc og ° L sdville C., Colo. cane acto L. te Chiet, Colo... . L.tile Pittsburg, Colo ”

Mount Diablo, N Navaj >, Nev.. Nv ux Belle isie, Nev N. rth Star, Cal . Ont sriv, Ul. cceeceanes O wuir, ii ccess Osceola, Mich . ee t lutus, Cul0.....--45. friymouth, Cal.....,. Q tic ksilver Pret. 6

‘lle, Qui . Quincy, Mich.... . obinson Cons. Colo. Savage, Nev.. ona Slerra Nevada, ‘Nev... sSuver King, Ariz., si.ver Mg. of L. Ve. S$ nall Hopes, Colo.. Tamarack, Mich ‘ Yellow Jacket, mw.

*E x. dividend. +Dealt inat the New York Stok Ex.

NAME OF COMPANY.

Atiantic, Mich.. Bodie, Cal..... ; Bonanza Developm t Bost. & Mont., Mont.. Breece, Colo.,.. Calumet&Hecia, Mich.)

Colo.

NAME AND LOCATION, June 29.

NEW YORK MINING STOCKS QUOTATIONS. DIVIDEND-PAYIN. MINES.

“1 eal" * ‘

Unlisted nn <iasasaanaant ungeté, Dividend shares sold, 16 905.

July 1. July 2. _Suly 3.

ee Ss ea

NON-DIVIDEND-PAYING M NES NAME AND LOC4TION

OF COMPANY

Alta, Nev... ...cs00. Ailouez, Mich. Amador, Cai... American ee Astoria, Cal.... Raree:ona. Nev.

i| Best & mo» Brunswick, U Buffalo Iron Min’ g. Bullion, Ney....... Cashier, Colo Castle Creek. 1 Colchis. N.'M. Commonw’th, Nev Cen. Imperial. Nev! .

400 || Cou. Pacific, Cal.

0 || Pnoenix of Aris... .

Denver City, Colo. Del Monte, bev.. Elcristo.Rep ofCot Excelsior, Gal ..... Exchequer Nev.... Hector, Cal... ..... Julia, Nev......

| Kingst’n& Pemb’ke| <... Kossuth, Nev....... Laci 0+s8¢, Colo..... Lee Basin, Colo... Mexican Nev..... Middle Bar, Cal... Moniter, Colo... .. Mutual Sin.& M,Co NevadaQueen, Nev.

Occidental; Nev.... Orieutal & Mil.,.Nev

Potosi, Nev. ..... Rappunann’k, Va S. Sebastiay, San 8 Scorpicn, Nev...... Shoshone Idaho... Sliver ‘ ord ..... Silver Hill, Nev... Silver Queen ...... Sullivan Con Su rev tunnel,Nev.

me Trust Cert. Tornado, Nev. Onion Cons.. United Copper Utah, Nev

ok ° 98 aes 850

we fess pe

vit [essen |

sees *""T50 200

“Bd 8,06)

et. eee

*” 650

liday.

June 29.

N. Com’nw’th Nev.| .... |

Nev.| 3.45 5

=a. ET 7 — |Sal ks.

és : 100

; “Ts 400

. zea 250

“oes. |” 200

610} 222. 1° "60 410}.. 100

185)

"23

145

1.65).

"30 ++; al 2

4% | ones

, 60

300

” 300 :2e 1,040

Non-dividend shares soid, 24,

BOSTON MINING STOCK QUOTATIONS. June 28. ; June 29. July 1. July 2. July 3. July 4.* | SALEs.

9.00)..... “a ie pubes aneee 0.535).....- 900, . 295 eon amore terecasBntartagien, Sw oanperr=s one Siena UAcaiai ) ad ees Seu cerecmmbenaccsels

<eeatel oays_ fee . 1Se.0U

‘il * 206

i110} 1.65)"

eels *

eth Mich... evcee | ¥.75| 9.50) 50) O25)...... eee oe 9.75 “y.0u “8.00... oer ikvestaavel 315 Hale & Norcross, Nev.!......!...... ansectusnes «Raced <e sade. Ltt te aval deere eekadlener exes HONOFINE, Utali......seleccccelrcce cfccecce|ccecce| coerce] cece foccece]oces cloocce Joceee aindsantieenedihdves: «a Ee AE SM cocelccsectaces, cleicevel see | cece loecse epentececes 00s Gh 00d. F cane, Lenees cas Little Pittsb NPC cos: cle cvccalbonséelces 0d] wes “Ive: 00s [oepatclesencel, nee aceon pach Ap aeewcaed Martin White, Ne@V....) ..0. | cccoclecces-|ecccce preseis.ae pent cwsee 1 écuvadionsasalncte Kee cate MOMS, CAl....000 coccesfecsccclees ° ok Dvece nawee eevee ee eae on Na oe

* Holiday.

9.50 9 6 “vcd

Boston : Dividend shares sold, 3,577.

8.75

COAL STOCKS.

NAME OF CoMPANY

Allouez, Mich. ee Arnold, Mich....... Aztec, Mich... ...

Butte & Bost.,Mont. Canada Casnier, Colo Crescent,-Colo.. Denver City, Col

ElCristo eee io Everett. Mich Hanover, Mich... jee 3 Mich.

a Mi ative,

igh ——_ ann

eet oe

Security, Colo ... Shoshone Idaho... South Side, Mich

Brunswick. Cal....|°

June 23

Kearsarge. Mich....|.°22..|°200° "227° Mesnard; Migh..... peseseleasces

St. Louis Cop., Mich}... Sullivan, Dak.....

Non-dividend shares sold, 2,300.

NAME OF ae June 29. July 1. July 2 July 3 tJuly 4. July 5 Sales

___Comramy en's. Hb. | Re | | | a AIR ccs 5 Ueslencc hes c02t-ccess ae SAGNEDs +s 1eeaaee lb cad cab axes edarcnglkset csadernatdl caren ; wide Ne cn cccss” eeckashecteechases «<ices ee Bl cased ace cle whe Gees ees aa 8 iahee® xi) ae tbeaan

Cameron Coal & Iron Co}... ..|......|... --|..s0se/eceeee bse a4 WONG. GO. Pewee] cs cee 30%|...... 600

Chie: & tna, 0 Coal RR.. an eaikg At neaeakintanieccaey A ES euchaaw <A ansett divans deem

gots Book sat “dai ‘soi “a 18 sig See ee eke MRS eC 1 7o + C. aneaeir 3054) ¢ ‘ CMs <0 +4) oc tacahsgeesa}obsc axl sterelecs :708

Consol. Coal... ..... Shise ai cor temtienes hades Ree Fac earete | gry oe Oe : F wae Pas bensceses SATUBIIOE | Lanse 146% Slee. s:cc0hss. ese 146 |145 1,145 os es oe ecakes as ee att, 148% is 117 en eer ret 14514 /| 14436 3u,220 Oc! Rae cece 3 3 15 4 a os ;

Hooking Valley... ... caeene eeliy ~ ive ekog = ¥ Do, Se Kakie bose Eae cea. aes

Lehigh C & N.. dae. Vruaes Meaween 53%l..... Lebigh & W. B. Goal. Sah wala “t si ‘in ‘stg san 32% he

C) Lee 3 5334 5 53 53) Marshall Goo’ Geet...) 100|. 1. ie atin tact oe EE EES. d's bin cs's.00 5 ae Mt aenakeae, cibwEASE acts Late ob ‘

Mahoning Coal..... .. Be c<sebsces 16-44.661663Gssiaeiines livers e Maryiand Coal... ..... MR tec neelocce taliv cad a") = ee Morris & Essex...... becd Maa wcckle vac ockus eben 14 isbbicnsladecpatteees New Central Coal...... Me cielccass 814)... © vss kde Bo tay. 6 soees --} 100/110 10944} 10944) .....]...... « a. 21 & & Coal: ....:.... BONE. «att he% Se aE kad . N, Y.,Susq. & Westerr| 100) 8 ea 8%)..... 834!..

ie eee Sl Oe) QE es Ecce, 86 b ss GUS...) Meas sl. deck cee Lancstcdeoescchess : Nortel & ee R. Ob ROE cas Pogaiic ston ctal es

De PE ats coe: ses ES x cw ek. cnwidihaseete mnewaas 51 i Sam nose SF : sisal" A ‘i S166 . 6) - enn, + 50} 4 514g] 5134) SL 51 51% eee. oe Panne: 48 Be 4 47%| 48 4 Suaday Creek Coal, [""|......). a on 8

St SS i” ee aan ee cee Rae ei Tennessee ©, & 1. Co. |...... 39144| 391% on 89%] 39%] 39% Weamnanunien pons e-: ny effete OR TB osncoh Se dan 7 ie

tHoliday. 4222. **Of the gales of this stock, 30,208 were ia. Philadelphia,.and 174,795 in New York, Total sales, 2p

June 29 | July 1

<fcwaseelBEOO cece bce

Jury 2

70. Total New York, 42,915.

July 3 | Juy 4*| Sat 8

Total Boston, 5,877.

San Francisco Mining Stock Quotations.

ComPant | June

238.

Alpba... MSc. es °

Belcher....|. Belle Isle. .|.. 4 Best & Bel.| 3.15 Bodie: ....,).<+..: Bulwer... .53 Chollar... | '.7U C’m’weal’b}....... Con.C. &V} 7.50 Con. Pac. ~* Crown Pt. | 2.65 Eureka C. = Gould & C.; 2.15 Grd. Prize.|....... Hale &N. |....... M. White. MGi-ere Mexican. 3.25 Mono. . eet Mt Diablo Soswhann Navej> ...|...... Nev.queen| .80 N. Beile 1 -95 Occidental. a Ophir. 4.85 Potosi. ....| 1.60 Savage .. 2.00 Sierra Nev | 225 Cnion Con | 3.20

Y allow Jit: |. 2 8u.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

June ; July ; July | Joly ; July 29. 1. %. < Ay

1.50 | 1.40 149° nee

“3.45 |.40° 13.10 “| 295 [0. Seed | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.%

1g. (1.70 | 1.60 | lo: : ot MAM! Shae ee 775 | 7.ov | 7.50 | 7.30

270 | 2.65 | 240 |} 240 |.... $6504 2t0- }....5. 3280 Baws. 2.35 | 2.23 | 2.10 | z..0°f...

aa0 |3.85 [sao | 345 100.2... 370 || 3.85 | 3.40) 3.85 oe lle SV pbiwed dite ebate fe weak s

Sha Bee aD Aatysns 1.00: 93. :].. <. MB 5 go. 1.00

cine 160 | +.60 550 || 5.75..| 3.37 1.80 1.7 1.40 225 | 215 | 1.05 2.50 | 245 | 2:5 3.59 | 3.50 | 3.15 1.05 | 105 | Lor 3.20 | 3.10 | 2.85

* Hotivay

”

22

STOCK MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Baltimore, Md.

CoMPANY. Bid. Asked. Mtiawbies Coed... ossscee vend $1.00 $1.50 Balt. & N.C..... a’ ee Sewanee .10 .30 Big Vein Cc al.......... <a | .25 Conrad Hill...... ce eeeoes seis 1d SE: COD osskks beeeancexs eee .26 Diamond Tunnel ..... .... so ee -50 se & + aes : 1.12% DREONNE. <5 nchacascce- suns North State (Balt.)........... -20 25 PD cs casntiGetesssiess = Silver Vailey -40

Prices bid. and asked during the week ending July 3d.

Birmingham, Ala. July ?.

CoMPANyY. Bid. Asked Ala, R. Mill Co, se $6) Ala. Con.C. &

APENOD sy sensi oak $30 * Alice Furnace, $102 ibe Appa Hewe G. Mg. Co... . $4 $54

Bess. Land Co. $2244 $23 Bir.Fur. & Mg. $15% Bir. Mg.& M g. ce $144 Broken Arrow. $3 $334 De Bardelebenu

C. & I. Co.... $59 $55 Decat. L. Imp. $9% $10 DecaturMin.L cen $25 Enterprise Mtg. ites $35 *Eureka ‘ Sesh $105 Hen. &. & M.Uo. $75 $100 Jagger Towiey “

cokees nee $11@$l) Mag- Ellen...... $96 . . : - *Mary Pratt... eke Sloss it. &S.... $4234 $44 +Sloss 1. & s.... - $9546 ttSloss I. & S.. 366

. Tuscak ose C., IL& L.co $20

Tenn.C. & 1. Co. $3734 ; *Williamson... $4 %e Woodsteck I. Co. $£33@357 $58K%@3 3H2 >

Prices bid and ‘asked during week end - ing June <6tb.

» Bonds. t First mortgage. +t Second mortgage.

Kansas City. July 2.

Comeieay- Par aoe a Burch, L & Z., Mo...$ ey {da Hill, S., N. Mexes 100 10 100.00 x. C., Colo’ eeeielekabas. ote she 1.00 Kentucky, Z., Mo..... ge tee -20 La Motte, Mo.......... 100 98.00 100.00 Maverick, S., Colo.... 10 97 1.00 Minnequa Zinc.......... sae -20 Sonora, G. & S., Mex. 10 1.00 1.02 Standard, 8, S., Colo..... 11.00 et ‘Templar, N. Mex...... Be Age 15 Webb City, L. Z., Mo. 5 5.50 seer Wichita, L: Z, Kan... 100... 40.00 SS SS eee eee pene os

Pittsburg, Pa.

COMPANY. H. L. Closing Allegheny Heat.Co, ...... pees eee Bridgewater GasCo *52.00 *47.00 *50.50 Chartiers Val. Gas. 5000 48.00 49.50 Charlotte Mg.... .. 3.00 2.5) 2.50 Forest Oil Co.. .. 10040 990 100.00 La Noria Minmg .. 2.00 Lot! 2.00 Mfg. Gas Stock.... 25.00 25.°0 .. . Nat.GasCo.of W. Va 7000 6709 €7.00 New York & (, Gas | ee 36.00 34.00 34.00

Obio Vv alley Gas.. 36.00 3500 35.00 Penn.Gas Uo... 17.50 18.00 17.50 People’s N. G. & P,

5S -- 17.50 17.00 17.50 Philadelphia Co. *38.00 *37.50 *38,00 Silverton Mg. Co.. 1.00 1.00 1 60 South Side Gas.. .. 26.00 24.00 ¥%5 00 DEE sus waeese 68.03 .... 6800 Union Gas... ..... 60.00 54,00 60.00 Washington .. 80.00 85.0U 75.0) West & Cambria.. 35.00 15.00 35.00 W’house A “B Co. 118,00 115.00 7 00 W’honse B. Co..... *47 75 *31.50 *17.73 W’bouse ©. Light. *51.06 *5'.v0 *5),00 Wheeling .ias. ... 30.00 29.50 3000 Yavkee Girl ....... CC 1.00

sales during ‘he week ending July 3:

*Aciual ceiling price.

St. Louis. July 2.

CLOSING PRICES. Bid. Asked.

Adams, Colo ........ oseee 030 B: <veee Anderson, Mont......... 15 Shane BINS cn ccccnsn¥eanoe ; -08% -09% Aztec, N. Mex.......... 3834 -41%4 Bi-Metallic, Mont........ ....- — Black Oak, Cal......... 324% 35 Black Spar.. ... eee’ -02 -02% Bremen, N. Mex........ Sense oe BOGE... 5.0 vice .decce 05 -10 Carriboo, Idaho......... -7% -08 Central Silver........... 25 -2634 Cleveland, o- eS aaewe . sao naan Concepcion, Mex....... é J Dinero, Colo ........... = ae 07% Golden Era, Mont...... -40 sins 5 Golden King.....:....:. 37% 3834 Golden West.....:...... -80 1.10 Gold Run........... 054% -06

sanite Mountain, ; SERIES... ccccessunstbaves: cecenk. (“meee

1 anhoe, Colo

Mane § a Colo Major Budd, a. Mexican Imp., Montrose Placer pra Key..

Pat Colony. WOOMD sco Phillips, Colo

Small Hopes, Colo Silv er Age, Colo

Tourtelite, Kalb. ..<.<.. West Granite, Mont....

Auction Sales of Stocks.

The following securities were sold at public auction in New York last week:

Cameron Iron and CRE RAD ss caccesccuexe’s Speeseeene $25

490 shares Stout Electric Storage Battery C

Electric Stocks.

The following closing quotations are re- pene to- “pad by J. Heron Crosman, N ew

>

a

ror 1

a iN a

Illuminating..

Traction....... .. U nited States cite een 100

Se ee 2 Westinghouse Thomson-Honston... .. Thomson-Hous. Weld-

Trust Stocks.

The foll owing closing quotations are reported to-day m mbers New York Stock Exchange: American Cotton Oil Certifi-

WEIR, oacsencaccbcsascescbebee $5644 $5634 Seas Refineries Certiticates. 1164@116%

~ Cattle Feeders’

aoeee Oil G ertificates Natural Gas Standard Oil National Lead Cattle Trust During the week endin

following sales were made at the New York Stock Exchange:

udson & Co.,

July 5th the

Am. Cattle Trust. . American Cotton Oil Ger- SN cuuckokccmenent 34,395

Cattle Feeders’ Trust.... National Lead Trust... ..2 Sugar Trust

foreign Quotations.

Alturas Gold, Idaho... Arizona Copper, Ariz.. Callao Bis , Venz Carlisle, N Mex ....... Colorado United, Colo.. Coltumbien,S A Comstock, Utah... a. ee Nev..

Philadelphia Co.. 360 shs. $ :7.50@ ‘8.0 | Denver Gol lo... W'nouse B. Co.... 375 “* 47.75@31.::0 | Dickens Custer, Idaho. Westinghouse ... 70 “ 51,[email protected] se se Wheeling Gas..... 135 ‘* [email protected]

Eberhardt.Nev . El Callao. Venezuela. . Elmore, Idaho Empire, Mont ... Flagstaff, Utah.. Garfield, Nev. .

er Freehold N.C. Bie

Jay Hawk, Mont . Josephine, Cai Kohinoor, Colo. Mason & Barry, Port.. Montana Lt., Mont .... New California, Colo... New Consolidated... .. New Emma, S., Utah... 4s. New Hoover Hill, N. - New La Plata, Colo.. Oid Lout, Colo Pittsburg Cons., Nev.. uebrada, Venezuela... kr ichmond Con., Nev..

Ruby &Dunderberg,Nev ls, 3d. Cc 2s.

Sierra Buttes, a

United cee Mex... i U.S. Plac:r, Colo...... Viola Lt. Idaho ....


Paris. Belmez. Spain.. . .040.00 Boles, Mex ..... .....5 465 00 Callao Bis, Venez ..... 4.00 East Oregon, Ore.... . 47.50 Forest Hill Divide, Cal 350.00 Golden River, Cai ....390.00

‘© parts.. . 60,00 Lexington, Mont. ....143.74

i patts .... . £50 Ouray, Colo... .. .. 85.u0 Rio ‘Linte, Spain.. -280.00 Tharsis, Spain - 89 CO

CURRiNT PRICES.

These quotations are for wholesale lots in New York.

CHEMICALS AND MENERALS.

Acid—Acetic, ® 100 Ibs........ Muriatic, 18°, @ 10u lbs ... ‘Muriatic, 20°, # 100 lbs....... ] Nitric, 36° , gO) eee Nitric, 42°. @ 100 lbs... .. Oxalic, ® 100 Ibs........ ... .9.5 Sulphuric, 60°, ® 100) los. ...... Sulphuric, 66°, # 100 ibe

Alkali—36 p.c....... Refi ed, 48 p.c ...... Retined, S58°.......

Alum--Lump, # Ib.. Ground. # lb.. Lump @ ton, Liverpool TOR Sulphate of Alumina, # ton {qua Ammonia—1s°, ®# b CEE ou tees sees ayer Me seer ens a.

26°, B b een Ammonia— Sul., ,B 100 Ibs. ERARO cE CED scons edeckdeapesscede 7% Muriate AP OO is) cass <y ocean en —

Arsenic—White, powdered, ® Ib.. OG: Ae BD vee sssscacseee 20 White, at Plymouth, ® ton.

Asbestos—Am., p. ton. Italian, p. ton. c. i. f. L’pool. £18. 86.

Asphaltum—P. ton Prime Cuban. @ TH ..°.. Hard Cuvan, # ton.... Trinidad, refined, #@ ton “tole

Barytes—Sulph.. Am. prime whitel6@20 Suipu., foreign, floated, p. ton....2 ’ Sulpb., off color, p. ton Carb., lump, f.o.b. L’pool,ton 3 e No. 1, casks, Runcorn “ No 2. bags, Runcorn “

Bleacl lh— Over 35 p.c., ® lb... ... NIECE ONED v.55 6 sicks sab ees bans

RK» fined at Liverpool, # ton. . Brimstone—SsSee Sulphur. Bromine—# ib...... ........ OE — GOR... cos cccees gies

Precipitated, ce) Pie csckwcexe a China Clay—English, ® ton15, es 20 ae er rrr ee

Chrome Yellow—# lb .... ... Cobala- Oxide, # Ib..... Copper -Suiph. E ng lish Wks..! tou. Dance "B24

Precop., Eng. Wks, uuit. Copperas— —Common, yt 100 Ibs. 32@8 57 % ND A BO; cc accos | sa. coos Liverpool, ® ton, in casks..... EL

Cream of Tartar—Am. 99%. Powdered, 99 p c .... :. .....

a mig) ee | ee DEED 2 Kcpakbawarnacsaes

Feldspar—Ground, ? ton.. Fuller’s Earth—Lump, @ bol.

a eer oy, > UL ra — Caleined, 8 bbl.

ime—Resublimed.......... eainit—# Sc scaneese 00s) o 7 Kaolin—see China Clay. Lead—Red, # Ib. ....... ... .. - 4@ White, American, in oil, ® Ib.. White, English, 2 re. Acetate, or sugar of............. ix

Lime Acetate—- Amer. Brown. * Grayzl.7: 5. BiK6

Litharge— a, 8 Ib. English flake, ® Ib

Magnesite - Greek, ® ton.. Wanganese—Crude, per unit . Oxive. ground, perlb............ 2

Mercuric-Chloride — (Corro- sive Sublimate). ® ib. ...... ... 67@69

Mineral Wool —# lb.......... 2 "ica—lIn sheets according to size,

ist quality, @ D.....«.......: 25 Phosphate Rock—S. Carolina.

per ton . o..b. Charleston. [email protected] Ground, ex vessei New York, Canadian Apatite, lump, f.o. b. at

Montreal, #® ton......... Phosphorus—# lb...... .. ; : : a Plumbago—Ceylon, # lb. ee OS are

Potassium —Cyanide, # lb.. ok Ser Chlorate, ® lb. Carb. ®ib. ........... ees a ‘70a. 5.50 ND eer yee lodide. . Muriate, # 100 Ibs.... ........ te Nitrate, refined, @ lb.. Bicbromate, R ce opened

eee Se my 35 Yeilow Prussiate, @ Ib.... . .... Sulphare, #100 lbs.......

Red Prussiate, # Ib. Pumice Stone— Select I lumps, ib. Original cks., ® Ib.. Powdered, pure, @ ib...

Pyrites—Non-cupreous, D. unit, s. aartz—Ground, ®.to 00 otten Steme—Powdered, 8 ib. 34a Lo ROU E55 o ace. bans, mance @10 Eng., powdered, ® ton. Lump, 8 ton.... ees 6 se

Salt—Liverpool, ground # sack. Turk’s Island, @ busn .......

Salt Cake—® lb...... senses sseeB0@Q57

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ee - Ib. i 54@5% Refineu, # Ib. . 6@8

Soda Ash—Carb. 48% 100 b.. et 2216 [email protected] MEE ch. voe-ccncanes 1.25

Soda Caustic, BOS=....c0cc0es 240 sg - MRcrsVaces ese 2.15 - = EH. 65 meee 2.15

Sal, English, # 100 lbs.... -85 Sal. American, # 100 lbs . .80

Nitrate, e 100lbs....... .. . 1.95

Strontium—Nitrate ® Ib. ...... 9@9% Sulphur—Roll, ® lb..... 206s esee 134 O32] eee ee 2 Crude Brimstone, 2s., @ ton.. 19.50 Crude Brimstone, 3ds. # ton. 19.00

Tale—Ground Preach, €ilb.. oo OTS POMOC TD apes @\l4 C4: 2: Epccienas. 8 ton. ; *@i% 5

Vermillion—American, @ Ib. s* English, ® Ib . 82@85

Vitriol—~ isle), Ordinary, @ 1b..534 @% Extra. ® Ib

Zine Oxide—Am. , Dry, BD. os. 4% Antwerp, Red Seal, RR ciass'S's sont 6@644 Paris, Ked Seal, @ lb. ...... ...... 644@7 * Spot ,

THE RARER METALS, Aluminum—(Metallic),@Ib. $4.00:

Sheet, per [email protected] Arsenic—Metallic. per Ib......... “20 Barium —( Metallic), per lb....... 975.00 Bismuth—(Metallic), per lb....... 2.40. Cadmium-—(Metallic), per Ib.... 1.25 Caleium—(Metallic). per oz...... a 50.00; Cerium—(Metallic) per oz..... t69.00- Chromium— Metallic), per Ib. . -200 O07

6.00 Cobalt—( Metallic), per Ib.. Didymium—(Metallic), per 02... -.160.00 Erbium —( Metallic), per oz... ... 140.00" Gallium—(Metallic), per oz ....3250,00 Glucinum —(Metallic) per oz ...25v.00 indium —( Metallic), per oz...... 158.00 iridium —(Metallic), per Ib.. - 650.00 Lanthanum — Metallic), per 02.17.00 Lithium —(Metallic), per oz......160.00. Magnesium—Per ib.... ...... .. 4.50 - Manganese— Metallic, per Ib.. 3.10:

Ctem. pure, per oz. 10.00 mol bdenum-— Metallic), per oz. 6.00 Niobium—( Metallic), per oz.....128.00 Osnaiti m—(Metallic), per lb..... 640.00 Palladium—(Metallic), per Ib. ..400.00 Piatinum—(Metallic), per lb. ..140.00 Potassium—Metallic, per ib... 28.00 Rhodium —(Metallic), per Ib....512.00 Ruthenium -{ Metallic), per 0z. 112.00 Ru bidium—(Metallic), per oz...200.00 Selenium —( Metallic), per oz.. .. 3.00 S odium —( Metallic) per lb of 2.73 “trontium—(Metallic), per oz..128.00 ‘sa antallum—(Metallic) per oz...144.00 Telurium— (Metallic) per oz.... 9.00° Thallium -(Metallic) per oz..... 3. Titanium -(Metallic) per oz. Thorium—(Metallic) per oz..... ‘Trungsten—(Metailic) per 0z...... a 00 Vanadium-—(Metallic), per 0z..320.00 Yttrium —(Metallic), per oz ... .144.00 Zirconium -( Metallic), per oz..240.00

BUILDING MATERIAL.

Bvicks—Pale, @ 1,000 ........ 3 25@3.'75 verseys, PL.M0.. ...... ees 4.50@5 00 Up Rivers. # :000.. . see [email protected] Haverstraw seconds. 9 Youd... 5.75@ 6.24 Haverstraw firsts @ 1.000. .. [email protected] F): ats, nominal, @ 1009. Rarer Ltccs & mindeduen vce 14,[email protected] wl i ee [email protected] PRORONIR |. nse 0s 600 @28.00 Treuton...... ka @28.00 RNID ote 8 aeons: kag ae oe oinww

Building Stome—Amherst freestone, # cu. ft... ........ [email protected]

Brownstone, # cu. BS 5 - [email protected] Granite, rougn, @ cu.ft ..... . [email protected] Granite, Scotch ®cu ft.. .. [email protected]

Cement—Rosendale, # bbl [email protected] Portland, American, 2 bbl... 2 [email protected] Portiand, foreign, # bbl.. .. 2.40 Portland, ‘* special at [email protected] 75 koman, 2 —__ See es + [email protected] Keene’ $ coarse, ei Biles [email protected] Keene’s fine, g obl.. - «=» [email protected]

Slate—Purple and green roof- A EE cn 3 oe oaks 155,64. anes

Red roofing, # 100 sq. ft... .10. 00@15. .00 Black, roofing, # 100 sq. ft... ee 25

Lime—Rockland, common # bbl... .1.00 Rockland, finishing, @ bbl........... 1.20 St. John, com. and finish, # bb’. ... .90 Glens Falls, com. and fio., # bbl [email protected]

Labor —Ordivary, @ day:..... [email protected] RE TID 3555 vaca cc vedecaneures 4.00 Plasterers, BB GRV...... <o.0% rose --.. 4.00 Carpenters. @®day......... .... «++. 3.50 PUDOCEE OOD oooh cnan vaccgtseancs 3.50 Painters, @ day............... [email protected] Stonesetiers, ® aay..... wee [email protected] Tilelayers, @ day....... [email protected] Bricklayers, @ day............ 400

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