Volume 08 (1864) (474 pages)

.\ VOLUME VIIE. NUMBER 15. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1864. Contents: No. 15—Arait 9, 1864.—Ilepburm & Peterson's [Amalgamalor—ilhistrated, Mental Growth of San Francisco; Owens River, Reese River Rnilion: Angustin's Method of Extracting Sliver Yram Le Ores by the Use of Salt; Rock Springs District—Colorade; Mining Gowip; An Act Conoerning Assessments und fAdvertisiny Dello. quent Stocks; M Petite t t—The E y ol Fuel me Hoat, linea anes’ trus-Lighting r DPesulpharizing; Glasgow School of Mines; Mining Share Market; Washoo Stock Sales; Clty Sules; Incorporalions; Whitman Mine; Letter from Austin. HEPBURN & PETERSON'S AMALGAMATOR. The annexed engraving is a representation of Hepburn & Teterson’s Amalgamator. ‘The chief object of the imveators of this amalgamating pan has been to devise some means to obviate the inconyenienees frequently met with in other pans and arising from a tendeney of the sands to pack when in a eertain eonditiou, as it becomes necessary to stop tho running of the machine. Another desirable objeet was the production of a pan which wonld admit of working the sands in a more eompaet state —that is, by the admixture of less wuter, whereby the reduetion is made to progress much more rapidly. These objects Messrs. Hepburn & Peterson elaim to have effeeted,in an importunt degree, by the pe euliar eonstruetion of the bottom of their pan, which, as will be observed by the annexed illustration, is inelined toward the eentre, or shaped like an invert-d eone—tbe dies being + affixed to this eoneshaped & surface and the mullers made “an Enquirer Gnee More; Patent Departinent— liccntion Drs lig Coal by Centrifugal Force; ing thrown into the pan, and the mallers set in motion, their action is such ns to throw that portion of the pulp whieh finds its way between the grinding surfaces to the eireumference, whenee, by gravitation, it deseends to the centre, and thence again beneath the mullers, A constant and active carrent is thus established, Whieh eannot be done by the same niotion when set in operation on a level surface. It will thus be seen that all neeessity for wings or serapers is obviated, which are oftentimes a hindranee to starting the pan after it has becomo packed from stopping, especially when it is charged with coarse sands, but slightly advanced towards a pulpy eonsisteney. There are no conditious, in ordinary working, where this pan may not readily be started without removing or thinning down the pulp, by simply elevating the mullers a trifle by a covenlent set serew. ‘hese pans were first brought out ‘last summer, sinee whieh time they have become quite extensively introduced. They are munch more simple in their eonstruction than most paus in use. They may be seen in operation at the Gould & Curry mill, Silver State Reduetion Works, the Zephyr Flat mill, Pioncer mill, Washoe; also at the Bel dou and Gregory's mill in Esmeralda. The pans ure manufactured at the Vulean Foundry, in this city, where they ean be examined at all times: Mcssrs. Hepburn & Peterson have also a Separator, which is employed for separating the amalgam and quicksilver from the sands after the latter have been thoroughly reduced in the pans. Durrtno the month of Mareb merchandise to the value of $1,026,880 was exported from San Fruneiseo. HEPBURN AND PETERSON’S AMALGAMATOR. Leerurr ox tak Mrsino anp Cnewisrry or MetAus.—Professor Priee will give a lecture ou the above named subject, at Dashaway Ilall,in this eity, on Wednesday evening next. ‘his leeture is the elosing exereise connectel with the Professor’s first elass in mining, which has been holding its sessions at the rooms of the Powell Street High School. Tiekets, fifty eents, to be had of any of the members of the elass.and at the prineipal bookstores. The lecture will be given with direet reference to the bearing whieh the subject has upon practical mining. . We trust it will be but the eommencement ol a series . upon kindred sulyjecis, which may hereafter be given . by the Protessor and others qualitied to instruct in ‘the various depurtments ol mining education. (Wriiten for lhe Mining and Scieniific Vress.] Mental Growth of San Francisco, DY A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR. In pursuanee of the plan heretofore adopted in this series, we pow proceed to a higher grade of facts, or such as we find developed on the intelleetual plane. And here the growth is even more astonishing than that of the merely physieul forces. Going back to first principles, we find the elementary power of all eivil progress in THE PRESS ; And to this great engine of universal intelligenee, let us give our present attention. Tho first paper or periodical of any kind, ever issued on the Paeifieeoast, was The Californian,a weekly newspaper, which first appeared at Monterey, August 15th, 1846. At first,a small portiou of the sheet was printed in Spouish, for the benefit of the natives ; but the Anglo-Saxon power dominated here, as elsowhere, and the English language soou mouopolized the whole sheet. Couimodore Stoekton is said to have originated this paper, though it was published and edited by Messrs. Colton & Semple. That they had formidable difficulties to eontend with, will appear from the faet that the type used was a Spanish font, pieked up in an old eloister, and the paper was sneh as is used for wrapping eigars. As there is no “w" in the Spanish alphabet, two v’s (vy) were used instead, giving a Indierous appearanee to the poor and primitive sheet, only that there is a look of such earnestness in its wan little faee as we eould hardly fee! like laughing at under any cireumstanees. This was the father of California newspapers. Nor should we, like smart Sophomores, ridicule, or in any way make light of the uneomely garb of our paternal relative in the paper line, but rather say to ourselves that the spirit whieh eould achieve this, with sueh a vast disproportion between means and ends, has shown us that there are no bounds to its progress, and no limits to its power. ‘his eapability began to inake itself felt in the very next step. ‘Ihe California Star, the first paper pnblished in San Franeiseo, though 2 small sheet of Tour pages, fifteen inches by twelve of type, exhibits very creditable degree of progress, in manner, matterand arrangeinent. ‘The first number appeared Jannary ith, 1847, being published by Mr. Samnel Brannan, and edited by Dr. E. P. Jones. Both of these papers, having come to a sudden elose by the desertion at onee of patrons and printers, in the overwhelming mania of the gold fever in 1848, remained latent for the space of five mouths. November 16th of that year they were revived, and formally nnited, under the title of the Star and Californian, and from this sprang the Adie California, the first number of whieh app-ared January 4th, 1849. And now, from these small beginnings, what have we? Wight daily papers, twenty-seven weeklies, on, month'y and two tri-weekly papers are issued in this eity. We have also seven monthly periodicals and three annnals. Of these publieations,seven are literary, fonr political or partizan, eight independent, six moral and religious, lour are devoted to agrien. tural and mining interests, one is mereantile, two are medieal and one nautiea}. Vhree are in German, three in French, one in Italian and one in Spanish. Other nationalities have also their organs of representation. The Irish have two papers, the Mexicans two, and the Jews two. Of these publications, those , whieb are devoted to some speetfic object preseut

.\ VOLUME VIIE. NUMBER 15. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1864. Contents: No. 15—Arait 9, 1864.—Ilepburm & Peterson's [Amalgamalor—ilhistrated, Mental Growth of San Francisco; Owens River, Reese River Rnilion: Angustin's Method of Extracting Sliver Yram Le Ores by the Use of Salt; Rock Springs District—Colorade; Mining Gowip; An Act Conoerning Assessments und fAdvertisiny Dello. quent Stocks; M Petite t t—The E y ol Fuel me Hoat, linea anes’ trus-Lighting r DPesulpharizing; Glasgow School of Mines; Mining Share Market; Washoo Stock Sales; Clty Sules; Incorporalions; Whitman Mine; Letter from Austin. HEPBURN & PETERSON'S AMALGAMATOR. The annexed engraving is a representation of Hepburn & Teterson’s Amalgamator. ‘The chief object of the imveators of this amalgamating pan has been to devise some means to obviate the inconyenienees frequently met with in other pans and arising from a tendeney of the sands to pack when in a eertain eonditiou, as it becomes necessary to stop tho running of the machine. Another desirable objeet was the production of a pan which wonld admit of working the sands in a more eompaet state —that is, by the admixture of less wuter, whereby the reduetion is made to progress much more rapidly. These objects Messrs. Hepburn & Peterson elaim to have effeeted,in an importunt degree, by the pe euliar eonstruetion of the bottom of their pan, which, as will be observed by the annexed illustration, is inelined toward the eentre, or shaped like an invert-d eone—tbe dies being + affixed to this eoneshaped & surface and the mullers made “an Enquirer Gnee More; Patent Departinent— liccntion Drs lig Coal by Centrifugal Force; ing thrown into the pan, and the mallers set in motion, their action is such ns to throw that portion of the pulp whieh finds its way between the grinding surfaces to the eireumference, whenee, by gravitation, it deseends to the centre, and thence again beneath the mullers, A constant and active carrent is thus established, Whieh eannot be done by the same niotion when set in operation on a level surface. It will thus be seen that all neeessity for wings or serapers is obviated, which are oftentimes a hindranee to starting the pan after it has becomo packed from stopping, especially when it is charged with coarse sands, but slightly advanced towards a pulpy eonsisteney. There are no conditious, in ordinary working, where this pan may not readily be started without removing or thinning down the pulp, by simply elevating the mullers a trifle by a covenlent set serew. ‘hese pans were first brought out ‘last summer, sinee whieh time they have become quite extensively introduced. They are munch more simple in their eonstruction than most paus in use. They may be seen in operation at the Gould & Curry mill, Silver State Reduetion Works, the Zephyr Flat mill, Pioncer mill, Washoe; also at the Bel dou and Gregory's mill in Esmeralda. The pans ure manufactured at the Vulean Foundry, in this city, where they ean be examined at all times: Mcssrs. Hepburn & Peterson have also a Separator, which is employed for separating the amalgam and quicksilver from the sands after the latter have been thoroughly reduced in the pans. Durrtno the month of Mareb merchandise to the value of $1,026,880 was exported from San Fruneiseo. HEPBURN AND PETERSON’S AMALGAMATOR.

Leerurr ox tak Mrsino anp Cnewisrry or MetAus.—Professor Priee will give a lecture ou the above named subject, at Dashaway Ilall,in this eity, on Wednesday evening next. ‘his leeture is the elosing exereise connectel with the Professor’s first elass in mining, which has been holding its sessions at the rooms of the Powell Street High School. Tiekets, fifty eents, to be had of any of the members of the elass.and at the prineipal bookstores. The lecture will be given with direet reference to the bearing whieh the subject has upon practical mining. . We trust it will be but the eommencement ol a series . upon kindred sulyjecis, which may hereafter be given . by the Protessor and others qualitied to instruct in ‘the various depurtments ol mining education. (Wriiten for lhe Mining and Scieniific Vress.] Mental Growth of San Francisco, DY A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR. In pursuanee of the plan heretofore adopted in this series, we pow proceed to a higher grade of facts, or such as we find developed on the intelleetual plane. And here the growth is even more astonishing than that of the merely physieul forces. Going back to first principles, we find the elementary power of all eivil progress in THE PRESS ; And to this great engine of universal intelligenee, let us give our present attention. Tho first paper or periodical of any kind, ever issued on the Paeifieeoast, was The Californian,a weekly newspaper, which first appeared at Monterey, August 15th, 1846. At first,a small portiou of the sheet was printed in Spouish, for the benefit of the natives ; but the Anglo-Saxon power dominated here, as elsowhere, and the English language soou mouopolized the whole sheet. Couimodore Stoekton is said to have originated this paper, though it was published and edited by Messrs. Colton & Semple. That they had formidable difficulties to eontend with, will appear from the faet that the type used was a Spanish font, pieked up in an old eloister, and the paper was sneh as is used for wrapping eigars. As there is no “w" in the Spanish alphabet, two v’s (vy) were used instead, giving a Indierous appearanee to the poor and primitive sheet, only that there is a look of such earnestness in its wan little faee as we eould hardly fee! like laughing at under any cireumstanees. This was the father of California newspapers. Nor should we, like smart Sophomores, ridicule, or in any way make light of the uneomely garb of our paternal relative in the paper line, but rather say to ourselves that the spirit whieh eould achieve this, with sueh a vast disproportion between means and ends, has shown us that there are no bounds to its progress, and no limits to its power. ‘his eapability began to inake itself felt in the very next step. ‘Ihe California Star, the first paper pnblished in San Franeiseo, though 2 small sheet of Tour pages, fifteen inches by twelve of type, exhibits very creditable degree of progress, in manner, matterand arrangeinent. ‘The first number appeared Jannary ith, 1847, being published by Mr. Samnel Brannan, and edited by Dr. E. P. Jones. Both of these papers, having come to a sudden elose by the desertion at onee of patrons and printers, in the overwhelming mania of the gold fever in 1848, remained latent for the space of five mouths. November 16th of that year they were revived, and formally nnited, under the title of the Star and Californian, and from this sprang the Adie California, the first number of whieh app-ared January 4th, 1849. And now, from these small beginnings, what have we? Wight daily papers, twenty-seven weeklies, on, month'y and two tri-weekly papers are issued in this eity. We have also seven monthly periodicals and three annnals. Of these publieations,seven are literary, fonr political or partizan, eight independent, six moral and religious, lour are devoted to agrien. tural and mining interests, one is mereantile, two are medieal and one nautiea}. Vhree are in German, three in French, one in Italian and one in Spanish. Other nationalities have also their organs of representation. The Irish have two papers, the Mexicans two, and the Jews two. Of these publications, those , whieb are devoted to some speetfic object preseut