Volume 08 (1864) (474 pages)

4 The Mining and Scientific Press. Communications. (Written for the Mining and Scientltic Press.] Mining and Metallurgical Journals. Notice of the Principal Periodicals Devoted to Mining and Metallargy Published Throughont the World. The interests of the miner and metallurgist are thoroughly cared for by all, European governments, and everything eonnected with these departments of practical seienee, in most of the states of the Continent, is carefully watched over by men of long experienee and extinsive aequirements; tberefore nearly all these States publish official or government mining journals, or periodicals devoted to tbis braneh and subjects allied with it. The Annales des Mines is the most important mining periodieal iu the world. It is the organ of the Imperial Corps of Mines and of Roads and Bridges, and is published at Paris, in six octavo numhers per year, making two stout volumes, filled with original eontribations on all subjects econneeted with mining and metallurgy ; together with a good deal of matter relating to steam engines, loeomotives and railroads. Tbese papers are almost always from the pens of regularly edueated mining engineers ; they are not intended to be popular, but are rather for the use of those who have reeeiyed a thorough mathematical and seientifie training. The Annales des Mines has been in regular course of puhlieation for more than fifty years, and the series is hy far the most important book a mining eugineer ean have in his library. There is also a more popular mining periodical published in Paris, called the Journal des Mines, which was estahlished by private parties and whieh contains reports of sales of mining stoeks and other particulars of a more purely commercial and less seientifie charaeter. The Revue Universelle des Mines, publisbed every two months at Liege, and edited by De. Cuyper, an eminent mining engineer, is the organ of the mining interests of that hussy little kingdom, Belgium ; it has many valuahle artieles on mining and metallurgy. Several of the German States support one or moro periodicals devoted to mining. The Zeitschrift fur das Berg Huiten und Salinenwesen is the Prussian offieial mining journal ; it is published quarterly, in quarto form, at Berlin, and bag been established for about ten years. It is partieularly devoted to the interests of Prussian inining and smeltiug, and has the fullest and completest statisties of these branehes as developed in that country, witb elaborate papers on the improvements in mining machinery and smelting processes, which have heen introdueed into the mines and furnaees, and critical notices of all works published in other countries on these suhjeets. For the last two years it. has heen accompanied by a supplement, giving full deseription and working drawings of the most important new Prussian miuing and smelting establishments. Both of these publieatious are official, and of course thoronghly reliablo and eomplete in everything eonnected with mining in the Prussian Kingdom. The organ of the Saxon Government mining interests is a yearly oetayo publication ealled the * Jahrbuch fur den Berg and Hutlenmann,” in which the most minute statisties are of all the Government mines and furnaees. But the priucipal Saxon mining publication is the well known “Berg und Iuttenmannische Zeitung,” publisbed weekly in quarto form at Freiherg and Leipzig. It is edited hy Bornemann & Kerl, the last named of whom is 2 Professor in the Mining Sehool of Clausthal, and who iswell known by his exeellent work on Metallorgy. This periodieal contains many valuable articles on the Mines of all parts of the world, most of which are written hy former pupils of the Froiberg Mining Sehool; it has heen in eonrse of puhlication for the last twenty-ono years. Tho “ Berggeist” is a sroall but valuable mining paper. published twiee a week, in sinall quarto form, at Cologne. It is especially devoted to the mining interests of Rhenisb Prossia. There is alsoa weekly mining paper published at Vienna, ealled the “ Oesterreichische Zeitschrift fur Berg-und Huttenwesen ;” this is partieularly devoted to the development of the very important niining interests of the Austrian Empire. A yearly publieation at Vienna, with text in quarto and folio plates, edited by a high mining offieial and ealled “ Brfahiungen berg im und huitenmannischen Maschinen, Bau und aufbereitungswesen,” giving the results ofall trials of new miuing, smelting and ore dressing machinery made uuder the superintendence of the Austrian Governnent, with full working drawings of the same. It is an admirable publication, since Austria is an important mining State, and one—in whieh many new processes have heeu thoroughly examiued and yaluable results ohtaiued. There is also a quarterly journal published at Bonn and devoted exclusively to miuing law, it is ealled the “Zetischrift fur Bergrecht.” The numher of journals and periodicals devoted to mining, whieh are publisked iu the English language is bnt small. The “Mining Journal,” a large folio, published at London, contains some valuahle matter, especially of a eommereial charaeter ; but has little seientifie value. Is is especially intended for those who buy and sell English mining stocks and as a register of the immense transactions whieli are carried on in that greatest of all mining countries, The want whieh has been so long felt in Great Britain of a more thorough mining periodical has heen lately to a considerable extent supplied hy the “Mining and Smelting Magazine” published monthly at London, in oetavo form. ‘This magazine was eommenced in 1862, and has thus far been well sustained. 3 The British goyerument publishes yearly the complete statistics of the mines aud fnruaees, as colleeted and arranged by Mr. Hunt, Keeper of Mining Records. Singular as it may seem, it is ouly within a few years that this has been done : before Mr. Hunt took up this departmeut, our knowledge of the yield of the mines in England was exeeedingly imperfeet. Several periodieals devoted to mining and metallurgy have been started in the United States; but there is not one now puhlished, except the Afining and Scientifie Press of San Francisco. The Mining Magazine, published at New York, first as a monthly and afterwards as a quarterly, died a lingering death some two years ago. San Franciseo is eertainly, if any where on this continent, the place where a mining periodical should be well supported; for nowhere are the mining interests greater, in proportion to the wealth of the community than here. And furthermore, there should be here a lihrary, where complete sets of all the mining periodieals published throughont the world should he accessible to the public ; for miners and smelters are too much in the dark as to what is doing in these departments in otber countries. J.D. We A TRIP TO THE MINES. We left San Franciseo at 40’eloek -p u. for Stockton, in one of the densest fogs that ever eaveloped the Bay, hut Capt. Conklin eau navigate the Comelia between the Two Brothers in fogand night “as dark as Erebus,” and not tread ou their coat tails. We arrived at Stoekton at 1014 a. .m the next morning. All of the stages had left and we must wait two days before proceeding on our journey. After dining from an original bill of fare at the Wehber House, kept by Messrs. Dillon & Gross, we took a survey of tbe town from the top of the Conrt House, which is much higber than the Jail or Gallows. Stoekton appears like a vast earpet, of some grand design spread ont nearly as far as the eye can 1eaeh, with its old oaks fixed almost as regularly as an orehardist would plant his appletrees. It must be very beaatifal in early summer, but the frosts have now given it a sombre and brown appearanee. GLOBE FOUNDRY. This Foundry and Machine Shop is owned hy Messrs. Briggs & Keep. They employ ahout twentyfive bands, and all kinds of mill and mining maehinery are built hy them in a very thorough and substantial manner. ‘They are now engazed upon and have nearly eompleted a Quartz Mill and hoisting maehinery for the Spring Valley Gold Mining Company, Calaveras Cuunty. This mill, when finished, will reeommend itself. The proprietors think that they ean makea saving of freight from this city to Stockton for all of their patrons. OVER THE PLAINS. Up at 5 o’clock in the moruing, earry your hageage to the Stage Office, take your seat, when craek goes the driver’s whip and off we go ; but stop! We have one more passenger, only one, whieh proves to be a womau with two ehildren; children must have room, and rooin is found, when ou wego. In four miles we stop to water the horses aud take an iuventory ; find niue Men, one woman, two small children, one bottle of Squarza’s eoffee puneh and one small dog. Breakfast at the I'welve Mile House ; fresb horses areadded and on we go again. Nothing now preseuts itself to the eye of the traveler but vast pampas or plains, with here and there a few emaciated eattle, lazily and feehly crawling along, while clamoroug crows are perelied upon some neighhoring bough a3 if ealling to them to give it up and die, and lazily soaring in mid air are turkey buzzards awaiting too surely for their expeetant prey. Ought not this great evil of leaving cattle upon the plaius to die, and so near civilization, to be remedied. LAST CILANGE. This was anewly huilt house, out on the Plains, with a sign over the door with the words “Last Chanee” upon it. What could it mean? Were we in danger? or wasit the last chance to drink, eat, smoke or sleep? Oh no; out comes the proprietor, a man standing six feet in his stockings, good looking and about forty years old. He tells the driver that he wants a housekeeper; noue of your eity hells, who peramhulate Montgomery street, smelling of perfome and insolenee, but one who ean wash, bake, iron, tend har and feed the ehiekens; one who will sing whenthe old tea kettle is humming on the stove. This, then, aceounted for the sigu—the “Last Cbance” to get marricd! he drivermado an arrangement with him to call when he should return and take his order. Farther on we came to oak openings, near the Stanislaus river. Swine ahound here, feeding upon the mast whieh falls from the oaks (and piggy here has the advantage over the poor eattle ; but besido almost every porker stands a jackdaw, like some solitary sentinel in white shoulder straps. Whether 'tis his evil genius still urging him to cast himself into the sea, or whether to remind him of this bold, brave deed onee eommitted, I know not, hut pigsy roots on, intent upon mast and seemingly uneoneerued as to whether his companion is heast or angel, bird or devil. HORNITOS, Or place of many ovens, is huilt in the form of a bollow square ; its publie buildings are not large, but very numerous. In the eenter of the square stands the town pump; but the water is not drawn often enough to free it from the rust of iron which comes up from the pnmp. Here are found all elasses—the firey Southeruer and the cool New Englander, gentlemen from England and Ireland, the Asiatic and the Mougolian, the Mexiean and his Senora. HORNITCS MILL. Nestling inthe snnlight, in a beautifal valley, abont one and a half miles from the village, is the new mill, built by the Hornitos Mining Company. The main buildiug is 48 by 52 feet. The engine isa 14ineh eyliuder and 30-ineh stroke, and is 60-horse power. The boiler is 24 feet long, with five &-inch flues. The et

4 The Mining and Scientific Press. Communications. (Written for the Mining and Scientltic Press.] Mining and Metallurgical Journals. Notice of the Principal Periodicals Devoted to Mining and Metallargy Published Throughont the World. The interests of the miner and metallurgist are thoroughly cared for by all, European governments, and everything eonnected with these departments of practical seienee, in most of the states of the Continent, is carefully watched over by men of long experienee and extinsive aequirements; tberefore nearly all these States publish official or government mining journals, or periodicals devoted to tbis braneh and subjects allied with it. The Annales des Mines is the most important mining periodieal iu the world. It is the organ of the Imperial Corps of Mines and of Roads and Bridges, and is published at Paris, in six octavo numhers per year, making two stout volumes, filled with original eontribations on all subjects econneeted with mining and metallurgy ; together with a good deal of matter relating to steam engines, loeomotives and railroads. Tbese papers are almost always from the pens of regularly edueated mining engineers ; they are not intended to be popular, but are rather for the use of those who have reeeiyed a thorough mathematical and seientifie training. The Annales des Mines has been in regular course of puhlieation for more than fifty years, and the series is hy far the most important book a mining eugineer ean have in his library. There is also a more popular mining periodical published in Paris, called the Journal des Mines, which was estahlished by private parties and whieh contains reports of sales of mining stoeks and other particulars of a more purely commercial and less seientifie charaeter. The Revue Universelle des Mines, publisbed every two months at Liege, and edited by De. Cuyper, an eminent mining engineer, is the organ of the mining interests of that hussy little kingdom, Belgium ; it has many valuahle artieles on mining and metallurgy. Several of the German States support one or moro periodicals devoted to mining. The Zeitschrift fur das Berg Huiten und Salinenwesen is the Prussian offieial mining journal ; it is published quarterly, in quarto form, at Berlin, and bag been established for about ten years. It is partieularly devoted to the interests of Prussian inining and smeltiug, and has the fullest and completest statisties of these branehes as developed in that country, witb elaborate papers on the improvements in mining machinery and smelting processes, which have heen introdueed into the mines and furnaees, and critical notices of all works published in other countries on these suhjeets. For the last two years it. has heen accompanied by a supplement, giving full deseription and working drawings of the most important new Prussian miuing and smelting establishments. Both of these publieatious are official, and of course thoronghly reliablo and eomplete in everything eonnected with mining in the Prussian Kingdom. The organ of the Saxon Government mining interests is a yearly oetayo publication ealled the * Jahrbuch fur den Berg and Hutlenmann,” in which the most minute statisties are of all the Government mines and furnaees. But the priucipal Saxon mining publication is the well known “Berg und Iuttenmannische Zeitung,” publisbed weekly in quarto form at Freiherg and Leipzig. It is edited hy Bornemann & Kerl, the last named of whom is 2 Professor in the Mining Sehool of Clausthal, and who iswell known by his exeellent work on Metallorgy. This periodieal contains many valuable articles on the Mines of all parts of the world, most of which are written hy former pupils of the Froiberg Mining Sehool; it has heen in eonrse of puhlication for the last twenty-ono years. Tho “ Berggeist” is a sroall but valuable mining paper. published twiee a week, in sinall quarto form, at Cologne. It is especially devoted to the mining interests of Rhenisb Prossia. There is alsoa weekly mining paper published at Vienna, ealled the “ Oesterreichische Zeitschrift fur Berg-und Huttenwesen ;” this is partieularly devoted to the development of the very important niining interests of the Austrian Empire. A yearly publieation at Vienna, with text in quarto and folio plates, edited by a high mining offieial and ealled “ Brfahiungen berg im und huitenmannischen Maschinen, Bau und aufbereitungswesen,” giving the results ofall trials of new miuing, smelting and ore dressing machinery made uuder the superintendence of the Austrian Governnent, with full working drawings of the same. It is an admirable publication, since Austria is an important mining State, and one—in whieh many new processes have heeu thoroughly examiued and yaluable results ohtaiued. There is also a quarterly journal published at Bonn and devoted exclusively to miuing law, it is ealled the “Zetischrift fur Bergrecht.” The numher of journals and periodicals devoted to mining, whieh are publisked iu the English language is bnt small. The “Mining Journal,” a large folio, published at London, contains some valuahle matter, especially of a eommereial charaeter ; but has little seientifie value. Is is especially intended for those who buy and sell English mining stocks and as a register of the immense transactions whieli are carried on in that greatest of all mining countries, The want whieh has been so long felt in Great Britain of a more thorough mining periodical has heen lately to a considerable extent supplied hy the “Mining and Smelting Magazine” published monthly at London, in oetavo form. ‘This magazine was eommenced in 1862, and has thus far been well sustained. 3 The British goyerument publishes yearly the complete statistics of the mines aud fnruaees, as colleeted and arranged by Mr. Hunt, Keeper of Mining Records. Singular as it may seem, it is ouly within a few years that this has been done : before Mr. Hunt took up this departmeut, our knowledge of the yield of the mines in England was exeeedingly imperfeet. Several periodieals devoted to mining and metallurgy have been started in the United States; but

there is not one now puhlished, except the Afining and Scientifie Press of San Francisco. The Mining Magazine, published at New York, first as a monthly and afterwards as a quarterly, died a lingering death some two years ago. San Franciseo is eertainly, if any where on this continent, the place where a mining periodical should be well supported; for nowhere are the mining interests greater, in proportion to the wealth of the community than here. And furthermore, there should be here a lihrary, where complete sets of all the mining periodieals published throughont the world should he accessible to the public ; for miners and smelters are too much in the dark as to what is doing in these departments in otber countries. J.D. We A TRIP TO THE MINES. We left San Franciseo at 40’eloek -p u. for Stockton, in one of the densest fogs that ever eaveloped the Bay, hut Capt. Conklin eau navigate the Comelia between the Two Brothers in fogand night “as dark as Erebus,” and not tread ou their coat tails. We arrived at Stoekton at 1014 a. .m the next morning. All of the stages had left and we must wait two days before proceeding on our journey. After dining from an original bill of fare at the Wehber House, kept by Messrs. Dillon & Gross, we took a survey of tbe town from the top of the Conrt House, which is much higber than the Jail or Gallows. Stoekton appears like a vast earpet, of some grand design spread ont nearly as far as the eye can 1eaeh, with its old oaks fixed almost as regularly as an orehardist would plant his appletrees. It must be very beaatifal in early summer, but the frosts have now given it a sombre and brown appearanee. GLOBE FOUNDRY. This Foundry and Machine Shop is owned hy Messrs. Briggs & Keep. They employ ahout twentyfive bands, and all kinds of mill and mining maehinery are built hy them in a very thorough and substantial manner. ‘They are now engazed upon and have nearly eompleted a Quartz Mill and hoisting maehinery for the Spring Valley Gold Mining Company, Calaveras Cuunty. This mill, when finished, will reeommend itself. The proprietors think that they ean makea saving of freight from this city to Stockton for all of their patrons. OVER THE PLAINS. Up at 5 o’clock in the moruing, earry your hageage to the Stage Office, take your seat, when craek goes the driver’s whip and off we go ; but stop! We have one more passenger, only one, whieh proves to be a womau with two ehildren; children must have room, and rooin is found, when ou wego. In four miles we stop to water the horses aud take an iuventory ; find niue Men, one woman, two small children, one bottle of Squarza’s eoffee puneh and one small dog. Breakfast at the I'welve Mile House ; fresb horses areadded and on we go again. Nothing now preseuts itself to the eye of the traveler but vast pampas or plains, with here and there a few emaciated eattle, lazily and feehly crawling along, while clamoroug crows are perelied upon some neighhoring bough a3 if ealling to them to give it up and die, and lazily soaring in mid air are turkey buzzards awaiting too surely for their expeetant prey. Ought not this great evil of leaving cattle upon the plaius to die, and so near civilization, to be remedied. LAST CILANGE. This was anewly huilt house, out on the Plains, with a sign over the door with the words “Last Chanee” upon it. What could it mean? Were we in danger? or wasit the last chance to drink, eat, smoke or sleep? Oh no; out comes the proprietor, a man standing six feet in his stockings, good looking and about forty years old. He tells the driver that he wants a housekeeper; noue of your eity hells, who peramhulate Montgomery street, smelling of perfome and insolenee, but one who ean wash, bake, iron, tend har and feed the ehiekens; one who will sing whenthe old tea kettle is humming on the stove. This, then, aceounted for the sigu—the “Last Cbance” to get marricd! he drivermado an arrangement with him to call when he should return and take his order. Farther on we came to oak openings, near the Stanislaus river. Swine ahound here, feeding upon the mast whieh falls from the oaks (and piggy here has the advantage over the poor eattle ; but besido almost every porker stands a jackdaw, like some solitary sentinel in white shoulder straps. Whether 'tis his evil genius still urging him to cast himself into the sea, or whether to remind him of this bold, brave deed onee eommitted, I know not, hut pigsy roots on, intent upon mast and seemingly uneoneerued as to whether his companion is heast or angel, bird or devil. HORNITOS, Or place of many ovens, is huilt in the form of a bollow square ; its publie buildings are not large, but very numerous. In the eenter of the square stands the town pump; but the water is not drawn often enough to free it from the rust of iron which comes up from the pnmp. Here are found all elasses—the firey Southeruer and the cool New Englander, gentlemen from England and Ireland, the Asiatic and the Mougolian, the Mexiean and his Senora. HORNITCS MILL. Nestling inthe snnlight, in a beautifal valley, abont one and a half miles from the village, is the new mill, built by the Hornitos Mining Company. The main buildiug is 48 by 52 feet. The engine isa 14ineh eyliuder and 30-ineh stroke, and is 60-horse power. The boiler is 24 feet long, with five &-inch flues. The et