Volume 11 (1865) (424 pages)

The RBiining and Scientific Lress, 233 Sur {x.—Several workmen employed in a drift in the Latrube tannel, at Virginia City, were completely slint in from their regulur exit, a few days since, bya cave. J*ortauately for the minera, however, they were enabled to find their way to the surfaee by auother route, and came up through the shaft of the Central mine. ‘The grouad about the Comstoek lead is 80 completely honeyeombed with shafts and . drifts that it ia almost impossible for a person to get completely shut oat from exit to the sarface. = Cauirorsia Coat, O1r.— Two hundred barrels of con! oil were received on ‘Tuesduy last by Capt. Harrison, of this city, from San Buenaventura. ‘The Lexington Well Co. bear San Jose, shipped last week 120 gallons to New York, to show in that murket tho snperior character of our California oil—they also shipped another hundred this week. Ma-/ chinery for boring wells is constantly being . sent out froin this city in all directions. 7. Sweer axp Sour.—Mr. Garvit had on oxhibition at the eoauty fair, npples whieh were Bweet on one side nnd sour on the other. We do not renrember to have ever heard of such a thing before. Gurvitis a fruit wizard, and wo shvuld not be surprised to hear that he liad produeed something combininy the.qualities of a dozen or two different species of frait.—Afountain Democrat. Take a fruit bad froma soar apple tree and another from a sweet apple tree, eat them in halves, join the hulf of the sour to the half of sweet, and “bud” as uasnal. If carefally mauipnlated will it not grow ; and if so what would be the charaeter of the fruit ? To Mixes Ownxers.—A gentlemaa who has had muck experience as a mining superintendent is desirous of securing a position as sach in this State or Nevada. See advertisement in another column. Mamoru Forxaez.—At the Dundyvan iron works, in Wales,an eliptieal blast furnace has been ereeted, twenty by twelve feet in diameter and sixty feet higb, which is said to give extraordinary results. SSS ee Srerm oil rose from $2 to $2 50 per gallon, in Boston on reccipt of intelligence of tbe late piratieal acts of the Shenaudoah in the Arctic Sea. } den Quickallver Mine, In tlils State. Traveling Agent. Ma. Rongnt Larrixonr k now on a canvaedag tour for the Panes ¢liroush Butte, Colust, Telisina, Shasta, aml Sisklyou cauntles, and we recommend hiut ta the faverable coastderation of our Cricnds, To Mining Companies. GENTLEMAN OF MUCH EXPERIENCE AS A MIN. hig Supe endent. In Bngtand, Sraln, and on tho I'ae eile coast, spd one hithhaily a ay with every stoparimenit of miaimg, avd with nearly very clas of miner. al, Isdestroas of sectirlag a posit As Fuperintendent of some tulning operation la Callfurmlaor Nevwla, Tire appllcant was tur four yenes Superlatendcarof the New Alma: The best of referouce Myiiee glveion application at this olfice, San Fracleco, Uct. 12, 1865, CHARLES BERNARD, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER UN Family Chartres Coffee, AND SPICES OF ALL KINDS, No. 707 Sanzome elrect, cor. Gould, bet. Jackson & Pacifte. Kirst Premium Awarded RY TMWE MECHANICS! INSTITUTE, FOR BEST COFFEE AND SPICES. The propriotor having latroduced steam power In his Manufactory, hay now fnercased Taellitles lo supply tho trade and tho public In general. All articles froin his establislinient are guaranteed to be pure an] unadultorated. The publio are respectfully invited to call and cenyirco ih eset eee Couutry orders preinptiy attended ta. VET-3ro Dissolution of Partnership. OTICE 18 NEREBY GIVEN, THAT THR PARTNER ship heretolyre existing between the unleralgned, uader tho name and slyle of Fisk & Barher, and dolng buslacess as Oroccrs, Is Ihis day ilssolved hy mutnal consent, The business will hercatt'r be conducted by Fisk & Brown at the oll place, 814 Howerd street. The busincss of the old firm will be sellled by Fisk & Browa. Rates of Advertising —-IN THR —— MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. Miniog Advertisements. Notices af Meetings, per squarg, Notices of Moctlogs, per syuar Assossinvut Noilevs, of ardlnary length, t Assessment Notlees, of Toro thai Usuntl length, 1 each addiiional square.. Delinquent Sales, per square, two W Delinnucnt Sales, per square, three weeks. Fosiponemenis, per apne, ond Week. ..64 Blips of Advertlavmenuta, printed Cor meothigs ur asscs: menis, per hutnlred Advertlalng blanks and circulars. Miscellancous Advertisements, One week, per square. One month, per mynare, One quatler months), per square < Advertlscicnts of great length, or of special character, luseried by cotitract ou tho mos] favorable terms. BQ Ten lines of solid adcertiving type constitutes a pquare.20 o metstsis Grom SSE E53 a Terms of Subscription, Tuk Mixtxe ann Screntinie I'kess js published every Sat: urday morning tenutalnlug sixteen pages—size of Harper's Iterkly) at the tullowlng rales: One copy, one year, by mail, In advance. vee oe $5 00 One copy, slx mami, by mall, In advance 300 Qne copy, oue year, bY Ex preas. 6 One copy, elx mouths, by express 3 ¥lve coples, one year, by mail, In adyvanco. 20 WwW By ehiy ecarrlers, per mouth Slagle cnples Saree cn ee : 12h¢ Monthly Serles (or parts), cenlaluing 4 Nos, 50 Monthly Serles, coutalning 5 Nos.. ++. 6235 Tne Cincuration of the I'nrss, alrealy extensive, is rupldly Increasing, and subtantlal mea who ean proflt by widely disseminatnig luformation of thelr liusiness amongst tho Most Intelligent, Iniucutlal and Indusirh classes ot tbe Tacifie Stats and Terrltorles will fiud no more effectual or economleal medium for advertising VEY & CO., Proprictors, Patent Agency and Job Printing Office, 505 Cluy sireel, Sav Franclaco. July t 1365 Just and True Economy IN MINING ADVERTISING. The Propriclors ot the Minine anp Scien7iFio Press wonld eall tho capeclai atlentlon of Mininc Skcerrranixs, TnusvEE J. M. FISK. CllAS. J. BARBER. San Francisco, Sopt. 80, 1865. VSvll-4t Worth’s Telograph Reel. Messas. Dewny & Co,—Denr Stra: I seo a notice In your paper In regard to my Paper Keel, eld lfenry MeOann. All J have to say Is, if Thad Invented such a Recl as his, in 1862 or 1863, anil had not Improved It more than he haa, 1/ wonhl fey my name to tysclf, and not let the publlo know who [ was. Its notleo puts me In mind of Shakspeare's play of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.” My Reel ls entirely ditferenl from hls, and is cousidered, hy operalors . who are judges of such tlilngs, to be tho best; and as for . the cord, 1 could rlg one to my Reel Ibat would rua week, but It is not neccessary. For the beat Papor Reels. address lévlitf » WW. ORTH, Sonoma. Or, WM. LUNDBERG, San Fraaelsco. LIiIcCK HOUSE, Corner of BYontgomery and Sntter atrects, SAN FEANCISCO, §. ALSTROM AND G. S. JOHNSON, Prop’rs. Thie elegant and dl Tote! la al on tho pene romenade street of San Franelseo. The Lick ouse Is finished and furnished with a degree of beauty and excellence unsarpasscd, combining all tho modern ap plications aad arrangements of a FIRST €LASS HOTEL, thus offerlug superior Inducements to the traveling pnbdlie. The propriclors assare thelr patrons that the Lick House aball not be exeelled In any of lls appolutments, or In polite Se euARICe or attention to all the comforts of Its guests. yy. HUNTER’S PIREALIUM CONCENTRATOR, AMALGAMATOR AND SEPARATOR, Awarded a Silver aera at the late Mechanic» alr. * UNTER'S CONCENTRATOR GAN BE SEEV 1N OPERatlon daily at the Novelty Iron Works, Fremont street, Partles wishing to purchase Coucentrators will find It to thelr advantage to exainine the above machine betoro purchasing else where, for the following reasons: Int. lt will work the sands from a 4-stamp battery, and save from W to ab ee ecnt. inore sulphurets than any machine built on the Pacific coast. 2d. The Sulphurets are washed clean, containing less than ten por ceat. of said. 3d. Tho wasie free gold and amalgam Is amalgamated on the copper plates: no trace wf sround mereury and scarcely @ trace of metal parce otf with the sand, 4h. ItssImplicivy li a sufticlent recommendallon for Its eneral use asa Concentrator. The varlation of speed Ina Suarta Mili does not effect tbe working of tho Machine. hesame was demonstrated at the late Mechanics’ Fair, when wiih the greatest regularley of speod tbe best of results were given. 6th. Thera Js no elogsing or stopping to clean out the sn)phirets and sand; consequently no waste from any inattenton on the part of the artendant. 6h. In exliblting the working of the machine (It fs not run empty), oll classes of ores and talllags, from 50 pounds aad nawards. are concenirated that partios may see fit to test the machino with. 2 Glve It a trial, and satisfaction Is guaranteed. All orders and any informallon required, address, A NDREW HUNTER, Novelty lrou Works, Fremont _st., San Franelseo, 15¥11-3m. Or to E. T. STEEN, Agent. HENDY'S IMPROVED BLOW-PIPE. This Convenient Helpmeet — Te THE — ASSAYER, CHEMIST, DENTIST, JEWELLER, PROSPECTOR AND MILLMAN, Can nnw he procured, at the Patentec's price, by sending your orders, by mai] or otherwise, to the Office of the Mialng and Sclentific Preas, This articlo was moro fully mentioned in the Press of April 15th, 1865. Siuce tbat time, howevor, Mr. Hendy has made a further improvemeat hy attachiag a rubher hose betweea the mouth-pices and tho pipe, enabling tbo hlower to change his position without disturhing the direction or censtaut accuracy of the curreat on tho object upoa which ity ig turard. The maia portioa of the blow-pipe is made with a jolnt, at which a yalve Is placed, which is opeacd when the operator hlows and closed immediately when heceasea. By this arrangemoat tho little bag or hindder is readily filled at n single breath, and witb vory little oxertion. When so filled, a contiuous current of air is forced trom tbe nozzle of the pipe hy the mere contractive foree of the gutta percba. This force Ia uniform until the air is very aeurly exhaused. Tho eurrent may be easily varied or enurely cut off hy gently pressiag the fiagers upon tho nock of the bladder abovo tho nipple to which 11 is atuachest. Farle, COMPLE. se secccesecnsccen seers s BHS.OO. Cat. AND EXAMINE SAMPLTS. Seat by mail, if desired, Address DEWEY & co., No 505 Olay street, San Francisco . 16v10.te . hour of 12 . expenses of sale. MINING BLANKS For Sale AT THY GFFICE OF THE MINING AND SCIENTIFIO PRESS, No. 505 Ciay Street, corner of 8 a and Suarrnotars, toa few substantial reasous for the pubHeatlon of Mlning Nollees In thelr jouraul—the first aad oaly important newspaper of Its class published upon this coast. 1st. Tho Press enjoys a large and permanent subseription list, haylug a moro unlversal circulation among sharchold ers and inet luthnately connected with mining Intercsts than any other publication. . 2d. Under the present law Ihe publication of all mining notlees on Saturday, In a weekly journal, complies as fully with the statutes as a dally publication. It is Benerally Tound to be Gals as convenient for sccretarles,and deeldedly preferable to stockholders wh» hayo not thme to exaiaIne throughout every Issue of a dally. 3d. Economy Inimining should always bo looked npon with favor, and the cost for weekly advertising In tbe Press 1g less by ONE nar Ihan the ratesof any other journal In this clty possesslug a respeetuble elreulation. 4th, The publishers of the Press, making the mining intereat thelr especial caro, tako particulur palns to assist In the avoldance of errors in advertising. Our print ls also more elear and perfect thanean beexpected insueh papers as are hurriedly Issued from eylinder presses. Sth. Our “Sharcholders’ Dircetory" forms a complete Index of all inhilng notlees publishod in San Franeisco, by ref: erence to which sharcholders can at onee see If thelr company Is advertised. and determine whether tbe saimo Is inserted In the Press or some other paper. 6h, Many copies of the Press are bound by prominent pr men, a seerelarles, brokers, sbarefolders and others, as an im: d ortant record for futuro reference, thereby readerlnug adyertlslng, of every class, in its columns, of pecullar and permanent valuc, 7ih. The benefit of haying all mming notlees consolidated “Inone newspaper, lor the common conyenlence of shareholders, seeretarics, and olhers who haye occasion to refer to the same, Isohylous. With thls view we have established our rates at only fair, llving prices, belleving that a journa) liko ours, antrammeicd by party, ereed, or prejudice, 1s the only medlum which ean reasonably ask for such a consolldation of mining batronare. Sth. dverti: in the of the Press, after thelr firat inserlion, are arranged alphahelically. Our prow ent Ilst ls equated only In one Instance by Ihat of any other journal. Sharebolders, as wellns strangers, Naturally turn thelr attention to a mining journal tor informatloncoacerns {ng the mines and mining matters. Last, sur Nor LEast.—Our sheot (haying been recently enfarged to the sizeof Harpers’ Weekly) ls now only cqualled Blanks for Minlag Compauies, Secretaries, Sharcholderand olhers, always on hand, or printed to order, at our of fice. Among others are those of the followlag forms; * Sharcholder’s Proxy, Know all men hy these prescats, that I,... do hereby const/tulo and appoint .... my atlorney aad agent, for mo andia my aame, ta vote as my proxy, ata meoting of tho ... Minlog Company, to he held . .-.-066+18M , according to tho aumber of votes that I should he entitled to cast wero I there porsonally present. In witoess whereof Ihavo this day hereunto set my haad and seal, tetceese cence eeeves oo [SCA] Dated coccscccseccesss 186 Aasesament Notice. . Company Notlee ia hereby glyen, that al a meeting of the Roard of Trustees of sald Company, held on the .th day of .. me 186 , an Assessment Of .cccesceeeee .per sharo was levle: upon the Gapilal Stock of sald Company, payable on the «th day of , In United States gold and silver eoin to the Seeretary. Any stock upen which sald Assessment shail remaln nrpald on Saturday, the .1b day of ..ceseens 1186 , wil be advertised on that day os delinquenl, and unless payment shall he made before, will bo sold on .2,.--+., tho .th day OG. , 186 , to pay the dellnquent Assessment, to gether wlth the costs of advertising and expenses of the sale. By order of the Board of Trustces. : seeeeesSecretary. OMe. .seecresees Eeawees Norice.—There are dellaquent, upon tlie following deserlbed Stock, on aceount of assessment levied en the .th day of . 186 , the several amounts set opposito tho names of thores ectlve shareholders as follows, to wlt : Namos, No. Certifiente. No.Shares. Amonnt, Theophilur ‘Thistle . . B 14 3140 00 Peter Pipe reer £3 30 00 And In accordance with law and an orderof the Board of Trustees, mado onthe .th day of .. .. , 186 , so many shares of each parcel of sald stock as mny be necessary, wlll be sold at the..sccccccserersarsece sees or eereneeoees Renoroten 1 ON .e--ee the .th day of. «+, 186, atthe o'clock M. of sald day, topay sald delinquent as. sessment thereon, together with costa of advertising and --. Secrotary. Office. agar Ou te Turnished with blank Assessment Sule notices free of charse. Orders from the interior omptly filled, by mail or expross, as may be desired. . nitsd by one. Falnlog fener In existence—tho London Mining Journal, Published in lhis, Ihe greatest mining field of tho world, we desire thatthe Press shall have no auperlor, We ean only realize our cherished object of buildlng uparcliahle advocate of tho science and business of nilning. which wlll bo of just honor and profit to our com: munity, by experlence and liberal! patrounge. The bestowal of such favors only as naturally bejong tu us, and which Itis elearly for the beuetit of the Tulning paternity to extend, Is all that is requisite, aad we are d we shallreccive it DEWEY & Co., Ofice Minlag and Sclentific Pross. 4vil QUARTZ OPERATOR'S . HAND BOOK. A Book for Every fatelliigeat Prospector, Sunreholder, Miner nad Machinist, ZENAS WHEELER AND P. MN. RANDALL, Authors and Publishers. Bowunn 1x CyotH—li4 Paces, Dvoarciue. {se Quartz OpRRaToR's Hann Boor is preseatod to the public as a carefully prepared epitome of all that is valuable for the practical operator in the mlue ani mill. We have here all the most uecessary hints aad directions for testing aud assaying tho ores of tho yurious miaerals ; aa explanatloa of ehemical terms ; a brict and intelligible description of the anmerous processes for roasling ores, and the extraction of metals Irom tbeir ores by amalgamation and otherwise. The work also contains an original and highly intoresting discussiou of the 4ractory aud differently formed grinding plates, as applied to tho reduction of ores—a anbjoct aot oaly of special interest to the scicntifie reader, but also practically of the highest Importance to every quartz miner Professor Sillimau, of Yale, and Hodgson, of the Collego of California, haying examined thie discussion, as submitted to them hy ils autbor, Mr. Randall, provious to tho compllation of this work, speak of tbe same as not oaly maibematically correct, but also as of great practical value, Messrs W.R. Eckart, Jr., Engineer, (late of U.S, N.,) and W. M. Belshaw, assuyer aad superiateadent of the S, T, M. Co., to whom the entiro work was suhmilted while passing through tho press, speak ol the samo as one of high practical importauce to quartz miacrs and millmen generally. . No work has heen offerod to the mining public of CallNew Volume —or THE Mining and Scientific Lress Issued every Saturday. Each ninnber econtalns 16 Pages and 64c)lu:nns (size of Harper's Weekly). PUBLISHED BY] DEW EY Patent Agenta, Publishers and Job Print 605 Clay Street, Sna Franclaco. & CO., “nge (THE ELEVENTIL VOLUME Of the Minina ana Sctxstiric Pnrss commences under ad yaatages most gratifying ta Its pubilshers, who assert, with pleasure, that a contlnued imprevement In thls jenrnal may be antic!pated by Its numerous and rapidly Increasing readers. We shall continue to devote n large space In oor colomns to Ihe varlous aud best methods of treatlug ores and saying gold and other preclous metals In every form, furnishin: valuable hints to million, prospectors, oll-workers an miners generally, not to be found in any otbcr publication. Now machinefy, latest inventions auil discoverles, and al) matters pertalalng to the mechanteal, manifacturing and Industrial resoureecs ef tbe Vacltic States, will roccive earcful attention. Sleck market reports wlll be published a3 recelved from tlie official reeords. Our caretully complied “ Mining Sharehulders’ Direelory " wlll prove a falthtal monitor ta Ot a als stock, and a desirable record fer relorenca o brokers. Friends pleased with our efforts In the puhileation of the Pness can render us cssentiai ald by furnishing eorrespone dence and oll important information whieh may come under their observation, and by. calllng the attcntloa of their Fa to the dable features of the paper; the appreelation of which fayprs will be duly manifested by the constant {mprovement of our jonrnal. Specimen coples wil! bo sent freo to those desiring to examine ibe Dene before subserlbiny. lostmasters, Express Agents and News-dealers, acting ns our agenis, will recelve Uberal commussloas. Bar Bouna Vouumes For Sate. SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE, Ona Year, (two volames). «o> $5.00 Six Months, (one volume). 3.00 FOR ADVERTISING Oar terms are very reasonable. Minixe Comranizs are es peclally favored by our rates, and carcfnl attention ta glvon to the legal publication of Mixing Notices. Orrior—No. 605 Clay strect, corner of Sansome. DEWEY & CO., Publishers, ‘W. 8. EWEN . oO, W, M. SMITH . oA. Tt. DEWEY Mining and Scientific Press JOB PRINTING OFFICE, No, 505 Clay street, corner of Sansome, CERTIFICATES — sTOCK FOR — MINING ~~ AND me 3 PETROLEUM Companies Neatly Printed. Stock Certificates of all kinds embellished with wood cuts aad electroty po opgraviags, ‘We devote special attention to tho execution of all kinds of work required hy Miaiag Companies, Machiuists and Manufacturers, sc ER ae lis ah fornia which contains 0 mucb valuable information, coadensed into 80 convenient a space ns is here presented. In its preparation, much care has beea taken to secure brevity, coaciseacss, ind simplisity—in fact to make it a completo aud reliable Quartz Mixrr's Hann Boon. The Tablo of Contents of tbis book will be found on pa 415 of the Mixing ann Screntiric Pagss of July 1st, 1865. Sold by hocksellers gencrully. Price by mail, posleg paid, $1.25. Address © Wheeler & Randall, at the Mir‘n and Scientific Press Office, San Francisco,’? 23) Ten Able-Bodied Copper Miners WANTED, At the Bunker Hill Mine, To work for wages (Ihree dollars per day), or on contract, 10v11-tf RICHARD POWNINO, Superintendent.

The RBiining and Scientific Lress, 233 Sur {x.—Several workmen employed in a drift in the Latrube tannel, at Virginia City, were completely slint in from their regulur exit, a few days since, bya cave. J*ortauately for the minera, however, they were enabled to find their way to the surfaee by auother route, and came up through the shaft of the Central mine. ‘The grouad about the Comstoek lead is 80 completely honeyeombed with shafts and . drifts that it ia almost impossible for a person to get completely shut oat from exit to the sarface. = Cauirorsia Coat, O1r.— Two hundred barrels of con! oil were received on ‘Tuesduy last by Capt. Harrison, of this city, from San Buenaventura. ‘The Lexington Well Co. bear San Jose, shipped last week 120 gallons to New York, to show in that murket tho snperior character of our California oil—they also shipped another hundred this week. Ma-/ chinery for boring wells is constantly being . sent out froin this city in all directions. 7. Sweer axp Sour.—Mr. Garvit had on oxhibition at the eoauty fair, npples whieh were Bweet on one side nnd sour on the other. We do not renrember to have ever heard of such a thing before. Gurvitis a fruit wizard, and wo shvuld not be surprised to hear that he liad produeed something combininy the.qualities of a dozen or two different species of frait.—Afountain Democrat. Take a fruit bad froma soar apple tree and another from a sweet apple tree, eat them in halves, join the hulf of the sour to the half of sweet, and “bud” as uasnal. If carefally mauipnlated will it not grow ; and if so what would be the charaeter of the fruit ? To Mixes Ownxers.—A gentlemaa who has had muck experience as a mining superintendent is desirous of securing a position as sach in this State or Nevada. See advertisement in another column. Mamoru Forxaez.—At the Dundyvan iron works, in Wales,an eliptieal blast furnace has been ereeted, twenty by twelve feet in diameter and sixty feet higb, which is said to give extraordinary results. SSS ee Srerm oil rose from $2 to $2 50 per gallon, in Boston on reccipt of intelligence of tbe late piratieal acts of the Shenaudoah in the Arctic Sea. } den Quickallver Mine, In tlils State. Traveling Agent. Ma. Rongnt Larrixonr k now on a canvaedag tour for the Panes ¢liroush Butte, Colust, Telisina, Shasta, aml Sisklyou cauntles, and we recommend hiut ta the faverable coastderation of our Cricnds, To Mining Companies. GENTLEMAN OF MUCH EXPERIENCE AS A MIN. hig Supe endent. In Bngtand, Sraln, and on tho I'ae eile coast, spd one hithhaily a ay with every stoparimenit of miaimg, avd with nearly very clas of miner. al, Isdestroas of sectirlag a posit As Fuperintendent of some tulning operation la Callfurmlaor Nevwla, Tire appllcant was tur four yenes Superlatendcarof the New Alma: The best of referouce Myiiee glveion application at this olfice, San Fracleco, Uct. 12, 1865, CHARLES BERNARD, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER UN Family Chartres Coffee, AND SPICES OF ALL KINDS, No. 707 Sanzome elrect, cor. Gould, bet. Jackson & Pacifte. Kirst Premium Awarded RY TMWE MECHANICS! INSTITUTE, FOR BEST COFFEE AND SPICES. The propriotor having latroduced steam power In his Manufactory, hay now fnercased Taellitles lo supply tho trade and tho public In general. All articles froin his establislinient are guaranteed to be pure an] unadultorated. The publio are respectfully invited to call and cenyirco ih eset eee Couutry orders preinptiy attended ta. VET-3ro Dissolution of Partnership. OTICE 18 NEREBY GIVEN, THAT THR PARTNER ship heretolyre existing between the unleralgned, uader tho name and slyle of Fisk & Barher, and dolng buslacess as Oroccrs, Is Ihis day ilssolved hy mutnal consent, The business will hercatt'r be conducted by Fisk & Brown at the oll place, 814 Howerd street. The busincss of the old firm will be sellled by Fisk & Browa. Rates of Advertising —-IN THR —— MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. Miniog Advertisements. Notices af Meetings, per squarg, Notices of Moctlogs, per syuar Assossinvut Noilevs, of ardlnary length, t Assessment Notlees, of Toro thai Usuntl length, 1 each addiiional square... Delinquent Sales, per square, two W Delinnucnt Sales, per square, three weeks. Fosiponemenis, per apne, ond Week. ...64 Blips of Advertlavmenuta, printed Cor meothigs ur asscs: menis, per hutnlred Advertlalng blanks and circulars. Miscellancous Advertisements, One week, per square. One month, per mynare, One quatler months), per square < Advertlscicnts of great length, or of special character, luseried by cotitract ou tho mos] favorable terms. BQ Ten lines of solid adcertiving type constitutes a pquare.20 o metstsis Grom SSE E53 a Terms of Subscription, Tuk Mixtxe ann Screntinie I'kess js published every Sat: urday morning tenutalnlug sixteen pages—size of Harper's Iterkly) at the tullowlng rales: One copy, one year, by mail, In advance.. vee oe $5 00 One copy, slx mami, by mall, In advance 300 Qne copy, oue year, bY Ex preas.. 6 One copy, elx mouths, by express 3 ¥lve coples, one year, by mail, In adyvanco. 20 WwW By ehiy ecarrlers, per mouth Slagle cnples Saree cn ee : 12h¢ Monthly Serles (or parts), cenlaluing 4 Nos, 50 Monthly Serles, coutalning 5 Nos... ++. 6235 Tne Cincuration of the I'nrss, alrealy extensive, is rupldly Increasing, and subtantlal mea who ean proflt by widely disseminatnig luformation of thelr liusiness amongst tho Most Intelligent, Iniucutlal and Indusirh classes ot tbe Tacifie Stats and Terrltorles will fiud no more effectual or economleal medium for advertising VEY & CO., Proprictors, Patent Agency and Job Printing Office, 505 Cluy sireel, Sav Franclaco. July t 1365 Just and True Economy IN MINING ADVERTISING. The Propriclors ot the Minine anp Scien7iFio Press wonld eall tho capeclai atlentlon of Mininc Skcerrranixs, TnusvEE J. M. FISK. CllAS. J. BARBER. San Francisco, Sopt. 80, 1865. VSvll-4t Worth’s Telograph Reel. Messas. Dewny & Co,—Denr Stra: I seo a notice In your paper In regard to my Paper Keel, eld lfenry MeOann. All J have to say Is, if Thad Invented such a Recl as his, in 1862 or 1863, anil had not Improved It more than he haa, 1/ wonhl fey my name to tysclf, and not let the publlo know who [ was. Its notleo puts me In mind of Shakspeare's play of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.” My Reel ls entirely ditferenl from hls, and is cousidered, hy operalors . who are judges of such tlilngs, to be tho best; and as for . the cord, 1 could rlg one to my Reel Ibat would rua week, but It is not neccessary. For the beat Papor Reels. address lévlitf » WW. ORTH, Sonoma. Or, WM. LUNDBERG, San Fraaelsco. LIiIcCK HOUSE, Corner of BYontgomery and Sntter atrects, SAN FEANCISCO, §. ALSTROM AND G. S. JOHNSON, Prop’rs. Thie elegant and dl Tote! la al on tho pene romenade street of San Franelseo. The Lick ouse Is finished and furnished with a degree of beauty and excellence unsarpasscd, combining all tho modern ap plications aad arrangements of a FIRST €LASS HOTEL, thus offerlug superior Inducements to the traveling pnbdlie. The propriclors assare thelr patrons that the Lick House aball not be exeelled In any of lls appolutments, or In polite Se euARICe or attention to all the comforts of Its guests. yy. HUNTER’S PIREALIUM CONCENTRATOR, AMALGAMATOR AND SEPARATOR, Awarded a Silver aera at the late Mechanic» alr. * UNTER'S CONCENTRATOR GAN BE SEEV 1N OPERatlon daily at the Novelty Iron Works, Fremont street, Partles wishing to purchase Coucentrators will find It to thelr advantage to exainine the above machine betoro purchasing else where, for the following reasons: Int. lt will work the sands from a 4-stamp battery, and save from W to ab ee ecnt. inore sulphurets than any machine built on the Pacific coast. 2d. The Sulphurets are washed clean, containing less than ten por ceat. of said. 3d. Tho wasie free gold and amalgam Is amalgamated on the copper plates: no trace wf sround mereury and scarcely @ trace of metal parce otf with the sand, 4h. ItssImplicivy li a sufticlent recommendallon for Its eneral use asa Concentrator. The varlation of speed Ina Suarta Mili does not effect tbe working of tho Machine. hesame was demonstrated at the late Mechanics’ Fair, when wiih the greatest regularley of speod tbe best of results were given. 6th. Thera Js no elogsing or stopping to clean out the sn)phirets and sand; consequently no waste from any inattenton on the part of the artendant. 6h. In exliblting the working of the machine (It fs not run empty), oll classes of ores and talllags, from 50 pounds aad nawards. are concenirated that partios may see fit to test the machino with. 2 Glve It a trial, and satisfaction Is guaranteed. All orders and any informallon required, address, A NDREW HUNTER, Novelty lrou Works, Fremont _st., San Franelseo, 15¥11-3m. Or to E. T. STEEN, Agent. HENDY'S IMPROVED BLOW-PIPE. This Convenient Helpmeet — Te THE — ASSAYER, CHEMIST, DENTIST, JEWELLER, PROSPECTOR AND MILLMAN, Can nnw he procured, at the Patentec's price, by sending your orders, by mai] or otherwise, to the Office of the Mialng and Sclentific Preas, This articlo was moro fully mentioned in the Press of April 15th, 1865. Siuce tbat time, howevor, Mr. Hendy has made a further improvemeat hy attachiag a rubher hose betweea the mouth-pices and tho pipe, enabling tbo hlower to change his position without disturhing the direction or censtaut accuracy of the curreat on tho object upoa which ity ig turard. The maia portioa of the blow-pipe is made with a jolnt, at which a yalve Is placed, which is opeacd when the operator hlows and closed immediately when heceasea. By this arrangemoat tho little bag or hindder is readily filled at n single breath, and witb vory little oxertion. When so filled, a contiuous current of air is forced trom tbe nozzle of the pipe hy the mere contractive foree of the gutta percba. This force Ia uniform until the air is very aeurly exhaused. Tho eurrent may be easily varied or enurely cut off hy gently pressiag the

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It is Benerally Tound to be Gals as convenient for sccretarles,and deeldedly preferable to stockholders wh» hayo not thme to exaiaIne throughout every Issue of a dally. 3d. Economy Inimining should always bo looked npon with favor, and the cost for weekly advertising In tbe Press 1g less by ONE nar Ihan the ratesof any other journal In this clty possesslug a respeetuble elreulation. 4th, The publishers of the Press, making the mining intereat thelr especial caro, tako particulur palns to assist In the avoldance of errors in advertising. Our print ls also more elear and perfect thanean beexpected insueh papers as are hurriedly Issued from eylinder presses. Sth. Our “Sharcholders’ Dircetory" forms a complete Index of all inhilng notlees publishod in San Franeisco, by ref: erence to which sharcholders can at onee see If thelr company Is advertised. and determine whether tbe saimo Is inserted In the Press or some other paper. 6h, Many copies of the Press are bound by prominent pr men, a seerelarles, brokers, sbarefolders and others, as an im: d ortant record for futuro reference, thereby readerlnug adyertlslng, of every class, in its columns, of pecullar and permanent valuc, 7ih. The benefit of haying all mming notlees consolidated “Inone newspaper, lor the common conyenlence of shareholders, seeretarics, and olhers who haye occasion to refer to the same, Isohylous. With thls view we have established our rates at only fair, llving prices, belleving that a journa) liko ours, antrammeicd by party, ereed, or prejudice, 1s the only medlum which ean reasonably ask for such a consolldation of mining batronare. Sth. dverti: in the of the Press, after thelr firat inserlion, are arranged alphahelically. Our prow ent Ilst ls equated only In one Instance by Ihat of any other journal. Sharebolders, as wellns strangers, Naturally turn thelr attention to a mining journal tor informatloncoacerns {ng the mines and mining matters. Last, sur Nor LEast.—Our sheot (haying been recently enfarged to the sizeof Harpers’ Weekly) ls now only cqualled Blanks for Minlag Compauies, Secretaries, Sharcholderand olhers, always on hand, or printed to order, at our of fice. Among others are those of the followlag forms; * Sharcholder’s Proxy, Know all men hy these prescats, that I,...... do hereby const/tulo and appoint ....... my atlorney aad agent, for mo andia my aame, ta vote as my proxy, ata meoting of tho ..... Minlog Company, to he held . .-..-066+18M , according to tho aumber of votes that I should he entitled to cast wero I there porsonally present. In witoess whereof Ihavo this day hereunto set my haad and seal, tetceese cence eeeves oo [SCA] Dated coccscccseccesss 186 Aasesament Notice. . Company Notlee ia hereby glyen, that al a meeting of the Roard of Trustees of sald Company, held on the .th day of .... me 186 , an Assessment Of ..cccesceeeee ..per sharo was levle: upon the Gapilal Stock of sald Company, payable on the «th day of , In United States gold and silver eoin to the Seeretary. Any stock upen which sald Assessment shail remaln nrpald on Saturday, the .1b day of ...ceseens 1186 , wil be advertised on that day os delinquenl, and unless payment shall he made before, will bo sold on .2,..--+., tho .th day OG.. , 186 , to pay the dellnquent Assessment, to gether wlth the costs of advertising and expenses of the sale. By order of the Board of Trustces. : seeeeesSecretary. OMe. .seecresees Eeawees Norice.—There are dellaquent, upon tlie following deserlbed Stock, on aceount of assessment levied en the .th day of . 186 , the several amounts set opposito tho names of thores ectlve shareholders as follows, to wlt : Namos, No. Certifiente. No.Shares. Amonnt, Theophilur ‘Thistle . . B 14 3140 00 Peter Pipe reer £3 30 00 And In accordance with law and an orderof the Board of Trustees, mado onthe .th day of ... ... , 186 , so many shares of each parcel of sald stock as mny be necessary, wlll be sold at the...sccccccserersarsece sees or eereneeoees Renoroten 1 ON ..e--ee the .th day of.. «+, 186, atthe o'clock M. of sald day, topay sald delinquent as. sessment thereon, together with costa of advertising and --. Secrotary. Office. agar Ou te Turnished with blank Assessment Sule notices free of charse. Orders from the interior omptly filled, by mail or expross, as may be desired. . nitsd by one. Falnlog fener In existence—tho London Mining Journal, Published in lhis, Ihe greatest mining field of tho world, we desire thatthe Press shall have no auperlor, We ean only realize our cherished object of buildlng uparcliahle advocate of tho science and business of nilning. which wlll bo of just honor and profit to our com: munity, by experlence and liberal! patrounge. The bestowal of such favors only as naturally bejong tu us, and which Itis elearly for the beuetit of the Tulning paternity to extend, Is all that is requisite, aad we are d we shallreccive it DEWEY & Co., Ofice Minlag and Sclentific Pross. 4vil QUARTZ OPERATOR'S . HAND BOOK. A Book for Every fatelliigeat Prospector, Sunreholder, Miner nad Machinist, ZENAS WHEELER AND P. MN. RANDALL, Authors and Publishers. Bowunn 1x CyotH—li4 Paces, Dvoarciue. {se Quartz OpRRaToR's Hann Boor is preseatod to the public as a carefully prepared epitome of all that is valuable for the practical operator in the mlue ani mill. We have here all the most uecessary hints aad directions for testing aud assaying tho ores of tho yurious miaerals ; aa explanatloa of ehemical terms ; a brict and intelligible description of the anmerous processes for roasling ores, and the extraction of metals Irom tbeir ores by amalgamation and otherwise. The work also contains an original and highly intoresting discussiou of the 4ractory aud differently formed grinding plates, as applied to tho reduction of ores—a anbjoct aot oaly of special interest to the scicntifie reader, but also practically of the highest Importance to every quartz miner Professor Sillimau, of Yale, and Hodgson, of the Collego of California, haying examined thie discussion, as submitted to them hy ils autbor, Mr. Randall, provious to tho compllation of this work, speak of tbe same as not oaly maibematically correct, but also as of great practical value, Messrs W.R. Eckart, Jr., Engineer, (late of U.S, N.,) and W. M. Belshaw, assuyer aad superiateadent of the S, T, M. Co., to whom the entiro work was suhmilted while passing through tho press, speak ol the samo as one of high practical importauce to quartz miacrs and millmen generally. . No work has heen offerod to the mining public of CallNew Volume —or THE Mining and Scientific Lress Issued every Saturday. Each ninnber econtalns 16 Pages and 64c)lu:nns (size of Harper's Weekly). PUBLISHED BY] DEW EY Patent Agenta, Publishers and Job Print 605 Clay Street, Sna Franclaco. & CO., “nge (THE ELEVENTIL VOLUME Of the Minina ana Sctxstiric Pnrss commences under ad yaatages most gratifying ta Its pubilshers, who assert, with pleasure, that a contlnued imprevement In thls jenrnal may be antic!pated by Its numerous and rapidly Increasing readers. We shall continue to devote n large space In oor colomns to Ihe varlous aud best methods of treatlug ores and saying gold and other preclous metals In every form, furnishin: valuable hints to million, prospectors, oll-workers an miners generally, not to be found in any otbcr publication. Now machinefy, latest inventions auil discoverles, and al) matters pertalalng to the mechanteal, manifacturing and Industrial resoureecs ef tbe Vacltic States, will roccive earcful attention. Sleck market reports wlll be published a3 recelved from tlie official reeords. Our caretully complied “ Mining Sharehulders’ Direelory " wlll prove a falthtal monitor ta Ot a als stock, and a desirable record fer relorenca o brokers. 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DEWEY Mining and Scientific Press JOB PRINTING OFFICE, No, 505 Clay street, corner of Sansome, CERTIFICATES — sTOCK FOR — MINING ~~ AND me 3 PETROLEUM Companies Neatly Printed. Stock Certificates of all kinds embellished with wood cuts aad electroty po opgraviags, ‘We devote special attention to tho execution of all kinds of work required hy Miaiag Companies, Machiuists and Manufacturers, sc ER ae lis ah fornia which contains 0 mucb valuable information, coadensed into 80 convenient a space ns is here presented. In its preparation, much care has beea taken to secure brevity, coaciseacss, ind simplisity—in fact to make it a completo aud reliable Quartz Mixrr's Hann Boon. The Tablo of Contents of tbis book will be found on pa 415 of the Mixing ann Screntiric Pagss of July 1st, 1865. Sold by hocksellers gencrully. Price by mail, posleg paid, $1.25. Address © Wheeler & Randall, at the Mir‘n and Scientific Press Office, San Francisco,’? 23) Ten Able-Bodied Copper Miners WANTED, At the Bunker Hill Mine, To work for wages (Ihree dollars per day), or on contract, 10v11-tf RICHARD POWNINO, Superintendent.