Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

e 360 Gite Mining antl Scientific Breas, Mining aul Srientific res, WW. Bere WEG scooter rer rssa2-c-onea Sento Epiror. o. W. M. SMITH. W. B, EWLR. A. T. DEWEY. DEWEY & CoO. Publishers. : Orrigg—No.505 Clay str¢et. cotner of Sansome, 2d floor. Terma of Substription: One copy, per annum, In advence,..+. six months, In advance, . oe “ae For sale by Carrlers and Newsdeale: ——————— gee eae) San Francisco: Saturday Morning, June 9, 1866. PerRoLEUM as AN ANZsTHETIC. -— According to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, petrolenm naphtha hes recently been brought into successful use as an anesthetic. Thie is one of tbe most volatile liquids known, boiling at 70 degrees Fahrenbeit. It has been proven tbat the mercury can be depressed by the evaporating qualities of this liqnid to 19 degrees below zero, while through the agency of ether vapor the greatest cold produced is only eix degrees below zero. It is thought that even a lower temperature than seven degrees can he produced by naphtha. Etber boila at about ninety-six degrees. . The naphtba used ia the experiments made was manufactured expressly for the purpose, ‘ and it ie propoeed to give tbe name “rbigolene,” from the Greek word sigaifying extreme cold, to this new anmwstbetic. It is claimed that freezing by rhigolene is far more sure than by etber, inasmuch as the latter, requiriag so high a degree of heat for hoiling, often fails to produce an ‘adequate degree of cold. It is also said that the new product is more convenient and more easily handled tban any freezing mixture hitberto employed, and must eventnally come into general use for small operations or local anasthesia. When applied to tbe skin tbe first degree of congelation is evanescent; hut if the applicatioa bo too long continued there is dauger of frost hite ‘and consequent mortification. Dr. Bigelow, as early ae 1861, successfully applied a product from:kerosene as an anesthetic by iuhelation. Om Works near Santa Crvuz.—The Santa Cruz Sentinel eays that the Petroleum oil company of that place, is now driving abead finely under the euperintendence of N. C. Walton. Four new retorts heve just been received end will ehortly be delivered at the works; they are of Jarge capacity, with all the new improve ments for opening and cleaniug. Hach weighs five thousend pounds ; they are far superior to the old ones now in use. The company’s team goes to town about tliree times a week, loaded witb eome two hundred gallons. Tbese works, says the Sentinel, are about eight miles from Santa Cruz,and itis a great pity tbat tbe escaping gas cannot be couveyed to this place. There is enough constantly escapiug to light the whole town. ‘here are two large burners at the works, and every night tbe whole cajion is lighted almost as bright as mid-day. Snceb enterprises well deserves the success which they are uow meeting. Mar or Ananor.— We bave received a copy of a-beautifully executed and most fnll and useful map.of the county of Amador, drawn from actual surveye by J. M. Griffith, County Surveyor, and approved by the Board of Supervisors. ‘Tbe map is drawu on a scale ofgthreequarters of an inck to the mile. We believe it has beeu the deeign of the publishers to lay down upon the map the locality of every mine and its uaine, together with the boundaries and name of the owner of every ranch. The general topography of the county is also very dietinetly given. ‘This is one of the most complete county maps which we have ever eeen of any county outside of Sun Francisco, and is a credit to the publishere and the county which has had the energy and enterpriso to encourage sucha work to a euccessful issue, Every mining county in the State needs just such a map. It may be procured of H. HH. Bancroft & Co. of thie city. Tue Proposen ‘'sacusrs’ Excursion to the mountains will probably take place on Monday next. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY—NITRO-GLY0ERINE RENDERED SAFE. Mr. Nobel, the Swedish engineer, and a hrother of the gentleman who first introduced the use of nitro-glycerive us a blasting agent, has recently made the announcement of a discovery, which, if it should be fully realized and proved to be practical, must be. looked upon as bigbly opportune and important. It appears that eince the terrible explosions in this city and at Aspinwall, Mr. Nobcl bas made the importaut discovery that nitro-glycerine may be rendered entirely inexplosive, by adding to it about half its own bulk of the spirtis of wood—a cheap sort of alcohol distilled from woody fibre. The mixture so made is said to he absolutely inexplosive, and no more inflammable than camphene, kerosene, etc. In other words, be renders the oil entircly inexplosive for the purpose of transportation, with the capacity of being restored to its full power wherever wanted for nse. Whenever it is desired to restore the explosive properties of the oil, it is only necessary to add to the compound a small quantity of water, which immediately absorbs the spirits, leaving the pure nito-glycerino to sink to the bottom of the yessel, from which it may be drawn bya faucet or syphou, in a condition ready for immediate nse. In order to satisfy the public of the genuine ness of this discovery, Mr. Nobel invited some twenty scientific and practical gentlemen to accompany him to a rocky hill, just outsido of the city of New York, where some heavy blasting operations were beiug conducted. After performiag soveral experimente, illustrative of the character of the oil in its usual state for use, Mr. Nobel placed some of the oil, mixed with the spirit of wood, in a can, and applied the fuse in the usual way, but it refused to ex. plode. Water was then added to tbe saine mixture, when the oil was separated at once placed in another can and readily exploded. Mr. Nobel then undertook to show how tbe explosions in Greeawich street and at San Francisco occurred. His theory is that in each of these cases the oil was contained in glass vessels, which were packed in boxee filled with sawdust. By some means a portion of the oil leaked out and mineled with the sawdust, forming a higbly intammablo compound. This took fire in Some manner—the burning etump of a cigar, or a spark caused by tbe heads of two nails coming in contact, beiug eufficient to ignite it, and the great heat caused by its combustion was sufficient to cause the explosion of the oil in the case. In order to illustrate this he filled a small can with the oil and packed it in a box filled with sawdust, in whicb be had previously poured some of the oil. On being touched with a lighted cigar, the sawdust took fire and burned with a fierce flamo for a moment or two, when the oil in the inclosed can exploded with great force, utterly demolishing hox and can so tbat no fragment of either conld be discovered. Mr. Nobef claims tbat if the oil had been, packed in eand or powdered shells, or any incombustible substance, that no explosion conld have occurred, as the oil itself has no tendency to generate heat, aud no temperature to which it could be subjected uader ordiuary circumstances, would be sufficient to ignite it. We have condensed the above particulare from the New York Zribune, which paper says tbat the entire series of experiments seemed to prove, as fully as a single exhibition could do, the correctness of Mr. Nobel's views, and were entirely satisfactory to all who witnessed them. The “spirits of wood” to which the Zibune refers, is evidently the substance described in the followiag section, on page 453 of Stockhardt’s Priuciples of Chemistry : “When pyroligneous acid is very slowly distilled, a spirituous, volatile liquid, very similar to brandy, first passes over, whic is called crade pyroxilic spirit. The chief component of this Huid is a substance which, in its properties and chauges, has great similarity to alcohol, or spirits of wiae, though its constitution is different. On account of this similarity, it is called pyroxilie epirit (hydrated owide of methyle). STATE NORMAL SOHOOL—OLOSING EXEROISES. Te aanuel examination of the State Normal School. took place at Lincoln Hall on Thursday last. Tbe exercises were of a very pleasing character, and were witnessed by a large number of persons. Somie of the compositions of tho graduating class evinced no ordinary degree of telent. ‘Tho graduating class cousists of twenty-two in number—five males and seveuteen femalee. An incident not laid down in the programme occurred at the close of tho exercises, which consisted of the presentation of plate to Prof. Minus, consistiag of an elegant silver goblet and aeilver fruit dish, the gift of the pupils of the school. Prof. Minns responded to the compliment with much feeling, and in his usual happy manner. An address wes then delivered to the gradnates by the Rev. Mr. Stebbins, at the close of which Professor Minns was again surprised by anotber presentation, in the shape of a costly gold watch and chain, the gift of the teachers in the public schools of this city. ‘The contributors to this prescnt numbered over one hundred persons, each teacher being anxious to testify in some way, bowever trifling, their esteem and admiratioa for the gentleman who has doue so much for the cause of education here, and whose social qualities are the theme of universal praise among his friends and acquaintances. ‘The presentatiou speech was made by State Superintendent Swett, and after which the exercises closed with chanting the Lord's Prayer. A complimentary, social re-union was given at the sane pluce last evening, hy the pupils und graduates of the school, as a farowell testimony of respect and regard for the Principal of the school, Professor Minns, who is about to leave the State ou a ehort visit to his friends et the East. ‘ We regret. to state that the only Normal School in California ie without anything which can he called a library or any philosopbical apparatus. For the latter the echoo! is dependent upon such instruments as can he borrowed from other schools, or from iadividuals. Professor Minne has done much in this direction from his private apparatus. The building accommodations are also very meager and totally inadequate to the wants of such a school. ‘Iba Normal School is exclusively a State Institution, and looks to the State alone for assistance. *1t is a sbame that it shonld he thus neglected. It sbould be liberally aided and fostered by the State, as the great beart from which should emanate the very life blood of our educational system. It ie a burning shame tbat such an Institution should be suf fered to linger aud struggle along, with a hare subsistence. Mimino in tor East.— The New York Tribune says : “They have beeu finding gold in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Green Mountaine of Vermout. In Lisbou, N. H., they are said to bave a rocky peak which yields to each ton of rock twentyeight dollars in plumbago, and twonty dollars ia silver; while a yein of white quartz in that town has yielded (a little over) $867 per tou in gold and $150 in silver. Onc batch of samples yielded $1,500 per ton. There are similar reports from various parts of Caaada and Nova Scotia, Wau. Arrennen.—Thelecturo of Mr. Strong on tho volcanoes of Hawaiian Islands, was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. The speaker did the fullest justice to the subject, which the time allotted to a single lecture would admit of. There are probably no volcanoes ou the glohe, whose phenomena may be more profitubly studied and examined, thaa those upon the Hawaiian Islands. Their proximity to the coast of Califoraia, and the frequent mention made of them by travelers from this State, has of late elicited au auusual degree of interest, and excited a very general desire to hear and learn moro about these most wonderful among tbe grand phenomena of . Nature. elicited a beautiful response by Prof. Minns, . LIST OF OFFIOERS OF CORPORATIONS AND MINING OOMPANIES. [PUBLISHED IN TOR FIRST ISSUER OF EACH MeNTH ll Melow we give the date of recent meetings held in this elty, and the names of' officers chosen or anno Eve: bonla-fide company is invited to send us the result of t election, to be this by on record, gratuitously, w.th an, other facts of general interest. ] Bacon Mma, & Mimno Co.—Jnne 5th Trustees: Chas. I. Low, A. K. P. Harmon Chas. K. Grimm, A. 1. Head, Lewis Gerstle President, A. K. P. Harmnn; Secretary, W, K. Dean ; Treasurer, Jno. Sime; Superintend ent, J. B. Low. Crown Point G.&S. M. Co—June 4th, Trnstees: A. H. Barker, Isaac Glazier, Geo, F. Grimes, B. F. Sherwood, H. P. Blancberd President, A. H. Barker; Secretary, J. H, Jones; Superintendent, C. C. Butterman. Keystone Mixino Co.—May 2d. Trustee Win. A. Dana, C. T, Meader, 0. P. Sutton, B. Parker, Thomas McCarty. President, W A. Dana; Secretary, 0. P. Suttou ; Superin= tendent, H. H. Sheldon. San Marcrat S. M. Co.-*March 21st. Trastees: Henry Brickwedel, James Branham, Wm. Glaskin. President, Henry Brickwedel; Secretary, R. N. Van Brant; Treasnror, Samp. son ‘ams; Superinteudent, F. A. Prescott. ee RECENT INCONPORATIONS. Cotumsia Copren M. Co.— Little New York, Nevada county. Capital stock, $110, 000 ; 1,100 shares ; $100 per share. Trustees— BE. C. MeComb, J. L. Sanford, D. M. MeCraith, A. J. Downer, Isaac Swain. May 2d. Rartirsyake G. ann S. M. Co.—Spring Valley District, Yuba couuty. Capital stock, $240,000; 2,400 shares; $100 per share. Trustees—C. J, Janson, A. N. Huard, W. B. Agard, Alhert Millerand Herry East. June 6th. CONTRIBUTED FOR OUR OABINET,. Under this heading we shall continue to nicntlon and de. scribe, accordlug to merit, such specimens of ores, min erals, fossils, curlositles, etc., as may be presented or forwarded tons by mailor express prepaid. Ench article will be nunibered and placed in our cabinet, mid reeardet with ihe name of the donor, and the claim or locatlon from whence lt cane. ] Mr. Senanton, of Gold Run, Placer connty, sends us a sample of antimony melted by himself from an ore of that metal, talken froma vein which ho has located in Hnmboldt county, Nevada. This discovery is more fully described in our issno of the 2d instant. Mr. A. W. Kino, who has receutly returned from Mexico, has contributed for our cabinet quite a number of very-fine specimens from the Concordia miaing district, some sixty miles back of Mazatlan. this collection are the Cessandra, tho Alacrans, the Arco, the Concepcion and tho Napoleon. Hach specimen presents quite distinct characteristics, evidently illustrative of the mine from which it is taken. Each of these mines was quite fully noticed by name, in our issue of last week. Some of the specimens arc evi dently very rich, chiefly in sulphurets of silver. A Vatuasre Oasiner.—We have received acall during the past week from Mr. M. J. Heuly, an old resident of Dayton, Nevada, who has spent a large portion of bie leisure time, during the last two or three years, in making a cahinet collection of minerals illustrative of the mineral resources of the State of Nevada and the adjoining territories to the eastward of the Sierra Nevada. We have not bad the pleasure of examining this cabinet, but learn from the Territorial Enterprise that it constitutes one of tho most extensive, varied and valnable cahinets of minerals ever brought together on the Pacific coast. This grand collection weighs several tons, and comprises from fifteen to twenty thousand differ2nt specimens. Mr. Heuly leaves on the steamer of to-day for New York, taking his collection with him. He has also in course of construction a model of a stamp mill, with a grinding and au amalgamating pan, to he driven by a miniature steam eugine, which will go forward by the next steamer. In order to better describe and illustrate the whole, Mr. Henly has also purchased the bouud volumes of the Mininc ann Screntirio Press for five ycare past. Marine Ratuway.—The barque Joaquin, a New Grenada vessel of 600 tons, was put upon the marine railway of John G. North, at Point San Queatia, on tho Potrero, last week, for 1epairs. ‘This is’ the only marine railway in the city where steam is used to haul up vessels. Yhe mines represented in .

e 360 Gite Mining antl Scientific Breas, Mining aul Srientific res, WW. Bere WEG scooter rer rssa2-c-onea Sento Epiror. o. W. M. SMITH. W. B, EWLR. A. T. DEWEY. DEWEY & CoO. Publishers. : Orrigg—No.505 Clay str¢et. cotner of Sansome, 2d floor. Terma of Substription: One copy, per annum, In advence,....+. six months, In advance, .. oe “ae For sale by Carrlers and Newsdeale: ——————— gee eae) San Francisco: Saturday Morning, June 9, 1866. PerRoLEUM as AN ANZsTHETIC. -— According to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, petrolenm naphtha hes recently been brought into successful use as an anesthetic. Thie is one of tbe most volatile liquids known, boiling at 70 degrees Fahrenbeit. It has been proven tbat the mercury can be depressed by the evaporating qualities of this liqnid to 19 degrees below zero, while through the agency of ether vapor the greatest cold produced is only eix degrees below zero. It is thought that even a lower temperature than seven degrees can he produced by naphtha. Etber boila at about ninety-six degrees. . The naphtba used ia the experiments made was manufactured expressly for the purpose, ‘ and it ie propoeed to give tbe name “rbigolene,” from the Greek word sigaifying extreme cold, to this new anmwstbetic. It is claimed that freezing by rhigolene is far more sure than by etber, inasmuch as the latter, requiriag so high a degree of heat for hoiling, often fails to produce an ‘adequate degree of cold. It is also said that the new product is more convenient and more easily handled tban any freezing mixture hitberto employed, and must eventnally come into general use for small operations or local anasthesia. When applied to tbe skin tbe first degree of congelation is evanescent; hut if the applicatioa bo too long continued there is dauger of frost hite ‘and consequent mortification. Dr. Bigelow, as early ae 1861, successfully applied a product from:kerosene as an anesthetic by iuhelation. Om Works near Santa Crvuz.—The Santa Cruz Sentinel eays that the Petroleum oil company of that place, is now driving abead finely under the euperintendence of N. C. Walton. Four new retorts heve just been received end will ehortly be delivered at the works; they are of Jarge capacity, with all the new improve ments for opening and cleaniug. Hach weighs five thousend pounds ; they are far superior to the old ones now in use. The company’s team goes to town about tliree times a week, loaded witb eome two hundred gallons. Tbese works, says the Sentinel, are about eight miles from Santa Cruz,and itis a great pity tbat tbe escaping gas cannot be couveyed to this place. There is enough constantly escapiug to light the whole town. ‘here are two large burners at the works, and every night tbe whole cajion is lighted almost as bright as mid-day. Snceb enterprises well deserves the success which they are uow meeting. Mar or Ananor.— We bave received a copy of a-beautifully executed and most fnll and useful map.of the county of Amador, drawn from actual surveye by J. M. Griffith, County Surveyor, and approved by the Board of Supervisors. ‘Tbe map is drawu on a scale ofgthreequarters of an inck to the mile. We believe it has beeu the deeign of the publishers to lay down upon the map the locality of every mine and its uaine, together with the boundaries and name of the owner of every ranch. The general topography of the county is also very dietinetly given. ‘This is one of the most complete county maps which we have ever eeen of any county outside of Sun Francisco, and is a credit to the publishere and the county which has had the energy and enterpriso to encourage sucha work to a euccessful issue, Every mining county in the State needs just such a map. It may be procured of H. HH. Bancroft & Co. of thie city. Tue Proposen ‘'sacusrs’ Excursion to the mountains will probably take place on Monday next. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY—NITRO-GLY0ERINE RENDERED SAFE. Mr. Nobel, the Swedish engineer, and a hrother of the gentleman who first introduced the use of nitro-glycerive us a blasting agent, has recently made the announcement of a discovery, which, if it should be fully realized and proved to be practical, must be. looked upon as bigbly opportune and important. It appears that eince the terrible explosions in this city and at Aspinwall, Mr. Nobcl bas made the importaut discovery that nitro-glycerine may be rendered entirely inexplosive, by adding to it about half its own bulk of the spirtis of wood—a cheap sort of alcohol distilled from woody fibre. The mixture so made is said to he absolutely inexplosive, and no more inflammable than camphene, kerosene, etc. In other words, be renders the oil entircly inexplosive for the purpose of transportation, with the capacity of being restored to its full power wherever wanted for nse. Whenever it is desired to restore the explosive properties of the oil, it is only necessary to add to the compound a small quantity of water, which immediately absorbs the spirits, leaving the pure nito-glycerino to sink to the bottom of the yessel, from which it may be drawn bya faucet or syphou, in a condition ready for immediate nse. In order to satisfy the public of the genuine ness of this discovery, Mr. Nobel invited some twenty scientific and practical gentlemen to accompany him to a rocky hill, just outsido of the city of New York, where some heavy blasting operations were beiug conducted. After performiag soveral experimente, illustrative of the character of the oil in its usual state for use, Mr. Nobel placed some of the oil, mixed with the spirit of wood, in a can, and applied the fuse in the usual way, but it refused to ex. plode. Water was then added to tbe saine mixture, when the oil was separated at once placed in another can and readily exploded. Mr. Nobel then undertook to show how tbe explosions in Greeawich street and at San Francisco occurred. His theory is that in each of these cases the oil was contained in glass vessels, which were packed in boxee filled with sawdust. By some means a portion of the oil leaked out and mineled with the sawdust, forming a higbly intammablo compound. This took fire in Some manner—the burning etump of a cigar, or a spark caused by tbe heads of two nails coming in contact, beiug eufficient to ignite it, and the great heat caused by its combustion was sufficient to cause the explosion of the oil in the case. In order to illustrate this he filled a small can with the oil and packed it in a box filled with sawdust, in whicb be had previously poured some of the oil. On being touched with a lighted cigar, the sawdust took fire and burned with a fierce flamo for a moment or two, when the oil in the inclosed can exploded with great force, utterly demolishing hox and can so tbat no fragment of either conld be discovered. Mr. Nobef claims tbat if the oil had been, packed in eand or powdered shells, or any incombustible substance, that no explosion conld have occurred, as the oil itself has no tendency to generate heat, aud no temperature to which it could be subjected uader ordiuary circumstances, would be sufficient to ignite it. We have condensed the above particulare from the New York Zribune, which paper says tbat the entire series of experiments seemed to prove, as fully as a single exhibition could do, the correctness of Mr. Nobel's views, and were entirely satisfactory to all who witnessed them. The “spirits of wood” to which the Zibune refers, is evidently the substance described in the followiag section, on page 453 of Stockhardt’s Priuciples of Chemistry : “When pyroligneous acid is very slowly distilled, a spirituous, volatile liquid, very similar to brandy, first passes over, whic is called crade pyroxilic spirit. The chief component of this Huid is a substance which, in its properties and chauges, has great similarity to alcohol, or spirits of wiae, though its constitution is different. On account of this similarity, it is called pyroxilie epirit (hydrated owide of methyle). STATE NORMAL SOHOOL—OLOSING EXEROISES. Te aanuel examination of the State Normal School. took place at Lincoln Hall on

Thursday last. Tbe exercises were of a very pleasing character, and were witnessed by a large number of persons. Somie of the compositions of tho graduating class evinced no ordinary degree of telent. ‘Tho graduating class cousists of twenty-two in number—five males and seveuteen femalee. An incident not laid down in the programme occurred at the close of tho exercises, which consisted of the presentation of plate to Prof. Minus, consistiag of an elegant silver goblet and aeilver fruit dish, the gift of the pupils of the school. Prof. Minns responded to the compliment with much feeling, and in his usual happy manner. An address wes then delivered to the gradnates by the Rev. Mr. Stebbins, at the close of which Professor Minns was again surprised by anotber presentation, in the shape of a costly gold watch and chain, the gift of the teachers in the public schools of this city. ‘The contributors to this prescnt numbered over one hundred persons, each teacher being anxious to testify in some way, bowever trifling, their esteem and admiratioa for the gentleman who has doue so much for the cause of education here, and whose social qualities are the theme of universal praise among his friends and acquaintances. ‘The presentatiou speech was made by State Superintendent Swett, and after which the exercises closed with chanting the Lord's Prayer. A complimentary, social re-union was given at the sane pluce last evening, hy the pupils und graduates of the school, as a farowell testimony of respect and regard for the Principal of the school, Professor Minns, who is about to leave the State ou a ehort visit to his friends et the East. ‘ We regret. to state that the only Normal School in California ie without anything which can he called a library or any philosopbical apparatus. For the latter the echoo! is dependent upon such instruments as can he borrowed from other schools, or from iadividuals. Professor Minne has done much in this direction from his private apparatus. The building accommodations are also very meager and totally inadequate to the wants of such a school. ‘Iba Normal School is exclusively a State Institution, and looks to the State alone for assistance. *1t is a sbame that it shonld he thus neglected. It sbould be liberally aided and fostered by the State, as the great beart from which should emanate the very life blood of our educational system. It ie a burning shame tbat such an Institution should be suf fered to linger aud struggle along, with a hare subsistence. Mimino in tor East.— The New York Tribune says : “They have beeu finding gold in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Green Mountaine of Vermout. In Lisbou, N. H., they are said to bave a rocky peak which yields to each ton of rock twentyeight dollars in plumbago, and twonty dollars ia silver; while a yein of white quartz in that town has yielded (a little over) $867 per tou in gold and $150 in silver. Onc batch of samples yielded $1,500 per ton. There are similar reports from various parts of Caaada and Nova Scotia, Wau. Arrennen.—Thelecturo of Mr. Strong on tho volcanoes of Hawaiian Islands, was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. The speaker did the fullest justice to the subject, which the time allotted to a single lecture would admit of. There are probably no volcanoes ou the glohe, whose phenomena may be more profitubly studied and examined, thaa those upon the Hawaiian Islands. Their proximity to the coast of Califoraia, and the frequent mention made of them by travelers from this State, has of late elicited au auusual degree of interest, and excited a very general desire to hear and learn moro about these most wonderful among tbe grand phenomena of . Nature. elicited a beautiful response by Prof. Minns, . LIST OF OFFIOERS OF CORPORATIONS AND MINING OOMPANIES. [PUBLISHED IN TOR FIRST ISSUER OF EACH MeNTH ll Melow we give the date of recent meetings held in this elty, and the names of' officers chosen or anno Eve: bonla-fide company is invited to send us the result of t election, to be this by on record, gratuitously, w.th an, other facts of general interest. ] Bacon Mma, & Mimno Co.—Jnne 5th Trustees: Chas. I. Low, A. K. P. Harmon Chas. K. Grimm, A. 1. Head, Lewis Gerstle President, A. K. P. Harmnn; Secretary, W, K. Dean ; Treasurer, Jno. Sime; Superintend ent, J. B. Low. Crown Point G.&S. M. Co—June 4th, Trnstees: A. H. Barker, Isaac Glazier, Geo, F. Grimes, B. F. Sherwood, H. P. Blancberd President, A. H. Barker; Secretary, J. H, Jones; Superintendent, C. C. Butterman. Keystone Mixino Co.—May 2d. Trustee Win. A. Dana, C. T, Meader, 0. P. Sutton, B. Parker, Thomas McCarty. President, W A. Dana; Secretary, 0. P. Suttou ; Superin= tendent, H. H. Sheldon. San Marcrat S. M. Co.-*March 21st. Trastees: Henry Brickwedel, James Branham, Wm. Glaskin. President, Henry Brickwedel; Secretary, R. N. Van Brant; Treasnror, Samp. son ‘ams; Superinteudent, F. A. Prescott. ee RECENT INCONPORATIONS. Cotumsia Copren M. Co.— Little New York, Nevada county. Capital stock, $110, 000 ; 1,100 shares ; $100 per share. Trustees— BE. C. MeComb, J. L. Sanford, D. M. MeCraith, A. J. Downer, Isaac Swain. May 2d. Rartirsyake G. ann S. M. Co.—Spring Valley District, Yuba couuty. Capital stock, $240,000; 2,400 shares; $100 per share. Trustees—C. J, Janson, A. N. Huard, W. B. Agard, Alhert Millerand Herry East. June 6th. CONTRIBUTED FOR OUR OABINET,. Under this heading we shall continue to nicntlon and de. scribe, accordlug to merit, such specimens of ores, min erals, fossils, curlositles, etc., as may be presented or forwarded tons by mailor express prepaid. Ench article will be nunibered and placed in our cabinet, mid reeardet with ihe name of the donor, and the claim or locatlon from whence lt cane. ] Mr. Senanton, of Gold Run, Placer connty, sends us a sample of antimony melted by himself from an ore of that metal, talken froma vein which ho has located in Hnmboldt county, Nevada. This discovery is more fully described in our issno of the 2d instant. Mr. A. W. Kino, who has receutly returned from Mexico, has contributed for our cabinet quite a number of very-fine specimens from the Concordia miaing district, some sixty miles back of Mazatlan. this collection are the Cessandra, tho Alacrans, the Arco, the Concepcion and tho Napoleon. Hach specimen presents quite distinct characteristics, evidently illustrative of the mine from which it is taken. Each of these mines was quite fully noticed by name, in our issue of last week. Some of the specimens arc evi dently very rich, chiefly in sulphurets of silver. A Vatuasre Oasiner.—We have received acall during the past week from Mr. M. J. Heuly, an old resident of Dayton, Nevada, who has spent a large portion of bie leisure time, during the last two or three years, in making a cahinet collection of minerals illustrative of the mineral resources of the State of Nevada and the adjoining territories to the eastward of the Sierra Nevada. We have not bad the pleasure of examining this cabinet, but learn from the Territorial Enterprise that it constitutes one of tho most extensive, varied and valnable cahinets of minerals ever brought together on the Pacific coast. This grand collection weighs several tons, and comprises from fifteen to twenty thousand differ2nt specimens. Mr. Heuly leaves on the steamer of to-day for New York, taking his collection with him. He has also in course of construction a model of a stamp mill, with a grinding and au amalgamating pan, to he driven by a miniature steam eugine, which will go forward by the next steamer. In order to better describe and illustrate the whole, Mr. Henly has also purchased the bouud volumes of the Mininc ann Screntirio Press for five ycare past. Marine Ratuway.—The barque Joaquin, a New Grenada vessel of 600 tons, was put upon the marine railway of John G. North, at Point San Queatia, on tho Potrero, last week, for 1epairs. ‘This is’ the only marine railway in the city where steam is used to haul up vessels. Yhe mines represented in .