Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

Yi Subserlption, SS Per Annum, wos, ——— Sw Single Copies, 15 Cents. A Journal of Useful Arts, Sctence, and Mining and Mechanical Progress. BY DISWIEY & CoO., Patent Solleltors. SAN Francisco, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, ©ooo. VOLUME XVII. Number 7. Resovau.—The oflico of the Misise AND Sauestiric Press, with the Patent Agency and Job Printing Office, connected therewith, will he removed, to-day, froin its present loeation, 505 Clay street, to 414, on the opposite side of the same street, and ahout half a block lower down —just below Sansome. Tho object of this removal is to secure larger and more commodious rooms,and a hnilding in which our business can all be placed together. The necessity which has heretofore existed of carrying on our patent husiness more than a block away from our main husiuess oflice, has heen a source of great inconvenience and annoyanee, not only to onrselves, hut to our customers as well. Onur friends will hereafter find us as ahovo. Coal on the Pacific Railroad. There is coal in great shundance, at not inconvenient distances, all along tho Pacific Railroad from Chieago to Salt Lake; from which place on, there has heen nothing discovered, hut some thin seams of lignite on the Truckee. At San Pete, 120 miles south of Salt Lake, there is bitumiuous coal, which is claimed to he hetter than any west of the Rocky Mountains. At Pabranagat, 300 miles southwest of Salt Lake, thero is good coal, and it is helieved that coal exists thronghout the entire territory of Utah, in large quantities. On the line of the railroad, the principal coal mining district will prohally he ahout 80 miles east of Salt Lake. Thence eastward, it is found cropping out in the cafions everywhere, in masses sometimes fifteen feet in thickness; and it is a matter so common as to attract hut little attention. People do not even take the trouhle to loeate eligible exposures. At Green River, an important halting place on the way, they have found anthracite, which is heavy aud will not hurn withont a flame, but when used in a hlacksmith’s forge it gives an intense heat. The article has heen tried, and fonnd to answer for all purposes required. There is no danger of tho heds ever heing exhausted, so that Green River will he another important souzce of coal, where something in the way of civilization must necessarily soon plant itself. At Cheyenne, coal mining excited a good deal of attention last fall. The mining district around Central City, Colorado, will prohahly he supplied from Golden City—lying at the entrance to the mountains, hetween the former place and Denver—which has the appearanco already of a hustling little manufacturing town. Going eastward on the Pacific Railroad, the next important coal mining district is in Iowa, a little distance heyond the Missouri River. It is not improhahle that the Government will some day institute an exploration of the coal fields of Colorado, Dakotah, Utah, Nevada and California. Maxine Monry.— People do not seem to he generally aware that it is those persons who save money that make it in the long trun. The hest thiug therefore that can bo said to a young mau is to remndhim of somoreliahle savings and loan institution. Sneh is tho French Mutual Provident SavGerrish Submerged, Double-Acting Force Pump. We givo herewith an illustration of a pump which is acknowledged hy all mechanics and engineers, to he constructed on truly seientific principles. It commendsitself for its extremo simplicity. There is nothing at all complicated about its construction, or anything which is at all likely to get out of order. This machine was patented hy J. A. Morrill, Octoher 20th, 1867, It is made of iron. Tho valves, as shown iu the engraving, are solid ruhber balls, which, wlen nsed in the manncr hereiu described, are as nearly iudestructihle as auy thing wellcan he. The pump may also he ings and Loan Society, whose ofiice is loeated at No. 5383 Commercial street. used as a fire eugine, it heingso constructed that a hose can he readily attached. This GERRI3H’3 SUBMERGED DOUBLE-ACTING FORCE PUMP. feature isespecially valuable in eountry and mountain towns which are not supplied with the usual fire apparatus. It must work well at any depth, anda child can operate it, Being suhmerged it cannot freeze, It has no suetion-valvo or packing to get out of order. The water, as will he seen in the engraving, is raised hy two outside sliding eylinders, one halancing the other, and requiring no force heyond the mere lifting of the water. In examining the illustration, A A represent the two outside eylinders of cast iron. These cylinders have each a valve fitting closely into a turned valve seat. These valves consist of solid ruhher halls, which are kept from rising too high hy the small rod shown in the engraving, D D represents the valves. The eylinders A A are moved upward and downward over the stationary inside cylinders BB, by means of the connecting rod a, attached to the hrake ©. The inside cylinders B B are firmly bolted on to the air chamber E, which is also of iron. The discharge pipe F, connects with the air chamber at the hottom as shown in the cut. This pump} may hescen and examined at the Pavilion. It is manufactured and sold hy Linforth, Kellogg & Rail, Nos. 8 and 5 Front street, near Market, Cuaryese Farmuinc.—A writer calls attention to a fact which illustrates the industry and ingenuity of the Chinese. All along the coast the steep shores and even mountain sides, are made tillahle hy a system of terraces. The front or slope of these terraces is ahout six feet in hight, and protected by sud. The level space thus ohtained is devoted to raising vegetahles aud general products of the soil. Only one kind of seed or grain, however, is planted on the same space, and no two spaces produce tho same vegetahleor cereal. Thus the traveler has preseuted a mountain side fringed with diversified vegetation. Rows of peas, heans, turnips, carrots, vines, etc., rise in regular series until the summit is attained. The flat or hottom laud immediately on the coast is juvariably devoted to rice. Their system of irrigation is complete, and all the lands devoted to this crop can be easily overflowed. Coan Minixa at LBeniincHamw Bay.—Since the extinguishment of the fires in June, 1867, mining is again going on successfully, iu the production of from 100 to. 400 tons of coal a day, which is puton ship-, board at the rate of about $3 a ton, cust. The compauy owns 3,000 aeres of Jand, and they have expended in improvenients $100,000, Tho Superintendent is R. E. Myers. GovERNMENT Ar FoRTHE SuTRO TUNNEL. In a letter to the Committee on Mines and Mining concerning the hill introdnced in Congress to aid in the construction of the Sutro tunnel at Virginia City, the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cullough, says he has no doukt if the proposed tunnel should successfully prove the indefinite downward extent of our mineral lodes it would greatly increase the value of our mineral land, stimulate mining, and result in vast henefit to the eountry, The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Mr. Wilson, says geologists appear to agree in the opinion that the Comstock lode is a true fissure vein, and that it will continue of equal richness to any depth which is practieahle to work in the mines, In view, therefore, of what other governments have done for mines not having a tithe of its productiveness, and of the fact that as anation we are at this moment deeply interested in the development of all our resources, and preeminently so as to those of the precious metals, the Secretary acknowledges the helief that if the policy of a loan of the puhlic credit, as adopted hy Congress in regard to the continental railway, should he extended to the enterprise, now under consideration, the results that wonld follow would he of great value to this Republic. Presiums OrrereD.—The Committee on Premiums offer forty-siz silver medals as special premiums, to he apportioned among the several classes according to their value or importance; and sixteen gold medals for the most valnahle display of California products and manufactures, one each for classes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 18, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 53 and 27, as already given in the columns of the Farr Press, <A grand jeweled medal, valued at $200, is to be award ed for such meritorious inventiou or industrial product as, in the opinion of the judges, will be of the greatest benefit to the people of California amongst all the other fine things exhihited. ee ManvuFacturE or Stern Dimect From THE Orr.—The enormous progress which has heen made within the past few yearsin connection with the iron and stecl manufacture is suflicient to justify the hope that the oft-attempted process of obtainiug steel direct from the ore, will at last he brought to asuccesstul termination, more especially as it is now stated that furnaces have, within the last few months, beeu erected at Birmingham, by which pure steel can he produced at once direct trom the ore, withont the expenses, uucertainty, aud other disadvantages attending the old and tedious processes. =e Guass Worrs.—Having seen the display of carhoys, demijobus, and variously shaped respectahle old hottles, labeled ‘*syrup,” “7, X. L.,” “Stomach Bitters,” ete, exhihited hy Bennett & Co., of the Potrero Glass Factory—for which John Taylor & Co., No. 514 Washington streot, are the agents—visitors to the Fair, and especially those who have occasion to use or deal in glass, caunot do better than to take a rido across the Long Bridge, and have a look at the wonders of that incomparable art, which was disvovered bythe Pheenician sailors two thonsand years ago, and yet which the wajority of us know sv little abont.

Yi Subserlption, SS Per Annum, wos, ——— Sw Single Copies, 15 Cents. A Journal of Useful Arts, Sctence, and Mining and Mechanical Progress. BY DISWIEY & CoO., Patent Solleltors. SAN Francisco, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, ©ooo. VOLUME XVII. Number 7. Resovau.—The oflico of the Misise AND Sauestiric Press, with the Patent Agency and Job Printing Office, connected therewith, will he removed, to-day, froin its present loeation, 505 Clay street, to 414, on the opposite side of the same street, and ahout half a block lower down —just below Sansome. Tho object of this removal is to secure larger and more commodious rooms,and a hnilding in which our business can all be placed together. The necessity which has heretofore existed of carrying on our patent husiness more than a block away from our main husiuess oflice, has heen a source of great inconvenience and annoyanee, not only to onrselves, hut to our customers as well. Onur friends will hereafter find us as ahovo. Coal on the Pacific Railroad. There is coal in great shundance, at not inconvenient distances, all along tho Pacific Railroad from Chieago to Salt Lake; from which place on, there has heen nothing discovered, hut some thin seams of lignite on the Truckee. At San Pete, 120 miles south of Salt Lake, there is bitumiuous coal, which is claimed to he hetter than any west of the Rocky Mountains. At Pabranagat, 300 miles southwest of Salt Lake, thero is good coal, and it is helieved that coal exists thronghout the entire territory of Utah, in large quantities. On the line of the railroad, the principal coal mining district will prohally he ahout 80 miles east of Salt Lake. Thence eastward, it is found cropping out in the cafions everywhere, in masses sometimes fifteen feet in thickness; and it is a matter so common as to attract hut little attention. People do not even take the trouhle to loeate eligible exposures. At Green River, an important halting place on the way, they have found anthracite, which is heavy aud will not hurn withont a flame, but when used in a hlacksmith’s forge it gives an intense heat. The article has heen tried, and fonnd to answer for all purposes required. There is no danger of tho heds ever heing exhausted, so that Green River will he another important souzce of coal, where something in the way of civilization must necessarily soon plant itself. At Cheyenne, coal mining excited a good deal of attention last fall. The mining district around Central City, Colorado, will prohahly he supplied from Golden City—lying at the entrance to the mountains, hetween the former place and Denver—which has the appearanco already of a hustling little manufacturing town. Going eastward on the Pacific Railroad, the next important coal mining district is in Iowa, a little distance heyond the Missouri River. It is not improhahle that the Government will some day institute an exploration of the coal fields of Colorado, Dakotah, Utah, Nevada and California. Maxine Monry.— People do not seem to he generally aware that it is those persons who save money that make it in the long trun. The hest thiug therefore that can bo said to a young mau is to remndhim of somoreliahle savings and loan institution. Sneh is tho French Mutual Provident SavGerrish Submerged, Double-Acting Force Pump. We givo herewith an illustration of a pump which is acknowledged hy all mechanics and engineers, to he constructed on truly seientific principles. It commendsitself for its extremo simplicity. There is nothing at all complicated about its construction, or anything which is at all likely to get out of order. This machine was patented hy J. A. Morrill, Octoher 20th, 1867, It is made of iron. Tho valves, as shown iu the engraving, are solid ruhber balls, which, wlen nsed in the manncr hereiu described, are as nearly iudestructihle as auy thing wellcan he. The pump may also he ings and Loan Society, whose ofiice is loeated at No. 5383 Commercial street. used as a fire eugine, it heingso constructed that a hose can he readily attached. This GERRI3H’3 SUBMERGED DOUBLE-ACTING FORCE PUMP. feature isespecially valuable in eountry and mountain towns which are not supplied with the usual fire apparatus. It must work well at any depth, anda child can operate it, Being suhmerged it cannot freeze, It has no suetion-valvo or packing to get out of order. The water, as will he seen in the engraving, is raised hy two outside sliding eylinders, one halancing the other, and requiring no force heyond the mere lifting of the water. In examining the illustration, A A represent the two outside eylinders of cast iron. These cylinders have each a valve fitting closely into a turned valve seat. These valves consist of solid ruhher halls, which are kept from rising too high hy the small rod shown in the engraving, D D represents the valves. The eylinders A A are moved upward and

downward over the stationary inside cylinders BB, by means of the connecting rod a, attached to the hrake ©. The inside cylinders B B are firmly bolted on to the air chamber E, which is also of iron. The discharge pipe F, connects with the air chamber at the hottom as shown in the cut. This pump} may hescen and examined at the Pavilion. It is manufactured and sold hy Linforth, Kellogg & Rail, Nos. 8 and 5 Front street, near Market, Cuaryese Farmuinc.—A writer calls attention to a fact which illustrates the industry and ingenuity of the Chinese. All along the coast the steep shores and even mountain sides, are made tillahle hy a system of terraces. The front or slope of these terraces is ahout six feet in hight, and protected by sud. The level space thus ohtained is devoted to raising vegetahles aud general products of the soil. Only one kind of seed or grain, however, is planted on the same space, and no two spaces produce tho same vegetahleor cereal. Thus the traveler has preseuted a mountain side fringed with diversified vegetation. Rows of peas, heans, turnips, carrots, vines, etc., rise in regular series until the summit is attained. The flat or hottom laud immediately on the coast is juvariably devoted to rice. Their system of irrigation is complete, and all the lands devoted to this crop can be easily overflowed. Coan Minixa at LBeniincHamw Bay.—Since the extinguishment of the fires in June, 1867, mining is again going on successfully, iu the production of from 100 to. 400 tons of coal a day, which is puton ship-, board at the rate of about $3 a ton, cust. The compauy owns 3,000 aeres of Jand, and they have expended in improvenients $100,000, Tho Superintendent is R. E. Myers. GovERNMENT Ar FoRTHE SuTRO TUNNEL. In a letter to the Committee on Mines and Mining concerning the hill introdnced in Congress to aid in the construction of the Sutro tunnel at Virginia City, the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Cullough, says he has no doukt if the proposed tunnel should successfully prove the indefinite downward extent of our mineral lodes it would greatly increase the value of our mineral land, stimulate mining, and result in vast henefit to the eountry, The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Mr. Wilson, says geologists appear to agree in the opinion that the Comstock lode is a true fissure vein, and that it will continue of equal richness to any depth which is practieahle to work in the mines, In view, therefore, of what other governments have done for mines not having a tithe of its productiveness, and of the fact that as anation we are at this moment deeply interested in the development of all our resources, and preeminently so as to those of the precious metals, the Secretary acknowledges the helief that if the policy of a loan of the puhlic credit, as adopted hy Congress in regard to the continental railway, should he extended to the enterprise, now under consideration, the results that wonld follow would he of great value to this Republic. Presiums OrrereD.—The Committee on Premiums offer forty-siz silver medals as special premiums, to he apportioned among the several classes according to their value or importance; and sixteen gold medals for the most valnahle display of California products and manufactures, one each for classes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 18, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 53 and 27, as already given in the columns of the Farr Press, <A grand jeweled medal, valued at $200, is to be award ed for such meritorious inventiou or industrial product as, in the opinion of the judges, will be of the greatest benefit to the people of California amongst all the other fine things exhihited. ee ManvuFacturE or Stern Dimect From THE Orr.—The enormous progress which has heen made within the past few yearsin connection with the iron and stecl manufacture is suflicient to justify the hope that the oft-attempted process of obtainiug steel direct from the ore, will at last he brought to asuccesstul termination, more especially as it is now stated that furnaces have, within the last few months, beeu erected at Birmingham, by which pure steel can he produced at once direct trom the ore, withont the expenses, uucertainty, aud other disadvantages attending the old and tedious processes. =e Guass Worrs.—Having seen the display of carhoys, demijobus, and variously shaped respectahle old hottles, labeled ‘*syrup,” “7, X. L.,” “Stomach Bitters,” ete, exhihited hy Bennett & Co., of the Potrero Glass Factory—for which John Taylor & Co., No. 514 Washington streot, are the agents—visitors to the Fair, and especially those who have occasion to use or deal in glass, caunot do better than to take a rido across the Long Bridge, and have a look at the wonders of that incomparable art, which was disvovered bythe Pheenician sailors two thonsand years ago, and yet which the wajority of us know sv little abont.