Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

182 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS ,. Collom’s Separating Works. A hiief trip to the Collom Sepsrating Works this morning convinced us, says the Central City (Col.) Register, thet without any exception this is the husisst establishment in the conntry. It has more pulleys, wheels and shafts; more dancing jigs and revolving cylinders, and keeps a larger quantity of . water in motion than sll the qnartz mills in the land. Everything denotes active induatry. The men go abont their work silently, for amid all that wilderness of machinery there is neither time nor opportunity for conversation or story telling. Looking upward from the ground floor, the eye ia both amazed and bewildered by the vast oombinstion of forces employed in the process of crushing, distribution, sepsration and coneehtration of minerala carried on by Jchn Collom’s invention. Away up on the mountgin side, almoat as far as the eye can reaoh, sre men, jigs and cylindrical maohines, apd crushers innumerahle, all opsrating like clock work, in perfect harmony snd with wonderfal force and efficiency. At the very top the ore is delivered from the wagons into the mill. Itgoes firat into a funnel shaped chute, slides thence down . o the Blake craoker. from that to different seta of improved Cornish rollers, thence into sizing machines, thence into rotary sievea, thence through a series of jigs and dressing tables, propelled frou the atart hy small atreame of water, nutil the final deposits of tbe different minerala and metals are made in the concentrstion tanks, at the very bottom floor of the huge building. From the time the ore ig paaaed into the ernsher, no hand tonches it, or direc'sits progress, uotilit is ready for delivery to the ameltera. Each grade of minersl finds ita way, with invariable precision, to its appropriate receptacle, The machinery is ao arranged aa to carry on the material through a vagt multitude of changes toita final delivery, without the interposition of msnual labor at auy point, and no mistske is made, no matter what the.character of the ore may be. : Situated on north Clear oreek, on the ground formerly occupied by what ia familiarly known asthe ‘Keith Process,’ it has grown, under the akillful direction of the inventor, into vast proportions. Noone who has not yisited the jlace can form any proper conception of its maguitide. It reminda the beholder of some great Eastern manufactory, upon whvae wares half a continent is depending. Notwithatanding ita newoosa snd its experimental character, it ig already largely pstruized by the miners. A ateady stream of wagons, freighted with orea of different kinda and gradea, except the highest—which alwaya go to the amelter—ia pasaing np and down the Clear creek road to and from this mill, Prof. Behr, a well known chemist and assayer, is in oharge of the scientific department. He ia thoroughly ocnfident of the utility ef the process, pronounces ity work excellent, and ig sanguine that it will grow into one of the moat useful institutions ever estabHehed in this Territory. Dry Canon Mines. A correspent of the Salf Lake Tribune, writing from Jacob City, says: I hsve just been visiting some mines upon which censiderable work and expenditure of capital has been made, lacing them in a peaition where, in the next 0 days; they may be classed among the leading mines of Dry cation. The Daniel Webster lode, which is looated on the northeaat side of Siow Storm hill, is engaged in sinking an incline on the vein, which 1s now in 35 feet, showing ore on both sides and overhead averaging three feet, two'feet of whioh is goed ore. The vein in the face of the incline ia fonr feet in width, three teet of which ia good ore, the character hsing yellow carhonate, galena and black snlphurets, the assays of which vary from $60 to $80 iu ailver, and 45 ner cent. in lead. There are about 15 tons of ore on the dump, aome of which is fine yellow carbonate ore which has been aacked. A good trail is being built from the gag of Lillie hill to the mine, ‘There is also a large quantity of timber close at hand, and several springs of water within 400 yards distance. Vhia proseot is one of the fineat we have seen in the istrict for the amount of work done and ths distance attained. Tne Silver Crown ia looking remarkably well; an incline is in abont 70 feet, showing a large body of ore ali the way down to the face, where it takes a dip into the hill. Tne ownera, Kirk, Converse & Co., are vigorously engsged in devy loping this mine. The Enreka, located on Treasure hill, still continnes to take out good ore, and is making regular daily shipments without interruption. The Gisborn toll road is nearly completed, and in the short space of ten days ore teams will be ssen wending their way along the new road with precious ores from Dry cation. There ia # rumor. tbat the stage company will run over the new road when completed. The suit of ejectmeut against the Cambria mine, by the agent of the Jupiter miue, resulted in a verdict by Judge Bethune in favor of the Jupitsr company. The caae, however, is not fairly settled; tbe Cambria folke propose to eee it clear through, Curaystna Woou.—A recent English patent is for a method of cleansing wool and the disintegration of vegetsble matters by the succeasive action of acid and alkaline gases, auch gssea being thoae obtained in uny industrial process, but particularly in the manufacture of claemical products and manures. Bingham Canon. A corrsspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune writing from Bingham Cafonsays: Bingham’s great miners] belt, which is unparalleled, and sscond to none in the world in quantity and quality of ore, for over fonr miles in length, and is producing over two hundred tong of ofe perday. There are some 25 or 30 mines located on this mineral belt. Only nine or ten of these mines are being worked at present, among which sre the Jordan and Galena, Neptune, Kempton, Lest Chance, Nez Perces Chief, Spanish Utah, Yosemite, Wssatch and Sampson. Theae mines are producing immense qusntities of ore, and yielding rich returns to their owners. i There are nearly 20 valuable mines on this belt which are lying idle for want of oapital to work them, among which msy he mentioned the Gentile, Telegraph, Revere, Csptain Jaok, Giant, Montreal, Star of Utsh,:Aahlsnd, Snltan and others. These are all exoellent mines, and with a little cspital to develop them, and proper management, wonld return large incomes to their owners. The average valne of ore prodnced hy theae Mminea is $50 per ton, for lead and ailver. The few mines mentioned ahove, althongh net worked to half their capacity, are shipping 200 tons of ore per day, orins yesr of 365 days 73,000, which at $50 per ton would bs $3,650,0U0, And as there are about 250 men employed in the minea, it would average $14,600 per man. Considering the ‘present undeveloped condition of the mines, this is certainly very encouraging to owners of mining property. What the retaia will be when these mines are dev: loped to the extent of the Comstook lode of Nevada, it ia impossible to estimate. Miners and owners of m‘nirg property should not be discouraged on acconnt of the smsll amount of capital that has been invested in mines during the past year, which has no doubt heen owing to the unaettled condition of the financial w rld since the panic. There is no doubt that before snotber year the unlimited mineral wealth ot these mountaivcs will indo a large amonnt of capitsl to he invested, and the mines more fully developed and worked to their capacity. Owing to many schemes and frands perpetrated on the puolic, by a class of sconndiels with which the conntry ia infested, mining aa a business haa been brought in disrepute, hut in the face ot facta and statisti¢s of mining in this country, aa well as every other, it is easily proved to be as legitimate aa manufactnring or mercantile bnginesa, and when properly and legitimately managed, to he the moat remuneraive of any business csrried on in the world. American Steel. In my travels throughorit the conntry I am repeatedly asked, why not make ge good steel in this country ag in England? I admit that auch a question might have heen pertinent tsn or twelve yeara ago. The ateel trade of this conntry was then inits infancy—inexperience had to battle against a country of a century’s "growth in the trade, and we may add that there has been improvement in English steel for more than half a csntury, while in America the ahort space of fitteen years hss raised her to a stsndard of success surpassed by none in the world. We assert, and that fearleasly, that Amerioa cannot at preaent be surpassed in her msnutacture of steel. Whyshould she? Her artisans are aa intelligent aa any on the globe, quiok te see and ready to aot, in fact the personification of true busineas, while her process is the same asin Hogland, and the stock used equally as good. To raise the country to an equal popularity with Sheffield only requirea the destruction of a needless and nuwarranted prejudice, which is happily fast dwindling away. I have had twenty-five years’ experience in the steel trade in Sheffield and in this country, and know whereof I speak, and I predict ere long Engliab steel will be unknown in American marketa. Let us encoursge, then, the indnstries and support tbe prodnctions of home, and thereby give oar mechanios a fair chance in the great battle of life, and the reault will he the envy of surrounding nationa and the astonishment of agazing world.—Cor. Chicago Times. ‘ Tappep 4 Pocker.—A few dsys since a drift which is heing run by the Consolidated Virginia Co. on the 1,165-foot level tapped quite a large pooket of subterranean reservoir water. The apot where the water waa found was in the “east country’? on or near the Best & Belcher ground, and is in no way dirsctly connected with the Consolidated Virginia proper. The water flows along the drift on the 1,165-foot level tilitreaches a winze near the Gould & Curry line, when it falls to the 1,300-foot level and flows into the last named mine. Th+ Gould & Curry folks have a good deal of water of their own; besides, they have of late had not a little trouble with their pump, therefore @ considerable portion of the water ia allowed to flow down to the Savage. where it is pumpsd ont. Thepnmp of the Gould & Curry was working well yesterday afternoon, and was xnnning at @ very lively rate—apparently abont its fastest stroke. It is supposed that the pocket will be drained in a fewdaya. There are deep workinga all abont the spot where the water was found, which are quite dry, therefore it is supposed that the pocket ia anrrounded ou all sides by olay; indeed, they paased through clay before they tapped it.— Enterprise. Iron in Utah. A cerrespendent of the Salt Lake Zribune, writing from Tintioc, says: We have heard considerahle concerning the iron ores, ete., of the southern part of this Territory, and the probability of another Pittaburg existing there some day, bunt from indications that part of the oouutry will, eventually, be the proper supply point for the aouth generally, for Arizona and New Mexico, ete.; yet hetore that can he, there must be a railroad from the north there, and of necessity much time and capital he expended in ntilizing these now dietsnt resonrees. Mean-! while, the northern demand for railroad iron and irop products is enermous; the Utsh sonth. eru railroad and all the narrow-gauge railroads © in esse and in posse for Utah waut iron, and there is no need to wait and get the gold to send East for it, if we will only utilize the resourcea at onr feet, for, be it known, that there is an extensive belt of accessible ore in Tintio, of varioua grades, and immense quantities already in sigtt, of a quality and grade that competent jndges pronounce equsl to the best Pitt-borg orea, and gay cannot be excelled, so that all thst ia needed are the furnace means and appliancee to torn out nnlimited iron pigs, bars, or whatever is wanted. . The resources for wster powerin Provo, unequalled by any other place in’the Territory, are handy, and shonld now be utilized for rolling milla, ete. There is money and reputation ter those who are willing te tske hold of this matter and help develop this great resource and baaia of material proaperity—iron manotfactore, — It should be observed that coke of A 1 quality can be procured from the neighboring coal mines of Sanpete. Tintie cgn hold her own for charcoal and bnilding rock, aud firstclass b-ick material is abundant and handy. We will willingly give such information gs we possess ou this guhject to those accking it, and mail herewith a specimen of iron ore from a recent 50-fset location. It is self-évident that if good and cherp iron csn be prodnced here, it will marvelou-ly forward the material growth and proaperity of Utah. Mind and Brain. Dr. B. G. Wild+r, in a paper read hefore the American Scientific Association, oriticiaea the methods of studying the relations between brain and mind. The phrenologioal method is defective, beoauae anatomy doea not ahow any detinitive correspondence whatever between the folds and fissurea of the brain and the outer surface of the skull, and because the most expsrt phrenologista often fail to define character bythe head. Aa for the psthological method, which compares brain-lesions with mental phenomena observed dnring the life of the individual, thrre is good reason for supposing that peculiar ments] conditions may exist without recognizable brain-lesion, and vice versa. And Brown-Sequard aaye that all, parts of the brain may, under irritation, act on any of ita other parta, modifying their aotivity ao as to destroy or diminish, or to increase and to morbidly alter it. The experimental method, which irritstes or destroys certain cerebral regiona in living animals, merely demonsatratee the existence in the hrain of centers of action for different aeta of muscles; it necessarily produces abnormal action, and faila to ahow the relation between brain and mind. Dr. Wilder would follow the example of phrenologists, bnt employing the brain itself for compariaon, , instead of the skull, nsing large numbers, and comparing the two sides. He wonld alao employ canine instead of human brains, hscause of their simple figsural pattern, and the possibility of an accnrste Knowledge of .the mentul characteristics of doga. Betier results might be expected from the study of the brains of peraous with whom we were acquainted in life, but that is impracticahle. Dr. Wilder doea not beleve in the localization of facultiea in’ different portions of the brain, and inclines to tbe opinion that a cerebral hemisphere acts as a unit either singly or with its fellow. Coat Areas.—Coal is etill the prime source of anxiety. In Eurape the coal area in square miles atands approximately thns: Great Britain, 5,500; France, 1,000; Saarbruck, 900; Belgium, 500; Bohemia, 400; Weatphalia, 350; Spain, 200; Ireland, 150; Ruasia, 100. The British possesaione occupy 7,000. The Unsted States 200,000. But quantity ia one thing and value by accessibility another. Great Brituin commanda the sea-board, and holda available coal, ironstone and limestone in juxtaposition, besides couu.less appliances, which is scarcely the case elsewhere; so that, let labor-value fluctate aa it may, her furnacea will of necessity hold their own against the world fora long time to eome. The world’s yield of coal ia about 200,000,000 tons annnally. Quick Worx.—One week ago last Monday evening an order was received at the Gold Hill Foundry, Gsorge Emmet proprietor, from the Sierra Nevada Mining Company, for 2 suction pump to he nsed in the bottom of their shaft aaavinking-pump. Work was begun on the pump the next morning after the order waa received and last evening the pump, completed and ready to set up, was delivered at the mine. Che pump is ten inches iu diameter (10-inch! hore) and is & fine specimen of workmanship. The completion of the pump in the time mentioned, is about aa quick work as we have heard of in that line of business.— Enterprise. ' {September 19, 1874 Quicksilver Road. In our article last week we neglectad to givs the distsnee from Woodland to the ‘mines; or rather the extsnt of road thé county would have to build. From Woodland to the” point where mountain grading will commence ig thirty miles. Thia point is at the farm of Henry Rhodes. From that point to the mines is six miles—one mile of which ie level ground across Casey’s flat. Theaummit is ‘the point to which the county will be required to build, which is three miles—the two milea beyond will be built by the California Qnickailver Mining company. It ia therefore but thirty-six miles from Woodland to the Knoxville mines. The report of the viewers ia very flattering, and the surveyor, Mr. Nurse, tells us thit, although he did not venture to give any estimate as to the probsble coat from the meager time occnpied im taking observations, he did not think it wonld oost the county ovér $5,000. He says thé grading will be very easy, and that the road-bed will be of material snfficiently durable to adinit of constant wear by heavy wagons for years. The demand for this road is one which tbe county makes. Itis not alene for the benefit of the gor living 1n Capay yalley, but for the people of Yolo connty. This ia the view that ousht to be taken of it by the board of anpervisors, and the most prompt action should be taken to commence the work. We understand that the grading of thé road from Knoxville to Calistoga ig dragging heavily, and that the contractora are becoming disheartened. They feel that it ia Not the outlet decaanded” by the people in the mines, and fear that it will snffer the same from wear snd ‘washing that the road from Napa has anffered, and thus be half the time impassible, and a constant tax upon the people to keep'it in order. These représentations suggest uctivity on onr part:—Yolo Mail. The Booth Mining Co. In speaking of the incorporation of this Co. the Placer Argus says: Lhe objéct of the oompany iato work the Orleans, or Gordon gold mine, situated within a mile of Auburn. We ere gratified at being able to announce that such a powerfnl combination of oapital haa t:ken hold of this valuable mine, ag it will opeu np & nsw era in the mining and ousinesa iuterests of Auhurn. The Orlesns has been sufficieutly tested to demonstrate that it is one of the richest mines in the State. Its original owners, though thoronghly convinced ef its immenae value, were unshle for the went of adequate capital to properly work it. We do not know ou what terms the new company hae acquired the property, but suppose that Mr. Gordon and hia friends have retained a laree interest, and understend that he will be the superintendent. With ample meana to develop the property, snd erect the necessary worka, we are confident that it will soon tske rank as one of the importsnt mines of the coast. Its development cannot but be of great advantage to Auhurn. A reliable, permanent, dividendpaying mine, as it ia almost aure to prove, will ‘not only give stxhility to our preaent buainesa, but will add lergely toit. The incorporation of this company meana business. It will bring to us capital and workmen, infnse life into every branch of trade, snd set thingsto moving after the fashion of the fiush timer, when Auburu was the hesdqnarters of thougunde of prosperous miners. Oovrn Inon Wonxs.—An Ogden correapondent writes the Ssit Lake Tribune a letter descriptive of a-visit to the site of the Ogden Iron Manufacturing Co.’s works. The company have purchssed a piece of land, hetween 30 and 40 acrea in extent, in the northwestern, portion of the ¢ ty, contiguous to the Utah orthem and Central Pacifio railroads. A large amonnt of maohinsry is already on the gronnd,and a atrong force of bnildera and laborers, including 50 Chiuese, are at work on the building. The blast furnace ia to he erected nnder the direolion of a Mr. Tait, an experienced and reliable Engliah furnace builder. The managerand his asaistant are apoken of as being eminently fi ted for their work, and are forwarding the procesa of oonstrnction as rapidly as posaible. The valne of this induatrial enteiprise can not bs over eatimated, as the raw material exiats in thia Tenitory to an incalculable amount, and the aupply of cheap iron nnderliea all iudnstriea. ‘Lhe people of Ogden may be congratulated upon having secnred to themselvea ao important an et tarprise, and we look tosee growth and profit result to all. New Aim Cuimnuey.—The Conao.idated Virginia Mining Company are having a new aitchimney built, It commences at the third set of timbers below the top of the shaft, and extends 20) feet above the roof of the main building. Ita dimensions are 4x8 feet in width’ and about 80 fect in hight. When oomploted, the hot air and steam from the mine, whioh now escape from the top of the ahaft, oansing great inconvenience and preventing the engineers from seeing the atation-marks on tbe cable, will be got rid of, and hetter ventilation will bs insured.—Chronicle, New Eneine.— The Julia mining company have received their new hoisting engine from San Francisco. It is 3@-inch atroke, 20-inch eylinder and 100-horae power. The excavation for the foundation is completed, and aa soon athe masonry work is finiahed, the new engine will be setnp. The hoisting engine now in operation will be used to diive the new pump, which is being pnt in the mine. -_

182 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS ,. Collom’s Separating Works. A hiief trip to the Collom Sepsrating Works this morning convinced us, says the Central City (Col.) Register, thet without any exception this is the husisst establishment in the conntry. It has more pulleys, wheels and shafts; more dancing jigs and revolving cylinders, and keeps a larger quantity of . water in motion than sll the qnartz mills in the land. Everything denotes active induatry. The men go abont their work silently, for amid all that wilderness of machinery there is neither time nor opportunity for conversation or story telling. Looking upward from the ground floor, the eye ia both amazed and bewildered by the vast oombinstion of forces employed in the process of crushing, distribution, sepsration and coneehtration of minerala carried on by Jchn Collom’s invention. Away up on the mountgin side, almoat as far as the eye can reaoh, sre men, jigs and cylindrical maohines, apd crushers innumerahle, all opsrating like clock work, in perfect harmony snd with wonderfal force and efficiency. At the very top the ore is delivered from the wagons into the mill. Itgoes firat into a funnel shaped chute, slides thence down . o the Blake craoker. from that to different seta of improved Cornish rollers, thence into sizing machines, thence into rotary sievea, thence through a series of jigs and dressing tables, propelled frou the atart hy small atreame of water, nutil the final deposits of tbe different minerala and metals are made in the concentrstion tanks, at the very bottom floor of the huge building. From the time the ore ig paaaed into the ernsher, no hand tonches it, or direc'sits progress, uotilit is ready for delivery to the ameltera. Each grade of minersl finds ita way, with invariable precision, to its appropriate receptacle, The machinery is ao arranged aa to carry on the material through a vagt multitude of changes toita final delivery, without the interposition of msnual labor at auy point, and no mistske is made, no matter what the.character of the ore may be. : Situated on north Clear oreek, on the ground formerly occupied by what ia familiarly known asthe ‘Keith Process,’ it has grown, under the akillful direction of the inventor, into vast proportions. Noone who has not yisited the jlace can form any proper conception of its maguitide. It reminda the beholder of some great Eastern manufactory, upon whvae wares half a continent is depending. Notwithatanding ita newoosa snd its experimental character, it ig already largely pstruized by the miners. A ateady stream of wagons, freighted with orea of different kinda and gradea, except the highest—which alwaya go to the amelter—ia pasaing np and down the Clear creek road to and from this mill, Prof. Behr, a well known chemist and assayer, is in oharge of the scientific department. He ia thoroughly ocnfident of the utility ef the process, pronounces ity work excellent, and ig sanguine that it will grow into one of the moat useful institutions ever estabHehed in this Territory. Dry Canon Mines. A correspent of the Salf Lake Tribune, writing from Jacob City, says: I hsve just been visiting some mines upon which censiderable work and expenditure of capital has been made, lacing them in a peaition where, in the next 0 days; they may be classed among the leading mines of Dry cation. The Daniel Webster lode, which is looated on the northeaat side of Siow Storm hill, is engaged in sinking an incline on the vein, which 1s now in 35 feet, showing ore on both sides and overhead averaging three feet, two'feet of whioh is goed ore. The vein in the face of the incline ia fonr feet in width, three teet of which ia good ore, the character hsing yellow carhonate, galena and black snlphurets, the assays of which vary from $60 to $80 iu ailver, and 45 ner cent. in lead. There are about 15 tons of ore on the dump, aome of which is fine yellow carbonate ore which has been aacked. A good trail is being built from the gag of Lillie hill to the mine, ‘There is also a large quantity of timber close at hand, and several springs of water within 400 yards distance. Vhia proseot is one of the fineat we have seen in the istrict for the amount of work done and ths distance attained. Tne Silver Crown ia looking remarkably well; an incline is in abont 70 feet, showing a large body of ore ali the way down to the face, where it takes a dip into the hill. Tne ownera, Kirk, Converse & Co., are vigorously engsged in devy loping this mine. The Enreka, located on Treasure hill, still continnes to take out good ore, and is making regular daily shipments without interruption. The Gisborn toll road is nearly completed, and in the short space of ten days ore teams will be ssen wending their way along the new road with precious ores from Dry cation. There ia # rumor. tbat the stage company will run over the new road when completed. The suit of ejectmeut against the Cambria mine, by the agent of the Jupiter miue, resulted in a verdict by Judge Bethune in favor of the Jupitsr company. The caae, however, is not fairly settled; tbe Cambria folke propose to eee it clear through, Curaystna Woou.—A recent English patent is for a method of cleansing wool and the disintegration of vegetsble matters by the succeasive action of acid and alkaline gases, auch gssea being thoae obtained in uny industrial process, but particularly in the manufacture of claemical products and manures. Bingham Canon. A corrsspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune writing from Bingham Cafonsays: Bingham’s great miners] belt, which is unparalleled, and sscond to none in the world in quantity and quality of ore, for over fonr miles in length, and is producing over two hundred tong of ofe perday. There are some 25 or 30 mines located on this mineral belt. Only nine or ten of these mines are being worked at present, among which sre the Jordan and Galena, Neptune, Kempton, Lest Chance, Nez Perces Chief, Spanish Utah, Yosemite, Wssatch and Sampson. Theae mines are producing immense qusntities of ore, and yielding rich returns to their owners. i There are nearly 20 valuable mines on this belt which are lying idle for want of oapital to work them, among which msy he mentioned the Gentile, Telegraph, Revere, Csptain Jaok, Giant, Montreal, Star of Utsh,:Aahlsnd, Snltan and others. These are all exoellent mines, and with a little cspital to develop them, and proper management, wonld return large incomes to their owners. The average valne of ore prodnced hy theae Mminea is $50 per ton, for lead and ailver. The few mines mentioned ahove, althongh net worked to half their capacity, are shipping 200 tons of ore per day, orins yesr of 365 days 73,000, which at $50 per ton would bs $3,650,0U0, And as there are about 250 men employed in the minea, it would average $14,600 per man. Considering the ‘present undeveloped condition of the mines, this is certainly very encouraging to owners of mining property. What the retaia will be when these mines are dev: loped to the extent of the Comstook lode of Nevada, it ia impossible to estimate. Miners and owners of m‘nirg property should not be discouraged on acconnt of the smsll amount of capital that has been invested in mines during the past year, which has no doubt heen owing to the unaettled condition of the financial w rld since the panic. There is no doubt that before snotber year the unlimited mineral wealth ot these mountaivcs will indo a large amonnt of capitsl to he invested, and the mines more fully developed and worked to their capacity. Owing to many schemes and frands perpetrated on the puolic, by a class of sconndiels with which the conntry ia infested, mining aa a business haa been brought in disrepute, hut in the face ot facta and statisti¢s of mining in this country, aa well as every other, it is easily proved to be as legitimate aa manufactnring or mercantile bnginesa, and when properly and legitimately managed, to he the moat remuneraive of any business csrried on in the world. American Steel. In my travels throughorit the conntry I am repeatedly asked, why not make ge good steel in this country ag in England? I admit that auch a question might have heen pertinent tsn or twelve yeara ago. The ateel trade of this conntry was then inits infancy—inexperience had to battle against a country of a century’s "growth in the trade, and we may add that there has been improvement in English steel for more than half a csntury, while in America the ahort space of fitteen years hss raised her to a stsndard of success surpassed by none in the world. We assert, and that fearleasly, that Amerioa cannot at preaent be surpassed in her msnutacture of steel. Whyshould she? Her artisans are aa intelligent aa any on the globe, quiok te see and ready to aot, in fact the personification of true busineas, while her process is the same asin Hogland, and the stock used equally as good. To raise the country to an equal popularity with Sheffield only requirea the destruction of a needless and nuwarranted prejudice, which is happily fast dwindling away. I have had twenty-five years’ experience in the steel trade in Sheffield and in this country, and know whereof I speak, and I predict ere long Engliab steel will be unknown in American marketa. Let us encoursge, then, the indnstries and support tbe prodnctions of home, and thereby give oar mechanios a fair chance in the great battle of life, and the reault will he the envy of surrounding nationa and the astonishment of agazing world.—Cor. Chicago Times. ‘ Tappep 4 Pocker.—A few dsys since a drift which is heing run by the Consolidated Virginia Co. on the 1,165-foot level tapped quite a large pooket of subterranean reservoir water. The apot where the water waa found was in the “east country’? on or near the Best & Belcher ground, and is in no way dirsctly connected with the Consolidated Virginia proper. The water flows along the drift on the 1,165-foot level tilitreaches a winze near the Gould & Curry line, when it falls to the 1,300-foot level and flows into the last named mine. Th+ Gould & Curry folks have a good deal of water of their own; besides, they have of late had not a little trouble with their pump, therefore @ considerable portion of the water ia allowed to flow down to the Savage. where it is pumpsd ont. Thepnmp of the Gould & Curry was working well yesterday afternoon, and was xnnning at @ very lively rate—apparently abont its fastest stroke. It is supposed that the pocket will be drained in a fewdaya. There are deep workinga all abont the spot where the water was found, which are quite dry, therefore it is supposed that the pocket ia anrrounded ou all sides by olay; indeed, they paased through

clay before they tapped it.— Enterprise. Iron in Utah. A cerrespendent of the Salt Lake Zribune, writing from Tintioc, says: We have heard considerahle concerning the iron ores, ete., of the southern part of this Territory, and the probability of another Pittaburg existing there some day, bunt from indications that part of the oouutry will, eventually, be the proper supply point for the aouth generally, for Arizona and New Mexico, ete.; yet hetore that can he, there must be a railroad from the north there, and of necessity much time and capital he expended in ntilizing these now dietsnt resonrees. Mean-! while, the northern demand for railroad iron and irop products is enermous; the Utsh sonth. eru railroad and all the narrow-gauge railroads © in esse and in posse for Utah waut iron, and there is no need to wait and get the gold to send East for it, if we will only utilize the resourcea at onr feet, for, be it known, that there is an extensive belt of accessible ore in Tintio, of varioua grades, and immense quantities already in sigtt, of a quality and grade that competent jndges pronounce equsl to the best Pitt-borg orea, and gay cannot be excelled, so that all thst ia needed are the furnace means and appliancee to torn out nnlimited iron pigs, bars, or whatever is wanted. . The resources for wster powerin Provo, unequalled by any other place in’the Territory, are handy, and shonld now be utilized for rolling milla, ete. There is money and reputation ter those who are willing te tske hold of this matter and help develop this great resource and baaia of material proaperity—iron manotfactore, — It should be observed that coke of A 1 quality can be procured from the neighboring coal mines of Sanpete. Tintie cgn hold her own for charcoal and bnilding rock, aud firstclass b-ick material is abundant and handy. We will willingly give such information gs we possess ou this guhject to those accking it, and mail herewith a specimen of iron ore from a recent 50-fset location. It is self-évident that if good and cherp iron csn be prodnced here, it will marvelou-ly forward the material growth and proaperity of Utah. Mind and Brain. Dr. B. G. Wild+r, in a paper read hefore the American Scientific Association, oriticiaea the methods of studying the relations between brain and mind. The phrenologioal method is defective, beoauae anatomy doea not ahow any detinitive correspondence whatever between the folds and fissurea of the brain and the outer surface of the skull, and because the most expsrt phrenologista often fail to define character bythe head. Aa for the psthological method, which compares brain-lesions with mental phenomena observed dnring the life of the individual, thrre is good reason for supposing that peculiar ments] conditions may exist without recognizable brain-lesion, and vice versa. And Brown-Sequard aaye that all, parts of the brain may, under irritation, act on any of ita other parta, modifying their aotivity ao as to destroy or diminish, or to increase and to morbidly alter it. The experimental method, which irritstes or destroys certain cerebral regiona in living animals, merely demonsatratee the existence in the hrain of centers of action for different aeta of muscles; it necessarily produces abnormal action, and faila to ahow the relation between brain and mind. Dr. Wilder would follow the example of phrenologists, bnt employing the brain itself for compariaon, , instead of the skull, nsing large numbers, and comparing the two sides. He wonld alao employ canine instead of human brains, hscause of their simple figsural pattern, and the possibility of an accnrste Knowledge of .the mentul characteristics of doga. Betier results might be expected from the study of the brains of peraous with whom we were acquainted in life, but that is impracticahle. Dr. Wilder doea not beleve in the localization of facultiea in’ different portions of the brain, and inclines to tbe opinion that a cerebral hemisphere acts as a unit either singly or with its fellow. Coat Areas.—Coal is etill the prime source of anxiety. In Eurape the coal area in square miles atands approximately thns: Great Britain, 5,500; France, 1,000; Saarbruck, 900; Belgium, 500; Bohemia, 400; Weatphalia, 350; Spain, 200; Ireland, 150; Ruasia, 100. The British possesaione occupy 7,000. The Unsted States 200,000. But quantity ia one thing and value by accessibility another. Great Brituin commanda the sea-board, and holda available coal, ironstone and limestone in juxtaposition, besides couu.less appliances, which is scarcely the case elsewhere; so that, let labor-value fluctate aa it may, her furnacea will of necessity hold their own against the world fora long time to eome. The world’s yield of coal ia about 200,000,000 tons annnally. Quick Worx.—One week ago last Monday evening an order was received at the Gold Hill Foundry, Gsorge Emmet proprietor, from the Sierra Nevada Mining Company, for 2 suction pump to he nsed in the bottom of their shaft aaavinking-pump. Work was begun on the pump the next morning after the order waa received and last evening the pump, completed and ready to set up, was delivered at the mine. Che pump is ten inches iu diameter (10-inch! hore) and is & fine specimen of workmanship. The completion of the pump in the time mentioned, is about aa quick work as we have heard of in that line of business.— Enterprise. ' {September 19, 1874 Quicksilver Road. In our article last week we neglectad to givs the distsnee from Woodland to the ‘mines; or rather the extsnt of road thé county would have to build. From Woodland to the” point where mountain grading will commence ig thirty miles. Thia point is at the farm of Henry Rhodes. From that point to the mines is six miles—one mile of which ie level ground across Casey’s flat. Theaummit is ‘the point to which the county will be required to build, which is three miles—the two milea beyond will be built by the California Qnickailver Mining company. It ia therefore but thirty-six miles from Woodland to the Knoxville mines. The report of the viewers ia very flattering, and the surveyor, Mr. Nurse, tells us thit, although he did not venture to give any estimate as to the probsble coat from the meager time occnpied im taking observations, he did not think it wonld oost the county ovér $5,000. He says thé grading will be very easy, and that the road-bed will be of material snfficiently durable to adinit of constant wear by heavy wagons for years. The demand for this road is one which tbe county makes. Itis not alene for the benefit of the gor living 1n Capay yalley, but for the people of Yolo connty. This ia the view that ousht to be taken of it by the board of anpervisors, and the most prompt action should be taken to commence the work. We understand that the grading of thé road from Knoxville to Calistoga ig dragging heavily, and that the contractora are becoming disheartened. They feel that it ia Not the outlet decaanded” by the people in the mines, and fear that it will snffer the same from wear snd ‘washing that the road from Napa has anffered, and thus be half the time impassible, and a constant tax upon the people to keep'it in order. These représentations suggest uctivity on onr part:—Yolo Mail. The Booth Mining Co. In speaking of the incorporation of this Co. the Placer Argus says: Lhe objéct of the oompany iato work the Orleans, or Gordon gold mine, situated within a mile of Auburn. We ere gratified at being able to announce that such a powerfnl combination of oapital haa t:ken hold of this valuable mine, ag it will opeu np & nsw era in the mining and ousinesa iuterests of Auhurn. The Orlesns has been sufficieutly tested to demonstrate that it is one of the richest mines in the State. Its original owners, though thoronghly convinced ef its immenae value, were unshle for the went of adequate capital to properly work it. We do not know ou what terms the new company hae acquired the property, but suppose that Mr. Gordon and hia friends have retained a laree interest, and understend that he will be the superintendent. With ample meana to develop the property, snd erect the necessary worka, we are confident that it will soon tske rank as one of the importsnt mines of the coast. Its development cannot but be of great advantage to Auhurn. A reliable, permanent, dividendpaying mine, as it ia almost aure to prove, will ‘not only give stxhility to our preaent buainesa, but will add lergely toit. The incorporation of this company meana business. It will bring to us capital and workmen, infnse life into every branch of trade, snd set thingsto moving after the fashion of the fiush timer, when Auburu was the hesdqnarters of thougunde of prosperous miners. Oovrn Inon Wonxs.—An Ogden correapondent writes the Ssit Lake Tribune a letter descriptive of a-visit to the site of the Ogden Iron Manufacturing Co.’s works. The company have purchssed a piece of land, hetween 30 and 40 acrea in extent, in the northwestern, portion of the ¢ ty, contiguous to the Utah orthem and Central Pacifio railroads. A large amonnt of maohinsry is already on the gronnd,and a atrong force of bnildera and laborers, including 50 Chiuese, are at work on the building. The blast furnace ia to he erected nnder the direolion of a Mr. Tait, an experienced and reliable Engliah furnace builder. The managerand his asaistant are apoken of as being eminently fi ted for their work, and are forwarding the procesa of oonstrnction as rapidly as posaible. The valne of this induatrial enteiprise can not bs over eatimated, as the raw material exiats in thia Tenitory to an incalculable amount, and the aupply of cheap iron nnderliea all iudnstriea. ‘Lhe people of Ogden may be congratulated upon having secnred to themselvea ao important an et tarprise, and we look tosee growth and profit result to all. New Aim Cuimnuey.—The Conao.idated Virginia Mining Company are having a new aitchimney built, It commences at the third set of timbers below the top of the shaft, and extends 20) feet above the roof of the main building. Ita dimensions are 4x8 feet in width’ and about 80 fect in hight. When oomploted, the hot air and steam from the mine, whioh now escape from the top of the ahaft, oansing great inconvenience and preventing the engineers from seeing the atation-marks on tbe cable, will be got rid of, and hetter ventilation will bs insured.—Chronicle, New Eneine.— The Julia mining company have received their new hoisting engine from San Francisco. It is 3@-inch atroke, 20-inch eylinder and 100-horae power. The excavation for the foundation is completed, and aa soon athe masonry work is finiahed, the new engine will be setnp. The hoisting engine now in operation will be used to diive the new pump, which is being pnt in the mine. -_