Volume 35 (1877) (426 pages)

302 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS {November ro, 1877. iron and Machine Worl, PACI‘iC ROLLING MILL CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Establiched for the Manufacture of RAILROAD AND OTHER IRON —AND— Every Variety of Shafting, Embracing ALL SIZES of Steamboat Shafte, Cranks, Pieton and Connecting Rods, Car and Locomotive Axles and Frames, —ALSO— Hammered Iron ol Every Description and Size. fAa@rOrders addressed to PACIFIC ROLLING MILL COMPANY, P. 0. Box 2032, San Francisco, Cal., will receive prompt attention. Orrice: 16 First Street. é27The highest price paid for Serap Iron. THOS. PENDERGAST. HENRY 8. SMITH ZETNA IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON CASTINGS and MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. mont Street, Bet. Howard and Folsom SAN FRANCISCO. SHEET IRON PIPE. Risdon iron and Locomotive Works Corner Howard and Beale Streets, Are prepared to make SHEET IRON AND ASPHALTUM PIPE, of any size and for any pressure, and contract to lay the same where wanted, guaranteeing 2° perfect working pipe witb the least amount of material. , Standard sizes of Railroad Car Wheels, with special patterns for Mining Cars. These small wheels are made of the hest Car Wheel Iron, properly chilled, aud can be fitted up with the improved axle and box—introduced by this company, and guaranteed to outlast any other whicels made in this State. 4 All kinds of Maehinery made and repaired. JOSEPH MOORE, Superintendent. PHELPS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Manufacturers of all kinds of Wharf and Bridge Bolts, Railroad Trestle Work, Car Frames and Bolts, Machine Bolts, Set Screws and Tap Bolts, Lag or Coach Screwe. ALL STYLES OF FANCY HEAD BOLTS. HOT AND COLD PRESSED HEXAGONAL AND SQUARE NUTS, WASHERS, BOLT ENDS, TURNBUCKLES, ETC., ETC. 13, 15 & 17 Drumm St., near California, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SACRAMENTO BOILER WORKS, 37 Fremont St., cor, Miseion, S. F. HALL & KELSHAW, PRACTICAL BOILER MAERERS, Marine, Stationary and Portnhle Boilers, Smoke Stacks, Hydraulic Pipe, Oil or Water Tanks, Ore and Water Buckets, Gasometers, Girders, Bridges and Iron Ship Building. ALL KINDS OF SHEET IRON WORK. Repairing promptly attended to at the lowest possible terms. GOLDEN STATE & MINERS’ IRON WORKS. Manufacture Iron Castings and Machinery of all Kinds at Greatly Reduced Rates. STEVENSON'S PATENT Mold-Board AMALGAMATORS, Golden State Pressure Blowers. First St.,° between Howard & Foleom, S. F. CALIFORNIA BRASS FOUNDRY, No, 125 Firet Street, Oppoeite Minna SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. All kinds of Brass, Composition, Zinc, and Babbitt Metal Castings, Brass Ship Work of all kinds, Spikes, Sheathing Nails, Rudder Braces, Hinges, Ship and Steamhoat Bells and Gongs of superior tone. All kinds of Cocks and Valves, Hydraulic Pipes and Nozzles, and Hose Couplings and Connections of all sizes and patterns, furnished with dispatch. WRLPRICES MODERATE. Sh J. H. WEED. V. KINGWELL. California Machine Works, 119 BEALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. BIRCH, ARGALL&CO., Builders of QUARTZ, SAW AND FLOUR MILLS; Keating’s Sack Printing Presses, Tae Economy Hypraviac Hoist ror Srorrs, And Aeneral Machinists, FLAWEINS & CANTREDOE, MACHINE WORKS, 210 and 212 Beale Street, bet. Howard and Folsom Sts., -Manufacturers of ‘IMPROVED Eioistinsg For Mining and Steam Engines and all Kinds of Mill and Mining Machinery San Francisco. PORTABLE Engines, Other Purposes. PACIFIC IRON WORKS, First and Fremont Streets, between Mission and Howard, San Francisco, Cal., RANKIN, BRAYTON & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ENGINES, BOILERS, MARINE AND STATIONARY. INCLUDING BATTERIES,.AMALGAMATING PANS AND SETTLERS, CONCENTRATORS, ORE FEEDERS, CRUSHING ROLLS AND ROCK BREAKERS, ALSO, WATER JACKET SMELTING FURNACES, FOR REDUCING LEAD, SILVER AND COPPER ORES, QUICKSILVER FURNACES, RETORTS AND CONDENSERS, ROASTING AND CHLORIDIZING FURNACES, SUGAR MILL MACHINERY, WATER WHEELS, Etc, ALL OF THE LATEST AND MOST IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION, Agents for the Allen Engine Governor, Cook’e Boiler Feeder and Heater, Buckminster Rock Drills and Air Compressors GEO. W. FOGG, Supt. PUMPING, HOISTING AND MINING MACHINERY heeler’s Ore Breaker, Htc. UNION IRON WORKS, SACRAMENTO CAL. ROOT, NEILSON & CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS AND ALL Kinds of Machinery for Mining Purposes. Flouring Mills’, Saw Mills’ and Quartz Mills’ Machipery constructed, fitted up and repaired. Front Street, Between N and O Streets, SACRAMENTO, CAL. THOMPSON BROTHERS, EUREKA FOUNDRY, Light and Heavy Castin, of Every Dee scription Rea aae Sole Proprictors and Manufacturers of Lynch’s Ventilating and {liuminating Tile, The Only INuminating Tile Manufactured for Lighting Cellars, Basements and Dark Rooms which provides proper ventilation for such places 129 and 131 Beale Street, BET. MISSION & HOWARD, SAN FRANCISCO STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS Of all sizes—from 2 to 60-Horse power. Also, Quartz Mills, Mining Punips, Hoisting Machinery, Shaftiug, Iron Tanks, etc. For sale at the lowest prices by J. HENDY, 49 and 51 Fremont Street, 8. F. McAFEE, SPIERS & CO., BOILER MAKERS AND GENERAL MACHINISTS, Howard between Fremont and Beale Sts., San Francisco. Nevada Metallurgical Works, No. 23 STEVENSON STREET, Near First And Market Streets. Ores worked by any process, Ores sampled, ASSAYING in all its branches. Analysis of Ores, Minerals, Waters, etc. WORKING TESTS MADE, Plans furnished for the most suitable process for working Ores. Special attention paid to Examinations of Mines; plans and reports furnished. BE, HUBN, Cc. A, LUCKHARDT, Mining Engineers and Metallurgists LEOPOLD KUH, (Formerly of the U. S, Branch Mint, 8. F.) Assayer and Metallurgical Chemist, No. 611 COMMERCIAL STREET, (Between Montgomery aud Kearny,) San Francisco, Can, INSTRUCTIONS IN ASSAYING, Chemical Analysis, Determination of Minerals, and use of the Blow-pipe. HENRY G. HANKS Will receive a few pupils at his uew laboratory, No. 61 TERMS MODERATE. Montgomery Street, up-stairs, Metalluygy and Opes. STRONG & CO.,, Assayers and Metallurgists, 10 Srevenson Street, S. JOHN TAYLOR & CO., Importers of and Dealers in ASSAYERS’ MATERIALS, CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS, DRUGGISTS’ GLASSWARE AND SUNDRIES, Etc. 512 & 518 Washington St., San Francisco We would call the special attention of Assayers, Chemists, Mining Companies, Milling Companies, Prospectors, ete., to our stock of Clay Crucibles, Muffles, Dry Cups, etc., manufactured hy the Patent Plumbago Crucible Co., of London, England, for which we have been made Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. Circulars with prices will be sent upon application. Also, to our large and well adapted stock of Assayers’ Materials & Chemical Apparatus, Having been engaged in furnishing these supplies since the first discovery of mines ou the Pacific Coast. 427 Our Gold and Silver Tables, showing the yalue per ounce Troy at different degrees of fineness, and valuable tables for computation of assays in grains and grammes, will be sent free upon application. JOHN TAYLOR & CO, THOS. PRICE’S Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 524 Sacramento St., 8. F. Deposits of bullion received, melted “nto bars, and re turns made in from 24 to 48 hours, Bullion can be forwarded to this Office from any part of the interior hy Express, and returns made in the same mauner, Careful Analysis made of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, Industrial Products, Ete. Mines examined and reported upon. Consultations on Chemical and Metallurgical questions, LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,, Patent Riyetea. Clothing, 14 & 16 Battery st., Ban Franciseo. These goods are specially adaptod foy tbe use of FARMERS, MECHANIOS, MINERS, and WOREING MEN in gonoral, They are manufactured of tbe Best Material, snd in a A trial " owill convineo everybody of this fact. Superlor Manner, Patonted May 12, 1873. USE NO OTHER, AND INQUIRE FOR THESE GOODS ONLY. HUNT, DOUGLAS & STEWART Process. Used in Connection With PURVINE Wooden Amaigamating Pans and Settler. This isa complete, perfect and economical adaptatior of the humid method to the treatment of Gold or Silver ores, associated with COPPER And other base inctals, or to ores free from base metals, It can be adapted to any first-class Gold or Silver mill, at a reagouable additional expeuse, For furtler information, address J. O. STEWART, Georgetown, Colorado. Machinery, SNYDER’S i LITTLE GIANT STEAM ENGINE, s For Farmers, Machinists, Printers and all requiring light power. Sizes from one to six horse-power. Prices for engino and boiler completo, from $150 to $450, We make the strongest boiler and the best engine in the eountry. Callat our factory or send for free illustratod and descriptive catalogue. SNYDER BROS., 94 Fulton Street, N. Y. The Ingersoll Rock Drill Mines Ueing theee Drills on the Comstock Lode—Virginia City, Nevada: Con. Virginia M. Co., Best & Belcher M. Co., peg M. Co, Crown Point M. Co., haft, Belcher M. Co. Utah M. Co., Yellow Jacket M. Co., Ophir M. Co., Sierra Nevada M. Co., Mexican M. Co., Overman M, Co., BuHion M. Uo., Con. Impcrial M. Co., Gould & Ourry M. Co., Prospect M. Co., Baltimore Con. M. Co., Silver Hill M. Co., Dayton M. Co., Sutro Tunnel Co, J. B. REYNOLDS, 320 Sansome Street. THE O’HARRA CHLORIDIZING FURNACE (Room 10,) Guaranteed to Chloridize from 85 to 95'per cent, of any gold or silver ores that are not moro profitable for smelting. Will also desulphurize ores and put them in proper sbape for working in cupola furnaces. Cost of Roasting.and Chloridizing 20 Tons in 24 Hours by thie Procese: One man One man Wood—2} Coads at $3 per cord.. Salt—i,600 ibs at 2} cents Cost of 20 tons Cost of one ton Ina furnace of three or four times this capacity the cost is decreased by 20 per cent. The furnace is now working successfully at the Poe Consolidated Co.'s mines, in Peavine District, Nev., and at the Exchequer mill, Alpine Co., Cal. For furthor information, apply to D. J, OHARRA, Reno, Nevada, BAKER’S ROTARY PRESSURE BLOWER (FORCED BLAST.) if aA aS: WARRANTED SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER J. C. Senderling, Sole Ag’t Pacific Coast, 5l Fremont Street, S. F, te, Ne AWARDED TO “eo TC. ALCOTT &SON — # MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. For thelr tmproved TURBINE WATER WHEELS

302 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS {November ro, 1877. iron and Machine Worl, PACI‘iC ROLLING MILL CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Establiched for the Manufacture of RAILROAD AND OTHER IRON —AND— Every Variety of Shafting, Embracing ALL SIZES of Steamboat Shafte, Cranks, Pieton and Connecting Rods, Car and Locomotive Axles and Frames, —ALSO— Hammered Iron ol Every Description and Size. fAa@rOrders addressed to PACIFIC ROLLING MILL COMPANY, P. 0. Box 2032, San Francisco, Cal., will receive prompt attention. Orrice: 16 First Street. é27The highest price paid for Serap Iron. THOS. PENDERGAST. HENRY 8. SMITH ZETNA IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON CASTINGS and MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. mont Street, Bet. Howard and Folsom SAN FRANCISCO. SHEET IRON PIPE. Risdon iron and Locomotive Works Corner Howard and Beale Streets, Are prepared to make SHEET IRON AND ASPHALTUM PIPE, of any size and for any pressure, and contract to lay the same where wanted, guaranteeing 2° perfect working pipe witb the least amount of material. , Standard sizes of Railroad Car Wheels, with special patterns for Mining Cars. These small wheels are made of the hest Car Wheel Iron, properly chilled, aud can be fitted up with the improved axle and box—introduced by this company, and guaranteed to outlast any other whicels made in this State. 4 All kinds of Maehinery made and repaired. JOSEPH MOORE, Superintendent. PHELPS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Manufacturers of all kinds of Wharf and Bridge Bolts, Railroad Trestle Work, Car Frames and Bolts, Machine Bolts, Set Screws and Tap Bolts, Lag or Coach Screwe. ALL STYLES OF FANCY HEAD BOLTS. HOT AND COLD PRESSED HEXAGONAL AND SQUARE NUTS, WASHERS, BOLT ENDS, TURNBUCKLES, ETC., ETC. 13, 15 & 17 Drumm St., near California, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SACRAMENTO BOILER WORKS, 37 Fremont St., cor, Miseion, S. F. HALL & KELSHAW, PRACTICAL BOILER MAERERS, Marine, Stationary and Portnhle Boilers, Smoke Stacks, Hydraulic Pipe, Oil or Water Tanks, Ore and Water Buckets, Gasometers, Girders, Bridges and Iron Ship Building. ALL KINDS OF SHEET IRON WORK. Repairing promptly attended to at the lowest possible terms. GOLDEN STATE & MINERS’ IRON WORKS. Manufacture Iron Castings and Machinery of all Kinds at Greatly Reduced Rates. STEVENSON'S PATENT Mold-Board AMALGAMATORS, Golden State Pressure Blowers. First St.,° between Howard & Foleom, S. F. CALIFORNIA BRASS FOUNDRY, No, 125 Firet Street, Oppoeite Minna SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. All kinds of Brass, Composition, Zinc, and Babbitt Metal Castings, Brass Ship Work of all kinds, Spikes, Sheathing Nails, Rudder Braces, Hinges, Ship and Steamhoat Bells and Gongs of superior tone. All kinds of Cocks and Valves, Hydraulic Pipes and Nozzles, and Hose Couplings and Connections of all sizes and patterns, furnished with dispatch. WRLPRICES MODERATE. Sh J. H. WEED. V. KINGWELL. California Machine Works, 119 BEALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. BIRCH, ARGALL&CO., Builders of QUARTZ, SAW AND FLOUR MILLS; Keating’s Sack Printing Presses, Tae Economy Hypraviac Hoist ror Srorrs, And Aeneral Machinists, FLAWEINS & CANTREDOE, MACHINE WORKS, 210 and 212 Beale Street, bet. Howard and Folsom Sts., -Manufacturers of ‘IMPROVED Eioistinsg For Mining and Steam Engines and all Kinds of Mill and Mining Machinery San Francisco. PORTABLE Engines, Other Purposes. PACIFIC IRON WORKS, First and Fremont Streets, between Mission and Howard, San Francisco, Cal., RANKIN, BRAYTON & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF ENGINES, BOILERS, MARINE AND STATIONARY. INCLUDING BATTERIES,.AMALGAMATING PANS AND SETTLERS, CONCENTRATORS, ORE FEEDERS, CRUSHING ROLLS AND ROCK BREAKERS, ALSO, WATER JACKET SMELTING FURNACES, FOR REDUCING LEAD, SILVER AND COPPER ORES, QUICKSILVER FURNACES, RETORTS AND CONDENSERS, ROASTING AND CHLORIDIZING FURNACES, SUGAR MILL MACHINERY, WATER WHEELS, Etc, ALL OF THE LATEST AND MOST IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION, Agents for the Allen Engine Governor, Cook’e Boiler Feeder and Heater, Buckminster Rock Drills and Air Compressors GEO. W. FOGG, Supt. PUMPING, HOISTING AND MINING MACHINERY heeler’s Ore Breaker, Htc. UNION IRON WORKS, SACRAMENTO CAL. ROOT, NEILSON & CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS AND ALL Kinds of Machinery for Mining Purposes. Flouring Mills’, Saw Mills’ and Quartz Mills’ Machipery constructed, fitted up and repaired. Front Street, Between N and O Streets, SACRAMENTO, CAL. THOMPSON BROTHERS, EUREKA FOUNDRY, Light and Heavy Castin, of Every Dee scription Rea aae Sole Proprictors and Manufacturers of Lynch’s Ventilating and {liuminating Tile, The Only INuminating Tile Manufactured for Lighting Cellars, Basements and Dark Rooms which provides proper ventilation for such places 129 and 131 Beale Street, BET. MISSION & HOWARD, SAN FRANCISCO STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS Of all sizes—from 2 to 60-Horse power. Also, Quartz Mills, Mining Punips, Hoisting Machinery, Shaftiug, Iron Tanks, etc. For sale at the lowest prices by J. HENDY, 49 and 51 Fremont Street, 8. F. McAFEE, SPIERS & CO., BOILER MAKERS AND GENERAL MACHINISTS, Howard between Fremont and Beale Sts., San Francisco. Nevada Metallurgical Works, No. 23 STEVENSON STREET, Near First And Market Streets. Ores worked by any process, Ores sampled, ASSAYING in all its branches. Analysis of Ores, Minerals, Waters, etc. WORKING TESTS MADE, Plans furnished for the most suitable process for working Ores. Special attention paid to Examinations of

Mines; plans and reports furnished. BE, HUBN, Cc. A, LUCKHARDT, Mining Engineers and Metallurgists LEOPOLD KUH, (Formerly of the U. S, Branch Mint, 8. F.) Assayer and Metallurgical Chemist, No. 611 COMMERCIAL STREET, (Between Montgomery aud Kearny,) San Francisco, Can, INSTRUCTIONS IN ASSAYING, Chemical Analysis, Determination of Minerals, and use of the Blow-pipe. HENRY G. HANKS Will receive a few pupils at his uew laboratory, No. 61 TERMS MODERATE. Montgomery Street, up-stairs, Metalluygy and Opes. STRONG & CO.,, Assayers and Metallurgists, 10 Srevenson Street, S. JOHN TAYLOR & CO., Importers of and Dealers in ASSAYERS’ MATERIALS, CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS, DRUGGISTS’ GLASSWARE AND SUNDRIES, Etc. 512 & 518 Washington St., San Francisco We would call the special attention of Assayers, Chemists, Mining Companies, Milling Companies, Prospectors, ete., to our stock of Clay Crucibles, Muffles, Dry Cups, etc., manufactured hy the Patent Plumbago Crucible Co., of London, England, for which we have been made Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. Circulars with prices will be sent upon application. Also, to our large and well adapted stock of Assayers’ Materials & Chemical Apparatus, Having been engaged in furnishing these supplies since the first discovery of mines ou the Pacific Coast. 427 Our Gold and Silver Tables, showing the yalue per ounce Troy at different degrees of fineness, and valuable tables for computation of assays in grains and grammes, will be sent free upon application. JOHN TAYLOR & CO, THOS. PRICE’S Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 524 Sacramento St., 8. F. Deposits of bullion received, melted “nto bars, and re turns made in from 24 to 48 hours, Bullion can be forwarded to this Office from any part of the interior hy Express, and returns made in the same mauner, Careful Analysis made of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, Industrial Products, Ete. Mines examined and reported upon. Consultations on Chemical and Metallurgical questions, LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,, Patent Riyetea. Clothing, 14 & 16 Battery st., Ban Franciseo. These goods are specially adaptod foy tbe use of FARMERS, MECHANIOS, MINERS, and WOREING MEN in gonoral, They are manufactured of tbe Best Material, snd in a A trial " owill convineo everybody of this fact. Superlor Manner, Patonted May 12, 1873. USE NO OTHER, AND INQUIRE FOR THESE GOODS ONLY. HUNT, DOUGLAS & STEWART Process. Used in Connection With PURVINE Wooden Amaigamating Pans and Settler. This isa complete, perfect and economical adaptatior of the humid method to the treatment of Gold or Silver ores, associated with COPPER And other base inctals, or to ores free from base metals, It can be adapted to any first-class Gold or Silver mill, at a reagouable additional expeuse, For furtler information, address J. O. STEWART, Georgetown, Colorado. Machinery, SNYDER’S i LITTLE GIANT STEAM ENGINE, s For Farmers, Machinists, Printers and all requiring light power. Sizes from one to six horse-power. Prices for engino and boiler completo, from $150 to $450, We make the strongest boiler and the best engine in the eountry. Callat our factory or send for free illustratod and descriptive catalogue. SNYDER BROS., 94 Fulton Street, N. Y. The Ingersoll Rock Drill Mines Ueing theee Drills on the Comstock Lode—Virginia City, Nevada: Con. Virginia M. Co., Best & Belcher M. Co., peg M. Co, Crown Point M. Co., haft, Belcher M. Co. Utah M. Co., Yellow Jacket M. Co., Ophir M. Co., Sierra Nevada M. Co., Mexican M. Co., Overman M, Co., BuHion M. Uo., Con. Impcrial M. Co., Gould & Ourry M. Co., Prospect M. Co., Baltimore Con. M. Co., Silver Hill M. Co., Dayton M. Co., Sutro Tunnel Co, J. B. REYNOLDS, 320 Sansome Street. THE O’HARRA CHLORIDIZING FURNACE (Room 10,) Guaranteed to Chloridize from 85 to 95'per cent, of any gold or silver ores that are not moro profitable for smelting. Will also desulphurize ores and put them in proper sbape for working in cupola furnaces. Cost of Roasting.and Chloridizing 20 Tons in 24 Hours by thie Procese: One man One man Wood—2} Coads at $3 per cord... Salt—i,600 ibs at 2} cents Cost of 20 tons Cost of one ton Ina furnace of three or four times this capacity the cost is decreased by 20 per cent. The furnace is now working successfully at the Poe Consolidated Co.'s mines, in Peavine District, Nev., and at the Exchequer mill, Alpine Co., Cal. For furthor information, apply to D. J, OHARRA, Reno, Nevada, BAKER’S ROTARY PRESSURE BLOWER (FORCED BLAST.) if aA aS: WARRANTED SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER J. C. Senderling, Sole Ag’t Pacific Coast, 5l Fremont Street, S. F, te, Ne AWARDED TO “eo TC. ALCOTT &SON — # MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. For thelr tmproved TURBINE WATER WHEELS