New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-12
NETWORK TRIBUNE.


The Harbingsr translates from the WneT III
fung, published at Bremen an interesting account
Of q visit to the Quicksilver Mines Of Idrs- We
copy from il az follows:
The entrance 10 the mines 10 the centre OF the town
10 hewn In the rocks. and 10 two hundred sna sixteen
feet In length when ths 10 psed you descend into the
apparently bottomess abyss The entire oepth is eight
hundred and sixteen feet there are nine hundred stone
steps and few hundred wnien Ieso 70 II
two hundred and seventy persons labor there BY day
and by night shout one hundred 10 Tho whole establish
rnent six hundred apd forty vorkmen are employed.
The total product annually 400 c"l o. pure quick
silver 600 Of which used In the manufacture OF YER
million an establishment for which lie sso Ia ldra For
merry yield of the mines was grestsr but then the
price much lower than now the product has been
decreased with the express design Of raising The price
to i present high rate Il 10 200 gulders, delivered
free Of charge In Trieste.
The smsltings kept up during the ak Winter monsns
In the Summer II IL suspended "a 10 the warm season
n produces diseases through the whole psoe among pom
and animals The ore which is excsvssd Jieios
from onehaf 10 20 per cent OF pare quicksilver ne
common yield 10 other mines 10 about ~ per cent he
the pure quicksilver has been taken from the furnace
Ia washed poured into bottles OF double sneepskln Son
tanning usually forty pounds each and two snen DOT
ties are put 10 one wicker Task ...,.,,,-
for several years great deal OF water h>s eOhscshuJ
msde ils way INTO the mines steam engine n Kept at
work day and sht pumping 10 out
IL mus, be said that tbs pay OF tne isDofeis 10 ths
mine which yearly brings into the Austrian treasury
sboxe half million Of guilders net profit IL very low
o..,sd =, ordinary dsy wages without regarding the
grave Circumstance that 10 the very hrst year tney take
in the causes Of chronic diseases which never alter
wsro Leave them and for the Of their shortened lives
keep them In an emscisted snc unhappy condition
The greater part die between thirty and forty and only
sfew reach the latter sge u sounds IKE IRONY mat
ose who endure forty years 10 this service OF the state
ara pensioned with full wages. Although after what
has been said would suppose the stsinnent Of
this reward 10 be within the bounds OF possibility yet
the human constitution has gained the victory even over
tness poisonous Influences There are three woTkmen
who have lived out their forty yesrs service The winter
OF this made the acquaintance Of one of them out "ns
existence and what reward Tor iorty years oi sucn
labor,
The duration Of the daily labor IN the mines Is fixed
IL eizht hours beside long hsfhOur employed In de-
sceDding and ascending. Tho ocsied carriages "hcn
are drawn M and let down By q machine In the shafts
ore used only IN conveying tools ore and the oFefsee
TIE wages Of the sborers s divided into three clssses
aud amounts TO from 10 IL kyeef1 "A 70 y cents
day Beside this what vegetables and grain they want
sre supplied 10 them ht moderate, liked price, "hicn
in years Of scarcity offers sn advantage Inc MIRO
Glaze at esv Is ibs most numerous and ne hrst a.
H. the least So contains only one hundred aoorers
What contrast between the earnings OF these people
and the large incomes Of many wealthy men, and what
STANDARD OF earnings and desert In the one case ana the
other Might but bring hither those who with spen
did means of support do not even fulfil the easy duties
which in their position due TO The State and their
iow-ctizens
During the time Of smelling the furnaces are cleaned
twice week II takes single workman whole nisht
10 clean furnace and for this he receives four 70 vo
eailders $40 81 50) From this high pay 10 compsri
with 20 II kreter "A 10 "a cents Tor eight hou's
labor the shafts Judge the nature OF the WORK
and its consequences. Generally, In few days after
tho cleaning Of furnace. symptoms sppear which give
20 the sresdy weakened sparks OF HE another and an
incurebo blow Nevertheless there are always voiun
teers the generally such ss are nced to II BY
great poverty or BY debts
surprised 90 hear that Notwithstanding the sfna
pay tor ordinary but most tosOme labor tine pits
low that stand erect Ia them and the
sultry that those who not accustomed 10 II
csnDo, bear long, and with the prospect OF inevitable
disease and untimey death there are not only aoorers
enough, but that a large number always have their
enrolled, and await the departure OF others n
order % take their places.
Tomsrry 10 only permitted 10 sborers OF the hrst class
permission which IL almost always made use on. Inc
brides usually bring with them bit Of land and lew
dowry which contributes 10 the support OF the
family sthe ~ kere sone OF course not sufficient
They live chiefly milk diet this is both the cheap
est and wholesome against the Influence oil tne
quicksilver The emacison Of the fathers does not seem
be- inherited 10y the cbildren at least saw among
them no very Unlocking The women have alec
very healthy appearance beside being quite handsome
Bat the workmen the other hand sl look very 49,
sud be told from other At the first glance Their
oheoks are ali fallen TO- their complexion sicky snd yel
low and sometimes yellow green, their gait totterng
end their hsnds rembe from this they never recover
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