New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-01

AMERICAN ZISc.-The existence of large 49,
Of Zinc in the neghboring State Of New Jersey hss
long been notorious AMI yet all rec mt attempts to
work ttem have hithe'to prlved failurea One
general characteristics hiss defeated the efforts Of
miners and ,meIters to reduce the various Ores Of
that stste-lrOn only excepted-nsmely the mix
ture or irtarsrson Of the metals Iron Is generally
found blended with Copper and also with Zinc, In
such manner as to render the profitable working Of
either unattansble But q recent discovery, We
learn. has completely surmounted this obstacle,
so far as Zinc ia concerned. The Ore. ster
being dug, is cacined or reduced by breaking.
and by grinding, and then passed under Z re-
voving Magnet, which attracts all the Iron and
leaves the Zinc entirely by itself The Zinc
u then smeted and run out into bars or in
gots, or rolled into sheets, while the Iron (which
is of q remarkably fae qlaity) ID likewise
ready for smelling. The original or mixed ore,
(which contains scarcely particle Of augbt beside
zinc and iron) forms the basis Of several excellent
Paints Of different colors according to the proper
ton of the Iron TO the Zinc therein the recent
French discovery that Zinc is every way superior
to White Lead as principal ingredient OF Paint
uhlLk pSlDS WIN hwy seA1e~sheH W
Painters, who have long been subjected to painful
and fatal disease by the necessity Of using, to
great extent, White Lead, which is an active
poison. The substitution of Zinc lsoon, we trust,
to be UNIVERSAL is fast obviatiug this deplorable
necessity
We paid hasty visit TO the most noted Zinc
Mines in New-Jersey, and we presume in Amer.
ca, some months since. They lie in the County OF
Sussex six miles from the Morris Canal, and on
both sides of the Franklin Iron orks, some TWEEN.
ty miles north west from Dover, the present stop.
ping.plsce Of the Morris Railroad, land where by
the way, an excellent hotel is kept by WA. b.
Vandeveer) The vein Of Zinc has been traced
about two miles and is quite pure near its south
ern extremity where it is some four feet wide but
much wider at the north, where it is mixed with
Iron and Frankinite the latter mineral being
found here in great profusion We understand
that it has been ascertained and fully determined
that, by mixing about ten per cent of this Frank
Unite lw hch cannot cost above tfty cents per tun
at the furnsce) with avery common Pig Iron, worth
but twenty dollars per tul, beautiful and superior
Iron is produced, worth forty dollars or more per
tur even in the present depressed state ofthe Iron
market This business OF mixing ores, by the way,
il the point wherein all our Iron makers apt 10
fall behind their European rivals whose experience
il far more extensive and their facilities for cheap
combination far ahead of ours.
The Sussex Zinc 10 about TO be extensively man.
ufactured at Newark, where spacious works have
been erected for the purpose the past season, and
they are just going into operation. Remarkably
good specimens OF Spoons, Forks, &c, and of Bars
Sheets, &c, of this Zinc are now to be seen at the
store of s. I. Jones, So Beaverst. removing all
doubt Of the purity and fineness Of the material.
We are informed that this Zinc will. in q very few
days, be in market, in quantities adequate to any
probable defna whether for Paints or for the
solid metal. We trust ii may fulfill the most san.
guine expectations Of the enterprising Company,
for we cannot doubt that it would be better for our
whole country to supply its need Of such article
from a Home source than to buy it at the same
price abroad, though we believe the Home pro-
duct will cheaper the market as we'll We ask all
who 10 any manner use Zinc or Paints TO call at
the Company's Office, SO Beaver-st and determine
for themselves whether the American Zinc and
Zinc Paints be not eminenty deserving Of their
Datronage.