Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-11


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The production of gold is likely to be largely in4
creased by invention termed q quartz crushcr.
which has been brought out in England. A London
letter in the National Intelligencer thus describes it
Capt, Shrapnels quartz crusher seems to be
Invaluable aid to the gold diggers since 1T is de
pendent upon either fire water and has The great
advantage of being small, compact and easily trans
ferred to its destination. 1t consists simply of
iron chamber, about ten feet long, five feet bfmds
and eight feet high Into one end of this an aper
ture is made to admit the muzZle of cannon whIc
moves backwards and forwards on n plane q few
feet in length in front of the machine The pfecc
of ordnance used, and which Ifiay be of any cali
bre. is charged with Jumps of the quartz supposed
to contain gold or any othef of the valuable metal
c substances which it is desirable TO reduce and
having been moved towards the irotl chamber, and
had its mouth inserted in the aperture already
tloned the piece then discharged by meaus Of CUR
cotton gunpowder, and its contents blown Nill'
great violence against the further end of the struc
ture which has the immediate effect of breaking the
entire charge of quartz into particles almost as
small as tooth powder. and collecting them on the
floor, secure from any unauthorized intrusion fr'v
without. The pulverized matter is then carefully
swept together, and submitted to the simple and an
cient process of winnOwing, deicately conducted,
ny which the gold drops into receptacle by its
ow; specific gravity, and The refuse is blown awav
in the fall. We saw Jumps of California quartz
and of granite in which copper and iron ore were
embodied instantaneously reduced to powder in the
manner described but the winnowing 'appa fatus
which is the necessary adjunct of the blasting
chine, inasmuch it is to prove the actual value #
every atom of quartz submitted to explosion re-
mains to be perfected.
The chamber being constructed of iron plates of
small size, and easily united or reserved. is thereby
rendered capable of being moved about with little
difficulty from place to place and it may, beside
its primary object be converted into a dwelling.
house, place of shelter, or miniature fortress.
the hole in which the cannon is inserted for blast
being it necessary. used for the discharge of re-
volver from within by the inmates either for the pro
lection of themselves their treasure against az
attack from without
We are assured that the apparatus is capable -
reducing and extracting the god other metal from
thirty or forty tons of quartz per dav without the
necessity or use OF water, and when in addition IT,
this, its portable form and simple construction are
taken into account, and its immense superiority r
these respects the machinery now in use. au*
in the effective way in which it does it's work. tie
invention appears to be we'll worthy the cons
Grafton OF persons engaged in gold digging.
WoMAN's R1GHrs.-Miss Antoinette Brown has
lately stumped the State of New York in favor of
the Maine Liquor Law. She regards it as one Of
womans rights and supports it accordingly. We
subjoin an extract from one of her speeches as Il
really fine specimen of eoquence,-though we must
confess her expressed determination not to be silent
for any consideration is rather terrible p
hose who would feel it disgrace to be
drunkard, who the elites and fashonabes of the
cities and towns, say, give a little more wine
1t will make US sparkling, witty. and brilliant I
remember The fable of the bat. The birds asse bIfL
one day and agreed to bestow the highest honor -.
the one who coud fly the highest little bat 20.
eeaIed himself on the wing Of an eagle, and wiz
the king of the birds ascended to the zpni,b we...
ed with his exertions rested, the little bat rose
short distance higher. Great were the accIamant.
OF the birds and the bat received his i'll eafned h,
ors : but the poor bat could not sustain this repu,
ton, and fed away to the forests. The birds sn,-
posed that he retreated in consequence of 0eer ex
erton. Those with borrowed plumes always h.ti.
away from sight after season. Then. scintin.
tions of wit may be more brilliant at the wine cuy
yet these not lasting-their brilliancy is ephe
eral. They may be wine aronauts perched o..
mountains but when disentangleJ from their win,
charios, they found in cellars and CUTTERS
These are the ones who want the License law
They want not the vulgar gin. but the sparkling
arstocratic wine, fit for the golden goblet$ of Jnp-
ter Shall we dare to be silent. to submit to have
this system Of license? | would not he silent for
the wealth of the universe. gemmed with brillantse
and studded with diamonds
DoGs.-In Quebec dogs draw the carts of the
mllkmen around the City. In New York thew have
heretofore, as well as in ConsantnOple been treat
ed as gentlemen of leisure otherwise called dronr<
having no particu lar employment In this capaci '
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