Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-06-28
The New Jersey Zinc.


Tho following interesting article 10
copied from the Scientific American.-
The writer oft, it will be seen. speaks Of
the Zinc from knowledge, and pronoun.
ces il far more uiiful,, as a paint, than
white lend. II IS for sale at tho Drug
Store Of DR.. L. B. PERKINS: " 10
IN many paris of the world there are
large strata Of zinc ore; that is, zinc in
the form Of an oxil mixed with other me.
allie ores. Tho ore Of the sulphuret of
zinc is quite abuu la 4 in various parts OF
the worlI, anil this is general y combined
with arsenic, cadmium, iron, and some
other mixtures. Tae sulphuret Of zinc is
very fractious, and expensive to manu-.
faciure, especially to bring 1t TO the white
oxide for the purpose Of paint. In Sus.
sex 20. n, J. and one or two other coun.
t'cs. we bel eve, large veius of zinc ore
have been known to exist for great
length Of time. These zinc ores ore
nixel with franklinite(an orc of iron)
an manganese. 1t is not n sulphure,,
nor is it mixed with arsenic or other vol
uliie metals. For many years, we know,
the economical re lucton of this ore was
a problem. Many eminent chemists
such US DR.. Ure and others,-were con.
suited, but they aiforle no satisfactory
lnlormat on 10 work it pro6tably. Some
years ago an associations. name "The
New Jersey Zinc Company" was fbrme /
Tor the purpose Of manufacture the
zinc ore into paint. But as white leal
is the heal, front, anl basis of almost
all our paints, it was discovered that un
less the zinc ore coull be re Iucei TO the
white oxide, the company would fail in
ono pranl object of its organ cation.
Why? Because white lead is an unheal.
thy an dangerous paint, to use, both for
painters AMI those who have to dwell in
newly pain,e houses. while white zinc
is mpre en- Turin, than white lea I, anil
is quite healthy to use. The Company,
about two years ago, erected works on
the Passaic river, near to Newark, N. j.,
for tho manufacture Of the orc into white
zinc paiu', and various shales, from a
light cinnamon to cinabar COLOR
The Company has learned much simre il
first commenced operations; many diff
culties have been ovcrco One an new in
vcn,ion, (elici:sl BY that profitable
teacher, necessity have a, last crown
ell all the Efforts o('his Company with
well deserve success, an now i, is on
the high road 10 become, on Of the most
prosperous associations in the worlI.
The ore is taken from a distance oil
about thirty miles to the works, which
are built on the passaic for the conve.
nience of getting cheap fuel, &c. The
! , "nrn is slightly roasted, then stamped in
q null. ana p!.ssced in relucing furnaces,
submitted 10 a certain degree Of heat.
AMI then the zinc, heny volatile, passes
away through pipes into bags Of ,wiIlel
cloth, which retain the white zinc. while
the air, bcins more subtle, passes
,hrou.h the pores Of the cloth. To per-
form this operation, exhausling machin.
cry is place N the reversed position to
that which it is employed in forcing al,
into furnaces. The iron and manganes
are re,aine in scoria in the furnaces, hui
the iron ore is very COOL an mrkes q
far stronger metal than the best Swell
ish iron. We have described the pro
cess Of making the white oxide-i,i is 6
beautiful and in senious one. or cours,
it woull not answer for some other kin |.
of zinc ores. A patent was granted 70
ii TO s. L. Jones, an the claim was pub
lisheI in our list few weeks ago.
The white oAid of zinc is mixel with
oil, like white lead by grin ling, and ,hcr
packet in casks for market. We ca,
spcak from kneacledgc, and sag that il
is far more beautiful than wAitc lead
1t is our opinion that minute quan,i,!
of chlorine gas W ich passes off with ,h'
air, helps to give the beautiful w..,e col
, or 10 the zinc. The sales OF the Com
pany amour, to seven tons of paint pc
LAY, AMI in few Years it will amount Il
, twenty tons. w. belieue thn the or
from Which The Mo Jersey zinc is mad.
, is the only Kind get d;scovered wh;cA i
E free from arsenic tr Sulpher.