New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-01

engineer Of these mines stated Anorcsa gsaa MAJ
in The year 1882 hn, tho enormous ame.nt Of 50 80 10
had beer mined moved and converted into the net ,r
It's oxide The manufactured Of the Company In sns
and Belgium
greatly improved Ia this country principally by Samae
NeherSl Esq- ingcnias practical che a'st All metal
urg who has had large experience in the nanuiactare
wSe Lead sS s@n Ps K. ghose sSsrsss
~ he gained that practical knowledge Of the art OF msns
featuring pigment Of lead and Of chemistry in gsasrsh
which In Alter years contributed materially 30 the In
provemenf Of the manufacture OF whits oxide OF xioc.
Mr. We'heren Is the inventor Of improved process Of
Manufacturing the white oxide Of zinc directly from the
ore without the long and expensive process OF brst ~
dueng the to metal before dis,aion and without
the Of fire clay tubes The invention Of this process
snt from that Of any other process hitherto parsued
great saving Of time and expense Il obtained bsides
SUPERIOR quality Of oxide being p,otueed which is oon
oxidzed zinc sulpher This process is once COM
pete economical and successful entirely sets at ds1
Measures have been taken by Mr. wetheren to secure h
invention BY Letters Patent These he certainly deserve
and may ghsay claim for the novelty and usefalae Il
are permitted say that the works divided Int
three separate and inventions combined together.
making sgerfeet whole First the tsrsaes' where Ne
ore oxlired directly by the application OF heat sad
blast within the second the sparasor and nsw Aa1
ingenious method Of separating the small particles Of car
bon from the perfect oxide third the es.sai.g Ape
compished. One portion Of the process where the car
bonc scid and esrbonic oxide gases separated fo0
the OXIDE of zinc together with the tux used In the pro
Mr. wethere very properly keeps secret until the
proper time arrives when be offered 10 the public
without injury TO the inventor.
Ii has been broadly asserted that zinc white could not
be made without inffingements upon patents already
granted by the United States Government Wehave bees
ns familiar with the 'P Processes followed ses here
Europe take much pleasure In stating that the process
different from any before sttempted-s perfectly
simple and entirely successful In al its parts.
The ore Of the Pennsylvania and Lehgh Zinc Company
is of the class that Of the Belgium mines but
yields alager per eensge upon its reduction In
large way Ii viii average 20 per cent although soms
PURE specimens have been found to yield large soper
cent.
from the Electric Calamine, unless by first reducing tho
Zinc q metallic state and then submng IT, has been
proven within the present week TO be untrue. This fact
Is not the result Of mere analytical experiment In the
laboratory but s daily accomplished making four tuns
of oxide Zinc twenty four tuns per week We learn
rom officer of the company, that the company win
Immediately proceed to enlarge their works aud increase
the product per day, three thousand tuns
per annum Of No dry white oxide worth 81 cents per
ground in OIL would be worth nine cents per pound.
sis0 per tun, amounting TO $4,000 per annum Suppos
ing the proportion OF 500 TINS TO be sold In dry
s25OOOO per annum would 10 realized These estimates
may be relied upon demonstrated by the actual work
| ing OF the mandatory.
II must be borne In mind that the above results OBJ
tanned from ore that has hitherto been considered -
ne ay vaueess in thus country, but which will hereafter
take It's place in the first rank Of Zinc Ore not only from
will YIELD but from the comparative cheaPness with
which may be mixed and crushed ready for the furae
Gee and also its freedom from iron ore. manganese sui
III other mineral whose oxidation would elect the
brilliant white oxide desirable to produce
The white oxide produced by the new process viii com
pare iavorabiy with the best French white besides beng
with OIL without toughuess ropness. Three qualities
will be produced-No equal to the French Of this grade
No . ditto and No gray oxide for the painting OF the
outside of buildings metal work, ship bottoms &c. being
superior the French Of this grade all Of them possess
Ing body equal to the beet English white lead In this
resIect they viii be much valued by painters who give
the first place the capacity of pigment for covering
surfaces this capacity materially injured by the French
hydraxing process carbonate OF the oxide being pro-
Ii high Zine Company will produce perfect peyoride
brilliantly white. aud chemically pure.
The works Of the Company most pleasantly and IA
yoraby situated In respect to cheapns Of fuel and trans
poraiion Of the articles manufactured to market being
upon the south side of the Lehgh river In charming val
ley of the directly opposite to the old Moravnn
OF Bethlehem. The Lehigh Canal runs within few
hundred feet Of the manufactory aording water
ncaon to the Mauch Chunk Coal Mines. which bat
90 miles distant aordng coal at cost OF ~ 30 per tun
ton TO Philadelphia and New York by the Morris and
Essex Canal From Easton, Pa, ~ miles distant there is
also Railroad communication direct to New York and
Phlsde phia and another Road called the Lehigh aud
Mau h hunk Railroad is located to directly In front Of
the Works having depot not 100 yards distant which
rst day Of month This Road, when hnished will az
ford Coal for sl IS tun, aud afford direct Railroad
communication to market.
The manufactures Of the Company have been construct
ed of brick in the thorough aud permanent manner
and erected In remarkably short period Of time,
der great dsady weather they commenced
on the 18th of pr last and nearly finished the
9th of July when tornado swept through the valley do
moishDg everything In its course, and dwelling the mai.
building which was feet by and had been completed
with the exception Of the roof Since that time the works
have again been constructed in the thorough manner
as previously.
day the nth inst and have been kept burning for the
Iurpoe OF drying tho brick and this 10th inst they
short period for the purpose Of making oxide OF
zinc and the result highly saifactory demonstrating
the estimstes Of yield that have been given above
An article Of white paint produced that would com
pare favoraby with the zinc Of the Veie Montaigne
mandatory AZ result Of the twenty furnaces which are
now in full blast deem it safe to say, that at least
four uns Of clay white oxide Of No quality will DO pro
duced per day steady yield besides 10 cent of
gray oxide lOf the superty OF zinc white lead. ~
cap, beautiful and healthy pni We deem Il needless 70
ailudeJ
lance from the mandatory. The Company have now IN
octvs operation four engine shafts The shafts arc feet
by O. and feet by H. In the deepest OF these shafts
the zinc has been erOsscut TO the width OF ~ feet nor
and sOeh and co feet the Of the zinc east ana
west
This shaft is producing supply Of daily equal
10 present OF the manuacory at Behlehan and
riG nothing In saying that the supply can be increased
from this shaft TO amount equal to 10 tuns vi washed
ore per day which will yield the average 40 per cent
Of oxide Of zinc.
Two Of the shafts now sinking at distance from
the dep sha and being put down a. rapidly a. pos
sble with view u getting them In the same position Tor
drifting with the other shafts when these shafs arc 81 the
DroT depth the drifts viii develop the immense yaias Of
The Company properties. The largest sha1 by IL. be
ing put down with view Of making L the main engine