The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-02
VOL.


this reason POST dates on sarelapa Arc, not rea
csived IN conrs III evidence, and very pro-
ferly 80, from the Fact that wrong envelopes
could We easily substituted 10 make out case.
With the new siesi-pointcd stamp, however.
all these disadvantages are efIectnaIly obtia-
ted, as nothing short 81 Tie destruction 81 the
letter itself can oblileratc the date on which
iti mailed, and the name q the ofice nom
which Y = sent such m inYrntson has been
long needed Il
Name sSuSrEhs. "A giri twelve wears or
ace, and having two separate aud dissinct
ncses landsdin Detroit rscsntly, III company
will. her parents from Scotland, otl thsir VA
% the West tx ...
The reappeafahce by August OF the famous
comet 81 Charles ", hal bean announcsd "
a Dutch astronomer.
Helper Is settfng up new book; ii il II.
tendsdfsr Republican campaign document.
Tins MnIrwonrn cses Tho English papers
contain quite lengthy reports Or The recent
trials % tic NhitvOrtli gun, said 70 be sups.
rior ID many waysto that Or Sir VIM Arm.
strong With 4 three ponnder. and an eleyA-
ton of SIS Dig, loaded With 5 onnces Of pow
der, tle FIRST shot touched tho ground 81 9.eSs
yards distance more than Eve and q hall
lailes and only sl yards 70 The right "a the
true line, The second lodged III tie rand.
st,6 IS yards, and 81 one yards TO tho right of
the mark With M elevations o. only SO deg
a range Oh ,545 yards was Obtained, the shot
falling only 81 yards 70 The right Of the mark.
The greatest fange ever reached By any
Armstrong gun was 81 100 yards: and this With
ID 81 FOUNDER, fred with 6 Ib. charge, at an
elevation olis5 deg Mr. Whitworth claims
that Ills gnns also possess greater durability
thnn my othvr. From one u tlem upsards
II j, 500 shots have been fred chiefly - high
elevations, withoutth The run exhihiting any In.
jury or sign 81 wear The material used In the
Manufacture Is honog encoua iron. The pow.
der used Is contained III q I'm cartridge case,
about seven Inches long. aud a. tho end which
meets tho shot, II . small lump d grease, which.
being melted ~ Che explosion. inbricates the:
barrei from end 10 eud, It's, therefore, never
necessary 10 use q sponge, the gun at the end
Of day.s 6ring being Is clean and % bright
aaif il had not been used At all IN. y San.
Aa.isrsosa Gus. ID III lis experiments
thus far Sir VIM Armstrong has never manu-.
tactnFed any gun with view to the attain
ment Of long range Tie range Of MI the
guns on, this principle Is. Of coprse, immense,
but Sir William main and almost only Object
has been to secure perfect accuracy ofaIm, and
this has been attained 10 an extent almost In.
credible 10 those who hase not sccn the 2rae.
tfce with III GnnneB who have used the gun
say thai they will undertake never once 10
miss man at q mile At the EIswick Works.
at Newcastle, England, l00.pounder, about
eleven feet in length. Is being manufactured
with almost tho express view Of attaining .
long range, This piece. II ii anticipated. viii
have an effective range Of oyer sir and . bali
miles. tsr. & kag.
A NEW COIN FIELD. Gold 10 likely to become
adrug, II its value Is 70 be governed BY the Law
of supply and demand i new goll Geld has
lately been discovered in tho far.of island OF
New Zealand. which bids fair 70 be one Of the
richest In the world The particulars Of this
discovery were first made known BY pr. Hoch.
ststtcr, gsologist Of the Austrian Exploring
Expedition In lecture delivered BY him q
Nelson, in New Zealand, and have since boon
communicated to scientific bodies In Europe. I:
II sounds strange 10 hearof scientific Lectures
id New Zealand, an island which, but isw !
years since, was seldom spoken Of, except In
connection with cannibalism. The gsologist
referred TO- states that ssthe whole region on
the eastern side Of the Aorere valley, which
rises from the river bed towards the noun.
tainS, '.a superficial extent Of
about forty English miles. Is gold field.
This bed consists OF q conglomerate deposited
on the top Of Slate rocks, reaching in some
places thickness Of twenty feet. and "sesms
10 BE- prepared IN Q gigantic manner by the
hand OF nature, from the detrituE OF the noun. \
tainS, for the merc detailed and minute opera.
tons 81 man An examination OF given
quantities Of the dirt or soil gave for the cubic
yard from twenty-five TO thirty shillinga.
When the earth has been washed from the
surface the product would be less In proper.
lion. With these data the following ealcnla-
ion has been made. Reckoning thu gold FIELD
i thirty English square miles, and the product
ofthc conglomerate containing the precious mo
siat but Ave Ihiiiings the cubic yard, itstOtal
laIao would be fe2, 6Oo, 600 sterllng,Or sils..
100 ,oO0.,-R y. Sun. ..5. 81 +.
Solid oliin the shape Of GOALS said 70 have
been discovered in Richie Comfy Virginia.
FIELDING s. per cent Of refined oil and 100 gal.
oAs Of crude oil TO the ton, On second re- "
lining, ii yielded 81 per cent Of purs oil. and
20 per cent Of lubicating oil. The vein u
stated to DO not more than four feet wide, but
nf nnexpicred depth j. company OF gentle.
men hays purchased the lands on which the
yoin has been found. about 100 acres in extent,
for SC, 500, which. though very large tor land
in that locality, yet very low for snch mine
81 wealth IL the statement OF its extent and
Iichness be true - = ..