New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-06

JERSEYS:
Oxide Of
Oxide OF Manganese.
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Total. OOo
Its hardness is55S5 specific gravity 500. 1t occurs
in large veins or beds at the mines Of the NewJerey Zinc
Company Stirling Hill and Mine Ill., in SUSSEX County
accompanied by the red oxide Of zinc lying between the
crystalline Limestone and the gness rocks At Stirling Hill
constitutes the substance Of two beds Of considerable
magnitude The upper of these beds lying Immediately I'M
der the crystalline limestone is composed chiefly Of the red
oxide Of zinc with the Fankine nterspesed In granular
masses often assuming the appearance of imperfect crystals
presents thickness varying three eight feet aud is
traced with great uniformity Of structure At almost
perfect crystals OF FranGe found particularly where
the bed comes in contact with the superintendent limestone
These cry stalls are Of the regular ocshedl for with the
edges replaced The Frsnknite constitutes shout 4S per
cent Of the 1ninera contents the being mainly red
oxide Of zinc the resdaum stor the oxide Of zinc lie
driven of being Fraukiuiie, Is smel;ed into iron.
The underlying bed appears on the snrfacc OF
outcrop to be almost pure massive Frsnslinite.
T., .,-ucp-s although occs,ionalv aso exhibiting
very large and nearly perce; crystals Of the Frunknie IT
contains no red oxide zinc which fac, the distinctive
feature between this and the overyin bed which generally
known the bed Of red rnc As the underlying bed Of
Frankuite deseehds become, lees pure, the Fukne
being epsoed by the crystalline limestone with the Frank
Unite and wieme Canhydrous sca,e Of zinc thcsy inter
,persed grain, snd imrerec, crystals 1t preserves this
its depth far explored nearly 200 feet
below It's ou,orop This bed about twelve fee, in thick
ness bat worked Several hundred feet weswdy Of
these main bed. and higher up the h another bed Of
FAnknte mixed with little red oxide and good deal Of
the soste Of zinc is found running the entire length Of Stir
ling Hill
Attempt, had been made many years by Of the
iron works in the neghborhood smel the Fsnkue
which appeared in such large msses and easy to he
mined bu, none Of these early opestOos proved suceeu
owing doubt, the great quantity Of rinc in the
which its process OF volsEstion tbsobs large amount
Of heat and thereby tends chill the furnace Early in 1883
Mr. Z Posr Of st.nhope N j. undertook to worn the
with anthracite in blast furnaces stsnhope and succeeded
making pig Of excellent quality; but tte's opcr
sous were soon discontinued In the year Mr. c. T.
DETxoID .ueo.my and permanently established the manu-
cture Of iron from the zinc ard Ffspkne At the
worn, Of the New. Jersey Zine Company, by smelling the
reduum after the .Dc had driven OF FOR the
Of making the white oxide This branch Of industry i' oaleu
lated to become Of much importance the iron produced
from this resiGsum not only yields bar iron Of renuks
bic purity fiber aud strength bu, especially suited to the
snssctur. Of steel The pig iron prodoeed almost iden
cs n character appearance and structure with tie best
smesr iron made Of the famous spaihe Of sessn and
Musen in Germany l fracture shows large and brilliant
sverwh,e lamesr facets Sometimes beautifully crystal
lied and 20 hard a. TO cut CLAM these crystals no, at,
useted by the magnet