The weekly Butte record., 1867-08-03

NEW Process FOE REDUCING oREs-The DRtch
Flat Iaqiires thus refers to the process Tor reac
ing ore discovered By Dr.. A. Dozier of that place:
The process is easy, rapid, ard attended with
completeness not attained, believe, BY any pro
cess now In use. The essential features of the pro
cess consist in mixing with the certain chem
ical agents, bringing and holding the At low
red heat until the a.initiss ironing the menalfer
ous coripoand are destroyed. The mass becomes
metals silver, copper, lead. composing the ore,
take on giobular form, and remain 10 G gree. de-
gree separate in the mass. not forming an alloy.
The copper appears IN an oxycizec grannlated
form. Tie paste on cooling becomes exceedingly
brittle is easily reduced TO powder; The siex and
non mefaiiferous portion being washed away.
leaves the silver, gold, copper in separate. min
ute masses, TO be collected Experiments were
made on Camanche ore, from Mono, and on Ophir
and Reese river ore. These ores are compounds
of gold, silver, and copper The ore from the Ca
manche has. we believe. bafiied all attempts 10
dnce it. II is shipped, we are informed 10 san
Fanciseo, at expense Of $50 per ton, Is sent TO
Swansea tor reduction with returns in gold, silver
aud copper OF about 4 600 per ton. Two expert.
nlents were made on this ore with most marked
and satisfactory results. On palverizing the brit
lie mass in a mortar, and washing away, the
earthly residam about eighty per cent Of the silver
contained in the in nearly pure metallic form,
was obtained. The remaining portion of the silver,
with trace of gold remained Gnsepara;ed with the
copper. The copper being IN an oNy died granlit-
ed form The copper, with the gold and silver an
separated from it. be ran into bars and its
ineness determined. The silver obtained pure can
also be run into bars. The object Of the expert
menis was not 10 determine tle relative value of
the gold. silver. and copper in given quantity OF
ore, but to show that the Cauaache and indeed
all ores can BY the process OF DR.. Dozier for all
the practical purposes of commerce, he reduced at
the mine and in some cases the metals eau lie OBJ
tained separately, and he believes, at greatly re-
daced cost compared with aSy processes now in
use. and 10 j far higher degree Of perfection The
utility OF his process q valuable discovery in the
eduction ores he is ready TO demonstrate on any
scale required. While so many Of the richest ores
IN silver, copper, gold, or other metals, remain
comparatively valueless, owing 10 the imperfect
processes used in their reduction, process - sim
pie, 50 complete and easily tested and likely to
prove OF to great utility to mining industry IS
tainly entitled careful consideratian and should
be subjected TO Il practical demonstration.
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILRoAp.-A Cincinnati
ian, who was among the party of excursionists
from Chicago over the Union Pacific Railroad
writes as follows concerning that great National
enterprise to the Cincinnati Ga-etfe:
There is nothing connected with the Union Pac-
itc Railroad that is not wonderful. The possibility
of constructing such a road at some future day has
long lo0med up rs one of the events OF grander
future which all believed to come for the land
To look upon 50 mnch of il accomplished. to watch
the marvellous progress OF each day. and feel
that the great enterprise which we had cons ened to
the future of our dreams, IS to be reality for Us,
makes one prouder of the noble days in which we
live. In one sease the road is great achieve
ment the war and grand triumph; To those
who have seen much Of the former and looked from
this point upon the uufoldings Of the latter. they
appear equally Impressive. One rolls lis thuuder>
Of battle It's tides OF blood, lis shouts of victory
and its glorious results Of freedom over the soul;
the other speaks in peaceful tones, It's tides are
those OF commerce and ciyiLzaton and its shouts
are those Of national progress and OF busy indus
try, and lis results are sueh a. pertain - opening
great highway tor the nations.
TIE THREE LINES
The branch from Omaha is the main stem. lis
connections are with the roads through Central To-
va. Its initial point. Omaha. is nearly an hundred
miles further west than Kansas City, the starting
point of the Central line. Its present terminus is
between two and three hundred miles west of the
point reached on the Central fine or three hun
dred and sixty five miles from Omaha. This latter
starts from Kansas City, follows the Kansas River
and the Smoky Hill Fork, passes through Denver.
ard viii inteTsect the main stem at point yet
undetermined, but which VIII probably be tixei
near Fort Laramie, 1t conaects with the Pacific
road from St. Louis and is finished two hundred
and twenty-five miles from Atchinson, will inter
sect the main road near Fort kezsnsy. Il CON /
meets with the Hannibal and st. Joseph road
through Nortern Missouri. and is finished sixty
miles west OF its initial point.