New-York tribune., 1867-08-19
SCIENCE.

ARTFsIAN WELLS IN ALGERIA.-About zen
years ago military corps Of fSencN with two or three
exceptions every boring has succeeoeu ner Ionr The
were %ete % i5 s drinSabie but slightly braesh The
effect OF these wells the desert ls % "a te natves
each ls village WIN SS of something worth pro
lection mo longer indulge their pfeuSeU5 5 pi5i dIstct
SSS se haye - been bored at OF 400 GOO francs which
has been paid o6 6y & tax oSd 0d the @ deepest nearly COO This
,t o contains 10000 date trees and more t
2oo9 hem are now making explorations and SINK
,S Wells IN locations which are likely to yield wafer
TIN IN MIssoURI-The reported discovery OF
ppn,erons veins Of tin ore IN the County OF Madson
nansipg great excitement among spectators III hnoIal
lands ii reports be true We must m The bstorv of
american mining Tin has long been sought 1or 6ut mus
far the few veins found have oeeh 700 % s & 20 et
theEbeng successfully worked some hopes NeiS
tained that the vein at Jackson N H. woG De INUI ,d
bly, deyeopea Nsy e later I'm peod n was expected that
Tin would be found, III paying anu Hii fia i 0nT
Coast yst 0 m Of supply has been the Cornwall mnes
Of Great Britain, which yield about 1000 tuns OF Ih an
nnaly Bolivia South America exports about 5000 t9hs
the Island Of Banca in Asia 1000 the Fennsua O o, % T
Law 1000 and Autralia 1000. On the continent OF u'
~ tbrce I'm France one IN Sweden and one in Siberia
These as well the Spanish mnes whe1 are as ou as
those Of Cornwall do not yield surplus ior
in Ccaed in chemical works by It's Latin name sian
,tl is one of the metals used by the anclen In
known TO the Egyptians, Hebrews, and Greeks, VINO
probably bought II India Inc fhenecals, at la''el
Tin is white metal Of high luster IL meits at aDout
Ib0 deg f. AT the temperature OF Boiling water ~ Is very
malleabe and may be rolled into sheets not eAceeus
one ethousandth of inch in thickness. Az OidlnSiy
tenperatures is not readily tarnished by OAluao
At high heat t rapidly combines win he OA! Va .ho
air and burns with brilliant white ng IOrlninS d" ~
product Of combustOn binOXide OF tin. Latina,
The chief value OF tin consists in the power OF Iesiss
ordinary atmospheric changes ana remaining mo-
tIan other common metals, under the actloh O M,.oa @
tin ranks IN utty htAt ~ IOI
In fact the combination of these metals III the OI VI
1inne6 iron plata or sheets makes the material from
which Is manufactured the tin ware FOUND IN every
American Kitchen Copper vessels coated with th are
also important implements in the culinary department
Timed iron is largely used especially III ciues' lor
roofing. g.. A. :. e.. ,.,,
ns water pipes Pure tin does not bend easily ana is
found less valuable for tubes than Its combination Win
lead In the form Of tin-med lead pipe ,
The ordinary foil used as wrappers IN place VI
paper is a union Of very thin sheets OF lead ana TN
Tin takes part in many valuable alloys TITS cOInpo
nent Of Britannia ware pewter, common solder, gun
metal hell metal, and bronze. With about twice ls
weight OF copper il forms the speculnIn not eIhOycu
I'm making reecOrs for telescopes win mercury
an amagam much used in "silvering' mirrors ihe
cbode OF tin are Of great service 70 the dyer ana cameo
printer BnOxde OF tin has been useC IN IN ~.
With regard to the extent and precise value OF te h
ores of Missouri we yet but little rellaDe Or-
NATION. Several mneraogsts OF acknowledged a&pllg &
arc now making explorations, from whom we may soon
exnect more precise statements The percentage 9l m
Is not probably large If may judge from the elu Oh
single specimen, but the quantity 0I the ore anu 'ne ~
of working It may make up for ITS leanness ,.,4
The importance Of this metal may DC appIcclatSu W
tho statement that the United states RON M 11at
Rrttain last wear S7OOO0O0 worth OF tin ana I'm COM
Donnd about which represented the Naiue Ol
dinned iron plate sent to our markets.