The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-02-28


bullets, or dropped for shot. T
In making bar lead the motion
lead Is run into a set Of moulds, ant
each bar weighs half pound. In
ma king shot, the motion lead is pour
ed into small pan, about the size Of
skillet or frying pan with tie bot
tom full of small holes, that the load
drops through. This pan is set over
tho SHAFT aud thirty six feet above
The shaft is one hundred and twenty. /.
five feet, which gives tho shot a Dis
iance of one hundred and sixty. one
feet TO fall.
The reason of having tho shot drop
such a distance il to cool tho lead
before reaching tho bottom, and on
falling through the dir, Il receiyos
the beautiful globular form always
soen in the rain drop.
Before tho shot reaches Tho bot.
tom ofthe shaft, it falls through SOW
eral feet ofwater, 10 doadeu or slack
en- The force of falliag, aud to pro.
serve the beautiful round form. AZ
ter there is sufficient quantity of
shot dropped, they remove tho drop
ping pan above, aud then. draw up by
machinery, the pan or large pail left
in the bottom of the shaft to receive
the shot, TO the fourth story, whera
liz is cmptied in box, with a pipe
beneath, which lets the shot on the
dryer, which is in tho ihird story.
where the shot is dried by steam be
meath tho dryer, when dry IL is put in
the polishing cylinder, which is also
IN the third story. ! forget what is
used for polishing, but think il is en- d.
cry, but / may bc mistaken. Then
the cylinder is slowly Tevolvcd, until
the shot receives bright lustrc,
when It is lot through into the SEQ
ond story on the euclined planes,
where the good shot are eoparatod
from the bad. The perfect. round
shot roll ever the planes, Of which
there are throe, 10 the box leading TO
the separator. Every fev minutes
the flow Of shot is stopped, when the
poor or unround shot, double headers,
10, which will not roll over the
planes, are then swept into small
box at the foot of each plano, ready
10 be mclted again in the future.
In tho first story, is the steam Gu
gine, shot separator.
The repeater consists Of tier Of
perforated drawers, or boxes, set in n !
frame, and then, as tho doctors medi.
cine, to be well shaken. The largest
sized holes are ia the top drawer, up.
on which all of the shot is at first put. |
The next drawer under has holes
size smaller, and so ON to tho small
lest size.
When the separator is filed, or the
uppor drawer, il is putin motion, aud
all of tho shot in the upper drawer is
shaken through except tho largest
size, and SO on with each Of the other
drawers, until the Authenticated shot
are all in seperate drawers, which are
then emptied in the prope. boxes,
ready to be filed into sacks.
Before the lead is ready to be made
into shot it has to be prepared, that
is mixed with a preparation, called
"arsonic lead " for the purpose of
the molten lead brittle, SO rs
to more readily break of in drops.
The arsenic lead is made by placing
some lead and arsenic in furnace
and bringing it to heat sufficient to
melt arsenic, when the whole amalga-
matos.
The lead as il comes from the
mines can not be used for mAnufac-
turing, but has first TO bo smelted at
tho smelling works, and made in pig
lead which then is used.
/ was 50 Interested in examining
the manufacture of the shot, and 10 |
the different process that !
had not thought of being hungry, or
that noon had arrived, until the Gu
ginecr, IL. j. Royce and the dropper,
j. a, Spear, brought their dinners
near the engine, ant prepared for
their substantial reps I, when they
very politely invited me to come and
share il with thom, which invitation !
l accepted and had very pleasant
time, aud done good justice to the
which was en,ivened by
their interesting conversation, ef-
planning and talking about the
mines and so forth. !
The price of lead is generally gov
erncd by the price ofgold andis very
huctuating. At the time / was
there shot sold at three dollars per
sack Of twenty-five pounds each, and
lead at twelve aud a half cents per
pound, and L believe Wholesale pric-'
es.
Aftcr dinner l went to one Of tho
mines, near by and descended into il
and gathered several specimens of
mineral, then went back to the shot
tower, and after bidding my newly
made friends an affoctionate farewell,
| left them, feeling very grateful for
their kindness to me an entire strang-
er, and wouded my way back to Du-
buque, and next day was on a putting
steamer, going up the Mississippi.
Yours.
SIDNEY HERBERT.
ATTIoA, ONO.
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