The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-11-09
MINERS COLUMN.

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Ar the pumbago mines near Sonora, CAL,
from twenty to twenty tive tuns are daily
prepared ready for market. The remarka-
bic purity Of the products commands for il
very high price.
Az Idaho Miners League has Just bees
Sfms0, 'Ts.zg &x rate 81 wages At 81 per
iday, and the value of ereen6Aeks at IS cents.
The whole number u mines IN France ia
now lS4, or which sos are coal mines 24l
iron mines, and 337 mines Of other minerals.
The production o. The coal mines and ron
works last year reached the value d ~ vooa, :
900 francs.
TEE workmen on the White Mountain
railway smuse themselves by sliding down
the greaay timberS Of the framework on
sGde seds constructed for the purpose The
distance from top TO bottom Is ne-inile Ia =
been done IN one minute aud o. aSarteT,
, but The iln mas already cost one AaR a
leg ara. M Ma. 49,
PESNsYLvASIA takes the lead among we
Statcs, in The annuHi amonnt 0f iron mined
Michigan ranks next, New Jersey, New
York, Missouri, Massachusetts, CounectIeut,
Marylsps. Ns-s- Han. pshire--a sls- Ohio. GQllQM
in ibis order. New H4mpshiEe -lN5J New
Jersey pr05see maialy the Ina1aetiG ores !
New York, To- g.'seaetic and esH It's C9n,
'lsctieu, hermltltJs59 aeunsyl hA az Nnld
iurnish tl4 ayilacslus orAsFaf tlFss Nv
measures, AID as tmri and MIchL FHi ptiki,
tie compAa red an1 Brick oxidts -
TaE told SISaAac,' oC the tLake SspAtDi
irsn mines faSl gar yrs SOC. 252 tors Va
Tie reasons for tLe exceedingly raftl lS
voopmen of these mines since tha yeaF
ISIS when THE shipyaeais Of ore wers@ 40
tons are many and~obSious The, lepoSlS
are immense, e. lily worked, and reaaly Tree
from those uoxious en- rscPls whieh render
Aux q lost pfp Or ores difhc4li and ezpen-
sive AQpe.oI ~ miges, moreover, aIe over
talrty aEc miles isen Cheap water tFansper-
ta,lou, VII Ile mos Of them are Vnsy tifes en-
Or sixteen niles distant e. sa.rt ~.
ALI varieties CE bitumen, sHed sr48Spsl n
tum, elastic bltrmsn, eaon sc6o Mr. are ygnsf
u Tennessee aud Northern Alabama,
EcoSoNY in fuei might DC greatly ptamote
az consumers would initiate the PRACTICE o! a
good fireman win a steam boilsy, IL sDrpk
Ing over .ae surface 81 the fire a Tin layer
&C Goals, a. oi,eu.a s required. By DIS moth
WIZ tue rasses from the fresh coal are not
uasle elt in such great volume tbst nea1y
ell Iii unconvenel, NJ q -s4 -ritn
l-8g. ila 5t rs-a cos. is rosstel out al
once. ~
Inl D&ttfsbu-g Star says: Unusual - ~
witty u. hianfestgd ~ the WFigeEslie .1xon
Company, sad ytheg manufacturers Of iron,
in -siHnE supply 0. ore for The winter.
Magh sf 4 cuHes froa the mi Stb0T 9od Of
Iittlotowu an1 hanover The ere found in
that 81 IRE region proves to be very vafuecie.
sud -ae teautitul Slte cHrdmk Ore recently
discovered among the VEINS n Seven Valley
yields aGlast iiN-Hyg ri Eett 4 yen, aad
f TIE same kind gl Has been Shipped rom
Eave De Grace &C. Sheffield, Eng ard, for
thl nanufac,ure q Cutlery. We untefAts "a
tnlt good WIS ias also been found ia Frank
lin township 90 the Orr farm and other
places.
A HEC worl on Miniag and Metallurgy
est.maE 4 he yield Of the precious metals u
l5Glae 500 ,5s7 lbs. tray Of gold, and over
for million pounds troy ~ silver. OF the
&C IL United States furnishes, p q, 900 lbs,
= Nr..,s.