The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-26

the market; although in both enterprises
he commenced against heavy Eastern
competition and with the general predic-
ton that the attempt would prove fail
ure. If the /, 200 pigs of lead, above
stated as the result of single week s
run, were to be taken as the yearly aver
age, the actual yield of the establish
ment would be 100000 pounds per
annum, or about one-sixth Of the lead
product of the United States. With the
completion of additional furnaces, and
the increased shipment of ores, the
works will turn out an annual amount of
lead far exceeding those figures.
SMELLING GOLD AND SILVER ORES.
Not only have the works grown into the
largest producer of lead in the United
States (of which the shipments of Mr..
Naylor, in New York, will this year be
1,200 or 500 tuns, constituting valua-
BILE item in our home industry, but they
are yielding silver bullion at the rate of
$4,000 per month, which is extracted
from the lead, oil resulting from the en-
terprise of one firm, and redounding
largely to the credit of California. The
growth of this branch has been such
that furnaces especially for smelling
gold and silver ores are about TO be
erected. These will also work up the
jewelers. and mint sweepings, which, in
the long run, is substantial item; and
there is no reason why the smelling of
copper and tin ore should not be sue
cessfully carried ON at the same estab-
lishment, which, if its transactions con-
tinue to increase as rapidly as they have
done for the few years past, seem likely
to rank with the well-known ones of
England, Wales and Germany.
THE SAN FRANCISCO sHoT-TowER.
We have alluded above to the shot
tower and lead pipe works, for the sup
plying of which with lead these smelt-
ing works were originally intend
ed This establishment, an engray-
ing of which accompanies our
sketch, is situated at the southeast
corner of First and Howard
streets. II has been in operation abont
five years, and, like the smelling works,
was commenced by Mr.. Selby under
many discouragements and was made a
success only by heavy expenditure and
untiring perseverance. The tower
which is 175 feet in hight, is a promi-
nent and .well-known landmark in San
Francisco.
IMPORTANCE OF THE LEAD PRODUCT.
While the yield of all other branches
of mining ON the Pacific coast has de-
elined, that of lead mining has steadily
increased, under the encouragement
created by the persistent energy Of one
business firm. OF the $4,000 tuns of
lead annually used in the United States,
less than 20, 900 tuns are produced IN
our own Country. Statistics show that
the home product has been lessening
since 1862, while the annual eonsump-
ton, and consequently the importation
from foreign countries, is largely increas-
ing. Thus, there is no danger of over
stocking the market. The above
amount, annually consumed in our own
Country, is used in a multiplicity of
ways; for lead pipe, lining of tubs, watts,
etc; soldering, preparing chemicals and
dyes; bullets, type-metal; weights, plumb
ing for houses, steamships, etc.; pipe
and sheet lead and shot, of which 12,
600, 900 pounds-and paints, including
600, 900 ponnds-are annually manufae-
tuitu duu ustu III the 1Hiteu oua'fSs
MORE ORES WANTED.
This conclusively shows that the de-
mand for lead must always be very
great, and it should stimulate miners to
make larger shipments of galena ores to
San Francisco, to meet the additional
facilities which these works are prepar-
ing for them. Instead Of there being
insufficient smelling accommodation for
ores, as has been represented, the works
are not supplied 10 their full capacity.
Now that the Pacific Railroad has
opened direct and cheap communication
with the silver regions of the interior,
mining communities who lack the eapi-
tai to build their own reduction works
can realize the assay value of their ores
with the assurance of perfect accuracy
and uniform regularity.