New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-09

aud the other ~ n'---..-. T',,.r bav,
never been opened, mainly, probably, through
iSn.ranCc Of the quantity demanded for con-
SUMPTION IN the arts, or from the impression
that TN should be developed in The rock a,
are iron. and lead. and zinc, in cnornlor,
VEINS. but tin Is differently developed from
either of these.
Many vein no thicker than ones finger
has been followed and made profitable. lie
p'Ut'DaSp the mass OF The ore Is developed in
pockets, the thin vein only indicating, the d.
recI'on to be pursued 10 the larger deposits.
+ or thlrty years or more the New Ham,lsL;rc
deposit has been known and LAID in utter ne.
Slect, anu II Is now quite n number Of wears
since the Missouri deposit wa, discovered
aud Yet nothing is done IN the WV, of level
opment. 1t has been said. but urou wra,
authority we cannot say, tina, the mines i'm
Missouri have been bought up by parties in
the interest 81 English tin-miacrS, and it is
intlmated that the mines cannot be opencJ
The mine IN New Hampshire is also so situ-
atcd either as to the utter stcrility Of the
mountains where it is located, or from Other
causes not fully apparent 10 outsiders, that
1t Is not accessible az 4 reasonable rgicc.
l his. too, he it valuable or worthless. NAV
possibly be under the control q! English car
ital. Under these circumstances what rene
dy have we here in America Obviously
none, unless pcrchancc, the process oGut!iz-
ingtn scraps, by which Il is claimed the tin
rs well as the iron can be restored 10 the
solid form, an account OF which We rublisheia
few weeks ago in an article from the .Sci.Rhf.
Ansrtcan, can be made to extend so generally
through the country rs To materially affect
the demand for fresh importatons. This sug-
gesti"n may appear too insignificant Tor CON
sideTation. But it is by no means so. 1t Is
computed by an intelligent tin-rlatc worker
that ILl.c IN eighth part of the plates, rs
usually worked, Is waste. We have said
that our country is taking from England an
nually 100000 tons of tin Cnc-cighth of
this would be $1,000 tons. which, at S7GS
per ton, would amount To the handsome sum
OF 81, 100000. 1t may be that this would
cost all it would he worth, and this We will
take for granted. We are then the gamers
by just that much more paid IL the industry
OF this country instead of England. II would
pay nearly 81, 900 men $500 each per wear for
the labor devoted to its restoration But in
case this proves to he n failure, would il not
be good policy to try nickel in the place of
tin plating? We have several of these mines.
only one of which is now worked. 1t may be
that this is an absurd suggestion. lift is SO
regarded among the scientific, our apology il
that 1t Is offered as Il last resort to beat Enc
lsh mon0pOIls's out Of some Of their cXtor-
e'i""Hu' u!"Ii tiie absolute NCCcSS!-
ties oi our people. Refined nickel IS worth
vastly more than tin, probably ten TO one OF
nearly that, but while tin is laid upon the
IRON III n thick coat which can be sCrapcd OIL
in quantity, the nickel can be applied in a
mere film OF a twentieth part the weight, and
as 1t Is as applicable in a state of solution by
any one who can wash n tea-cup, we think
the question Of its utility in the direction We
have named one Of sufficient importance 10
demand at least trial. C2ersidal CJn,r-r.
cidl Perit,r