Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-13
Acid Works.

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Yesterday being dull day for items,
70 took stroll down to the Acid Works
OF Mr.. Thomas Smith. Cnluckily the
Works were not in running order. opera.
tions being suspended for few days for
repairs. bat. nevertheless. upon inform
| ing Mr.. 5. OF our mission. we we're by
him kindly shown through The establish
ment, and described the process Of manu-
featuring acid. We will give . short
| synopsis Of the process AZ near as mem
| ory favors US: In the first place the cop
per ore il ground aud then crushed.
| Then it is placed i'll furnace and heated
| to cherry red, when il is taken out and
| is ready for future Use. The acid is
formed in q large, close room. by the
fumes Of sulphur which are introduced
into j: through pipe running from tho
furnace where the ulpbur is heated or
melted. -snd from steam which IS let
into the room through another pipe from
q steam boiler. In this room the sui
phnc fumes and steam condense and fall
to the floor Of the room, from which il
is run of into large watts, whore 1t is pnt
through r boiling process. Here the
copper is brought into use again. After
the boiling is through with, it is drawn
of into smaller watts. or cry 5talliZers as
they are called. In these crys.aIlizsrs il
is formed into b'ue sto e. and Is ready
for the market This il = very .mp.r
feet description Of cur sui i-ct. bu. let i:
sntfice unit! we haze HI opportunity Of
visiting the Works when in running or
der snd NC viii give a more minute ard
Unsuitable one.
We vers informed by NJ. Smith ;hat
the or. Re is now using Yields abous %
per cent copper. ~ per cent. silver. ana
assays from $500 to $500 in gold PR ton.
H slso showed us = lare- pile CT very
fine .Hlpher produced from the Hun
bslit mine. This srlphur. ewing to It's
superior quality, is receiving due prais.
wherever il is known, and the demand
for il is immense. San Francisco alone
drsiring from three 10 i've hundred tone
per month. Mr.. Dutfy. one If the own
eTs Of TIE min, IL now making arrange
m-n:s for the transit Of the sulphur from
the mine TO the railroad. by which lie
hop-s 70 Re enabled to supply the do
mard for Il
Mr.. Saith has our thanks for his
kindness TO rs. and We hope, sometime
in the near future. to have the pleasure
of visiting him again, when We will give
= more thorough description Ok his es-
DID Won see him Waiting along ore I
Of the back streets of Carson with the +
affected Independence Of a hog on ice /
He did Mt care how long the street was
If i was only wide enough. In some |
places the fences obtTusively thrust
themselves ont into the street but
there was n't any thing mean about him;
so ne In3t ran against the obtruding
fences and tried to bGtt them back into
place. Occasionally he i let out little
modest profanity. strsight-n up, send
bis hands deep into his packets, and
proceed on his corksc-ew journey. Tie 3
a nice man, CREST man. IN fact. and it
would Mt DO to accuse him Of having
taken anything in his n Il must hav.
been Rice water. and let the cry he
= Down with Rico water"
SPECIAL Tan. our coming
State Fair, arrangement. have been
made with the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad. by which a special train will
7e run over that road between Virginia.
Carson and Reno, for the accommoda-
ion of visitors to the Fair. The train
will leave Virginia at o'clock in the
morning, and returning leave Reno at )
n the afternoon. This will be great
avor, and will enable the people IF
hose sections to attend the Fair and re-
urn 10 their homes at night. Half-fare
ickets will be issued by the railroad
ompany Reno Journal.
IL JUSTICE Court, yesterday. the case
# William Hardy, Superintendent Of
he Brunswick Mill, on trial for shoot
ng 3 COW and heifsr, came up ,or coz
liberation before Justice Wi,herell at
''clock. 1t was argued before a jury by
William Patterson for the prosecution,
nd by c. f. belong for the defense
he jury disagreed and were discharged.
MoCELlGHT PARIY.-We acknowledge
ue receipt OF complimentary ticket 10
he Ivy Moonlight Party to be given at
'readway'e picnic hall on Tuesday even