Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-10
Now loo 10 nsds In Aela.a.

speaking Of The 10. vora OF ths psni
uf.s.urius company al NsatsS isry.
Alabama, . correspondent Of The Aaor-
ti.er gives The following interesting 90
count Of the manner In which Che great
tdsid luxury Is made:
Seventy thousand gallons Of water are
used daily In the msnufacturs OF tNsfye
thousand pounds Of ios-ths cost Of
which, vhsn PLACED in The ns-housss. q
about thrss-sighths pf . can't Per pound,
which 10 cheaper than The freight from
Ne .iAkss, Il DE ics vAs put on ~ oan
Qratis, bssdss u advantagso Of getting
L in small quantities whom desired, and
being much clesnss and pussr than lake
The distilled wsssr 10 put IN Tn cana
thirty inches loog, nine andnaA halt In
ches vide, and two and .three-fourth In.
chss thick, whish leaves tbs lee h con-
yenient shape for handling. These ans
are then placed In ruvs IN tanksvalled
with salt water (thoush. Of oourse. the
salt water does not come quits 70 the
| tops OF the cans q ~ 70 mix the distik
led water which they oontain), through
which iron pipes conduct the ether.
The ether IL made In another room, and
after being purified. In pumped into q
receiver and brought under . pfsasurs OF
20 TO ITO pounds 10 the square inch,
which l~iquidiEes Il. II II then forced
through q snail tube into a larger tube,
which opens into all the pipes In the
tanks (sbout 100 pipes In each Tank;
Il then expands into . gas and oils all
tho tubes tits capacity for expansion bo-
ing a. / 10 60O). l.lnlie
Tho ether extracts the calohc from the
water which surrounds The tubes, thus
squalizing the temperature. and bring
the whole below the freezing point, the
distilled water freezing very readily. and
the salt water being brought down sew.
eral degrees colder than ice, yet without
frcoxing. The gas passes on through
the pipes and Into Q receiver, from
which Il Is pumped into an ether holder
aud again reduced TO o liquid by pros
suro, which 10 facilitated By pessin0 y
through a long coil Of pipe surrounded
by cold water. ills then forced through
the tubes again and performs the same
work over. Some Of the other gaspipss
wsro covered with n 10 the depth Of
thres-quartsrs Of an inch which osn<ok
cd from the surrounding atmosphere.
II Is very difficult TO oonhns n, but II
not allowed TO escape, the same guam
| tity can b. used continually. II II said
to DO much better than mercury; . the
latter eats out copper pipes In . abort
time, and iron pipes In about two years,
while the latter does not sfisct'ths
metals. t'@"
The cans arc taken out one at q time
and dipped in yats Of hot water, which
looosens the cake Of leo, which then
slips ont, and the . Il again allied
and set In Its place. This Is done three
times . day. These slabs Of Ice weigh
twenty-five pounds each and four Of
them are piled on top Of each other and
allowed to freeze together. making one
hundred pounds 70 the block. These
blocks are kept separate by placing
small sticks between them.
II In said that this Ice h actually colder
(if such a thing DO possiblo) than lake
Ice; and in q o at 100 degrees Fahr..
In Summer, Il would not ovsn show
moisture on tho surface for fully fifteen
minutes.