Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-09-04

feet. The differences i'll the Htholog-
ical character of strata OF the upper
and lower measures was discussed.
he Importance Of a full geological
survey Of West Virginia was urged,
and no State in the Union would be
so much benefited by such survey.
AMERICAN MINING METnoDs. -
One of our Comstock mining engineers
lately returned from tour Of inspec-
ton through the mining districts OF
Germany, communicates to Cali
fornla daily his conviction that there is
no engineering in Germany to compare
with that in Comstock lode, and no
mines IN which the mechanical apple
anccs are so ingenious and effective.
He supports this assertion by graph
ic description of the crude and primi-
tive methods in vogue abroad. He
remarks that in the deep mines of Bo-
hernia, the hosting apparatus consist
ed merely Of open tubs, and the oper-
ating machinery was 50 poorl Y constl-
tuted that he dared not venture to des-
ccnd. In the most Of the German
mines, he found that the men We're
compelled to walk up or down to the
scene Of their labors, either by going
down an incline, or by using long par
allel stills, which move up and down
alternately about six feet at a time.
The mode of ascending and defending
on these Is to step from one to the
other, as each assends or dcccnds,
whore q mistep would be attended
with fatal consequences. Ills remark
that in the Comstocll the men went
down to the lowest levels and came up
in two minutes without the slightest
exerti0n, was received politely but III
credulouslv. The character Of the
mining tools employed is criticised
in the same uncomplimcntary strain,
and the assertion is made that an av-
erage day work upon the Comstock
would seem incredible to the miners
of continental Europe.
A st. John On. B. newspaper says:
"a seam of what seems to be anthra-
cite COAL fully four feet thick, las
been discovered near Tynemouth
creek, about a mile from the water.
Its proximity to the sea will greatly
increase its value. The formation Of
the ground at the place is described
as very remarkable. A great ridge,
some sixty feet in height, resembling
an Immense grave, has been thrown
up in q valley by some action of the
earths inner forces, and in this ridge
the eeal has been found
A carload of bullion from st. Hell
ena (Montana) silver mines, for Oma-
ha, arrived in st. Paul few DAYS ago
by the Lake Superior and Mississippi
Railroad 1t came through by way
of Bismarck, over the Northern pacif-
ic, and it is stated that it is the first
instalment of an immense amouEt Of
bullion and ore which is to pass
through st. Paul.
No. | Stack Of the Deer Lake Iron
and Lumber companys furnace, lsh-
peming, is again in blast, and is being
run on slab-charcoal nearly altogeth-
err 1t yields seventeen tons of pig
metal per day, and is only S-foot bosh
The product of the furnace is large,
when the sottness of the coal is taken
into consideration Dh"queHc Min-
ing Jo"rnal,
To keep cabbage from cracking
break the roots, by pulling it up
slightly. This will check its growth
for week or ten days, and stops the
head from splitting. After il takes
root again it will grow as large again.
This remedy 10 prevent cabbage from
cracking is not generally known, and
we hone it NAV prove of value.