The Red Cloud chief., 1880-04-08

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hraas~ Il 10 . sssnsS rruasc<. ctsssa
boa in anpskrf s<nss The Hseat - nsfre
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vorcuhix-d urrksckAiiy c< skeUscsiss
xeh osA<s sut~ssaes~. Scus~ oevs h~&z
no rrs<uhenrv ~ ths ssstal vAseh g
their basis. ~. tr sxsmPi. essss ~
ripes hers The ccasr. ssrvak. z~als<sssias
Had xeirkt. AT vary fsosn that a asr.
40 THAI "a h~ar< no r~csruhaacs ~ rims
esshsr in .pe~srNnc~ az physssi aasts-
lies. The sanr 10 tEus "a sAlAehsfs.
r.rs-nsi. II rspyes. whssk hr2r % re-
s<rahlsnes 20 the metal. Tbs dSsvrE
snce from the metallic ~ has great
similarity 90 The sane thinx IN psre
ekensraI eomhinssssns seen IN lsa.s.r
tory ~usk; YEA. whsie "a is a~si. = ssey
no mean. asisr~ai. Thns. Lad Gree
usually RESEMBLE kzd. asgsiena 10 efisa
tsksn Cor lead. and msny psf>ea.. oa
mei,las q psece 81 ro~k ~eonsssnsng ga
ieaA. ana sesiag the Lead run out. woad
imagine thai skey we're merely melting
ost The lead bat in reality native had
- not known.
Of the tarsous metals whc~~ crcs ARE
foand. Il Ia q significant fsrt that sens
are practically always fuaad native. and
osisrs never sc fsand. Thus. gcld 10 AZ
example cf the frss class and tron cf tbs
scond, the only native iron b. nc foand
in rcks Il usstssric origin. Agsin.
-ome metals have q great AsBnsiy t,r
sulphur and oxygrn. and u h this class
~ metals thai are never f,and native.
Thus. irnn has this aaiasty. particularly
for oSygrn. especially In the preserve of
moisture. 40 thai II ali the irpn Ia IN.
giotc had originally been native, u
would nct ever have hscn found 50 how.
~ In consequence "a the action 81 The
air aad moisture u wcald all b. rusied.
Cold and platinum. as they have no
such a.lniiics. belong to the hrsi eisss.
but. besides thai. there - siill anotsssr
ciass IL metals which occur native. such
a. silver. copper, etc. This arises from
the fast that the combinations which
they firi formed we're readily doeom
posed aud the metals set free. The
/ question arises, whence cam all these
1 Off~F ~ ~ " WI INV W. t&fN ~
generally found In veins. or rather there
are wha, were apparently i,-sir~s In
the earth. which are now filed with
these ores. The old notion wss that
the interior IL the Garth was q
reservoir q precious metals, and that
In the process II cooling cracks or a.
surrs were formed In the eaTth's crust.
and tn. maiallic compound. forced up
from the center In q liquid state. and
gradually cooled and cry stallixHd. In
other words. they were supposed la bs
ot the same origin - thr numerous
trap dikcs that we find everywhere.
But these dikcs which wcrr furmei In
this way never contain any trace 81
metallic elements.
What. then. Wa the source Of all our
metallic orrss la a word, II was the
prinieyal ocean; this was their grand
source. This Is no theory. merely. but
l. capable of demonstration. The
waters If the cean, even ,o the present
day. contain traces "a the precious
metals: silver in exceedingly small
quantities. but gid is present In very
appreciate quantities. A Preach chem.
ist, after many analyses, found that sea
water contained On m average about
onc grain If gold Ia the ton. and from
the amount OF sea water. IL IL estimated
that there IL to-day present In u more
than lO,UO. 0.uo0 times the amour;
that has ever been mined. How can this
enormous wealth be obtained and util.
izcd7 This u the probiem for some
modern chemist TO solve. % obtain some
substance which will precipiiaie the
gold. the same rs a plate ~ iron will
precipitate the copper from a solution
of copper sulphate. To explain how
this ancient ocean contained NIL these
metals in a state 81 solution, We must
go back 10 the condition 81 things mt
this time. Before there was an ocean
the water was all In our atmosphere.
and even when u began 10 be- precipi-
tated IL was in a continual state ~ per-
turbation, and the first water formed
must have been under an immense pres
sure and have been intensely hot. Now
IL Is well known that water under these
has intense solvent power.
and would dissolve even some II our
hardes; rocks. This experiment has
been tried. and water has been incio.ed
in strong glass tubes containing different
and rocks, and then intensely heat
ed, when IL was found To have dissolved
part II the glass and attacked the most
obduraie ores and metals. Quartz &C.
pecially was particularly af5cc,ed. In
our National Park, the solvent powell Ut
hot water Is seen where the gey.ers are
surrounded by s~salactises 81 quartz,
which have been formed from the water
from them. This extends also
10 ores Of metals. Now nearly nine
Of all such ores are combination.
If the metals with sulphur and oxygen.
Now the sulphaies of all these metals
are soluble. 10 that being Dissolved by
this ocean they remained Ia . state IL
This, then. was the condition
II the ocean just before it began To bear
life.
A chemist once Rad a solution of sui
pha,e IT iron in n jar, which upon en-
animation o day. after having been
long forgotten, was found 10 have par
tally cry stabilized. On breaking open
the mass of crystals. he came TO = guam
lily Ut ron sulphide. in the enfe of 4
he found the bones Of . mouse. 1
The a had fallen into the lar, add /.
Of iron crystals had been de- |,
about its body. The 6<.h then /
tn decay. g~tfing the necessary I
from the sulphste u iron, which :
thereby reduced 10 sulphide. This
accident completely illustrates =
~ha; went on in that old ocean. where /.
BY IL deposited il treasures Of metals. \
Life appeared, and death and decay en- /
'ued- The decay Of all this animal and /,
vegetable matter reduced the suiphases :
in-olnbie sulphides, which we're de- q
In this say do ue account for
he diffusion Of various sulphides 4
hroughout the great masses Of n rssised I
'cck- Thus, pyritss are found every r
there, and the most fossiiiferous strata a
'ontain the greatest deposits Of sui !
:
This does not, however. ~ yet, ae- \
cunt for the veins They we're e. a
dentiy formed by inflfrsfion, In some |.
tina; l., being under water, the 3
90 II. A.A-s-- - IL