The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-02

as the case might be, was met always by tn
disguised reply, Don't you see?" The youn
/ man learned to see after while and also foun
that Marshall never make mistake althoug
he helped him to eXpend more than milIio
of dollars
One mistake was made, and that was til
purchase of a lot of iron which Marshall hat
condemned. AS a result very heavy loss be
come inevitable, and deeply mortified thu
youth went to his employers and informe,
them that he had involved them in a loss o
many thousand dollars, by not taking oil
MarshalIs advice. He ought to have beer
dismissed at sight, but he was received very
kindly, ordered to get out of the trouble as sooI
as possibly and have more sense i'll future !
had more sense, said the speaker. That illit
crate, uneducated old man saved to his em
ployers in one years purchases fully 100000
One of my predecessors declared that The
chief object Of this Institute was "to have s
good time" and that decision has been IL
force ever since. Another decision, upon q
grave occasion that was ":his Institute has nc
| opinion and never can have an opinion on any
subject" and that ruling was sustained unani
mously. Having then good object" and
mo opinions" but are free and untrammeled
go where we please, and are therefore scien-
tific tramp. Embracing in our membership,
all OF the classes Of Engineers before referred
to-, in addition we include the geologist, the
mineralogist and the chemist, and the revered
professor, who although he discharged us all
years ago, still remains in our midst, watching
us with paternal pride and cheering us with
his benson.
Facts are what we want, the facts that make
up the forces of our lives, our hopes, our
successes and our failures Every member
has some fact to give and it is the accumula-
ton of their offerings that make up the sum
of the good of this Institute All cannot be
great, but each can by bod carrier and bring
In his little facts. And the facts that we the
nod carriers bring up to our master builders
are the intellectual bricks that go to make our
Transactions what they archie best encyclo-
pedia of the living advancing engineering
practice of our day.
One more thing in this connection of
Importance is the necessity of reading the
signs correctly. The signs are all about us
and the secret of success lies in their right
reading. Who in his student days has not
toiled over a problem and found at last he
missed the right solution by having read some
miserable sign wrong. This is well illustra-
ted by the case of a very good old woman
who read the signs in eggs. Some eggs are
long and pointed, and some short and round
The signs are that eggs of one shape are en-
bryo hens, and OF the other embryo. ROSTERS
This good women read the signs and with the
utmost confidence, set her hen on thirteen
eggs, eleven of which were to produce hens
and the other two, roosters. The woman was
right enough about the signs, but wrong in
their reading, the brood came out eleven roos-
tiers and two hens
At the conclusion of the Presidents address
the Institute was entertained by paper pre-
pared by j. B. Macintosh, Hoboken, n j.,
on "Electrolytic Determination of Copper, and
the Formation and Composition of so-called
Allotropic Copper" In the discussion of this
paper Doctors Egleston, Sharpes, Frazer,
Raymond and others participated
Prof. Frazer exhibited new unpublished
map of Chester county, Pa, and
gave an interesting account of the formations
IF that section
SECOND DAY
The Institute met in the Opera House at 10 |
o'clock, President Metcalf in the chair
Prof. Thos Egleston read highly interest
ng and instructive paper on the Ore Knob |
copper Process. The mines from which his |
observations were made are located in North |
carolina, and are the property of the Ore
Knob Co. The ore consists of pyrrhotine |
mixed with chalcopyrite and quartz in varia-
Die quantities. The process of the reduction
vas given. The pig copper is arrived
It in four operations, the process con-
listing of: Roasting the picked ore and the
lressed fines in piles. 2 Fusion IN the shaft
urnace for MATES, generally called single
nattes Roasting the MATES in piles. 4
fusion in the shaft furnace for black or pig
Upper, anG concentrated on double MATES
Treatment of the salamanders Filming
nd refining. In presenting this paper Prof
lgleston spoke of the properties and uses of
Upper, and Of the improved methods of it's
reduction. In his opinion vast deposits of
his valuable metal could be unearthed in the
outh and If properly worked it would prove
profitable as the Lake copper.
Maj. Hotchkiss followed Prof Egeston in
he discussion of the paper He stated that
wv persons are aware of the vast deposits Of
oPPSA nhiCIl OuT Hills anu mountain
anges. Forty years ago, Richard Taylor dis
oVered outcroppings of this metal, but the
uestion of practicable development was not
len considered, for athe reason that want of
interposed formidable barrier.
hat difficulty does not exist now, and it will
OF be long before we may expect a brisk trade
l this industry. In indirect connection
18th this subject Maj. Hotchkiss spoke of the
'restrY of Virginia, and his remarks elected
iscussion by DR.. Raymond and others.
"a volumetrc method of estimating MANGA
ese in pig iron and STEEL" was the title of a
aper prepared by F. FL. Williams, of St.
ouis, Mo, and read by the Secretary The
ritter did not claim originality of method,
ut simply the adaptation of known processes
l connection with it was presented paper I
Y VIM. Kent, of Pittsburgh, and letters from
ichard Alderman, Stockholm, Sweden, and
z. Sandberg, London. The latter, whilst Y
'cognizing the Importance of chemical tests
steel rails, showed a decided preference for
he mechanical These papers were ably dis !
Used by Drs. Drown, Raymond, Sharples and
udley. The question of chemical tests was
Gated at length in the Philadelphia meeting,
nd the result was that a widespread interest l
as created, as was shown by the various t
apers emanating from such widely separated '
points. /
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
as held in the Hall of the Y. M. CA.
Dr.. Sharples, State Geologist of Mass, !,
ade statement in reference to the occur
nee of Black Band Iron Ores in West Va.
n examination had revealed to him deposit
black band ore, similar to that of Scotland, d
extended oyer an area of 1000 acres, and
,peared in veins of from five to six feet. The
e contained so much of carbon that it was
pable OF roasting itself when properly ig-
ted. When the result of his discoveries was - .
ade known in Philadelphia the existence of =
e ore was at first denied, and then it was
intended that it could not be reduced. The j.,
'oduct OF the Scotland mines has been profit
lily worked, and as this was of similar .
aracter its reduction he thought ought to be
complished. He desired to know if any of ,,
e members were familiar with the process of =
oh reduction.
A paper on the Rich Hill hon Ores was read. =
f. Z. Dewey, of Tenn. In discussing this :,