The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-09-27
THE COMING METAL.
Something OF Interest 20 Eevada
Miners and Prospectors.

importance Is now generally recOg-
, nized; It's uses are destined to be vast
ly multiplied. It is only a few years
since the metal VAS first separated
from its impurities in commercial
quantities, and utilized in it's pure
state without alloy or contamination
by sulphur, arsenic, or other elements
with which |, is UNIVERSAL y combined
la its natural state.
Al 10 Its geographical distribution,
| IL may be said that IL is found i'm
many localities AMI IN various parts
OF the world; but only in few places
| has IL been found in sufficient guam
titles anu OF sufficient richness 10 he
worked with commercial surcess.
| The recent discoveries in New Gale.
donia tan Island lying to the east of
| and not far from A1stratial have
given such importance and CONNER
cial cheapness To this meta as to bring
IL into econ mical uses here oiore un-
known. This locality IL at present
the main source OF supply for the
| world. The only place in the United
| States where il has been extensively
mined is at Lancaster Gap, .Pennsyl-
vanis. THIS Is the well.known mine
OF Jos ph " harlon, Of Philadelphia.
lie II now the only producer OF me-
iallic nickel IN the United Siates. The
ore III his mine contains IN bulk from
n To per cent. OF nickel. 1t is
worked into Its commercial state al
| MIR. Wharlon's extensive works ut
Cand n, n. j. The important de-
posts of nickel orr rec ntly found In
NeN adj are no~ attracting attention.
These deposits are rich ia oxides of
nicNel aud oxides OF cobalt. Tue
grade o. this or Is AS high as he per
ceDt. of nickel or nickel and cobalt.
| Nickel is now worked SO as to be due
tile and nalleaDie.
This metal - u be We've as a new
material, new gift To tie industrial
is, lin an Unknown mum DER Ofsp-
| phi atious before II. It, most exten
eivc u-e Is IN piatinL aud IN the man
uiaeture of german SILVER. For coinage,
"a. re has been large demand. hleh
Is destined u he grea Y n"rea.eI as
its advantage AMI ecunnniy are bet
Ter underslood. IL has varied III price
| rom one collar lo Iour dollars per
pound ~ tire last twenty year. III.
| gIiee IN England. III 1858, Was quoted
III a memorial 20 Congress II seventy
cents per pound. In the shape Of
tlattu. / commands "A nucn hi :ber
| price. From 1876 lo 1857, the price
WIS on the average upwards OF one
% al and forty cents per pound for
ar g contacts.
| from Ihn ~ mi N
t. Ieo3 Is estimated at about / 900 zoo
pounds. Ii the mtnes III Nevada turn
uut H. expeted, the inL Lortation OF
nickei To thi, ro"ntrA will not bo ne.
cessary, but IL ii Is hi shly probable
that We can eX Xrort to E,rope. The
consumption II nickel for elecl ro- lat
lng is very large. One COM any,
known as The United Nickel Co.. ad-
ml tina the royalties received under
it, patent Tor ! la Ing process es
announced 10 no less than $4,000 "A
year. This is all recent and new In
The coinage up To June, 1876, the
United States had alone issued OF the
nve-cent hickrl 10 the extent Of ST.
7l6, l2S IN value. In th. German En-
p,re he Total nickel coinage announ ed
IN January, 1877, tO at.out 50, $50, 900,
ana IN Belgium, in 1875, 10 6,59S, SOS
francs IN value. rnere Is To be added,
also, the amount OF one-cent MICS el
coin i'm the United States. Great Brit.
am ought To substitute nickel for its
clumsy pennies.
The refining OF nickel aud cobalt
was commenced in the Uni'ed States
by Prof. j. c. Booth, of Philadelphia,
in 1916. Mr.. Wharton has done more
tn ~ any one else To promote the met
allurgy of nickel la the United States.
The trea ment of it to secure the best
results is a matter OF high degree Of
tx II. Expensive works TOR rolling
nickel have been recently erected at
Camden, containing, among other
machines, TWO trains OF 40 inch rolls,
Is inches in diameter, with annealing
rooms and their adjuncts, aud 30
inch horse power engit o. The largest
sheet vet rolled at Camden was "
inches long ami "A inches wide, pure
nickel. Nickel is al>o welded upon
iron and upon steel plates. A great
variety OF domestic utensils have besn
made out of pure nickel. II Is no.
BILE metal in its beauty and in its dur
ability and freedom from rust and
discoloration. 1t Is proposed to make
| a .l..tA fatN a MI =.