The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-07
m INER AIS.
A Cabinet Of specimens Worthy OF
Inspection.


term covers both descriptive and theo-
retical mineralogy- is the study |
OF the laws in accordance with which |
minerals are formed In it's domain are
included all natural products which be-
long neither to animal nor vegetable
bodies. Minerals, in their chemical
compositions, are elementary, binary,
ternary, quarternary, ETC., according to
the number of molecules OF which they
are composed. Theophrastus, 3l5 years
B. G.; Pllny, in the first century; down
to the savants in more modern times,
when Werner, OF Freiberg, in IVA,
published comprehensive work on the
chemical composition of minerals: aud
Prof. James -. Dana, Of New Haven,
who in 1887 began the publication OF a
treatise on mineraogy. and issued five
editions Of his works-all these sclen-
lists of ancient and modern times en-
lightened the world with their profound
learning ami research in the mysteries
OF the chemical formation of matter.
The interest taken in mineralogy, as
a speculative science, has rapidly ex-
tended our knowledge Of minerals and
tn. discovery of new species. Since
California first drew the attention OF
class of people who occupied them
selves IN the disco, cry and working of
minerals. many persons have consumed
both time and treasure in collecting to-
gether a fund of meteorological speci-
mems, and Natures laboratory has sup.
piled some beautiful and costly cabinets
with its productions. In California and
Nevada can he found to-day collections
which, perhaps. cannot be surpassed for
variety, beauty or intrinsic value.
A few days since, we visited the resi-
dence of one Of our citizens, Jeri II. Job,
and were much surprised to find that
he was the possessor OF a cabinet filled
with the finest selected and most beau.
iful array of minerals that we have ever
had the fortune to examine. Mr.. Job
has interested himself for many years
past in building up collection of the
choicest and rarest specimens of the
mineral kingdom, not only from their
native deposits on the Pacific Coast.
but from all quarters Of the globe, until
he has amassed such a store Of them
that it would be very difficult to find in
any private or public collection such
a beautiful and varied combination of
mineral specimens as he is the possessor
OF. Having been a practical miner for
many years, he interested himself 10
gathering together a countless variety
OF Nature's rarest treasures, and he has
now a superb monument OF worth
that would elicit the envy and admira-
| ton of the most critical connoisseur.
In his cabinet may be found speci-
mems of ruby silver, chloride of silver,
and green chloride of silver from Ari
iona; sulphuret of silver, from Mexico;
argentite. from Bolivia; genthite (oxyd
of nickel), from New Caledonia; argen-
tite, magnesite, tenorite, calcite, nail
head calcite, anthony, cinnabar, moss
agate, iron jaspar, native mercury,
metacinnabarite, magnetic iron, mari
posite. gold and silver ores, and arago-
mite, from the different sections OF Cali
fornia; gold and silver quartz, horn sill.
YER, and chalcedony, from Arizona;
from the mining sections of Nevada
are fine specimens of pyrargyrite, from
Tuscarora; copper glance, obsidian,
nickel, micaceous iron, chloride OF sill
YER. gold and silver ores, iron cubes,
copper, mica, gypsum, native sulphur,
salt, nitre, quartz crystals, nail-head
calcite, and pisolite, from, Humboldt
county; ruby silver from Austin; silver
and gold quartz, from the Comstock;
wulfniie, molybdenite. and gold and
silver quartz, from Eureka; green horn
silver and cerusite, from Phoebe; Eng
land is represented by selections of
polytelite. copper, red oxyd of copper.
copper pyrites. chalcosiderite, spathic
iron, dolomite, gum copal, hematite,