The Nevada picayune., 1885-03-12
Editorial Correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS, Mch 7th, 1S9;

ant one and half days ourney, arrived in the "Cresent Cty"- Friday at noon. Have just retu rn- ed from the Exposition grounds, and although it is now near II o'clock p. m, will use my pencil for awhile in trying to interest your readers.
 But first let me say few words as to the country and railroads, over which l passed. Passed over the St. l.. I'M x $. and Texas and Pacific both leased and under con- trol of the Mo. Pacific. These two lines are well equipped and sys- temattically operated. Mir. Il. C. Townsend, a gentleman ofno mean ability in railroad circles has charge of the passenger depart ment of the entire Mo. Pacific with with a total mileage of over 5000 miles, and sitting in his office in St. Louis issues his tickets to nearly all the metropolitan cities of this country and intermediate points between New York, Chicago and San Francisco, besides the princi- pal cities of the South. Under his excellent management everything moves along like clock work. As to the country passed over, much of it is similar 10 that of Arkans until central and lower Mississippi was reached, where it is almost one vast prairie. Noticed many fine sugar and rice plantations. The former presents an interesting sight, divided up into oblong sec tions about a mile in length by a quarter in width, with handsomely painted buildings for laborers and large sugar mills with it's tall chim. neys. They are nearly all alike and sometimes from the car window one can see a hall a dozen or more clusters of buildings far and neai. For over a hnudrcd miles the T. X P. k. K. follows the Mississippi riv- CT, crossing hundreds of these su gar and rice plantations. These crops never fail as they are water ed by irrigation. The rice requires little trouble to raise-after prepar. ing the land and planting, little is done till harvest tune, when it Is threshed like wheat. The sugar cane requires more work and con sequ ently more expense.
 TINTED STATES MINT
 Resting Friday afternoon and evening, after securing first class lodgings, this, Saturday morning, l took in thu U. s. Mint. A eondens- ed sketch of it's workings may in- terest some. Am indepled to the chiet coiner Jones for the kind at- tention not usually shown visitors. First went through the smelling room where silver bullion often adding lOper cent of copper to har- den; it is run in to bars l2 inches long and 1.2 inches wide and 12 inch thick. The bar is then carried into the rolling room where 1t is first run through iron rollers ten times, then heated very hot and then thrown into cold water to sof- ten it then tolled again five times; all the time being gradually length cned, made thinner and wider. Next it is carried up stairs to the cutting room where it is drawn out by the same, to exact thickness and width desired, when it is pass through the punching machine; then each blank coin is weighed separately and made to conform to the regulations; then the blank is heated nearly red hot in fur mace and thrown into bath of dilat- ed sulphuric acid, to cleanse and bleach it. The blank coin is next taken down stairs and run through the stamping machine under pres sure of eighty tons, both sides be- ing stamped at once. This com pletes the course in cOining the beautiful silver coin of this coun- try. Only one stamping machine is now being run, turning out 80 silver dollars per minute or S35.O .OOO per day; though there are machines for making the smaller denominations. The coining of gold was stopped hare about , l-2 years ago.
 Heard Lizzie Evans, in Stoner's beautiful comedy founded on Whit tiers celebrated poem, Maud Mul- Ter, to. days matinee at St Charles theatre. The acting, was good, all the parts being wei rendered, and 1 greatly enjoyed it.
 This afternoon 1 made my first visit to the exposition grounds, but have not time to tell of any thing seen-will do so in the future. It is immense--ground beyond de- scription. The Egyptian queen, spoken of in the Bible, who beheld | Solomon in all his glory," could not have been more impressed | with the grandeur of the sight, than is the average visitor with | the worlds cotton and industrial exposition.
 Soon after the arrival, I called on the PICAYUNR's special exposi ton correspondent, Col. w. D. Boyce who treated me real nicely, ! and to whome 1 now return sincere thanks. Have also called on our god-mother, the Picayune of this
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