The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-06-13

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put which 80 effscsually tests ito value.
says the San Francisco Mining and Scien-
ti6c Press. as in mining picks. The tenn.
pering Of . pick is very nice piece Of
work and should be dune with great care
In the first place good charcoal fire is
necessary; next. good steel. and then .
good light hammer with . smooth-facs
anvil; and, lastly, man is needed with
a good keen eye. considerable experience
and excellent Judgment. No good pick
can be turned out il any Of the above
essentials are wanting in the process. A
pick should never be upset" or ham.
mered endwise, NOR raised above full
red heat. The steel should be, moreover,
heated as quickly As possible, as long ex.
posture to heat-even II the heat 10 not in
excess-injures the texture. Many black
smiths find great difficulty in tempering
picks, because they do not choose good
steel. After being heated the pick must
he worked with care, special pains taken
in drawing it out. to hammer on all sides
alike. in one place A. much as another,
and on one side ~ much 40 the other.
When ready for hardening it should be
heated in the blaze Of charcoal fire until
red hot. and then plunged into coal rain
water, and kept there until il IL nearly
sold; but II kept too long in the water or
until it is quite cold the burners are liable
o fall of. Some blacksmiths use hot
water; no salts Of any kind should exist
the water. but the water should be
old; il the water 10 warm and little ice
hould Be- thrown in to chill It, the tenn
ering will be ill the better. Pure soft
water for hardening will make . tougher
lick, and one less liable to crack At the
dges than where salt water was used.
The last hammerinR Of . pick should al.
ways be given ON fat sides, crosa close
the edges and then up each side about
IN inch By SO doing the corners will be
ess liable ~ crack of.
ANOTHER CALL ON MAcDERxorT.
Ielen A. Landers began suit in San
francisco on the "a instant against Chas.
4. MacDermott, the departed capitalist,
. recover sl2, 100. paid to him for 7.775
nares Of stock in the Pleasant Valley
old mine. She alleges that MAcDermott
,,ught bullion and shipped it to this
line aud had the superintendent ship it
ack IL San Francisco a. the product Of
he property. Upon its receipt in that
ity two small dividends were declared.
nd upon the strength of this showing,
nd numerous ialse and fraudulent repre-
-ntatfont, the plaintin WAS induced "
NY the stock, not discovering until re-
emily the imposition that had been prac-
iced upon her.
Unforeseen. Suourn Norv Tu,s ~
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onue' TINS cap''on an o'a pnys'''sn
srites TO Cincinnati Medical journal,
nat in view Of the fact that people living
| n . di.tancs fr.m citias ara Obliged e
! .~ort n, co,,h n,;xturs. already mi ~
Or Use, they should provide themselves
WV on'y suon aen.u's, i -. nv. =
| otios. TIM, avoiding not only danger.
ut even fatal results. He Recommend,
ne recentlv discnverad Red Star t,ough
urc which an.lvses anf; ts.ts nv vnriou,
soards Of Health proved to b. pursl,
sepetable m well a. urompt. effecti Va and
ntlrely harmless.
A new CoScENrRAroR.-The DenveI
riinss says that Gov Tabor has organizes
| company to manufacture and intrvduc,
| nav ,o.car,r.,or which Is /. han A.
.nat is c.ai.ned for IL, will cause q rsvo
ut'on ~ INNING III Colorado and TN
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