The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-09-18
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Less than 800 tons Of antimony are
consumed annually in this country.
Stocks Of pig lead in New York July
lst amounted to 3,59S. $50 pounds.
Spelter is used at the rate Of some.
thing Less than 1000 tons year.
A Pittsburg manufacturer consumes
one car load Of lead every week as an
ingredient in the production Of glass
lamp chimneys.
Large deposits Of oxide of anthony
and silver are said to exist in Woodside
Canyon, Nevada.
Galena ha. been found at Stanton,
Miles,, which contains good per cent.
Of silver.
The consumption Of anthony for the
whole country has not exceeded 1000
tons in any one year in period Of FIVE
years.
A silver association has been started
IN Calcutta under the auspices Of the
finance minister and the other leading
government officials.
The mines Of the Comstock have pro.
duced, since they were opened and up
to the end OF 1885. the enormous sum Of
about 1927, 900, 900, Of which about 42t
per cent. was gold and 57l per cent.
silver.
Experiments are now being made by
the United States government with
aluminium bronze in the manufacture Of
ordnance.
4 The Peruvian government will open
mining exhibition At Lima, June l,
1887.
Magnesium torches are now used II
Germany for the illumination Of mines
The cost Of the metal is now about 30
pound.
Probably the largest deposit Of minera
paint 10 the world 10 located at Clifton
Tenn. It is very pure, Of an oily natur
aud resembling venetian red in color.
From the Granite Mountain mine. NJ
T., during the week ended the l4th inst.
20 bars were shipped, containing 80.
al ounces pure silver and ll.63S ounce
Of gold. ~
In Dekalb county, Tenn. mineral ha
, been found that assays s6 so in gold
{ $l2 so in silver and 30 per cent in lead
:. The output Of the Drum Lummon, NJ
T.. last month was $4,000, the largs'
> Of any mine in the history Of the terri
J. tory.
The report Of the United States Ge'
logical Survey shows that not less this
: eoOO, 900, 900 10 invested in mining 81
U tsrprises ~ productive capital, ov'
. 100. 900 psopls arc furnished emplo,
msut, and the mineral product Of II
United States for the year 1884 had
value Of s4l3, lO4. 6l0.
Statistics show that during 1885 Il
whole number Of persons employed
and about the mines Of the Unite
l. Kingdom Of Great Britain and Irelar
. amounted to 56l.s76. This shows
" falling of from 1854 Of $3.50.
1t is reported that's company has bel
10 organized to work the newly discover'
10 gold mines near Shannon, Carroll Count
ILL.,, where it is claimed ore is beiI
taken out which assays 81 per ton. ..
a. The worlds total coinage Of gold al
silver in 1885. as reported by the depu
MASTER Of the EngIish mint, was 81
y $4,000 gold and s77,79o,OOO silve
' OF the gold $6,55l.OOO and Of the silv
1885, 900 were light coins recoined.
th Dantzle is the great center for I
We amber trade and industry. Last ye
raw amber came there to the amount
:. 23S, 900 pounds, as against ll5 81 poun
!, in the previous year. The total val
Of amber imported last year is estimat
at frum $3.50, 900 to S276,00 as agaiI
nR from SlO3, 900 to Sll5,00 the year p
~ bvi .us.
One among the many eminent chuI
he dignitaries who have given their pub
endorsement to the wonderful efficacy
i, st. Jacobs Oil, in case Of rheumatism a
other painful ailments, is the Right h
eraud Bishop iilmour, Cleveland, Obi