Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-08-10
TONS OF 1ENESCAL TIN
California Ore Found To Be Of 8
Very Tire Quality.
ssssersatise Method of These 1sgssea
In he katsEpFise->o Romance
Lies bout American
Lsfutea-lts Ks aiIty.

Ienteseal tin IA nes has been rendered
sensitive hy reason OF It's political
tearilgi ani fts connection with the
opera ion - the Mckinley law. Zeal
Gus ani romantic eorresponients OF
both p II zeal parties have treated the
matter with 50 liberal a use OF the
Imagination that between the EN-
phatic negations OF the one and the
extravagant affirmative statements OF
the other. the public mini remains
un ettlel I'm gard 10 the facts as they
really are.
To this cause may be referred that
ecnsitiycn-ss OF the foreign gentlemen
in eAars o. the works. a sensetiveness
whi-h renders tnern rather difficult
of aPn-o-e'i by The news gatherer. "A
& 10 lies al o Us has been going
ihr rounds OF the newspapers. and we
hope you are NOT wanting TO make mp
new hatch" said two of the manag-
ir<s Eneli-hmen whom your correspon-
dent met here yesterday. and to whom
n presented his card. Upon an assur-
once that the Tribune Is a friend 10
American tin and that IL seeks TO tell
only the truth. | was cordially ad-
ui-tet 20 their confidence and politely
u~ged 10 visit the mines, which l shall
do az ~ distant day.
Among the published statements
which the managers flatly deny are
u e 10 low ing: h ~ tn v havc slipped
3s.00Cpounds OF pig tin at % cents
a pound 70 tha Tin Plate Company
in ST Louis; that they have orders TO
the amount OF $500 900 in advance
cf their output: that their works have
at anv time BEEN closed down; that
h.at
they have promi-cdwithin any definite
period OF time 10 produces any stated
amount OF the metal; and that they
have arranged - send each member
OF Congress little tin pig
With the field cleared of these fic-
tions. the affirmative statements of
fact have room 10 stand ont in clear
outline. The tract of land embracing
the Temescal mines lies about ninety
miles in a northerly direction from
san Diego and covers $4,000 acres OF
land. Since the destruction by flood
Of n part OF the Temecula Canon
branch OF the Santa Fe Railroad,
the mines are reached by way of
Santa Anna and South Riverside,
over the main line. The present
owners are Englishmen.. who rdr-
y
chiefly resident in san Francisco.
Active development OF the mines be-
gan In December. 1890. Colonel f.
II. Robinson l. general manager and
Richard Harris, an expert from the
Cornish mines. il In immediate charge
of the work. Hugh Stephens. purser
OF the company. IS here on an errand
of inspection. and II Is from these two
gentlemen and W. W. Stewart. of this
city, the commercial factor OF the COM
pany. that the following facts are
learned:
Up TO the present time the active
operations of the mines have been con-
fined strictly 70 experiment tests.
The orc must be reduced to the fine
ness OF flour and then washed. and for
this purpose mill Of moderate size.
with the requisite machinery, has
been built. Besides ta,s. a smelter
has been erected. and has been sub
I cted 10 more or less chang to accom-
modate the mode of reduction. which
Il entirely different from that en-
plOyed in Wales. There coal is exclr-
ssvely used. while in Wales oil is In
iected by steam spray into the cup
ola. producing n white heat in much
less time than the former fuel Per-
haps the most inn ortant part Of the
experiment has been applied TO the
mining Of the ore and the adoption OF
machinery for this purpose. In this
branch Of the business local conditions
require new methods and correspond
ing machines. To promote and perfect
the means OF production has occupied
the whole attention OF the company.
which has made no effort as yet to
court the market or solicit orders.
The result Of the operations. however,
has been an Incidental output of a
fine quality of pig tin, which our eyes
have seen. and which has been caught
MP by an eager trade as fast IA pro-
duced- One lot OF s,193 pounds. and
another Of IL .336 pounds, have been
shipped In small orders 70 different tin
factories. The manufacturers of tin
goods In St. Louis. Chicago. Cleveland,
and Philadelphia have taken small in
voices for the purpose OF trying Ameri-
can tin. In San Francisco the metal
has been found equal 20 any obtained
from foreign mines
The cost OF the Temescal plant thus
far amounts TO $500. 900. exclusive
of the original purchase. About 100
carpenters and other mechanics were
employed in the erection ~ build
fngs and furnaces. and when these had
finished their work and left the place
the report went ON that the mines
had closed down. The actual num-
her Of men employed IL about sixty.
which IL "a large n number as the ma
chinerv established and the shafts
opened can profitably work. These
men are worked by shifts. day aud
night.
The ore IL of remarkable purity. in
some cases reaching 40 per cent. II
f. fouad In a quartz matrix. and in
some specimens the native metal IL
apparently pure. and evident 10 the
eve, "a in many specimens OF gold
quartz Investigation thus far proves
the quantity Of rich ore TO be mex
haustihIa
The Management fisciain any con-
nrctfon with the lockout in Wales or
with any other scheme whose object
a. 20 Influence the market. They claim
~ be working precisely a. Shev would
were they Americans instead ~ Eng
Iishnen. With our habit Of creating
sensstton over AN enterprise still
IN the stage of experiment. they have
little sympathy They mean hni.
neas hut IN the conservative solid
fldirious English way. They have iast
Ifft this port. having paid a duty %
S.s1Co on new machinery received from
England. They refuse 60 boast or tn
dulge In glowing pre- ficsions. but the
facts speaks for themselves
TIE Ten sscai mines and the refse
tfon works which win grow sraes
vffb fhff~ aeScl,nrlant give faiv prom