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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
THE FIRE TEST FOR ORES.
How the Assayers Determine the Value
Of Samples From New Mines.

| How the Assayers Determine the Value
| of Samples From New Mines
\ The process of ascertaining the value
of piece of mineral bearing rock is in
| teresting. The ore is first pulverized in
| q crusher or mortar. 1t is then quar-
tered or split until sample is obtained
small enough for convenient handling.
| A "sylit'' Is a series of troughs alterna-
| ting with a series Of Sits equal in num-
Der and size to the troughs. Half of the
sample is retained in the troughs every
| time the ore is passed through the split.
This process is repeated until the guam
tity is sufficiently reduced. The sample
thus obtained is spread upon a buck
ing board" a metal plate fastened on a
firm foundation. 1t is then reduced to
powder by rolling it with muller"
which is heavy iron sledge with a
smooth convex surface, The sample Is
usually pulverized until it will pass
through sixty mezh, or sometimc even
an eighty-mesh sieve. In this condition
the orc is called pulp.
The assayer uses weights which are
proportioned to the commercial weights,
an assay ton, consisting of 20, 1865 grams,
representing a ton of ore. The result of
the assay is weighed in milligrams. If
an assay ton Of the pulp is used, each
milligram in the result represents an
ounce Of the precious metal to the ton.
Usually half an assay ton Of the pulp Is
used, and the result is then multiplied
by two to get the number of ounces to
the ton.
A half assay ton of the pulp Is
weighed carefully on the pulp scales,
and put into crucible, together with a
f1uX.The fluX consists of carbonate of
soda, borax and litharge, or protoXide
of Lead sometimes flour is added. The
proportions of the ingredients in the f1ux
vary according to the nature of the ore.
Some heavy lead or galena ores require
very little litharge. Other ores which
contain little or no lead require litharge
in larger quantities. The pulp and the
1ux are thoroughly mixed and covered
with salt or borax. BoraX makes a
clearer flux, but has no other advantage
over the common salt. If there is an
excess of sulphur in the ore, iron nails
are added. The crucible is then placed
in the furnace, which has been heated
to white heat to receive it.
The furnace contains fire-clay over
called a muffle, which is made with an
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17

opening at the back to permit the fumes
from the crucibles to escape. Usually
half an hour or forty minutes Is re-
quired to reduce the contents of the
crucible to a volatile state. When the
action in the crucible has ceased the
contents are poured into metal mold
and allowed to cool. The Stag is then
broken off and lead button is found at
the bottom of the mold. This lead but
ton contains all the gold and silver in
the ore. To separate the gold and silver
from the lead the button Is placed in a
cupel, a small dish made of bone ash,
and replaced in the muffle. The lead is
melted and part of it passed off in
fumes, while part Of it is absorbed, to-
gether with any copper or other sub
stances which may be in the button, by
the bone-ash, leaving a small silver but
ton in the cupel If the ore is known to
contain much silver, the lead button is
placed in the cupel just as it is taken
from the Stag; but if there is very little
pure silver is added, so that there may
be heavy excess of silver in the but
ton obtained in the cupel. This is neces-
sary in order that the button may be
parted with acid.
The silver button is weighed on the
button balance and is then parted by
immersing it in nitric acid. The acid
dissolves the silver and leaves the gold
in the form of fine black dust. The
parting Is done in an annealing cup.
The gold Is washed and dried and the
cup is placed In the muf1le and heated
to a red heat, which anneals the gold.
bringing it into compact mass and
giving it it's true gold color. The gold is
transferred to the tray on the button
balance and weighed. The weight of
the gold is deducted from the weight of
the silver button, giving the weight Of
the silver
The button balance is an exceedingly
delicate piece of mechanism. 1T Is kept
in a glass case, and the Weighing Is
done with the case closed in order that
the air currents in the room may not af-
feet the beam. The balance is so deli
cate that the vibrations caused by a
person walking across the room near
them will affect the result A strand OF
maiden hair Will turn the balance as II
it were a young mans head. The gold
and silver are weighed to milligrams,
and even to hundredths of milligram
The weights and the buttons are placed
on the balance with small pincers, In or
der that the hands may not come in
contact with the parts of the scales, for
the temperature of the hand is suffi-
Gent to destroy the accuracy.
If the gold obtained in the assay just
described weighs one hundred milli-
grams the ore carries two hundred
ounces of gold to the ton. which is good
enough for any ordinary mine.-Denver
Times.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
CHANGES AT THE HOSPITAL.
William w. Jones Will Go to Bridgepor
Anrtl

William w. Jones Will Go to Bridgeport
April l.
William w. Jones, who has been for a
number of years clerk at the New Ha-
ven hospital, left yesterday for short
vacation trip before he begins the du-
ties of superintendent of the Bridgeport
hospital, to which position he was re-
Gently appointed. Mr.. Jones' place at
the New Haven hospital will be taken
by Frank e. Leggett, a well known ac-
countant, formerly with the Lum Roof
ing company.
DR. Earl K Smith, whose term as sem
Tor member of the house staff of physi-
clans at tho hospital, has just expired,
left yesterday to spend some time at
his home in Bridgeport. Dr. Smiths
place will be taken by DR.. C. Percy
Littlejohn. The other members of the
house staff will be DR. Frank Heery, Dr.
Lewis Porter and DR.. f. Walter Hulse-
berg, the new member of the staff,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17

EDWARD e. BRADLEY,
President New Haven Wheel Co., New
Haven.
FRANK j. LINSLEY,
of Linsley & Lightbourn, Hardware and
Agricultural Implements.
L. WHEELER ?}FECHER.
of Diamond Match Co., Westville
CHARLES WEATHERBY.
New York.
CHARLES N. KING,
New Jersey.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
CALEDONIANS WON.
Clan Mcleod Was Beaten at Bowls


Clan Mcleod Was Beaten at Bowls
Last Night by the Club.
The bowling game between Clan Nc
Leod and the Caledonian club was play
ed last night. There was a large at
tendance Of the members Of both So
cieties. w. Paterson's rink scored q
points to 10 gained by j. Mustardes
rink. John Munzies beat j. c. Morton
by q points to 10 majority for club, "a
points. Standing: Club won 2 games,
Clan won 0.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious appetiz,,
ing, nourlshing food drink to take place OF
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by
al who have used it because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee, but
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves 1t is not stimulant bit a health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink 1t with great benefit Costs about
q as much as coffee. L. and Zoe.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17

Following are the closing prices reported
by Prince & Whitley, Bankers and Brokers,
81 Broadway, New York, and Is Center ST.,
New Haven. Bid Asked
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17

WANTED-Stock Brokerage firm td
act as agent in exclusive territory
for sale of limited amount of TrensS
ury Stock Of first class gold mine. All X
proposition. Now working force ok
men. Ssrictest investigation sollcit.
ed. Liberal arrangements Will b.
made. Communications strictly c0Il&
fidential. Address ssBRO K ERAGE,,s3
p. .. Box 1857, New York City.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
NEwHAvEN HOSPITAL BULLETIN

The New Haven hospital bulletin is
sued last night shows that during the
week ending last night nineteen
patients were admitted, twelve patients
were discharged cured, four improved
and there were five deaths The total
number of patients now in the hospital
is 1923
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
Government Bon tio,
Gid Asked
Chicago MAJ lret.

Reported over private wire by III. G.
Friedman & Co.. Bankers and Brokers. 10
Wall Street. N. Y. and 1853 Chapel Street.
Room and B. New Haven. N A, Tanner
Manager Of Local BranchH as-
Opening Highest Lowest Close
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
The Mission of Music.

The oratorios have sometimes been
given in a church by various bodies of
amateurs who have practiced together
lot the purpose; the concerts have been
given IN school rooms on Sunday even
lngs by professionals of reputation. To
the oratorio men and women have
come, some of them from the low
haunts kept around the city by it's care
lessly administered charity, all of them
OF the class which, working for it's daily
pfeao, mas no margin of time for study.
AMID those who ale generally so indie
pendent of restraint. who cough and
move as they will, there has been a
death-like stiffness as they have lis
tened to some fine solo of Handlers.
On faces which are seldom free of the
marks OF care, except in the excitement
OF drink, a calm has seemed to settle
and tears to flow, for no reason but
because 1T Dis beautiful"
sometimes the music has appeared
gradually to break down barriers that
shut out some poor fellow from a fairer
past or better future than his pres
ent;th oppressive weight of the daily
care lifts, other sights are in his vision,
and at last, covering his face or sink
ing on his knees, he makes prayers
which cannot be uttered. Sometimes
it has seemed to seize one on business
bent, to suddenly transport him to an
other world, and, not knowing what he
feels, has forced him to say, 1T was
good to be there" A church filed with
hundreds of east LOndoners affected,
doubtless, in different ways, but all
silent, reverent, and self-forgetful, is
a sight not to be forgotten or to be
held to have no meaning. To the con-
certs have crowded hard-headed, I'M
imaginative men, described in a local
paper as being friends of Bradlaugh."
These have listened to and evidently
taken in difficult movements of Beeth-
oven, Schumann and Chopin. The loud
applause which has followed some mo-
ments of strained, rapt attention has
proclaimed the universal feeling.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
FAV0RS ANNEXATION.
Lower Glasses, Only, of the Cubans Are
Anxious for Independence.

Lieutenant w. E. Davies, a Butte boy,
who received a commission in the vol
unteer signal corps at the beginning of
the war with Spain, and is now in the
regular establishment, is paying visit
to his relatives here prior to departing
from America for service in the Philip
pines. Lieutenant Davies was a tele-
graph operator in the Rocky Mountain
telegraph office when hostilities COM
menced. He sought and secured a
lieutenancy in the volunteer signal
corps, serving till the volunteer branch
of the corps was dispensed with, when
he was discharged and reappointed sec
ond lieutenant in the regular service
under the army reorganization act. He
has now been ordered to the Philip
pines, and will bid his family good bye
the latter part of the week and start
for San Francisco, from whence he ex-
poets to sail for Manila at an early
date.
Lieutenant Davies served at the vari-
Gus army rendezvous camps up to the
time of the occupation of Cuba, Then
he went with the army of occupation
and served at MatanzaS, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Havana, building and
operating the government telegraph
lines. till the volunteer corps was dis
banded in May. He describes what he
saw of Cuba as the grandest country
he ever saw, and says the climate while
he was there was so perfect it was SIM
ply delight to exist.
Speaking of the situation in those
provinces he visited, at the time he
left. Lieutenant Davies said there was
a marked feeling of contentment with
the. American administration of affairs
among the better class of Cubans es-
pecially and that such discomfort as
was manifested was among the lowe,
classes. These, he said, We're continu-
ally talking of independence, and werf
/ responsible for all the difficulties the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
WELCOME IS VERY BUSY
Unable to Try the Water Com.
pany's Case.
A CONTINUANCE ASKED
Two Afndavits Filed by His Partner
Roote 49, Judge Lindsay Declined
to Consider the Appli-
cation.

The fact that John B. Welcome is
compelled to defend himself in the dis
barment proceedings against him in the
supreme court was used yesterday as
an excuse for asking for the continu-
ance of the trial of the case of Ben Ba-
ker against the Butte City Water COM
pany, which will come up in Judge
Lindsays court this morning. Just as
court was about to adjourn last even
ing Jesse B. Roote, Welcomes law
partner, presented an affidavit to the
court asking for continuance of the
case, but Judge Lindsay declined TO
consider the application, as no notice
had been given the attorney on the
other side, and the mater will probably
come up again this morning
In his affidavit Mr.. Roote says that ne
and Welcome are the only attorneys
for the water company and that on
July IL the supreme court, in the dis
barment proceedings brought by Fred
Whiteside, made an order in passing
on a demurrer in the case that the at
torney general might within five days
file affidavits disclosing grounds for the
interposition of the court, and that
within five days more the accused
should answer. Pursuant to that order
the attorney general filed two affidavits
on July Is and July 20 will be the last
day for the attorneys of Welcome to
file answers. and a failure to file them
will place Welcome in default in the
proceedings.
Roote further says that he is Well
comes senior counsel in the disbarment
proceedings, his other attorneys being
William Wallace, jr., and B. Plat Car
penter; that Wallace is now absent
from Helena on a vacation and absent
at some point unknown to Roote and
cannot be reached in time to obtain his
services in preparing an answer and
counter-affidavits to those filed by the
attorney general. 1t is alleged to be of
vital Importance to the interests of
Welcome that the affiant go at once TO
Helena for the purpose of preparing and
procuring the necessary affidavits and
preparing an answer.
Welcome himself is over in Helena,
and owing to his pressing duties there
in connection with the disbarment pro-
ceedings he cannot return to Butte to
try the water company case at the
present term of court. Roote says he
has been requested by Welcome to go
Immediately to Helena for the purpose
already stated, and for that reason the
court is asked to Vacate the setting Of
the water company case.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
MADE TWO RUNS.
Created Considerable Excitement While
1t Lasted.

An alarm of fire came in last night
about II o'clock from box 50. The de-
partment made run to the corner of
Silver and Idaho streets, where the box
is located, but could find no fire, and
was about to return, when an alarm
came from box 49, Responding, the
firemen found the first alarm was sent
in from box 73, but had struck 81
through the man pulling the box, not
knowing how to go about it.
The fire was in the rear of the prop
erty of James Burns, a saloon and bar
Der shop, just south of the B., A & p.
tracks on Arizona street. A lot of rub
bish had been thrown into a cesspool
and had in some manner caught fire,
and the pipes connecting the cesspool
with the building conveyed some smoke
into the building, leading to the sup
position it was fire. The fire amounted
to nothing, but it made quite an eX-
element, and one man who knew all
about fires moun.ed the roof and was
industriously chopping a hole in the
roof, when Chief Sanger inquired what
he was doing. He replied, with impa-
| thence: Tn showing you fellers how
| to locate a fire, and I've got it about
out" He felt silly when told there wa
no fire in the building and to cease
| Chopping down the house.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19

Harry johnson and Charlie Ross, the
two colored men who have been doing the
dos catching for the poundmaster have
about concluded the business is not a very
paying one. Johnson was fined $40 in po-
lice court yesterday for his officous con-
duct Sunday, and Ross started out to
raise the money to meet ne fine and get
his partner out of jail. 1t took lot of
hustling TO do it, but he finally got the
money. As the two men emerged from
the Jail together they met Constable
Rhodes, who arrested Ross on a warrant
charging him with catching a dog out
side the city limits. Verify, the way of the
dog catcher is hard.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19

In 1863 man named Thomas Butch
en-, laborer in the employ of a farmer
at Mountfield in Sussex, was ploughing
field one fine day when his plough
share threw up a long piece of metal
like brass, with a trumpet at each end,
and doubled up like a coil of string.
There We're several other similar pieces
in the same furrow, the whole weigh
ing altogether II pounds Butcher, who
had little imagination, thought nothing
of the find, and allowed the metal to lie
at the bottom of the field till evening,
when he carried it, home, thinking it to
be the discarded ornaments of some
gentlemans hall or parlor. Subsequent
ly he mentioned the matter casually to
an acquaintance named Thomas, who,
after taking a look at the sO-called
brass and consulting with his brother
in-law Willet, went to Butchers house
with a pair of scales and a great show
of honesty, and bought the metal at
the rate of sxpence pound-tive-and-
six-pence for the lot
The ploughman heard nothing more
of the transaction until his acquaint-
| ances began to annoy him by inquiring
| jestingly if he had found any more old
brass lately, and then it leaked out
| that Thomas and Willet had sold the
| brass" to a firm of gold refiners in
| Cheapside for e529 lbs. I'd. The crown
| took the matter up, an inquest was
| held by the coroner and Thomas and
| Willett We're at once arrested. Butch
err, whose simplicity had saved him
from temptation, was an innocent find
err; but the prisoners, who, knowing
| how the metal had been found, had
| bought it as brass and sold it for
their own benefit as gold, were con-
victed on the evidence and punished
severely.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
Heavy Rain Storms.

Washington, July 1S.-The following
cablegram has been received from Cen
eral Otis:
manila, July 1S.-Continual heavy
rain and cyclonic storms impede bust
ness in the harbor. The Colorados sailed
on the transport Warren yesterday. In
addition 100 discharged men of various
organizations took passage. The Cali
fornians on the Sherman arrived from
Negroes. The vessel must be coaled and
await subsistence of the typhoon now
prevailing"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
Peace Congress.

The Hague, July 1S.-The sub-com-
mittee of the arbitration committee of
the peace conference met this afternoon
to draft the amendments demanded at
yesterdays session Of the plenary COM
mittee and to prepare for tomorrow S
meeting, when the discussion of the
question OF an International board of
inquiry is expected to create lively
debate.
As the exact nature of the objections
made was not known no action was ia
ken. 1t is understood Captain Alfred
T. Mahan, one of the American dele
gates, has decided to withdraw his pro-
posed amendments to the scheme for
adapting the Geneva convention to ma
val wars, owing to objections on the
part of Great Britain and other powers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
FIREMEN INJURED.
The Building on Which They Were at
Work Collapsed.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 1S.-Over a.
score of firemen were hurt tonight at
a fire in the Grace hotel, a four-story
brick structure at Park and Reed
streets, on the south side. Four of the
victims are thought to be fatally in
jured.
After the fire had been put out, and
while 10 firemen were on the roof and
others were working on ladders and in
side of the building. the structure col
lapsed, the roof and floors crashing
down into the basement.
The firemen who remained in the
street hurried to the rescue and We're
soon digging their injured comrades out
of the mass of debris. AS the injured
were taken out ambulances and other
conveyances carried them to the Elmer
gency hospital, where they received
surgical attention.
It was regarded as miraculous that
several of the firemen were not killed
outright. Twenty-Five men were ia
ken to the hospital. The most seriously
injured were:
Peter O'Connor, burned and bruised,
recovery doubtful; Michael Quirk, head
and body crushed. recovery doubtful;
Captain John Wolf, head and back in
jured, recovery doubtful; Frederick
Oehson, arm broken; Captain j. Line
man, ribs broken, bruised, recovery
doubtful; Henry Portch, ribs broken
Chief James Foley and Assistant Chief
Clancy were among the cut and
Bruised.
The properly loss is not over 100000.
At 1 o'clock this morning the police
report the finding of the body of Ed
| ward Haley in the ruins. Haley was
pipeman on Engine Company No. anc
| was married
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-19
SECTION HAND KILLED
On the Northern Pacific Near
Sacres' Ranch.
STRUCK BY AN ENGINE
He Made a Foolhardy Attempt to Save
Handcar - His Neck Was
Broken by the Blow-An
Inquest Held.

Owen Tracey, a section hand en-
ployed by the Northern Pacific at
Whitehall, was killed at Sacres' ranch
about o'clock yesterday morning by a
freight train, No. IS. while he was MAX
ing an attempt to save a handCar
which was standing on the track. No.
95 was due in Butte at noon yesterday.
Tracey was working with a section
gang on the road near Sacres', and the
freight, coming around a curve, was on
them before they had time to get all
their traps off the track. Tracey and
two companions tried TO throw the
handcar off. but the two men realized
that it could not be done and aban-
doned the car and called to Tracey 10
look out for himself, but foolishly he
persisted in his effort to save the hand
car and he was still Juggling at it when
the engine struck him. He was thrown
some distance and when picked up he
was still alive, but died in few min
utes. The body was picked up and
brought at far as Whitehall, where it
was examined, and it was found that
his neck was broken and one of his legs
badly fractured.
The coroner of Jefferson county, who
resides at Boulder, was notified, and an
irquest was held at Whitehall yester-
day afternoon, but with what result
was not learned in Butte. After the
coroner had been notified the freight
train proceeded on to this city, and
few hours after arriving here Engineer
Barker received notice to come to
Whitehall to testify at the inquest and
he at once returned. He stated that
as soon as he saw the handcar on the
track he tried to stop his train, and
Tracey and his companions were warn
ed to get out of the way. The train
could not be stopped in time to avoid
the accident, but Tracey had plenty Of
time to get out of the way.
Tracey was man about 80 years of
age and lived at Whitehall, though it
is understood he came from Butte some
time ago. Nothing is known about the
whereabouts of friends or relatives.