The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-14

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Is not considered too high price to pay
for the coveted prize. KS ~ $
Use in Industries and Art.
To most people the mention OF arsenio &
Will conJure up Visions OF 8 suicide Or s.
thoughts OF various widely I'D vsrtised III
$secticiilcs. However, It has other uses 1
less people and pestilent yernin. Besides
furnishing ashort cut to the land OF u
shades. { is an article of prime ne cesslt ~
in many Of the arts and ma nufact,l,.es .s
useful agent In legitimate nateriaE med. VIZ
ca. is used IN lnanufH G ureao opal
white metal spectrum 1etal and
in making Paris green. London p,irple,8
and other less known but equally useful
poisonous preparations for the gric,llt,t-S
rist, frui grower. nd ga rdener; in prin1
making toilet soaps cosmetics and COM
$plexion8 powders: In ssoron Ing brass and
for hardening lead 4 in tho m anu fact ,,re$
81 shot of,pyro,t,ecll
AS a. NEEDLES agent 1t is used In the treat
ment of ague. Srenlittent sfevers, st. tuss /,
dance, and many more of n tho Ills that
"a For8 these and similar purposes between n
900 and s. 900 tons are mnortedE In to- he
United States every year, tt lis represent
ing somsth.ng than hal te
value 8 E lteJarsenc 6 may be pla ced q vs.
about $50 pet tom, so that q tribute paid
pr9desrs for t1is .9
orSa1out equal to the va t,e of u exports
of lead. moro than the ~ IA oI1i
ports flmercury, and about one-t bird tile
value of our exp ST Of zinc. iisS Il sS
Deposit Long N eglected
Arsenlc Isle meta Sly times az III
st t'tis IS most eommenly
Iassoclnted wi tlls ron nd Ssu phurs in the
ore known as mic kspit lessS q rsenop yrite,a
mined al Brnton, n The ore found 8ats and +
near tina point has 8frequen tly ttractedAa
attention, and martial ana Uses have often
been mad I'M the bel ha tained
gold or ilverillI hem twas found tia
none of the pre- cious me tails were present.
prospectors aband oneG ~ " liless,,S3
little suspectingS tina t. tn ey We're ing q
|Sdivldends. with less Fisk sthanTnne outsofs
Not untilIf C.Ss 1sfinton, of ttsburEs
Raa raa ~
lsresulting 3ins8 The discovery of one o he8
Irichest arsenic deposits lno " Z he ore
bod rayera ges 20 30 per pure H.
cent, It Is evidents that there is tc
conf Portable margin g. prov !de for diYlEss
I5dends for he's took o lders in the en-
or "a the series Of ssure We OUT
a svariouss places on surface
and extending earth M
2elpal Vein IS three feet two Inc hes illg
Thickness. a d depth #of 20 feet. has
dened to fully fourte en6 feet e syenty
|#dstinct veins have been discovered and q
located. outcropplng on the surfa eegsfor4
Sas tstance OF seven mi les. SO that
lSevldent that tile q deposits are Xtensl yes
enough supply dsmands
Thousand fee Il below5th level Of the ml,le
opening is an arsenical Rspriil here tile
coW drank and became sicls nus
lied to- he grcat u scOvery
How Results Are Obtained
The arsenic mine is entered BY means
|Sofga tunnel driven into the noun tain side
for d dstnnce OF fee; q VIII ere It CROSS
|&cuts the Vein Of arsenopyrite. Ito which
entries are then driven In DO III directions
When the ore is taken Il ON the 5nline I'll
CITY 81 Sslx tons per hour lea wing stiiaIE
crusher. t$passts by era VI ~ he rolls, M
where II IS fine lverzed lien gong
rl,e meta ", SO "a;
Centigrade and Is rapid w Dor izetlf a tftta
dull red heat, ltdYanta SO. is ken Of
T 5o fhs
dill Al purposes, direct from the resS5
without frs cling ". to tts yme e
form. In the furnaces or yellsi 3,
sTOlati liked into gas. and then plecpitnte ed
as arsenlnus oxide, which. Ito Wever.s con-
ftailis many Impurities and must be fur
L thor purified BY su bllma ton. ss
mines was performed Friday. March l3,.i
zlDo3.s IA reck less Disregard OF the ilnlncliy4
thIrteen hoadoo te ,dd, began oIsra
time the outputEof the plant IS threeStonsa
of pure whlte5arsenice each dry. or ninety
tons nGnab se asseryi l wS3eh
II
Swill he doubled, 50 That IT will produce
three tons every twelve hours, Srunnliss33
night and ay Thesntire Gltpns las
he figures OF tho production! max not
look very imposing, but when one ttopsBS
othink 9fthem 9ns stngii
grains arc reIliredSto XIII "a strong and
vigorous man. The present dali prodi,c.ySsi
ton therefore. !, y !, III, to Supply Y,
output for four days would furnish fata Y;
In the Tinted states, Wien tho plsntisss
Per day. after June 1, " Will turn out 3
enough In three and one hal weeks 81 10 6
wipe ont tho entire. spop,,latiol Q { thel5
IN, casks. each contninng AIS pounds. Tho
contents OF ono of those ha rm!css looking
casks Is sufficient TO put an eternal SGnlot-
III might he supposed that ,hc mon,
WORKING IN 4. he plant tina! thus runs out
death by wl%olesa lc would be- eN posed tn
,inls,Ial hnzk rts Tho s'crn 20 usas ioi,f9
OF life among liz men WI p mof H E,s t,saa
arsenic lnincs aud misunderstanding plhhtsA
OF Europe is said to he on yt foi,t 81 yea rs.5l
& IIoweYer; the prsra ~ ions md sa re &, ,afds
taken at tho Brnton plant are go CONT
Splete and efficient tina 1t is behaved that
/ tho wnr knens Will die of old age or q most
under the euli sither tl;,ln.SS
tnrsrna poisoning, 81 # FIJI "a III n sbsla5
From tio time when the ore e1tess the 3
3crusha,8 Until The finished !A'atlurk 1
reaches The casIs IL Ii untouched by l,u -s
lnph hands. is carried along from
point tt'polnt is3 n nton,atic 4arrat emsnts8
Sthrough each process u manu- taetilr
Not only, II this but 4 the imi,a lpable dust
aud poisonous gases aud va orsi genertitrlg
in flie works are 50 close ~ cppfl ned that
tho ne plant IN {, /, i,l
arn cried ON bsi4 smoke mt a one ip,;:
md the other no feet. high and Y bus
dlssIpatsd In the nppel' air. As asfIrthsfS
hot AMI cold baths. which tlie s.isn, q 10 Y
rn0u!red IA make Use Of ~ sno1 aa .flesr 4
lat