Butte Miner (Newspaper) - June 13, 1876, Butte, Montana BUTTE VOLUME 1 BUTTE JUNE NUMBER 6 THE BUTTE MINER MILLS KESSLEK OK Tuesday and Saturday Evenings One copy one 1 00 One copy six months 5 00 Ow copy twelve months 10 00 payable to the Carrier month Advertising rates will he on cation THE BUTTE MINER PUBLISHED T B MONTANA KESSLEK One 1 months 5 XI Twelve months 10 00 Delivered by Currier In 1 00 IT IN IT the most prosperous ami rapidly de- camp In Montana is situated in the portion of Deer and In thu midst of a belt of rich gold silver and copper lodes covering a miles and that they form a close under the entire area Jt is also In of or most nearly central to the rich quartz camps of Bannack Trapper Cable Silver Lake Tower Bear Snow Shoe Tun Jefferson er Star and ITS It is devoted to material cal matters that the people of Montana In their condition the of the as the bource and their development and wot Icing not only to maintain our position a prosperous people but the unlocking of known Uj exist and which will place ami Montana In the list lank as a bullion community the will make in- on Unit theme ILs principal topic ing to our people from the where in mines mills laboratories and to facts in to the ami their workers in Montana In tills we shall endeavor to benefit every portion of Montana anil to make the paper a worthy ex- ponent of all thu camps A class journal of tills nature is needed the vacant place In Montana Journalism We have every that the miners of Montana and In- 111 kindred best newspaper In be appreciate and tuln It IJ sustained this is but the serin from which shall grow a mining Journal worthier ol Montana Incidental lo General Mining News It will contain as much of the General of the and the New.s of interest In Editorially it will be non- and independent Political will bu given but will bo lefl the papers ns the will miners and Territory and especially in and adjacent camps ad- having goods or to sell to them will find It an excellent medium for ing those who will be interested and buy respectfully solicit from nil parts of on mutters relating to mines their product methods of reduction and anything that will be of general Interest and lend to the the sent to them or designated pel sons will please favor us wilh their mail and prompt attention will be given Enclose money In tered or ess All postage is by the publishers without expense to Advertising rales reasonable will be sent on request A Physician and on promptly to in town and try E TAT FINCH M D Physician and Surgeon MONTANA Office at House falls promptly attended to In town and conn Gr Physician and Surgeon Office at Residence MONTANA Calls in town and promptly attended lo WHEN I A D COHEN Wholesale and Retail AND DEER LODGE S Copperopolis Restaurant MONTANA THE FAVORITE EATING S c a 1 s Served at all H o u i Hoard per 00 Single at Come yet a Square Metil JOU SCOTT Deer Lodge Montana The Principal and Popular Hotel ot the Western Slope SCOTT Proprietor McBURNEY HOUSE Deer Lodge City Montana Flue Rooms Accommodations Excellent GIRTON HOUSE BUTTE CITY MONT ROBERT GIRTON Good for No Bar in nor Saloon near the Attention per 00 Hoard per Day i nil Lodging pci Jay 50 The public will find this a pleasant patronage Is respectfully HOBT GIUTON Hotel De Mineral UTTE Brothers PROPRIETORS Having opened the with the finest Hotel accommodation for lodgers in Butto we will bo pleased to have the patronage of the public and will endeavor to give satisfaction The Patronage of the Solicited Rates to Hoarders BROS ST LOUIS HOTEL Entrance Main and Jackson streets HELENA MONTANA Il ZIMMERMAN THE LARGEST CLASS HOTKL ix TIIK a lease for a long term of years of this commodious we have ovated and its roomy pai and elegant suits of rooms and no ex- pense or pains will be spared to continue to and keep it on first-class principles The tables aie supplied with the very best the mat and the delicacies of the season Attendance unexceptionable Terms JOHN I W Higgins Co DEER Wholesale and and dealers Jn FUNE Agents for the California Powder Works EST JOHN II TAYLOR JNO TAYLOR CO and Dealers in Druggists Glassware and Sundries MATERIALS Nos 512 SAff Impure Water A simple test for organic matter in potable water consists in dissolving a small quantity of white sugar In a days if sewage urine albumen or any other organic impurity be present the water becomes white and milky from tlie development of certain fungoid growths Prof Frankland F R S a paper on this subject to the ical Society of London its long ago as this paper lie advanced the that these genus aie in the but that they not in tlie solution without the of acid or some com- pound of The following tests weie made in this city to tlie value of Plot suggestion in a practical way Four ounce bottles were tilled with to each was sugar Tlie first of these solutions which contained boiling distilled water and no air luring the whole ex- lasting 10 Xo 2 which con- Ci 01.011 water and little air began to exhibit a white sediment in nine days which seemed to to the bottom of tlic bottle In two days tlie third solution to which had been added five c c urine or about two cent had a milky in days a heavy froth on top and in eleven days was opaque and contained small white flakes at the end of a month still heavier and cloudy in 50 days less opaque heavy sediment To the solution was added six c c of a solution of phosphate of soda The changes weic more marked than in Croton alone but far less in that ing urine show ing that some other ingredient than us aids in producing the change Neither two nor four aie opaque at the end of 50 days unless shaken to the heavy sediments in them An English chemist suggests tlie ment of the neutral sulphate of peroxide of iron as an agent for restoring impure water The iron salt being added in a delicate state to tiie water to be operated upon The proportion in which this solution is to be ad- ded to the water is determined by the degree of water and the suitable must be mined by careful experiment practiced from time to time if the impurity of the water is found to vary The ater to he purified may he run into a tank or and the tion ot sulphate added as it runs in so that tlie solution may be veil mixed with the water A short time after the neutral is added to the water it becomes de- composed and fonns with some of the im- purities contained in the water a basic salt which is insoluble in water The solid and insoluble pal tides of this new salt are pre- ami with the contained in the water form a deposit from w Inch the purified water may be allowed to inn the deposit in the tank or A of this precipitating process on other bodies of water which may be run into tlie same tank or will cause additional deposits which when allowed lo accumulate to a sufficient dentil may be collected and removed from the reservoir time to time The African The surf on the African coast says a letter writer is ever a onder and a danger There is no coast in any part of the world which possesses less ports or harbors of refuge You may travel a thousand miles almost finding a cove or haibor a ship could anchor without being ed by the surf waves Try along the whole of the grain the ivory the gold and the slave coasts and theie is not one port But for ships trading to those places there is seldom a blowing so that they ire able to anchor about a mile from the shore There is never any dead calm though the sea in the morning is stirred tip into wavelets by the Iroin oceanward During the night it is moved by the land breeze so that ships in the steads ai e ever to be seen lolling uneasily they aie never at rest Unceasingly the long line of waves be to the shore gathering si as they ad- vance nearer until receiving the ebbing wa- ters flowing from the from preceding seas theie is a simultaneous coiling and ing and at once the long line of waves is precipitated with a furious roar on the land Where the water meets a rock a tall tower of spray and foam is suddenly reared the wave lino is broken and is in mad confusion Where the beach is smooth and of sand you may trace a straight unbroken line of foam nearly a mile long Hanging in China A correspondent I observed a model of Chinese capital punishment known as the cage The cage used was between two and feet square and over six leet high Near the bottom w as a close floor of plank The four sides were open work of plank The planks composing the cover were made to lit around the man's neck close enough to bang him but not close enough to sli angle him The condemned man was put into this cage his head projecting above the cover fitting around his neck and under his feet a number of bricks one above the other just enough to enable him to stand on tip toe When this position from weariness becomes unendurable his only i elief is to hang by bis neck The design is to make a man sufler as much as possible but not to kill him to ly Usually after a criminal has been ing in this way ibr a day or so one of tlie bricks is removed and then another until he hangs by his neck alt It is said that a man will endure this torture severa days before his life becomes tian at Work A Remarkable in London papers announce a further ex- of rapid in that city by the completion and opening for public traffic on April 5th of the East London Railway which is another of those gigantic enterprises for the metropolis of England is so The most remarkable feature of this new woik is the fact that a of the line is built under water The commerce of the world may be said to float and navigate directly over a part of the the tunnel which extends the Liverpool stieet slation of tlie Eastern Railway passing directly un- der fse warehouses mid basin of the London Docks thence lender the ment j Across and under the Thames river to the New Cross station of the Southeastern and also the London and Brighton md South London lines At Shadwell and magnificent stations each 450 eet in length have been erected The total cost of this new line which is a little less than six miles in length has been 300 or sixteen millions of dollars Of the nature of this line to the ic the London papers say there is no doubt That portion of the line under the Thames lasses through the old Thames tunnel the celebrated engineer SI I Brunei This work was commenced in 1824 and ed for foot passengers in but never of much value to the public until into use several years ago sis a vay tunnel The comprising this woik is 38 feet wide and feet ligh and was carried across underneath the bed of the liver by means of a great shield which the heading was erected and the shield then pushed ahead step by step with the masonry being built tip as fast as the shield advanced American How to Use Leather Belting A practical correspondent writes to the some suggestions ng the use of leather Leather belts should be thoroughly oiled before using A ood way to apply the oil there is much letting to be oiled is to have the belting run from one reel to another through a pot of oil with a suitable rubber to wipe off the of oil Another good od of applying the perhaps it would in a ity of to put it on with a paint brush This should be lone on both sides with no sparing hand A belt thus oiled will not require a second application under ten years unless there be much dust to absorb the oil and then it may je put on sparingly compared with the first application The advantages that an oiled belt has over a dry one are these First it lasts longer second it requires less lower to drive the machinery thh d it may lie run much more slack which makes the bearings less liable to heat requiring less oil and less attention Theie aie but few people who pay tion as to how they put on a cross belt and consequently they are just as likely to get it on wrong as right There arc to put such belts on The right way is Put the belt on in such a manner that the pulley v ill have a tendency to rough up the splices then when the splices come to crossing they will smooth each other down instead of under each other's and tearing open a splice A quarter twist belt should never be used where it can be avoided but when it is used it should be as narrow as practicable and the pulleys should be large Increasing the width of a quarter twist belt does not increase its power in the same ratio as in a straight or cross belt There is not more than one per cent in using an oiled belt with the grain side next to the pulley which will hardly compensate for the ugly look which a belt when put on in that manner In lacing a belt the lacing should never be crossed on either side To lace a belt in this manner there must be one more hole in one end than the other consequently there will be a hole in the middle of one is the place of beginning Draw the to its middle through this hole lace each way to the edge and back to the middle again and you have by far the nicest joint that can be put into a belt No one will ever lace the old way after once getting the hang of this method Taking Down ty When a flame is burning at the opening nude in a drum at the head of which there a very elastic membrane stretched any wise or vibration as by speaking or singing rill also set this flame in which iration its nature according to the of the vibrations of the air to the flame and if now a rotating is placed before the flame revolved at a proper rate of speed a series of images of he flame and of intricate figures will be seen n the minor and with lenses these figures nay be thrown on a wall or a screen and the figures thus will appear in great as various is the sounds which them every sound having its own corresponding figure It is now suggested to employ a flame of intensity so that it can impressions and to replace the screen by a prepared strip moving like a telegraph at a proper rate of speed so is to the successive impressions arly in line and if the various signs thus are properly interpreted as to the sounds which have produced them ve will have a photographic record of etc Centennial Travel The rush of travel to this country from which was predicted as concomitant of the Centennial Exhibition is not yet ble to the naked eye In fact the steamship agents are very free in their prediction now that there will be no more than the usual travel toward this country while it is remarkable the number of American tourists going abroad is equal to the average of the last three years The managers are wise in raising a rumpus about the ex- pensive railroad rates charged by the com- panies and it is evident to them as well as to the public that the will be hugely disappointed in the number of visitors unless the fares are largely reduced The Europeans are not so romatic as we are they are experiencing hard times with a erity scarcely less than our own The en- for passage by the European ers for the next two months suggest the American tourists who expect to see the Ex- at all cither make a hurried visit this month or hurry home in the fall before ii closes There is a well settled opinion in the minds of thousands that the best time to Philadelphia will be in October after i rush is over Cleaning Heronry Mercury is much used in various physical ul chemical experiments and frequently be- comes so dirty and impure as to render it for many purposes The impurities may be divided into three classes first mixture with metals especially ead zinc and tin second common dust and lirt third water or other liquids Redistillation is almost the only way to re- nove the metals and even this is y effectual in the case of zinc The mercury for amalgamating battery plates should herefore be kept separate from the rest and ised for this purpose only If but little of the metal is present it may removed by agitation with dilute nitric acid Instead of nitric acid a solution of rate of mercury may be used A great variety of devices are used to re- nove the mechanical impurities of mercury It may be poured into a bag of chamois eather which is squeezed until the mercury comes in fine globules or it may poured into a funnel provided with a fil- er paper in which a needle hole has been Mercury may be washed directly with wa- ter by shaking them together in a bottle or illing a jar with mercury and allowing water to bubble through it To ascertain if is pure it may be poured into a lain evaporating dish If lead is present it will tarnish the sides A thin film will also after a time form on its surface due to zinc and tin produce a similar fect The sui face of mercury when at rest should be very bright and almost invisible and small globules if detached should be spherical and not adhere to the lass but roll over it freely when the is inclined Pneumonia This disease has been unusually prevalent and fatal during the past winter The lar opinion has been that the malady to the extreme and prolonged cold weather But eminent physicians in New York affirm that the unusual prevalence of pneumonia in that city is caused not so much by the cold weather as by the impurity of the atmosphere arising from foul docks streets sewers and house drains debilitated by fever overwork irregularity of diet and fasting or who unduly expose themselves by sudden changes of clothing and unhealthy modes of living are liable to take this disease It so often comes by catching t a it has been thought to be the necessary con ition is not so for many cases of inflammation of the lungs the popular name for nia have occurred where there has been no special exposure to the cold The danger of the disease depends mainly upon the number of the air cells of the lungs that become in- flamed If only one-third of the air cells of one lung are inflamed the patient provided there is no unusual debility in the system will probably recover It is more serious however when more than this number of cells is affected The best preventative against the disease is to maintain a general healthy condition of the body Keep the blood pure by exercise and a nourishing diet live ularly and quietly and maintain a good con- science and you have done about all you can to avoid this disease The Mines of Among Col n C Hodge furnishes some ing information to the Santa Barbara Index in regard to the mines about Mineral Park Arizona We condense from his letter of March 10th as For a month past I have been exploring the wonderful mineral veins for a distance of 30 miles about Mineral Park and find much of interest to the general public and of interest to those interested in mines and mining My explorations have been in the Cerbat and Peacock mountains In the Cerbat range is included the Mineral Park Chloride Cerbat and Stockton mines which extend in a northerly and southerly course some 15 miles with a width from two to five miles The number of claims located and recorded in these localities run well up into the hundreds if not thousands The ore from the Keystone which is now being ed to a depth of 200 feet is now paying at the Mineral Park mill per ton Much of the selected ore from this mine will go for above these figures The ore now on the dump pito of the Lone Star is very rich in horii wd ruby silver It is believed that the ore now at this mine now ready for milling will age per ton The ore of the It nearly as good The Metallic T J Christie owner has shipped some 15 or SO tons to San Francisco which gave over ton At Chloride camp five miles north there are a large number of equally good mines as those mentioned and the owners of several of them have shipped many of the ore to San which paid from to nearly per ton The matt promising of the Chloride mines are tlie Em- pile Pink Eye Pennsylvania etc The mines at Mineral Park and Chloride are all silver carrying more or less galens antimony etc At Stockton there are some very fine developments and from time to time shipments of ore to a large amount have been made to San Francisco which e returns of from to ton The great want railroad communication and capital to erect mills and machinery to work tlie rich ores The eral Park mill company incorporated la have a new and complete five stamp mill now in operation and is a decided cess Since starting a few days since it lias been working ores from tlie Keystone mine of this place and the mine 30 miles east in the Peacock mountains the average yield being per ton this result in any other country would create a fnl excitement The Hualapai mountains are about 25 miles east of south of this place and extend far off to the south for nearly -100 miles The range is a mineral belt of great richness The Peacock mountains are some 30 miles east of Mineral Park and in this mountain is the celebrated discovered about one year since by Messrs ft Crozier who are now working it successfully Davis Randall merchants of this place who have just completed a mill for working the ore which will average over per Uas A score or more of small but perfect five and mills are ed in this country and would be a source of great profit to tlie owners who for a time could have and per ton for ores and would help to launch this country upon a sea of prosperity never excelled in any mining country The water in all this tain region with few exceptions is very good though not as abundant as in the of California Grass is abundant in all thp mountain regions as well as upon the great plains and valleys but in most ot the great plains and valleys water is scarce In no doubt artesian water will be found in abundant quantities as the geological and other indications give assurance as positive as can be found in any country Wire Commodore Shufeldt lias ordered the er authorities of the Boston make several steel wire hawsers These will probably bt the largest wire ropes ever made The Navy Department lias use for immense hawsers to tow monitors and vessels in distress They are to be put on men-of-war for use when required The usual appliance is a hemp rope but it swells when wet and gets very heavy by ab- sorption of water The steel wire will be seven inches less In diameter much lighter more pliable and able and in every respect better This is a curious and in fact wonderful advance the application of sleel and iron to cial uses A hemp hawser 12 inches is a wonderful thing in itself but a steel wire hawser five inches in thickness better an swering the same purpose is something ful of thought to the student in and T Twenty-Two Inch Plata The thickest armor plate ever produced was rolled at the works of Charles Cammel Co limited at Sheffield recently -From inches the size has been increased step till it has reached 14 inches and Messrs Cammell Co have succeeded in producing one of 22 inches this being eight inches thicker than any armor plate ever yet rolled The plates of which this is a sample are in- tended for the Dandolo and Duilo two war vessels now being built in Italy for the Italian Government The gun to be used in this great plate which weighs 35 tons is one of the guns now being made by Sir t William Armstrong Co at Newcastle The vessels are to have two turrets and each turret will contain two of these enormous pieces of artillery Mr Cammell stated that if these guns succeeded in penetrating this plate he should have no hesitation in rolling one 30 or even 40 inches in Gazette Gold Mines in Spain t The Paris correspondent of Economist In the meeting of Paris cal Economy Society last month some prise and incredulity were manifested at statement by Mr Joseph Gamier that he had learned from M Mannequin that gold mines had just been discovered in Spain of such marvellous richness that they might bute to restore the relative to the two metals M quin being present at the Society's held lately an attempt was made to j from him some details of this covery which M Simonin icule affirming there were no in Spain which would pay working M Mannequin to be drawn stating that he could the secret as a company was now cd but he maintained his assertion clared that he had by no means the richness of this gold fleld NEWSPAPER I
