Ore Feeders and Miners Jargon Explained
A fragmented excerpt explains mining terms to general readers. It defines ore feeders as machines related to ore processing and notes the mismatch between lay understanding and miners’ specialized vocabulary.
06 Jul 1876
Page 1
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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1876
Page
1
A fragmented excerpt explains mining terms to general readers. It defines ore feeders as machines related to ore processing and notes the mismatch between lay understanding and miners’ specialized vocabulary.
Readable excerpts describe automatic ore feeders, control levers, and rotating shutes feeding stamps in the Fryer process. It explains how a tangent table and tappet regulate ore feed, preventing stamp damage, and contrasts early manual feeding with improved automatic systems. It then outlines single and radical chambers for pulverizing and amalgamating ore, with weights or rams moving within chambers to pulverize and amalgamate, including combinations of chambers and central amalgamating units.
The Mining Review notes Jenney's Black Hills exploration findings with limited favorable results for EL Dorady. Gold occurs in placers and veins but extensive placer mining seems limited by young geology. Local smelting firms hinge on lead ore from Sacramento and Horseshoe Districts, while new assaying schools and humorous society items appear, including Georgia’s Miss Spence and domestic anecdotes from various papers.
Bismuth, a hard white metal, occurs in fissure veins in Monroe County New York Haddam Connecticut and Virginia with recent deposits near Beaver Utah Territory. It alloys with lead tin and zinc forming soft solders stereotype metal and is used in glass gilding porcelain enamels and pearl white pigment. Its oxide and salts have limited commercial use and it is valued for cosmetic and optical glass applications.
A Rochester philanthropist funds a cabinet and major gifts to the University of Virginia and to Washington and Lee College in Virginia. The donor intends a tour of the university, aligning with Jefferson's vision of a cabinet tied to higher education. The gifts aim to bolster Southern educational interests after the war.
The fragment discusses changing prices and standard practices for assays. It mentions a $1.29 per ounce rate on 200 ounces and a resulting $25 per ton figure. A figure questions whether the mine is profitable, with brief references to people involved.
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