Mines and Minerals of Washington: Annual Report of ... State Geologist, Volume 1O.C. White, State Printer, 1891 |
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Page 97 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 98 - I took an equal weight of the samples and placed them in a vessel of water for five days. After immersion for the above length of time, they were dried carefully and their weight thereafter represented the amount of moisture absorbed by them during their immersion. To ascertain the carbonic action on the stone, I drowned a similar weight (100 grammes ) in water in a carbonic acid solution. After this treatment, I was pleased to find that the loss of weight was inconsiderable.
Page 75 - This fine mine was discovered in October, 1885, and is operated by the Young America Consolidated Mining Company. It is a smelting proposition and the ore is galena. The vein is five feet wide, bearing northeast and southwest, and lying in lime. About 250 feet of development work in the way of shafts and tunnels has been completed. A shipment of a few car lots of the ore has been made to different smelters.
Page 78 - Old Dominion mine, of which I have also written. The Wellington is essentially a smelting proposition, the ore being a carbonate of lead and iron. A shaft has been sunk a depth of thirty feet on the vein, which is two and a half feet in width. A cross-cut has also been run, both shaft and cross-cut in ore. On the dump I measured about 25 tons of ore.
Page 75 - On an average, 25 men are employed in and about the mine. The pay roll amounts to about $2,500 per month. The company has been shipping about fifteen carloads of ore a month to smelters in Butte and Tacoma, the output averaging about ten tons per day. On the dump I measured about 200 tons of ore. Assays of the ore from this property made by me returned about 40 ounces of silver to the the ton, with 52 per cent.
Page 81 - I have just described, is located directly across a gulch intervening between it and the Tenderfoot. It is a large deposit of hematite and is practically undeveloped. A great amount of ore is in sight on the surface. About 1,000 tons of ore from this deposit have been shipped to the smelter at Colville. The lead, gold and silver in the ore has reimbursed completely the owners for the mining, transportation and the smelting of the same.
Page 104 - I noted the appearance of the marble change to a mottled color, and shortly afterwards was not surprised to see the marble act identically with limestone under like conditions. That is, it began to crack on the surface and edges, but the cracks penetrated but a little distance into the interior of the sample. Withdrawing the sample from the muffle, I immersed it immediately in cold water. The result was simply a corrosion of the...
Page 82 - Tlys is known as the Metaline district, so called from the immense amount of metal in sight, and is located in the far northeastern corner of that county. This is one of the largest and oldest mineral divisions of Stevens county, and is certainly destined to rank a leading mineral producer of the state, once transportation facilities both by rail and water are granted it.
Page 72 - Kearney is at present engaged in running a tunnel 1,000 feet. The tunnel is at present in 925 feet, the object of driving being to strike the main ore body at the depth of 500 feet below the old workings. On the dump of the mine are about 3,000 tons of ore that will average about 30 oz.
Page 31 - The powder is then placed on a sheet of paper, usually about 10x12 inches. A part of the powder is then taken — generally about one-fourth of an ounce, troy weight — and put into a scorifier or a small fire clay cup that is half filled with granulated lead. The ore and lead are then covered with borax. The scorifier is put into a muffle or fire clay oven...