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Show TIIK IIU31E REDUCTION OF ORES. The Missouri JitpuUioin of the 5th inst. has a very Bcnsible letter in relation rela-tion to the mines of this Territory, written from this city by a correspondent correspond-ent who signs the initials H. E , from which we take the following extract upon the subject of the caption to this preface: . ' 1 he proper place for the smelting ol ores is as near the mines as circumstances circum-stances will permit, in order to save costly transportation. Easily fluxing ores will o!ten be smellcd most advantageously advan-tageously close to the mine, provided fuel can be had there sufficiently cheap; more refractory ores will have to be transported to a point where they meet with proper mining ores; but the other conditions being equal, transportation has to be avoided as much as possible 1 on low grade ores which form the bulk in all mining districts the world over. . A groat drawback under which this Territory is laboring is scarcity of fuel. The charcoal lor our furnaces is brought W miles by railroad from the Siorra Nevada. The present uncertainty ol the skilled labor, the population being a floating one, with the exception of the Mormou agriculturist, is an evil which would be fatal in case of brisk competition, competi-tion, but will disappear in the course of time. For the present, these and other drawbacks favor the transportation ol'i ores to distant smelting centres, ami1 the St. Louis works may be able to secure se-cure to themselves a supply even from this distil nt point, and having secured the market, retain it. The .separation ef the silver and gold from the rich lead, or base bullion as it is called here, will continue to be done in the States, and St. Louis has a3 fair a chance to secure a large portion of this business as any other city, with several special advantages on her side which arc partly natural, partly circumstantial, circumstan-tial, and which an able management will not fail to take advantage of. The large accession of lead brought to St. Louis in this base bullion, cannot fail to be of groat advantage to your manufacturing manu-facturing interest, while a closer connection con-nection of St, Louis with tho mining region oould not fail tn benefit its machine-shops, foundries and general trade, whose natural advantages should certainly enable them to enter into spirited competition with Omaha, Chicago and eastern points, which have now tho field almost undisputed, and work hard to secure it still more. |