| Show NOTES MOTES ON LEAD 13 MELTING IN NEVADA AND UTAH va 11 if 11 s NI F f adnres tire the following are alicd I 1 acid in t wags fr fir their capability to lo tale le up ba baan I 1 and as aa solvent ag binl ali 2 anic angi flags for fir their calk 0 of f saturating them elves wilh acid cail find and at as diluting agenia 3 iron stone is is a very fluent agent to 0 chig pla bilici ic acil acid L i e quartz boin reduced dl in 10 lo e or iron which liaa has a strong apin of nf unity 1 ioIe emd ao I 1 a aind nd forms lorm an eft eam afy ly fus fusible ping flag its price accord cor dlug lo ln local from 5 va t 2 23 5 ir per e r to ion n the be lift bet t lilily ni lily it y for our P purposes r is i hematite or ma a m defile 11 hydrated iron ores tin arie wo an cagily r eucce 0 to o metallic metal c iron iron mind nd kgb ought to 0 be burned before uso USA if free from and f lg they may lie be thrown into the furnace in pieces of fist size they are rc abw used us as di de I 1 sul g agents gent 1 I soda is ii even better llian lien the forner former as solving agent for gwirtz 1 wirtz but bul it il can maly be had bad in a lev bev local ibes at reasonable ron reamo rates the general price being from GO to 80 per too ton 5 limp as aa a partial substitute for iron stout stone in solving rin a narti artil the beat way to uie cige it is in piece of if ys p g con egg size from the theoretical burnt time linio would be the iho best beat M but being generally in a vry Y line fine detato it will partially be blown out sit at tile lie top of the furnace or roll through the of eoal and nd ore and thus be t prevented proTon led from uniting with tho silica limo lime cannot be used ed by itself as A agent for quai z lime slig slag is smeary not vory very liquid and deranges lie furnace very easily try liy clogging the metal separates ec only imperfectly filin it which is ig the ic reason reagon that so much lend lead is wasted by being thrown away with the sing sla in some of the lime limestone tone dai tracts little I 1 li Colt tt onwood C G cly e ali 1 ia acl 1 only oly used at a very tery small email scale as A partial 8 substitute 14 iron stone it lias bail to be applied very can piously t as aa it often arrives raw lit at tile alic botto bottoni of the furnace in the shep of nf dry incandescent lumps lump which stick to the he walls and hearth lic ielli 7 suit salt is used by conme of if utah who have a very indistinct com re bension of fluxes although ili hey 1 allege t that at it renders tho dag mijail liin ij 1 till in in 0 only apparent any alsaye r in ow that tile lichak lic BaK salt docs a C mien combination with wilh ganglion hut but formals lg by which on account or of its lesser specific gravity gr aTily boats fuoau on the top of the other maz ala I 1 noticed allag like that at nt alt furnace salt lake city besides its inefficiency on earthy acts act i upon the metal by forming volatile clauri des or of lead and silver 8 lwi lertus have been in U use as a miraculous sort bort of flux 1 he are obvious via vi die production of a brittle ted metal no action upon gangi 9 besan ies anil l a clogging up ul of ofle furnace luru ace in ia addition to tile he latuner enumerated above I 1 aust imal mention some BOUIC metallic product occasionally used lor for various various purposes pur rOSes sem I 1 iron in ia the of ln lin scraps pieces of or wrought iron cu tiron etc I 1 is s used to decompo pe galena galen thereby forming sulphur ct of iron iron iron matt and mets lle lead owin owing g to tile the bagh price of iron in utah and nevada jt t is cither replaced by the less iron ironstone botone or tendered rendered by a previous ro asling of th tile orr ores 2 3 L pharye was irai intended tal lie be added to poor lead leadoice ni es at ogden oden c A core co works at furcha burtka 8 icv N in order to lo prevent the precious metals from being carried into info the be iron matt owing 0 tile the heavy tx fr bengs or cu cupelli Dg and a change tf it tire the ore fr for the bf b tiers ater this purpose was wa abandoned 3 cinders matters from arc vl UA to t their me a s amri WI this only fuel wl i attres al arca ent by tile leal em elters of the croat reat liviu is id char charcoal coal tile alie price or which ranges front from 15 to 1 U I 1 cents per bushel of lm cubic feet according to locality the lowest rates are arc paid at tho the american patk and tintic gintic districts diser ick I 1 ila altah ingro limber is i abundant lire highet at al lilile 10 cottonwood Coll onwood butali chic gali its roal coal from truckee c alifornia alif orlia all try hy rail awl and nl al eureka scoda in llie live latter plara place tl tho I 1 0 demand liin is materially in fluen lancil ced oin p jec arho 4 fire fa furnaces if r the burtla Congoli consolidated dated company for instance i const imil a lone 41 00 bushels daily the charcoal in A chiefly all fro cedar quaking alpen ampen monn mountain tain mahogany amin nut nl pinewood pi in coal is considered tile best and ami r ally contracted for tho Coalburn ere male their pita 11 1 of vatious si apes according to cir c A pit of oc I 1 00 corda cof b grm a wood burns out in about 15 or 20 daja days and biddi y from broin 2 asoo to of charcoal bic the best coal u is ina made 1 I e about eureka nevada by d italian onali lurD cr the poorest in anine places in ilah the latter is ii generally getie rilly duade 0 f small and full of branda and arb the waste often reaches 1 j per licot cent As one trin of good hard bard coke approximately produces elie same fleet deflect Is 13 two bubbels or 11 charcoal it il would be a great benefit fur our sm to waa it but the be applied hero here do not yield a sufficient pre aill to for a perfect co ioni m burtion or of coke 1 ai I experiments at al the ungela consolidated have tile alie price of 0 charcoal being steadily on the inere abo there will lo ba 10 a time tim when will have to replace the former by coke it may hii be ron rev ions my tint that after ah I 1 southern railroad la is finished file le or of those fine beds of 0 mine rl rat coal in the llie southern part of I 1 hat 1 I territory parr ir wll tend M 4 tile llie tp riDging ir up P of ca 1 I ij industry ry anden r give pye a R new pot to in lm lometing eting I 1 the oi 1 I blast an 11 glues cinci lining InNe in nevada vaja and ne are the different Berent di sizes of oc ran fun bud anil roofs blower lie latter yielding a much iii lingher i giler pressure pree urr sure ia a latter otter lor for leli leal sm smelling smelting elting and okay T ni si bibly b 1 y c compete OM p C t CF vr with it h ty cylinder linJer blizil angino n g t n v v li e re e cole 0 ke is ii ened aj 83 a furl fuel thi the p aly Ps chich tj tile c former have over the latter are rt flie firl cheapness and their requiring Min iring ri I NO nos 3 sufficient blast for three jar brac sized furnaces lees does oot not i tro more titan ban twenty hore borse power SMi rials ae stones a aie 6 used for building Luil din tit alic and nd sometimes eoin ellmo the lie outer oai cinga of fin filin naces acM the latter are arc generally ma niage ie or of common alrick or druger atonal stone to p a handsome appear those parts of ofis a furnace however which are most moat exposed to an intense heat beat nod and the corrosive action or of ore anil and slag enst be constructed of refractory or ire fire proof or such we have certain liand stones free from alkaline dialler and metallic oxide q A sma small it percentage of iron oxide is less lc a detrimental than alkaline earths cartha or feldspar feld par an excellent sandstone Ban is is found on OD pancake mountain a series of low loir hills between lic tween the ilia Ji amond and white pine ranges di tant about twenty five fite miles from eureka nev sandstones of the lie same bame age gc tho the car are arc also ho found io in tho iho diamond and N ft lite rine mountains Moun taiDe but their physical phy ical properties and hence their behavior in the furnace are ara different ferent tand nil not satisfactory chopan tho pan is n ofa bra vory very and light yellow colo co lorand r and lees does not crack nor fly in the fire after j in ing m orcen green of however good a quality and defective ones v vi i iz J such an chow flaws or nodules of fur fr lip mattei clatter are not tit fit to br be clacel in tho the curtil furi ace mcc tle the pancake dmd sooae is 14 known to lot stand nil fur cur months io in a furnace without willi ont needing need to be ro placed it ft lor for 20 it at lie he quarry and 12 additional Aldi linnal fir haull ing in ilie flie boarde p ral balled led red readill dill saluda 8 tones of utah locally but incorrectly caled quartzite quart ite are arc not in 14 bo be C with films affre me mentioned mealline aLlone it and hail had la bi tier ivr lie be used fur fir outer casings only does nut not answer the to re quire of nf a fireproof fire lire proof material SO anil is only aly used as ais bottom atone with what effect I 1 cannot tell instead of the llie natural fire proof stoops the of rui musters elters ithe artif idal ones penn ienn sylvania and it A san dried birkla or acobes adobes of v arcoui proportions proportion a of good clay and coarse quartz sand are too expensive an and d therefore lave have come out of use uie whito pine ti ame melting liing works the clay toy used about a furnace ou to be refractory or nearly so BO and at the time same tinier ailiese lual tira itieR are combined in by the eureka and ad the camp aloyd utah chiy tint thit or of camp dongir lna utah is ia too lee lean iran and that or of white pine nevada I 1 pl al most worthless on account of ii its ill per cent of or if iron lean clay serves I 1 well enough fir mortar but is unfit for a great many other purposes pur ili an will be seen icen below good fireclay fire clay contains con taina from 50 to 7 70 40 per pent cent of filicie acid and from 20 to 50 per cent ol of alu alun niina jina As an a mortara for the foundation walls walla and the outer casings a mixture of slake lime jim i anil and river mand band is ii rucj for the inside or lining however as i for all parts parta of if a furnace direct directly in directly li contact with wilh IN heat eat a mixture 0 of refractory f frac ale to tory or e eliy I 1 w with ith or grobi nys t one lias has to be the caay clayon or course daust ijo ho erony and sifted lime mortar in this alii instance is is unfit ler for use as it off in the heat and allows tile slag in combining com Lining with it to tl creep through the joints joint PI mal NI 11 ft Q |
