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red to tlie navy yard at New York, at which 

 place he coutinuod the cuhivalioii, and il li-iiulu- 

 ally sjiroad over Long Island and along the banks 

 ol' the lIii(!s;on. 



In the \vheat-gr0\vin2 districts of New York, it 

 has almost entirely superseded the common jiunip- 

 kin. It possesses all the good qualities of the pumj)- 

 kin and squash, it is neither watery nor stringy, 

 makes a most delicious pie, far superior to that 

 made of tlie former, and goes much farther- It 

 is also served up at tahle with n)eat, in the same 

 manner as the squash, and, if not superior, it is 

 certainly equal to the best of the species. For 

 all culinary purposes it is a most superior article, 

 and as it contains a vast proporiion of saccharine 

 matter, we are persuaded that it would be highly 

 beneficial to cattle, especially milch cows. An- 

 other great and very decided advantage is that the 

 citron punqikin may be readily preserved through- 

 out the whole winter, provided they are kept irec 

 Irom the influence of Irost. 



The seed may be planted at the usual time of 

 planting the pumpkin in the spring. Wm. P. 

 Jenny, of New Bedlbrd, in a letter to a gentleman 

 in this city on the subject, says, "They require a 

 rich, moist soil; I planted in beds six feet across; 

 they require considerable room, as they are great 

 runners as well as great bearers. I have seen 

 the ground literally covered with them. With us 

 they frequently grow to the weight of thirty to 

 forty pounds, and I have no doubt that they would, 

 with proper attention in the culture, reach the 

 weight of seventy to eighty pounds. They are 

 in deservedly high repute with us." They resem- 

 ble in shape a melon, have no neck, are easily 

 cultivated, and in great demand, all brought to 

 this market last fall being immediately bought up. 



From the Journal of tlic Franklin Institute. 



RUSSIAN GOLD MINES. IMPORTANT DISCO- 

 VERY. 



The St. Petersburgh letters are much occupied 

 with a discovery relative to the working of the 

 Russian gold mines, which, if truly stated, may 

 come to have some influence on the precious 

 metals. A letter of the 26th ult., says, "There 

 has been found out, it is said, in the Ural Moun- 

 tains, a new mode of extracting gold from the 

 earth, sand, or ore. The sand, or earth, has been 

 put into a blast furnace and melted, and the most 

 extraordinary results obtained. By washing, the 

 method hitherto pursued in Russia, one and a half 

 zolotnicks of gold were produced, from 100 poods 

 of sand, &c. the expenses were about covered; 

 two zolotnicks per 100 poods were worth working. 

 Fine sand, or earth, rarely produced more than 

 three zolotnicks, and five zolotnicks were quite 

 uncommon. By the new process, on 100 poods of 

 melted sand, they obtained sixty zolotnicks, in 

 eome cases ; in others, forty to fifty zolotnicks, and 

 on melting 100 poods of previously washed sand, 

 they got forty to fifty zolotnicks of gold. There 

 is little doubt of the accuracy of these state- 

 ments, but what the comparative expense of the 

 two modes is I cannot tell you, nor whether the 

 Ural grows sufficient wood for fuel, and whether 

 coal can be found there. One pound Russian 



contains ninety-six zolotnicks; 100 poods are about 

 :>.r)r)()lb. Knghsh weight."' 



The iOditor of the Mining .lonrnal adds: 

 The importance to be attached to the new pro- 

 cess, by smelling, of extracting gold fiom the 

 ores, or deposits, in the Ural Muunlains, is so 

 considerable, from the increased quantity obtained, 

 as will be observed by rclerence to a paragraph, 

 extracted from the columns of a coritem])oraryj 

 and inserted in our present, number, that we are 

 induced to direct the [larticular attention of our 

 readers to the subiect, while it will be our province 

 to endeavor to obtain more detailed inlornialion of" 

 the, plan adopted. The vast outlay of capital in 

 Brazil, where attention has been directed to the 

 gold districts, and the numerous veins which are 

 ibund in Virginia and in the neighborhood of 

 Charlotte, in the United States, renders the sub- 

 ject one deserving of the first consideration. 

 The process of smelting, as applied to gold ores, 

 is not novel in theory, all hough we believe the 

 present to be the first instance of its successful 

 practical adaptation ; and, if we are to credit 

 the statement that the produce has been raised 

 from five to fifty, or ten times the amount ob- 

 tained, merely by the introduction of an im- 

 proved mode of reduction, while the halvans, or 

 refuse, have been found to contain a large produce, 

 il is an epoch in mining, which will tend much 

 to revive the spirits of the shareholders in the 

 "Union Gold Mining Company," and others of a 

 similar nature, and proves that this peculiar de- 

 partment of mining is in its infancy. We ex- 

 pressed our opinion at the time of the announced 

 iailure of the success of the "Union Gold Mines," 

 that an improved mode, or one perfect in itself, so 

 far as improvements then had taken place, would 

 doubtless have yielded profitable returns, and we 

 sincerely trust, that the present discovery will be 

 found applicable to the ores of America, which, 

 however, are, if we mistake not, of a diflerent 

 character to those of the Russian possessions. 



We have here, then, an additional evidence of 

 the affinity and importance of science being com- 

 bined with practice — of the association and the ad- 

 vantages derived from the application of che- 

 mistry to the operations of the miner; and hence 

 further proof of the advantages which may be 

 fairly calculated upon from the establishment of a 

 "School of Mines." 



New process for Extracting Gold, 



To tlie Editor of the Mining Journal. 



Sir: — The following information respecting the 

 extraction of gold in the Russian dominions, I 

 have lately received from an intelligent and well- 

 instructed officer of mines in the Emperor's ser- 

 vice, and as 3-00 are properly anxious to be in^- 

 formed on the subject, I send it to you: — 



"Knowintj very well the deep interest you take 

 in all scientific discoveries, especially in the min- 

 ing and metallurgical departments, I thought it 

 might be agreeable to you to be informed of a 

 new discovery made in the Uralian Mountains, 

 in the method of extracting gold from the alluvial 

 deposits. In theoflicial letter received in Paris, I 

 learned that the following curious comparative 

 experiments were made in the extracting of the 

 gold from the sand, by Mr. Anossott: — 



1. "By the common method of washing used 

 in all countries having gold (stream- work.) 



