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VOL. XXI.

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CONTENTS.

THE DEPARTMENTS.

MINING AND METALLURGY.-Mineral Wealth of North Carolina, 42; Iron Product

of the Western States, 45; Meteoric Iron found in Greenland, 47; Iron Region of

Alabama, 48; Smelting Works in Colorado, 48; Smelting Silver Ores in Pittsburgh,

49; Items, 49, 123, 193, 271, 346 419; The Bessemer Process in the United States,

116;
Burnt Iron and Steel and Influence of Carbon in preventing Oxidation, 117;

Lead Mines in Missouri, 118; Quicksilver Mining in California, 119; Antimony

in Nevada, 120; The Gap Nickel Mine, 121; Mineral Wealth of Texas,

122; Spanish Iron Ores, 122; New Smelting Works in St. Louis, 123; The

Siemens Steel Process, 186; Metallurgy of Platinum, 187; Mining Statistics of

Great Britain, 188; Geological Survey of Indiana, 189; Mechanical Puddling, 189;

Copper and Iron Products of Lake Superior, 190; Corundum in North Carolina,

191; Ohio Iron Manufacture, 191; The Eureka Company's Mine, 191; Philadel-

phia Iron Industry, 192; Hammered and Bloomed Steel Rails, 192; German

Mineral Product, 192; Pig Iron Production of the World, 193, Colorado Lead

Ore, 193; Sulphur and Phosphorus in Iron Ores Remaining in Pig Metal and

Slag, 265; Increasing Economy in Furnace Fuel, 267; The Sutro Tunnel, 268;

A Case of Case-hardening Iron, 269; Iron Ores of Alabama, 270; Emerald Mines
of Columbia, 270; Compulsory Stamping of Steamboat Boiler Metal, 270; Corunna
Coal Mines, Michigan, 270; New Jersey Iron Production, 271; Coal discovered

by Artesian Boring, 271; Silver Mining in the Pacific States, 340, Explorations in

the Emma Mine, 341; Spiegeleisen, 342; Iron Ores of North Carolina, 343;

Bismuth in Utah, 344; Texas Coal Field, 344; Phosphorus in Iron, 345; Bavarian

Mineral and Metal Products, 345; Explosions in Anthracite Mines, 345; Fire-Damp

Detector, 345; "Silicon Steel," 414; Kaolin of South Carolina and Georgia, 415;

New Copper Process, 416; Separation of Silver and Steel, 416; Copper Mines of

Chili, 417; Crystallized Iron, 417; Blast Furnaces in Great Britain, 418; Mariposa

Mines, 418; Indiana Block Coal, 419; Composition of Spiegeleisen, 419.

INSURANCE. Philadelphia Insurance Graveyard, 50; Home Insurance Company of

New York, 52; Savings Banks Life Insurance, 53; Great Lebanon, 55; Atlantic

Mutal Insurauce Company, 56; Table of Business of New York Marine Insurance

Companies, 1871, 57; The Legislative Investigation into the New York State

Insurance Department, 58, 130, 140, 215, 289; Notes of Annual Statements, 63,

139; The Pennsylvania General Agency of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of

New York, 65; Insurance against Starvation, 66; Items, 60, 141, 217, 292, 358,433;

The Dangers of Cheap Fire Insurance, 124; Massachusetts Fire and Marine Report,

125; The Contingent Endowments of the National Life of New York, 127. Life

Insurance Income and Losses 1871, 128; North Missouri Insurance Company, 129,

Annual Report Life Association of America, 137; The New York Life Tontine

Policy, 139; Life Insurance Retrospect 1861, 1871, 194; Fire Insuranre Review,

195; In Bankruptcy, 196; History of German Fire Insurance, 197, 282, Phoenix

Life Insurance Company, 205; Fire Marshal's Report of Chicago Fire, 206; The