The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1899, Page 22

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22 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, DAY, JUNE 4, 1899 000000000 000000000000CC000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000 THIS MAN MAKES GOLD AND SELLS IT TO THE UNITED STATES MINT, ©000 CO000000000000 COCOOOOO00000000D ©o0coo00CcC0OOCOC0O0COOO0D Uncle Sam Has Been Buying His Gold Bricks for Two Years and No Secret Is Made of His Business. He Frankly Tells How It Is Done. 0OO0BOCO000 [+] (5] (] o (] (] (1) MANIPULATIONS THROUGH WHICH THE ARTIFICIAL GOLD PASSES 1—Mexican dollar. : 2—Hammering. 3—Fluxing. 4—Hammering. ng. Smelt- Result—An ingot of argentaurum. tn And the Government has Concerning these statistics a Govern- Laboratory on Staten Island Where the @rtificial Gold La e S e T LY records there Dr. Em- 2y do not prove that the gold was Is Made. me doing a land office business manufs Fe tured 1 we by Dr. Emmens’ know it may have % been ordinary old of commerce remelted to gold by Now comes this me 2L the official figures of and restamped with the word ‘argentau- roblem { 3 t gots aurum gold sold t0 rum. the name which the doctor has t assay office in New given to the melal. He can call it what he pleases. It o] rs all the tests of pure gold. But the great question is out of as claimed? “Another fact which may or may not have a bearing on the dfscussion is this O lot of gold purc sed here by tne sctor was followed later by nearly the same amount in weight and value stamp- ed rtaurum’ from the doctor’s lab- orator: Thit Did he manufacture it silve ? ct struck us as somewhat cu- rious, though it may only have been a coincidence How to Make Gold From Silver. And how does a man go to work to turn old it is more or genial inventor tips in that direc- Of course, but volunteers many dly tion One to increase the small amount of gold already in a Mexican silver dollar is to hammer the coin at'a low tempera- ture—as far below zero as you can freeze it On this point Dr, Emmens writes in the Anglo-American Magazine: t ous ler A moment what cold and impact mean from a molecular point of view. To abstract heat causes matter to contract, or, in other words, to become of greater fic gravity. To hammer a piece of metal causes its mole cules to approach closer and, for aught we know. to pulverize each other. moreover, aware that parti- of matter which adhere together by an infinitesimal ad- » hecome so closely co- extraordinary degree of Iy ma herer force is requ to subscquently tear , them apart process of welding is a b case in point Gold in Silver Dollars. Sort of Cold Welding Process. Dr. Emmens says that the argentau- “Lay two pieces of redhot iron in con- rum examined in the laboratory of the tact and you separate them with the United States Mint, In Washington, D. utmost ease; strike them while in con- C., when Mr. R. E. Preston was Direc- tact and they form one solid body. Sure- tor, gave this res ly. then, it i conceivable that an aggre- Zinc . e of any silver molecules exposed to Iron cold and impact may be partly resolved Copper ...... Platinum .... Lead ... into urstoff, which in (urn becames weld- ed into molecules differing in structure Total . MEMBERS OF THE NAOMI BAGHELOR GLUB, STOGKJON. GROUP OF DR EMMEND, IN KIS LABORATOR and specific gravity from the original sfl- ver. “‘Such a result {s more than concelvable; it is probable. Instead of being surprised at Sir Willlam Crookes being so simple as to try to make gold, our wonder should rather be that the many eminent chem- s of the present centu ave been so simple as to overlook argentaurum the method of molecular disaggregation and rearrangement. “Here, however, presents itself. Wh the silver molecules and that into an objection at once th Admit t pulverized, welded gold? become the fragments become fresh molecul it is unlikely that these will be all of one kind. ““Why should not copper, iron and other substances be produced instead of gold? "he answer is twofold. In the first place, the contractive action of cold will prob- ably prevent the formation of molecules having a less specific gravity than silver. “In the second place, Sir William's ex- periment showed that very few of the rearranged molecu took the form of gdld. If my worthy friend had com- menced by making a complete analysis of his Mexican dollar, and had subsequently made a complete analysis of the ham- mered and frozen cuttings, he would have found many changes in addition to the augmented percentage of gold.’ Here is what Dr. Emmens says of his lat improved proce 'he gold producing work gentaurum lahoratory is a Mammon dealing. “It is not being carried on for the sak in our ar- ase of sheer of science, or in a proselyting spirit. No sciples are desired and no believers are asked f “Our gold process has become modified sin the announcements made work on a microscopical scale advanced to commercial dimensfons it was found possible to dispense with the tedious and last. When costly preparation of so-called ‘allo- silver as raw material. We now ican dollars, and the operation of five stage: s follow: A1) Mechanical treatment (b) Fluxing and granulation. ‘(¢c) Mechanical treatment. ‘(d) Treatment with oxides of nitrogen 1 modified nitric acid. ‘(e) Refining. #“We regard the mechanical treatment as the causa causans. The fluxing and anulation serve, merely to ler the molecular aggregates suscep- tible of displacement and rearrangement “If you will try the combined effect of impact and very low temperature you can ;asily produce some gold. “I don’t promise that you will make it at a commercial profit, but I doubt not vou will be well pleased to produce it at all, irrespective of cost. “Take a Mexican dollar, a coln which, as now minted, is certified by the United States Assay Office here to be free from R R -R-F-R-R-F-R-F-F-F-R-F-F-F-F=F=1o] HE young men of the Naomi Bach- elor Club of Stockton have demon- strated that there can be at least a degree of assimilation between domesticity and bohemianism. While enjoying all the’ freedom of the man-about-town they have also man- aged to provide for themselves many of the comforts of a home. The club has become one of the fixtures of Stockton. But the wise voung marriageable women of Stockton declare most emphat- fcally that it won't live long. They have joined hearts and hands to disrupt it, and the married women are with them. With such a combination against them the chances of bachelorhood and club life seem to be wholly against the members of this Stockton club, The bachelors’ club was formed over two years ago by the ten young men, with a view of combining socfal pleasures with better living comforts than they could obtain In boarding-houses. The charter members of the organization were Harry H. Hewlett, with the First Na- tional Bank; J. A. Edwards, with Hale & Co.; Horace Vincent, of the Savings and Loan Society; A.'T. Baum, A. P. op- erator; A. H. Harlin, advertising solic- itor; W. H. Harrison, photographer; E. H. Charrette, druggist; R. W. Elsom, pos- tal clerk; H. J. Lewis, merchant, and J. J. Campbell, musician. A .omfortable place to roost, good grub and plenty of latch-keys” is one way of summing up the desires of the young men. They made no vows against women, drew no iron-clad rules for the operation of their club, and while never overstep- ping the bounds of good form, the dining- room has been the scene of some merry gatherings. The members figured out how much the per capita cost would be to run the establishment, the assessments were agreed to, and the handsome Berg- mann house on San Joaquin street se- cured for the club. A man to act as chambermald was secured, and a Japan- ese cook Installed in the culinary depart- ment. The members learned early the trials and tribulations to be encountered in the management of servants. They finally solved the problem by getting Japs in thelr “raw state” and taking them gold—. e., not to have more than & trace— and dispose it in an apparatus which will prevent expansion or flow. “Then subject it to heavy, rapld and continuous beatings under conditions of cold such as to prevent even a temporary rise of temperature when the blows ara struck. Test the materfal from hour to hour, and at length you will find more than a trace of gold. ‘““Whether the experiment would prove successful with pure sflver or a sflver alloy other than a Mexican dollar T can- not say. Tt is to my mind very possible that there are several varieties of silver considered with regard to their molecular equilibrium. “T ‘do not even finsist that the metal obtained in the experiment or produced under better economical conditions in the Argentaurum laboratory is gold. I choose to call it so, but this is not binding on you or any one else.” Is It a Golden Keely Secret? Tt is claimed that Dr. Emmens has pre- sented a problem even more difficult to solve than the Keely motor. In the first place, he Is in ‘absolute control of his secrets and laboratory. He Is a man of prepossessing appearance and manner, his “dome of thought {s Shakespearian, his countenance pleasing and his language simple and well expressed and his delivery forcible, magnetic and exceedingly plausi- ble. IHe has scientific terms and data at his fingers’ ends. The learned gentlemen in the Assay Office ddmit that his claims cannot be controverted beyond answer. He sits at his desk, on the seventh floor of big, many windowed bullding on Broadway, looking down on Bowling Greéen and the business center of New York beyond. He answers questions in- stantly and reassuringly. He says the subject of transmuting sil- ver into gold is too serious to be consid- ered in a frivolous way so often exhibited by newspaper writers. His figures are modest and he keeps his statements with- in reasonable boundg, if his claim is to be admitted as possible, He says: “We are unable to manufac- ture gold in large quantities at present. To do so would require numerous and ex- tensive duplications of our limited appli- which can handle but a few ounces sliver at a time. The present profit is about 30 per cent. It has required a great deal of thought and hard, exacting toil to bring the process to its present state of development. Really, we are but on the threshold of manufacturing gold on a large—almost unlimited—scale. I estimate that we have made about $15,000 worth of gold from silver thus far. More Silver Cocoanuts to Crack. ““‘Another ‘hard fact’ of a different or- der came quite recently to my knowledge. It was narrated in a letter written to a ©c000C [ © © © © oO me on Beptember 2, 1898, by a very learned and trustworthy gentleman, Pro- fessor K. N. Sukul, physfcian of the Poor Man's Dispensary at Benares, in British Indfa. He wrote as follows: * I always held this theory that all metals are one and the same thing (ma- terfall each- being an ‘“Isomeric form’ thereof. This fact was most undenfably proved to me about twenty-four years ago. “* ‘T met an alchemist, a native of Tran In Persla, by name Anwar All Tehrani, Who, having heated (In my presence) & large crucible to white heat, dropped one. fourth grain of something into it, and then he threw lumps of brass, iron, lead zine, tin, copper, ete., Into the cr{xrll)lfl‘ which all melted in the blaze }’\POdHf‘Pd‘ therein on the Introduction of that sun. stance; and when the cruclble was nean ly full of this melted mass of all thess metals he again put another one-fourth grain of the same substance on the top thereof, which once more produced & How the Little Trick Was Done. “'When the crucible contained nearly four hundred ounces of that melted mass it was overturned and the mass -was poured out into a prepared mud, where immediately on cooling it turned into purest silver, which was 8old in the bazaar in the city of Lucknow, the cap- ital city of Oudh. This was sufficlent to drive off any trace of doubt with regard to the above theory—that all metals were merely the fsomeric changes of the same matter— which has been my belief since forty .years. 'This seems to me a perfectly straight- forward account of an actual case of transmutation,” continues Dr. Emmens. ‘Those of my readers who are famillar with the history of the subject know full well that the evidence of such events hav- ing taken place is simply overwhelming. “I may be permitted in conclusion to remark that even a member of the Acad- emie des Sciences will readily admit Sir Isaac ewton, Sir Humphry Davy 1 Sir William Crookes to be three of the greatest leaders of science the world has ever seen All this from Dr. Emmens is in- teresting, but can he answer these questions: Can he show a committes of citi- zens the process of making gold from Mexican dollars? Can he prove that his gold bricks sold to the Government were thus made from silver? Can he undertake to manufacture large quantities of pure gold for the trade at a liberal discount on pres- ent prices? fsR=RegagaRaBagaFuRaFogeRagaRagagada] fed bed b= o By s 3 Stockton’s 0 : Marriageable : . GIRlS . ¢ UD‘U&GDUUGUGGOO!“O& through a course of sprouts, which devel- oped them into something approaching the club’s ideas of what an ideal servant should be. The larder and sideboard were stocked with the best the market afford- ed. and an Invitation to dine with the bachelors soon became a coveted pleas- ure. A year ago the club increased Its mem- bership and secured more spacious quar- ters at 221 East Tremont street, which is in the elite residence quarter of the city. By good business management the bach- elors have never had any trouble with the butcher, the bakér or candiestick maker. The personnel of the club has partly ged several times and in every avo- cation of life, even in, married life, and in every quarter of the globe are those who cherish pleasant memories of days and nights spent within the four walls of the Naomi. Charrette is with the army in the Philippines: Harrison is in Kion- dike; Baum is in San Francisco; Wein- stock in New York, and others have jour- neyed far in search of fame and fortune. Raymond M. Laughton, who was with the Oregon at Santiago, is one of the new members. Four of those who have been members have, with the aid of brides, “gone to housekeeping for themselves.” The club motto is “Enjoy yourself while you are single,’ and frequently some of the, benedicts drop in to spend an even- ing with their former associates. When a new member comes in he may be sure that he is welcome, as a single vote against granting his application for mem- bership is sufficient to shut him out. The Heve's 4 Baitlelis.. cmmsans ¢ STOCKTON'S FAMOUS BACHELORS CLUB o-:»oocsboooooooooooo\:\g TO EG J]ttaeked L0 08 X 0 00 0 f=d O o o COUBOLBOBGHOOB OB BB a0 handsome residence where the club is domiciled is furnished equal to any in the city, and it may be of interest to know that the excellent living sel costs the members over $20 per mo In this orga on of convivial spirits are m voung men who h or will distinguish .themselves in business, art and the professions. The entertainments given by the club are always on an elaborate scale, and ere is no lack of beauty to grace such asions. The of this club na urally raises the query as to why your men of other cities do not effect similar organizations. Such an association gives an opportunity for the members to enter- tain their fr secure the best of liv- congeni; ts, 2 last but not ur tection again the boardir Juse hash this club—this bachelors’ ideal ing—last much longer? young marriageable women of ockton de re ‘that it won't, and al- ready there are rumors in the air that a select committee of them have hit upon a plan to disrupt it and scatter to the four winds an ins n_that threatens to menace the of blissful wed- dings in Stockton. —_————— A second licutenant recently graduated from West Point had just joined his regl- ment in Cuba and was standing near the in Ha grizzled an shaved old e sergeant’s stripes hes, a b irt and a campa . Stepped up and stood near him. The young soldier fidgeted at the r in which the trooper fgnored his proximity and then turned on him sharply: “Hero, you man did any one ever you how to salute? ‘“Yes, sir,” drawled the trooper, as he d at’the youn “Well, knock your heels together,” said the young officer, and the trooper came to attention with the prec die ““Now salut on of an old sol- he said, and the troop- er's gauntlet came to the rim of his hat arffl stayed there until the yvoung lieuten- ant answered it, at the same time de- manding: “Now remember this, and don't let it happen What js your name and what do you belong to?” v Without relaxing his position from at- tention, the old trooper again respect- fully saluted, and remarked, dryly: My name is Samuel Sumner, and I'm Briga. dier General of the Cavalry Brigade.”

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