Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-25
THE CHARGES AGAINST TIE CAR
son MINT.

were needed to prove the iaIsity OF the
charges made by interested parties
against the coinage at the Carson Mint,
the following. statements by Superitend-
ent Crawford and Assayer Wiesand
would seem 10 be conclusive TO any fair
minded person. We copy from the En-
terprise:
Mr. Crawford, Superintendent of the
Mint called upon us and gave MS in sub
stance the following facts : First BY
the instructions furnished him by the
Director of the Mint, II. L. Linderman,
it is necessary that every trade dollar
shall be within grain and half Of the
| established weight; that is, it must not
| exceed nor fall short of the standard
more than = grain and n half. Mr.. Craw-
| ford says, IN the actual workings he re-
duces this one-hali; that is. he does not
allow variation exceeding three fourths
| of q grain. to which the adiusters are
| obliged to work. weighing each piece
| separately. After adjusting. the pieces
/ are milied (which is the thickening Of
| the edges, whitened and coined. They
are then counted and stacked and made
! up into thousand dollar lots by the cJjIer.
| They are then weighed in bulk, the limit
! being not to exceed the -huudredth
part Of an ounce in weight, over or under
| the standard. on $1,000. They are then
removed 10 the receiving room ard again
weighed by the receiving clerk (the rep
| Tesentative Of the Superintendent If
| the weights agree with the cOirer's and
are within the prescribed limit, the coin
IS then received and taken to the Cashier
under whose direction n certain number
| Of pieces are selected at random from
each $1,000 -ad separately weighed. II
any Of these pieces prove deficient the
whole delivery IL rejected and returned
to the Conner. In the same manner GER
tain pieces are selected without being
weighed-by the Assayer and tran mi, sd
to the san Francisco and Philadelphia
MINIS to be tested, that the MINIS may
be checks on each other. Mr.. Crawford |
stated that he wished to be thus particu-
lar in describing the manner of produc- !
ing trade dollars. to show that if there is I
anything wrong all the employees of the |
Mint and both the MINIS at Philadelphia |
and San Francisco are involved. He |
further informed Us that the only com.
upon some trade dollars which were in
the Virginia fire, and that of these black
eued coins but one was found short of
weight, and that bore unmjs;akable signs
OF having been put in acid, probably to
clean it. The matter was referred to the
Mint authorizes in Washington and dis
missed rs foolish after n careful examina-
ton. Mr.. Crawford has asked DR.. Lin
derman to be permitted to make public
all the correspondence on the subject,
which will probably be granted as soon as
a return mail can be received from Wash
icGton. He says this cOnmotion is only
the work Of some interested parties, 10
whom the coming Of trade dollars causes
a loss individually of many thousands of
Collars monthly, and the object is to de-
feat appropriations for the Mint from the
present Congress. He hopes in Il few
days to receive the authority which will
enable him to lay the whole matter before
the public. He assures US on his honor
that be has not begun to steal yet, and
that when he does lie will divide with US. l
The difficulty of coming trade dollars
so as to be uniformly under weight is
explained in the sub Joined note from Mr.
which was not furnished for
publication, but for our own Information.
But as il is matter of serious impor-
lance. and as others may be as ignorant
If how money is made as We are, We
Vii Letray q little confidence and pub
ish it. Mr.. Wiegand says
FrIToR ESTERPRIsE: Unless yUu positively
,nuW tLa Carson trade dollar Or any trad dol ~
ar has been underweighteG COR debasrd il
quality Is compared with the weights ana fine
less required by law. I think It is ulisappre Z
eusiou - believe It and misfortune to s2v it.
IL MAKE a ehBgga Of weights tsystelaLtLCa!Iy
ights that is. would require highly skillful
amperius with the standard weights used by :.
he al usters Of the 1Iint-OYcr DOE 4 women "
sing such Weights Besides after each piece
as been adjusted to the standard weight, LOCO
Re weighed together, and the variation allowed Il
,Oula not be worth the one-tenth of one cent
Il piece. So the Justification of the busters -
7orking weights would need to be accompanied
Y faisihCation Of the great troy weights used | q
, check the large amounts. Tie only other !
Splanation would be Incompetence in ASSAY my
L truth, the assaying Of the Carson Mint is
a-:'y aetter thai. that c. tie San -.a..ci.CG
lint. Most likely Mckee, cha grined at the 4
merican trade dollar having crowded her dol 7
II from the Aslatlc marts. has increased the
Iount Of silver in her dollar. The Chinese are T
uick to discover such facts. Ii SO, the folly of
ying 10 make Il permanent market for silver in
STA by coming trade dollars bigger than Mexi- "
IS is becoming apparent As temporary re. ps
ef to our silver market that resort might do, -
Ut to cure and keep curedl the evil of silver
sCount, America should be made the field of
fort and by comforting upon silver notes an
llinlited legal tender, the thing can best be
me. So il seems TO- truly vo1rs,
c.NIfGAND.