Richland beacon., 1878-03-30
SILVER COINAGE.
Grist Of Seventy Thousand Dol
lars Turned Ont-Specimrns Of
the New Coin for Offirial Dis
tribUtiOn-A Veto Dollar"
for President Hayes.

Mint has begun to grind its grisr. Ou
Thursday. Col Bosby Shell. chiei
coiaer, will turn over bis first ba ch
of struck pieces to Superintendent
Pollock. VIII "a, will at once pass them
on to The various suh-rrra>uries,
through which they are to he let loose
upon the public.
This early delivery. of necessity
small. will be followed day after day
by piles containing something like
$l5O.OO0 every "a bonrs, aud when
the needful implements Of coinage.
now being manufactured here shall
reach The San Fraucisco and Ca-son
Civ MINIS, the whole hard money
making facilities of the country will,
in less than fortnight, he under a
heavy strain.
The first Of the new silver dollars.
the planchet or blank Of which was
dropped into the receiving tube OF the
coming press by Mr.. Albert Downing
foreman. Gov. Pollock. Col. Bosby
She'll. and George f Morgan. the de-
signer, standing near, was caught by
uimbIe forks tina, have shut to on
many coin before. pressed quickly
toward the lower die. grasped around
the edge by the bard steel collar,
stamped heavily by the diverse die
above. and as the machine shuddrred
in relation, rolled down into the catch.
box with chick, poor. blurred and
deformed silver dollar, that had to he
melted over again.
Dollar No. 2 came out glitieriny
AMI perfect.
That's the veto coin. because this
first piece goes to President Hayes"
These first pieces Of the press ar spec
imens for official distribution.
Dollar No 3 fell into the box and
rested by the side vf the President,
Keepsake.
Here we have Secretary Sherman's
little me,nento." whispered the Chief,
rs The coiner placed the pieces in two
Of the twelve envelopes which he held
in his hand.
When the dozen coins were ready,
the press was stopped. but soon star
ted mp again. steam turned on, and
by 6 O'Clock this evening $40. 900 had
been turned out. These coins have
gone in the last week through the fol.
lowing steps: Upon it's arrival at the
mint. tire crude silver goes into the
deposit or weighing.room, is weighed
upon most delicate scales, and taken
10 the deposit meltiug-roo,u. After
The first melting it is wheeled back to
be weigbing-room, aud placed upon
he scales again.
The AsSayor clips from the bulk a
title piece Of about three penny
weights, and from this in bis labora-
.ory determines the 6neness Of the |
metal.
The depositor of the bullion. who
ias meanwhile been given certificate
or the gross weight. is paid according
o the determination of the Assayor.
The metal itself passes the second
line from the weighing room to the
department. where the pure
silver is taken from it by chemical
processes. Thence it passes through
minor stages to the melting aud re.
lining department, thence to the roll
ng room, where much ponderous
work is done Rollers turned by
huge engines crush the metal into
hin strips, which being anneaIed, are
oiled several times aud passed over
o still 6uer machines of the same
lind
From these. after another anneal.
ng, the silver is removed to the draw.
ng table, by which the strips are
hsped.
The next process is TIE adjustment
# the strips. Then they are placed
q the cutting machine. aud made into
ound blanks. The blanks are some.
What larger than the coin, but when
uu through the milling machine ure
ahmed up at the edge to the exact
ize. This is the last mechanical
isge but the stamping With the dies.
vbich 1t has taken the work,nrn ten
AYE 10 make.-Cincinnati CONNER.
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