The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-18
MAKING MONEY

MAKING MONEY
 M Qaad IT De,roa Frzt e.ess.
 If you ge in.o the mir, i; New orleans as yor certainly vii. il you v.si, the ci;y i. you will hnd guard IF tae ro;anda 10 recesAe visitors The lanes brothers nigh. have penetrated ,ha, far easy enough. bg; they could 10, have gone tgt.aer. The barred gates rising ~aR between ;he .sl;o' aa,. Ureie San s,ete oi si.vei ta.iafs have a s:a,e prlsou .oek arc one IS pa; or his good beaavio, a. once
 Waer ype, e.edea..al, .aFe 2.onsls1 e. all ashi .at ire ga,es ua.1l ket '5 $. Xe. a.e saeFei .gi3 ;he reeelsg.s ,.ad we. shias roe,a. Silver 5.llion Is ca. iei spoa IL s.1es. sna is eng handled @I,e as rluea caa.easq; .as the brieN-ca,t.ei .oads his hod. 4 bar bullion loos,s exactly like bar of plumbers solder. an. when you are abou, 10 pick up and walk of with one of the bars you sudderl, change your mind
 In this room are the most perfect paii of large scales n America. They weigh up to 10000 ounces. Troy weight. and are so deheate ,ha; a crumb weighing the hve-hendredth part of an ounce siil drop the bar. All the silver received Is weighed Upon these scales. and they are looked upon by the general visitor IS one of the sights of the institution.
 All the bullion firs: goes to the melting department and IS melted, alloyed and run into ingots of standard fineness. which means 900 parts of silver and 100 parts 1t Ttn ,. so harden i,. and without this alloy there would be grea, loss by natural wear and tear" There Is new assay aftef melting, and this assay must prove tha; the composition is exact and correct Theloss of ever the three hundrei;h par. ot ar ounce he;ween the we.ghlrg ard ne r}el;!;.- rea;"s i1gst be accoar ed tel
 Afe. inc assay the lnso,s are .erne :; over :o the colnef. vino rolls .hera mo s:r.ps by means ei powerful machinery These stlips are aboc: three fee: Ioue. and little wider than ! dollar The thickness $ des. gned - 0e the sane as a dollar, bG: Is sometimes too ;h.ck ot too :h.n. The s.rp. afe then pa,ses: 70 the puachet. vEo feeds them under his Paaeh Is t.s: as you 1T count. and the smooth, greasy J.ark dollars ia. mo ;he DON peiow. To discover ]; me blanks are oi the slanjari weight. they are wheeled in:o iAe i -.s:sns foorl. The def7an .s .or -Ic - grains. ba: the government. permits | sl!sh, shortage. If the bank $ one grain shor., IL ls IS: O.. ,9 be reme.;ed. lti:is one g.aG over we; sh;. ne Is used ,o secure eNae, weigh;
 I- the rnoy,. .,,-N dozen women, ea~h with dellca.e pair of scales before her. and the b.anks are handled with surprising deN.eri,y Those found Of standard weight are sen, or ,helr way through the min:- and the Ugh, ones wi! form parts of new ingo;s.
 lou think of silver dollar as a per fec,,y ia, surface. Hold one to your eye and you will see that i, is concave. II the letters and ornaments were even with .he rim of the dollar they would soon wear osI. The eoncaye is to protec, them. From the adjusting room blanks 9 70 the machine to be concaved and then to the bath The silver IS greasy ard blackened, and the bath IS to remove this and restore the lusser. After being ,Eea.el ,o an acid bath. the trays filed win blanks are placed n rei-ho, oven ani s=ose gently placed n revolving cylincer wi:h saw-dus;. When they emerge from ,hs they shine like s.ass
 Here are the smooth, round p.e-es. and 10 mase dollars os them they are sea; ,o the stamp presses. These powerful. machines feed themselves a; the ra;e oi ;, per minute, and h yoa pick up ore of the coirs you will md one side coni- ple,e, and ,he other s!de s:i. blank They are picked r2 and fed to a secoEd machine and row yo9. dollar IS co nple.e es -epi on the edges 4 smooth ed gei co.n would wear away faster than one with a rlilled edge, and hence ,he larger denominations are uail,ed. l; $ no use to try to guess how i; IS done, for for:y- nine out of fifty persons would miss it. They are dropped into cavi:y IF s power ful machie arranged to it them, and ;be coins. lying ia; upon ore s.de. are squeezed the same as if a oe sha. up on al. sides of your hnger a. once. This mills ,he edges. The pressure on each dollar in stamping and punching $ aseu; eighty tons.
 Uncle Sam contracts for hIs s.,,-er bal- Ion the same as private individual does for his vegetables. He agrees 10 take a.. the ore furnished by two large Colorado mines. and any supply which ar individual maY wish 10 dispose blinds ready sale The mines ship 5y express at ,heir owa expense, bc, in sending az ay money the governmer; pays a.. charges.
 The New Orleans min, makes abog. a9o 600 silver dollars per month. This IS aoor: the only coin made there of late years The dollars are sacked Gp. i.oo, IT bag, and stored n the big wall, until waa;et for saipmen, Money is handlet as reckless.y as if i, had no value. Yoa nee; .nea and boys carrying grez, trays loaded with t. and you see whee,bar.ows containing fu.i bgshel going 1T several ke5. 5y the chiefs of eacS deoarnea, These records follow eTe-y fraction of an