Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-13
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..d s,a tes Mint, at the corner
and Chestnut street, Phila-
an object Of interest to visi-
city. A short time since. .
live of the REPUBLICAN be-
city on business, and hav-
hour. resolved TO use It In
the place where Uncle Sam
rev " the root of all evil"
siding is of white marble,
tvIe' with q tall stack or
risiue from the centre. This
some wears ago 70 carry of
ous gases from the separating
ia a massive piece Of work,
I'd Oh top with several tons of
reporter ascended 3 long
Marble steps and found him.
main entrance door, with q
front of him stating that
are admitted from 0 o'clock
btering he found himself In q
hail with seats around the
doors on the sides leading to
! one on the right being that
kbier. where all money Is paid
hat on the left the Warrant
ster Clerks.
Iaiting a few minutes o polite
keous usher invited the visitors
him, and led the way through
Ming 10 the works. On one
IA ball is the minor coin re-
room, part of which is occu-
b. Adams Express Company,
BIZ the greater part Of the
4 the mint and take the coin to
les, On the left side OF .the
4 deposit weighing room.
room all the precious metals
the mint are receiver and
The nicely and exactness of
Ales cannot be excelled, and
balanced with wonderful deli
There are three scales, the
which will weigh from the
redth part Of an ounce to six
ounces troy.
bis scale has been erected over 6
million dollars worth Of gold
h weighed on it. The next size
hree thousand ounces at once,
mallest three hundred ounces.
kst weight used is Ave hundred
Ind the smallest the one hun
b of an ounce, but the smallest
|std In the mint Is the thirteen
! part of a grain, which is so
|at il is scarcely visible to the
e except on n piece of white pa
in very bright light, but this
Feight is only used In the assay
Dassiny through the hall, the
we're taken out TO a corridor,
e first thing that met their
I several large piles Of square
|silver, each Weighing iom 30
|hds. On the left side OF this
b the meeting room, where
|Ous metals are fused In black
flnmhago pots, after which it
j 10 the proper standard, and
Ion nioulds into ingots.
baFs, or ingots, are abouttwelve
bng, half all inch thick, and
il 10 two inches in width
b to the coin for which they
lded. Passing along the corri.
quests reach the rolling room,
leir attention is attracted to q
+ engine of 100 horse power,
ppplies the motive power to the
pschines, of which there are
2 a row. The metal Is rolled
the ingot first passes through
'' - -" 'AN - -"
|li bars pass through the rolls
band the silver bars eight times,
polling being done by what is
y the "finisEing rolls" Before
tss ia complete the metal be-
by hard, and has to be ian
For this purpose it is placed
copper tubes, which are tight.
With lid, and luted with
are then placed In a large and
\! furnace, until they become a
Ped, when they are taken ont
pged in large tank of water.
are again annealed after they
|hed, aud are now about six feet
six times the length OF the
phe rolls are made of the finest
n although everything possible
10 make them accurate, it has
nnd impossible to roll perfectly
\ the bars must pass through
Process to make them even, sc
coin cut from them will be Of
be thickness and weight. The
F. accordingly placed in a steam
kIhere they .are warmed, after
Ihe goli is given a coating oi
/, and the silver covered with
are next taken to the draw
!, which are long tables with
p square linked endless chains
the length of the bench and
over a large cog-wheel at the
|ach, on which the links fit. A
ler end an iron box is secured t,
!e. in which are fastened TIVE
llicular steel cylinders, firml,
|ed in a bed 10 prevent thei
around, ard presenting but 1
loftion of their circumference I,
,.
are exactly the came distanc
mat the thickness OF the stril
j, and are set with screws in tn,
ph plate. One end of each striy
lhed down by the pointing rolls
\ II to slip easily through th
|rs,' Where the end is pushe,
\ ny the operator, 1t is caueh ht be
lhe )awsof a powerful pair O
7 a ii''le carriage, running on a
\ I've table, over the endles chair
Frator len presses on IL pedal witt
|, winch closes the tongs, an
Y On another pedal forces dow
/ nook AZ the left end of the car
(ehich catches a link of the mo,
lih that draws the carriage ava
r. cy iinders, and the end of til
pug fastened i'll the tongs, it la
II, hhd Is drawn through II
frS wh,,h reduce it to an eve
Fss, When the strip has passe
,he strain on the tongs ceate
c'"S " spring to open them and r
~ s't'p, which is caught by II
u and iaid on a bench.
,he sane time another sprir
he nook and releases the Ca,
Ploh tne chain. while d col
~ 10 the carriage runs back ov,
I'e' near tie head of the tabl
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