Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-09

enuS OF the ng"Is Oh SlraIgnU wncn
they come wedge shaped from the
moulds.
The visitors followed an ingot into
the coinerS' department, The ingot has
in lis name, with its suggestions of
treasure galconS and buccaneers about
all tn" romance there j. in the nomcn-
claturc of money 1t has in itself fifty
dollars worth of silver prepared bN the
m"IlrT for the Cuinvr,, Use. the shape
Of Il bar tweIv" inches long. two inches
wide and half an inch thick. II has =
rapid. varied and rather irving expert
encc before II is on lis wayI into dollar
shape. The first room in the conerS
department was full Of artisans rolling.
drawing, cutting and milling the ingOt~.
Through sheer force l. the first of the
CoIncrS art eNerc >rd on the ingOt
That which tn" visitors had followed
was inserted between the Jaws of two
huge rollers and slowly went through IA
process of drgluttlon down an IRON
throat Twelve times it has to 90
through this ordeal, the pressure being
Increased hN the narrowing of the space
through which the ingot passes hv
sixteenth Of an inch each time. II is
then twice its former length and so re
duccd in tn press that when split in
the middle the two bars which are pro
duced are Just the thickness of a dollar.
The rolling process impartS "A heat to
the metal which nccr~~ltatc~ the Use Of
handling il, and brittlcncSs to over
come which another trip to the furnace
is required.
Some coiner of imperial Rome was
doubtless long time at hammering ont
Judas thirty pieces of silver. The
machine which was working across the
room from the rollers. cut ont in the
minute which the visitors looked at it
Just eight times aS many pieces aS
,Iudas sold his Lord for-two hundred
and forty. all told using up in the
process about ten bars of metal which
had been heated in furnace and
Strengthened in a drawing machine
before they reached the cutter
Its Ike girl cutting out cookies.
said Colonel Maurice as he watched the
big machine chanking silver Ike
greedy boy. Each bar of cutting was
bent in three folds bv workman A. the
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from the cutter was dropped into
tube, of which the bottom was the
space between the whlring and the
stationary grooves lhen the milling
machine began scattering the disks
from slit IN It's circular sue ne
disks. when they came out, had raised
edge on each SIDE. ihcN began 10 loon
like dollars. Very dull and zlnc-hke
looking dollars they were. however.
The visitors followed them INTO an al,
joining room. wher" they were plunged
into an arld bath and then placed INTO
. revolving WIRE cradle with quantIty
OF hot sawduNt. There they were LETT
turning brighter and more doliar-hhe
every moment.
The adjusting room. where the tour
next led, looked not unlike meeting
OF l'orca> society, for at least score
OF women matronly looking Tor the
most part. sat and stIched IN Knots OF
three and four, talking meantime IN low
tones.
"lhey are sewing com paSS' said
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