Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-26

hlacklead,. and is named from its granu.
-and like particles. The clay Of which
t IS manufactured Is found exclusively
| in Hesse, Germany.
ROLLING AND WEIGHING ISGors,
Rolling the ingots Is next In order.
| The rollers are four In number aud are
powerful machines which so lengthen
and make thin the ingots that they ars
| OF the proper dimensions for the cuttint
press. Power In each machine Is ad
| Unstable to requirement, but the usual
| plan is TO pass the ingots from one to
another until the needed length and
thi 'kneSS are reached.
Ingots thus treated are six times
their original length, but made brittle by
The pressure to which they have beer
subjected, need to be made red hot il
adjacent ovens before being fit for cut
ting. Silver is placed naked In these
ovens, but the precious gold in cylin-
'rical copper canisters which protect II
IRON waste.
Ing is arc then cooled and creased
and passed to the cutting presses
Watching the operation of cutting
press Is somewhat bewildering on &C
count OF the rapidity of It's action. No
fewer than 296 blanks for dollars or
double eagles drop into the receptacle
every minute, Perfectly round, but still
remote in appearance from the COM
pieted coin.
Neither are a proportion of them OF
the exact weight required. 1t being
impossible to make the ingots with
infallible accuracy OF thickness. The
business Of eighty young women. work
ing Ia room above, Is to make those
blanks which are too heavy the exact
weight by filing, t. pass those that are
the right weight, and to set aside such
as arc too light and must be remelted.
Each OF these interesting operators
wears II leather apron fastened under her
arms and tackled to the table, and which
catches the filings she may find occasion
to make. and works with nicely of &C.
curacy which is as amazing as the fine
ness OF the scales which guide her In the
performance oe her duties.
Let it not be considered ungalant tc
ada that no young person in the Mint IL
capable of greater exactnesS in selecting
blanks Of the right weight, and rejecting
those that are not, than the Seyss Auto.
matte weighing Machine, which does the
work OF several people at once and is
never known to make mistake. -Four
specimens Of thi wonderful invention
olo III USE, lIupOTLeu from AuStrla. Eacf
has ten balances, and weighs forty pieces
a minute, fed to 1t through ten perpen.
dicular tubes, and discharged into re
ceptacles for blanks respectively OF J ght,
exact and exceeding weight.
What is known as milling Is the turn
ing up OF tho edges of the blanks befor,
they are ready for coming. 1t prevents
the rubbing Of the device to be afterwards
added, and assists to make coins pill,
steadily. Two hundred blank dollars
are milled in one minute.
MAKING THE DEVICE.
The device on both Sides Of a coli
and the serrated edge, in those coins
which have one are produced by one
stroke OF the press. This is fed through
vertical brass tube. A pair of steei
fingers takes the blanks one by ont
with astonishing rapidly, and puts then
into position under and above the two
dies which make the device.
A knee joint movement, Of pressure
varying from fifteen tons upwards, brings
dies and coins together, and more than
nstaneously converts the blank into
perfect coin, with serrated edge, IL OF the
denomination requiring one. An eighty