The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
HE TURNS IRON INTO COPPER.
A Rames Haw In Real Life OF Merely .
Western Romancer.

A Rames Haw In Real Life OF Merely .
Western Romancer.
yrom the Kansas Cav Journa.
There must be grent deal Of iron IN the
Joaraa;. sddrsssine his seat mate. and point.
ing to the red sand thrown out of o out through
which the train was passing. ~
admittedly; looked At the nswspaper man q
ssSactsdly Tor some sf time from the car wiaaoS
The two had been travelling toRst her all dav:
e9,s osd hsy .sd
quaint ances which men on long trins emp oy
70 while away tns tedious hours; They we're
fns irui a country q Southern Missouri srsv.
s sF.sd * the Kansas City Fort Scott and Mem
Tho Stranger, after SPENDING some time IN
Iron q IN hs s'nsy OF
duced q metal nugget and brought II over for
The Correspondent dii SO: il Was beautiful
SSSs.4 q MI SsSIi, Is ss sshss
He drew n sigh OF relief. and then said:
You agree VIII oil she rest; and proba6ls
that Y tth what know about the production OF
that little chunk OF metal. ,.
There Is quite story connected with 1t.
and II you will promise not to LOOK at me as II
4were the greatest liar on the face OF the Garth
"YoS promise. Well. here is tho first test Of
your incredulity; There vas not the leesj BIT
OF copper in that lump Of mineral when 1t was
taken from tho earth. 1t was native magnetic
This was certainly q poser. for in the mineral
cnstomod not only to masaete ore but also to
nuses.s II The pure metal. snd although n"t a
about the two metals. l carefully looked at his
specimen again and then yentnled 70 remark:
- knew you would think So" was his repIy.
And am glad to have you take the view you
do. for /. Is another con,irmation; where one
am in possession OF the most valuable secret
q the age. II was dream Of the ancien,s
into sao.her. This ideS had pesuliar iasei
who spent their Ii, es IL an endeavor to trans
form tho baser metals into gold. but naturally.
81 x .hs N
proSed !" 10 ticks based on Tue readiness
mstals The sharp Old rnscals simply extracted
from the 1uieksilser gold which had been pre-
Now. viii mot assert that the baesr moi ais
copper and, iron, are different forms of tho
prove It have this specimen, which | myself
saw turned into It's pi esent form from lump
have made tho AZURE OF metals ons OF the
studies OF my Ne. and have considerable inter.
as Ksn In s L ven
course Of uur hu-in ess one Of tho companies in
which am interested has had occasion to ON
ros yd ent in Omaha. This man is u German.
and has devoted his life t" the study Of science.
III has no thoughts outside OF his crucibles
Neither the pursuit o, gain nor any other
can sks tho
sme:ter. to exleriment with recalcitrant ores
some profitable met hod OF reducing them. He
has not finished tne,e experiments. Tor. though
h. has not vet found way 10 get ali the metal
out OF the ores. AMI until he does that he will
not rest Any discoveries that come to him
ultimate purpose. md he does not seem to give
tnoush5 to turning them to peeun,iarye a &C.
ton from our ores. but he is trying to make
them yield s75 or $50, tho full amount OF metal
one day haprensd into his laboratory and
S:YoS would ssarnsly believe; he said. that
tssa 2 e.: ,s:s ~
soa IS not mys.it at r.t credit the result and
las qstd sne ay 1Dov
knew. or believed THAI knew. that what 10
assuring mo that no would repeat tho expert
Come here tonight he said. and bring
mo lump OF the purest magnetic iron ore. for
have so lar found no way to make the change.
eEco9p Il, With that form Of iTon;' n,.,..
cd IN his laboratory with y beautiful specimen
Of 80 per cent rnre magnetic ore from to
1t Was an sll.nic6t task aud had come ire.
paled 70 stay. My chemist took the ore and
Shsmia T Sah n "erwa sd INTO 10
then treated to another bath. Finally. after a
1t was placed In u retort with some chemicals
and sesl.d up;. ! myself sealed It tnd nut
y p Then n% 10
Rather We retired n the inbnratnry: for ! dbl
"r a"d the ovsty The
We woTs TondnTf Ing were We're sufficient to
.ubstancs' which ii cor, ained washed and
dussd ara 10 my nttelshsd Syov II hah IN:
1t and II had neither lost nor ganed from the
weight OF The ore We hnI placed In the retort;
iike COPPER. did not vet apprecIate the true
but teliefs thn' the metal before me was iron
chemically coored in some way did not I'M
How much it looks like conner I said,
smelter and sec n we cannot fool HIM with it, ,
~ ne viii be fooled, inleed.' was the rsnly OF
my servant, II he takes it for anything but
what II L.. native "copper"
80 Ns Ouk II to tie superintendent and
asked him what he thought 1t was He look ell
at me In MsInnishment, as 4 ho piIied my irno-
tinized it carefully and handed 1t back with
the remnrk
should say 1t was very pure lump OF
naive copper.
So l,nt wish you wonld make sure urged.
Why Ia there any question about Iii he
asked.
YES tn re is repiiel.
Then he put It to severe tests with acids
and pronounced 1t without doubt u re m arkably
as the .tupendousness OF the exUcrment.
made heior. ire dnwned upon my mind I
commercial value OF his discovery
that
1T ended in my buying his secret OF him for
n few hundred dollars. Lave since demon
RtrAtat 10 M sAlls Metiun tInL thnra WAS