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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

The assaying rooms on the second floor
look like the mystic chambers of the nj.
chemists of old. There are fires, stills.
retorts and all kinds of curious appli-
anccs used in the delicate and compli-
Gated process of assay. This process,
however, is not as complicated as it
seems. The gold is melted down and
stirred, by which u complete mixture OF
1t is made, and after the bar is cast it is
rolled out for the convenience of cutting.
1t is then taken to an assay balance (sen-
siblc to the ten thousan,ith of half
Gramme, or even lcss) and from it Is
weighed half gramme, which is the
normal assay weight Of gold, being about
~ grains troy. This weight is stamped
10OU, and all the lesser weights after
ward brought into requisition arc dccl.
NAL divisions Of it, down to one ten.
thousandth part.
The process of .assaying silver is diff.
fcrcnt from that of gold. To obtain
the assay sample II little of the metal is
dipped from the melting pot and poured
quickly into water, producing granu-
lation, from portions of which that
needed for assay is taken. From this
sample the weight of 5thousandths
is taken, and dissolved in Il glass bottle
with nitric acid. The standard solution
of salt is introduced and chloride Of
silver is produced, which contains; Of
the metallic silver 1000. parts; this is
repeated until the addition, of the salt
water shows but faint trace of chloride
below the upper surface of the liquid.
Thus the proportion of pure silver in the
whole alleged metal is ascertaincd.
The separating and purifying rooms
arc also of Interest. TO purify gold it
is necessary to add certain quantity of
pure silver. The whole is then immersed
IN nitric acid, which dissolves the silver
into liquid like pure water. The acid
does not dissolve the gold, but leaves it
pure. The silver solution is then drawn
of, leaving the gold at the bottom of
tub, The silver, us received, is melted
and granulated and dissolved with nitric
acid. This dissolves the base metals us
well as the silver. The liquid metals
are run into tubs and prccipitatcd by be-
ing mixed with common salt water. Ii
is then called "chloride" and resembles
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

right to coin money, but only according
to the standard of iincuess, weight and
value prescribed by the Central Govern
ment. Upon Mr.. Morriss report Alex
ander Hamilton, the Secretary of the
Treasury, Yves asked to prepare Il plan
for minting, and on April 2, 1872, an
act was passed establishing the Mint.
The building for this purpose was the
first erected by the United States for Il
public purpose. 1t was plain brick
edificc on tho east side of Seventh street,
near Arch, the cornerstone of which was
laid by Director of the Mint David Rit-
tenhousc on July 81, 1872. In the fol-
lowing October coming was commenced,
silver half-dimcs being the first coins
turned out. The first return of gold
coinage was on July 81, 1875, and CON
sisted of 744 halfeagles. In September
of the same year 400 eagles were turned
out
The coinage from the commencement
of the establishment to the end of the
year $500, was, in round numbers, So, :
534, 900; from then until 1910 it
amounted to So, 971, 900: the next ten
years, 50, $4,000 and the next, SIS
600, 900. In 1929 the supply of bullion
for minting increased beyond the ca.
pacity of the building, and the corner
stone of the present structure was laid
on the Fourth of July of that year. 1t is
of marble, of the Grecian style of archi-
lecture, having frontage on Chestnut
street and on Penn Square of 1913 feet.
Business was begun in the new building
in 1888, and has been continuous from
that time until to-day
The Mint is open to visitors daily,
except Sundays and holidays, between
the hours of 9 and ~, and courteous
ushers attend the visitors through the
various departments, explaining the
various processes. 1t is estimated that
there were about fifty thousand visitors
last year. On entering the rotunda the
offices of the Treasurer and Cashier are to
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
SAND.


1observed locomotive in the railroad yard
one day.
1t was Whiting in the roundhouso ,vhor,
the locomotives stay;
TWAS painting for tho journey, it was coaled
and fully manned,
And it had a box tho fireman was filling full
of sand.
Itappears that locomotives cannot ALWAYS
get grip
on their slender iron pavement, cause tho
wheels are apt to slip;
And when they reach slippery spot, their
tactics they command.
And to get n grip upon the rail, they sprinkle
it with sand.
It's about this way with travel along life $
slippery track,
IL your load is rathor heavy and You're
always sliding back;
So If n common locomotive you comp etely
understand,
you'll provide yourself in starting with n
good supply OF sand.
If your track is steep and billy and you have
heavy grade.
-A"' IL those WhoVc gone beforo you hive
the rails quite slippery made
II you ever reach the summit of the upDer
tableland,
You'll find you'll have to do it with liberal
use of sand.
If you strike some frigid weather and dis :
cover TO your cost,
That you're liable to slip on heavy coat of
frost
Then some rromot. deci led action will be
called into dcmunl,
And you'll slip way to the bottom if you
haven't any sand.
You can get to any station that is on life's
schedule seen,
If there's fire beneath tho boiler of ambitions
strong machine,
And you'll reach place called Flushtown Mt
rate of speed that's grand,
II for nli the slippery places you've n good
supply OF sand.
Richmond tTnd.) Register.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

The other day the Turks consecrated
the grounds on which the Turkish Pavil.
lion Of the Worlds FAIR will be erected.
FIRST, they killed large white sheep. as
sort OF insurance to prevent Allah from
destroying the building. A hundred
men in bullying breeches, rimlcss red fe2
and red slippers stood around the sheep,
which had been raised by an lowe
granger. One man prayed, another tied
bandagc over the eyes of the sheep,
and Fahri BcY cut the animals throat
with a snickcrsrec. Then the hundred
men yelled "Patis hocm ,Jok yacha, y
which means "Allah save the Sultan, y
after which Fahri Boy and Robert Levi
made speeches. After this everybody
went to the Turkish village, where the
Sultans silk tent, valued ut 500, 600,
and silver bed from his harcm were,
and the sheep was there cooked and
eaten.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

Judge w. l.. Putnam, of Maine, ont
Of the new United States Circuit Court
Justices, never was much of n genius for
mechanics, but now finds that many oil
the cases he is called to ppss upon in
vove patents. This has led him to study
class of subjects that he had not pre-
viously had a fancy for. A few days
ago he was industriously invcstigatin 9
the construction of iirccrackcr, and he
learned lust how to make one before he
80; through. Soon aftcrward he tacklcu
the harrow question.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

new Stacked lime. BY putting spelter
or zinc on the precipitatcd chloride it
becomes metallic silver, and only needs
washing and melting to become the
purest virgin metal.
After being subjected to great pres
sure to get the water out Of it, and
dried, it is conveyed in large cakes to
the furnaces, where the alloy is added
and it is cast into ingots. The same
with the gold. Ingots of the latter
range in value from 5000 to $1400,
those OF silver about $50 The fine gold
and silver bars used in the arts and for
commercial purposes are also cast in this
department. The floors that cover the
melting rooms are made of iron in
honey comb pattern, divided into small
sections, so that they can be readily
taken up to save the dust. The sweep
ings OF the entire building average about
S23, 900 per annum. The copper and
nickel melting rooms adjoin the gold
and silver department.
From these We pass to the rolling
room, where two ingots an hour are run
through huge rollers and pressed into
strips six feet long. The gold strips arc
placed in copper canisters and heated to
make them pliable, and go through an
other machine before they get to
the cutter, where a vertical steel
punch, which works in a round hole.
cuts them into coin shape. Then they
are taken to the coming an 4 milling
rooms, which to visitors is the most in
teresting branch Of the whole depart.
ment, because here they sec none y &c
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

the right and left, and farther on to the
right are the Treasurer's clerks. On the
left is the deposit or weighing room,
where. the largest weight used is 500
ounces. and the smallest the thousandth
part Of an ounce. Over 81, 500, 600, 0OG
worth Of gold alone, the usher tells you,
has been weighed in this room, to say
nothing of the silver and copper
When the weighing is com pleted the
metal is locked IN iron boxes and taken
to the melting room, where it is opened
by two men, each with key to one of
the separate locks, one key not being
sufficient to unlock them. There are
four furnaces, and the metal is melted
and run into iron molds and turned out
in bars. 1t is then weighed and por I.
ton Clipped off each lot by the assayer.
In the room or tho latter is the smallest
weight used in the Mint. 1t
is the thirteen hundredth part of a grain,
ana can scarcely be seen by the naked
eye, except on white ground. The
two essential things regarding every
piece of metal offered in payment of
lues are, first, the weight, and secondly
he fincness or purity of the metal. The
'mallest variation in the fineness makes
great difference in the value, therefore
accurate scales and skill in noting re-
suits are necessary. This branch of the
Department, which is strictly technical
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
A Quaint Species o, Grow

In his subsection on "moliicationsn
of types of birds and animals Sir John
Lubbock cites what is newest and most
marvellous. He tells us of particular
crow in New Zealand, where the male
and female differ widely as to.the struc.
turc of their bills. The male bird has .
bill, stout and strong, adapted to cut.
ting and digging into the tree, but he is
dencient In that horny-pointed tongue
which would permit him to pierce the
grub and draw it out. the hen bird
has, however, nm elongated and straie ht
bill, Sand when the cock has dug down
to the burrow the hen. inserts her lone
bill and draws out the grub, which thew y
divide between them-a very pretty
illustration of the wife of the hclpmate
to the Observation-Disclosures Commercial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

A charter has been granted in Phila-
dclphia to the "Socicty of the War Of
1872" The society numbers among it.
members tfty-fivc veterans, scattered
throughout the Union. David Mccoy,
aged 1o2, is probably the oldest. IL,
resides IN San Bcrnardno, Cal. When
he volunteered, in 1872, he furnished
his own gun and horse. Tnerc arc
several members whose age, it is said,
approaches 100, and Abram Daily, of
Brooklyn, who is over ninety seven,
signed the charter without glasses in a
clear, legibc hand,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
biggest Eloati,g Derrick in The World.

biggest FlOatit s Derrici in The World
After an armorcd cruiser has been
launched aud her machinery and armor
plate have been constructed. the prob.
lem is how to lift her boilers and engine,
aud put :hem in the hold quickly, safely
and accurately, and how to place the ar
NOR properly in position with the small.
est expenditure of effort. Every ship.
yard has n stationary derrick or shears
on the end of a pier with which to lift
ordinary machinery into vessel. But
when armor Plates have to be put 10
place with such derrick the vessel
must be moved frequently and with
great nicely. When sevcnty-ron boil.
crs have to be raised there is great dan
ger TO the derrick, to the pier on which
the derrick is anchored, to the vessel
waiting for the boilers, and to the boil
ers themselves says the New York Sun
To obviatc this difficulty the Messrs.
Cramp, of Philadelphia, have recently
constructed II derrick, at cost OF 800.
600, which IS the most complete and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

lncnt so generally conceded, that it en-
joys pre-eminence and dignity beyond
that accorded to the other Governmental
departments. Party mutations usually
effect changes ill its dictatorship, with
but slight interference, however, with
the other officials, as those OF attain
ments, skill and long experience in the
professional branches, required to intel
ligently perform the various duties us.
signed, are few in all countries.
The need OF a mint in the Colonies
was keculy felt for years before the re-
1olution, and as soon rs practicable af-
ter the revolution Robert Morris, the
patriot and iinancicr of the revolution,
was instructed by Congress to prepare
report on foreign coins then in circula-
ton here. During the Confederation
the different States had the unqucstioned
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

Tho wheelmen of five years ago would
have laughed, opincs the San Francisco
Chronicle, ii any one had suggested that
good road bicycle could be turned out
weighing only liz pounds, yet this is
what Berlo, the crack rider, has done.
The details OF the construction of his
machine show the large part which fine
tube steel plays in it. Light gearing
aud the pneumatic tire promise to reduce
the bicycle record materially during the
coming year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
A WRITER SONG.

The time of the frost is the time ror .he!
When the gay blood spins through the heart
with glee.
When the voice leaps out with Ginning
sound,
When the footstep rings on the musical
ground
When tao earth is gay aud the air is bright.
And every breath is anew delight.
Hurrah! Thelake is league of glassI
Buckle and strap on the sharp. bright
brassl
or we shoot and poise and wheel,
And quickly turn upon scoring heel!
And now on flying sandals chirp and sing
Like flock of gay swallows on the wing.
-Allingham.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

The most recent estimates of the capt.
tai invested in the electrical industries of
the United States is S725, 900, 900, and
of this amount $3.50, 900, 600 represents
the proportion which electric lighting
and power have attained; 800, 900, 900
is also the estimated investment in cleo
trical supplies, of which the electric
lighting and railway appliances consti.
tutc large proportion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

A tax ON house rent has been substitu.
ted for the proposed income tax in Rus.
STA, and it is intended that the amount
shall vary in accordance not only with
the size and importance of the town,
but with the position of the house of the
taxpayer with regard to . central point.
The necessity OF raising money is OBJ.
vious from the published returns Of ex.
pcnditurc during the last twenty 6v,
years of the Food-Supply Guarantee
Fund, which has replaced the forme
village grain reserve magazines for tina
period with disastrous results. From
1867 to 1890, inclusive, thirty-two mil
lions and quarter was expended in re
lief; in 1891 alone the amount was owe
eighty-six millions and quarter; il
1892, from January to October, the ex
penditure was ffty-one and a quarter
millions. Thus the relief for last yea
and ten months of the present year cos
moro than ten times the total expeudi
ture in the previous twenty four years
The Guarantee Fund is unable to mee
the dcmaud upon it. 1t has receive,
nearly 1876, 10000 from the Imperia
chest, which has now to be repaid. A
the halnlets and villages are not expectc.
to be subject to the housc-rcnt tax
the Government apparently contemplate
recovering great part of tho debt c
the agricultural classes from the ,radin
and industrial eie@ents of the popula
ton.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
A Japanese Artist.

The works of e distinguished Japan
ESQ painter are on exhibition in London
and are greatly admired. His name is
Watanebc Seitci aud he is q native of
'eokio. Some, of i:his- paintings have
already been exhibited in Paris and
praised by the French critics. It was
ne who, five years ago, painted the cell.
ing panels for tho imperial palace in
Toxic. San Francisco Chronicle,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

fast that it takes ones breath away to
SEQ SO much money being made SO easily.
After being stamped the coins go to
the coiner's room and are placed on a
long table in piles to be weighed and
counted, when they put into bags aud
scaled.
The Cabinet of Coins is on the second
floor and is well worthy of visit. 1t
contains one of the most valuable COL
Lotions of coins and coming apparatus
in the world, and is exceedingly well
arranged.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
The increase in the number of persons
who wear glasses has been very marked
within a few years. 81.

THE courts of Georgia have recently
given out some interesting telegraph
laws. One decision cxompts telegraph
companies from penalties for failure to
deliver messages on Sunday, and an
other decides that a telegraph company
is not excused from using care because a
message is ungrammatical.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
NOT HIS SWEETHEART,

YOUNG man on a
summer morning
turned down q
Y ar M o u I II row.
1t was a long, mar
row row, and the
sun that cleaned
as the quay end
made its shadow
even less cnviablc.
lie was a fine,
handsome young
fellow, somewhat
shabbily dressed,
l a., /,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

tually made. First the pieces arc
passed through the milling machine to
have the edges raised and nickcd, or
milled, and Their to the machines in
which the dies are which stamp their
value. These latter machines arc
worked by pretty girls, and they rattle
the five. dollar pieces down into q box so
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24
MAKING MONEY.
HOW UNCLE SAM DOES IL IN
THE QUAKER CITY.
Wonders OF the Assay Omce-Trcat-
ment of Gold and Silver Before
These Metals arc Changed
Into Shining Currcncr.
wNzHE nopular estimn.

He popular estima-
ton in which the
Philadelphia Mint
is held in the coun-
try is, for obvious
-ensons, more dis.
tinctively marked
than that entertained
for other public in-
situations. Its posi-
ton, from q financial
point of view, is so
important, its use so
apparent, and its in
tegrity Of manage
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

An American cattle exporting firm has
just ordered three large ships from Eng
lish builders.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

Our production of meat in 1880 was
nearly half as great as that of Europe.
with its population OF $50, 200, OOU. :
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-24

aud scientific, has been practically under
one regime for fifty years, during which
time there have been but threo Chief AS
sayers, the only removals being by death
aud the only appointments by promotion.
The herald., 1893-09-08


Mr.. CHARLES A. WETMoRR will go to
Chicago as the representative OF the in
dignant vignerons OF California. He
will try to get jury of foreign wine
buyers to sit in judgment on the Cali
fornia wines. This is an excellent idea.
If experienced gentlemen from abroad
shall pass favorable judgment on the
California product it will be something
worth having and cannot fail to have
very beneficial influence on our sales,
both at home and abroad. What we
need is more buyers, and we ought TO
be able to command fair European
market il the proper attention is PAID
to the matter. Mr.. Wetmore, Mr.. Ar
pad Harazthy and several others that
could be named are themselves most
excellent judges of wines. but being ex-
hibitors and producers themselves their
award would not have the force which
the unbiased judgment of experts from
abroad would exert.
The herald., 1893-09-08

HENRY CLEws & Co.'s last circular
graciously tells the people who care to
read it that times are on the mend. and
all because of the imminent probability
of the repeal OF the purchasing clause OF
the Sherman act. twill be soon enough
to talk about improved times when the
banks of New York city begin to retire
the $40. 900, 900 of clearing house certifi-
Gates which they are making do duty for
money. Times are improving because
the west and south are sending prodig-
ious quantities OF wheat. the other
cereals, bacon, -four. hams. cotton and
tobacco to Europe, and we are beginning
to get the money for these staples. The
New York bankers artificial panic has,
thank heaven, knocked over many ,
portly pirate that engineered 1t, and
with all the attempts to decry the west.
New York seems to have been more
heavily hit than any other portion OF
the country.
The herald., 1893-09-08

ADMISSION DAY will this year be cele-
brated with unusual eclat. The Native
Sons of the Golden West will take big
hand in making it memorable. and
nearly all the gilded youth OF Los An
geles, who claim California as their
birthplace, will be off to spend three
days at Enramsda, in Ventura county.
The affair cannot fail to be a gay one.
The Pioneer will this year rally in unu-
sual force, and the exercises up around
the Bay will be quite impressive. The
band of theee noble founders of grand
commonwealth is thinning out, but
there is hardy and enduring material in
the Pioneers, and legions of them are
booked for four score and over.
The herald., 1893-09-08
RIvERsIpn AROUSED.
Citizens Determined to Get Rid of tn,
Ehfnaaa.

Citizens Determined to Get Rid of tho
Chinese.
RIVERSIDE, Sept. 7.-As a result OF
the recent anti-Chinese agitation at
Redlands, San Bernardino and other
points in this vicinity, numbers of
frightened Mongolians are making their
homes in this city, where there has
been no excitement and where the
Chinese have been in no way molested.
The labor unions and Federation of La
Dor have been watching the increase in
the number o. Chinese, and have at last
determined to take some action. Las t
evening q meeting of the white
laborers of the city was held, at
which several prominent business
men took part for the purpose of taking
steps to rid the city of the undesirable
element. The meeting decided to oper-
ate through the Geary law, and to that
end committee was appointed with
full power to go before the circuit court
at Los Angeles and secure warrants of
arrest for number of Celestials who
are known to be- here illegally. War
rants for at least 20 will be asked for.
The white laborers of this city are deeply
in earnest about the matter, but they
will confine all their efforts within the
law and there will be no attempts made
to abuse the Chinese.
The herald., 1893-09-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has commended
himself to the people of California, of
the Pacific coast and of the whole coun-
try by directing his subordinstes to do
their duty in enforcing the Geary act.
There was too manifest disposition on
the part of high officials of the treasury
department and of the attorney-gener-
al's Office to hang up the law, and the
people were beginning to become very
restive. Undoubtedly the Indifference
of many officials to the duty imposed
upon them by their oaths, if it had con-
tinued, would have led to very serious
troubles 10 many of the cities OF Califor-
mia. The decision OF Judge Ross came in
the very nick of time to convince the
masses that their true policy was law
abiding one.