Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-02

gssnss asd the rsausw "a the mon
ss<rs threhs aud s~eils shroSgs the
whole place
Jsst - We are growing dreamy over
car fspcprs aud arr making cor Nay
with great velocity and Ai.tos tlxeasL
tbs Interesting aid ps.stiai residences
of lseeix<it.ub and his ehe<wful ecnpsa-
lone. VIZ arc saodenly rx,eaiiea srs,sa
our Hads<ian journey b&c& 10 lhis.ro.
by tbs calm statement that '-there's
nearly half nlillion dollan< no~ in
These fsrnae-s. With the malicious
reflection that after all. fact aud
fancy werent 80 iryrsocabiy divorced. !"
the visitor looks innccently into the
face of her kind Crude and grsvely re-
marks.
1T must be .. h<vat,s< business
However. later ON. her belief ~ 20
the unanisnity 81 fscs and fancy re-
eeives = severe shock on dss~oSaving
that the coagiiiated gor~ - her mon
sters STRANGELY resembles coal cinters
and is known by tks very prossic nsxas
GO 'klag."
To complete the exserrainAtiol Of
the horjes Of fancy. she sta down by
one Il thu kettles Of witches broth"
ard attempts 10 mssticate the fac. that
IL contains So tons Of metai-about
sio.oO worth The workrnen are now
'swea ting it"-ranL.44g IL out into an
other vat lower down. the upper row
being ON a sort Of low balcony where
il u turned Into iroa mol,!s through a
sipbon and left 10 cool. As soon a. il
il in the Ia, Ia hose is turned o. H.
and IL soon hardens. We arc told that
when the surface is wrinkled like skin
drawn tight IL il an Indication OF good
lead II j. also good sign that IL pos
sesses IT, peculiar blue shade. II IS
DOW ready 90 ship and Viii probably
cvoiutc into white lead mag even per.
haps appear AT some distant day, or
evening. Is % beautiHer 81 Nilaey q
lily chin and peariy brow.
Next ~ ars, induct.d into the mys-
teries OF mstte. copper hsharge.
''crumhlv' Lad, that may be again
converted 10 metel the rrtort house
where the z4nc a. separated from the
silver and gold, sy distiilat,on. oceus
many hundreds Of pounds Of meal
From one furnace. We ARE told. soo.voJ
l. fried out weekly. Oil - used here
as fuel with great success After .
delay in other and various apart
nents we are shown into the part
inr-rooIn. where at last only the sil-
yer and gold are left - be separated.
The mixture is put in with solphuric
acid and boiled. The silver is gotten
a. a liquor. leaving the gold. which is
cleaned and melted down into bors-
The silver is now washed out" by a
chemical solution. refined. and goes "a
the sssaycrs-
When II comes from the solution il
is In molds like cement aud Is called
cement silver. II is subjected 20 pres
sure 10 take out all water. In the -four
rows Of moids we see now before us
there lie sss.o 600
prevent the bis Of precious metal
from being absorbed.
All clothing worn by employees II
burned when discarded 10 get the par
ticles of metal out.
out of this atmosphere reeling with
gold we g., and our conductor re
marks:
You have probably carried gold out
with you on your shoes and in YOU
hair"
Golden hair. indecdr'' is the laugh
ing reply. "a we ascend dark stair
way and emerge into a long. low
ccilcd room where many wide Window
overlook the tossing waters Of th'
lake.
''Oh. how beautiful" i fhe exclama
1 ton from all. And surely il is crystal
+ lied chunks of night sky that W
see. Great stacks and heaps Of tina
wonderful blue crystal copper v'triol
| playing game uf eatch-ss-catch-caI
with the winter sunbcams, sre scat
tered everywhere. Ina long tanks rs th.
windows. too. are suspended bands o
copper immersed in the fluid iron
which they gather their beautiful ia
crustatjons.
After another Journey across th'
courtyard ~ the blasting furnac.
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