The herald., 1895-05-26
A GREAT DISCOVERY
A New Metal That Mr..
Gully Wants Used as
Legal Tender
CERTAINLY A RICH METAL
Mr.. Gully Favors Compo Money and Is
Willing to Pay Big Price for
Services-.-Great Chance
for Some One
CERTAINLY A RICH METAL

[It is with some regret that make the
admission that | do not write the
editorials for the Sunday Herald, ana
Therefore am not in position 10 accepI
Mr.. Gully's proposition However
give his communication publicity. mop
ing it will attract the attention OF some
one inclined to start new daily in Los
Angeles. Sunday Editor.
To the Editor of the Sunday Herald: =
You are in a position where you can do
me great deal OF good, and if you Will
join me in a little scheme have on mana
am willing to divide with you and we
will both become Independently rich.
am the president and only stockholder in
the Great Southwestern Guano company
which is incorporated at 500, 900, 600, and
of which over $50 has been paid in,
though there is nothing but stock in the
treasury just now. The assets of the
company consist of the treasury Stock
two sail boats. and 999 year lease OF
small island ten miles southeast OF Cata
lima island. One boat is very small and
not worth much, as it is too expensive to
1un her. 1t requires one man to row and
TWO to bail her out. The other
got by trading COW for it. The
COW cost 500 during the boom,
but last winter when feed was
high was offered SIS cash or sail boat.
l took the boar. as could turn that into
the Great Southwestern Guano company
at an advance of $40. and that's making
money fast enough these hard times. Out
of the island is where we will make our
money. To do this it will be necessary
for YOU to come out with ringing
editorial in The Sunday Herald in favor
of the free coinage of silver at sixteen to
<l,:r vui1 ch IA
you later, but to business now. Just as
soon as you do this l will give you
$50. 900, 600 of the treasury stock. which
will make you rich man. Won't that
be better than digging along on your lit
tie old ten per =?
The island of which l speak is only q
few acres in area and hasn't enough
vegetation on it to support goat. but it
is, nevertheless. q wonderfully rich
island. On one end is small deposit of
guano. in the center there is lead mine
and at the north end vein three feet
wide of pure copper. When secured
lease of the island, thought | could get
posits, but there is at present only
small! vessel load Of guano there. and as
the improvements at Santa Monica have
attracted the seagulls away there is no
likelihood of that deposit being increased.
The lead vein is very thin and the same
of the copper vein. l spent a good deal
of time and hard work before found out
the exact extent of the deposits. Now
that have got my time and money into
It have got to get out whole. some how.
and feel that the government ought to
help me.
Now, it happens that my wfe's people
live in Newark, n. j.. and her brother
worked in the Edison General Electric
Company's factory, and is therefore some
thing of an electrician. He was out here
this winter and l took him over to the
island one day for a sort OF pleasure trip.
He had been fooling with little steam.
engine and electric motor the morning
we went. and not wishing to leave them
where the children could get at them,
boat. U mention this to show you VIII at
little incidents sometimes affect great
nations.) That afternoon it began to blow
so hard that | was afraid to return home.
For amusement my wife's brother
brought the engine and electric motor to
the camp and began some experiments;
1t occurred to us to try and treat the lead
and copper ores by electricity. We tried
each separately, but the electricity had
no effect. Then we tried equal parts OF
copper and lead. We melted the two to-
gether and just as my wfe's brother
turned on ths electric current. lump OF
guano by accident fell into the pot con
Would you believe it. the result was a
composition which the most Knowing
goId-bug would seize upon as his favorite
metal. No man can tell it from pure
gold.
Now what we have to do is to get law
passed making this metal. when coined.
legal tender. The way to do it is to get
the free silver bill passed. After this has
been in force few months the people OF
the United States will by that time have
seen that stamp and law is all that is re-
ouired to make so cents worth of silver
into 81, and they will then be ready for
our scheme. have figured out that il
takes just cents worth of copper. lead
and guano to make a gold dollar. l call
the copper lead.guano dollar compo
!! money. Now. if the stamp of the United
States mint. backed up by the law, makes
80 cents worth OF silver into dollar.
why won't the same stamp and law make
cents worth of compo worth Sl?
| figure that after the people have had q
few months of free silver they will want
a new metal. and that's the. time to
| spring compo money on them. 1t will be
! the greatest money the world has evei
seen. Just think OF the component parts
of compo money. The guano makes II
rich. lead gives it weight and copper,
treated by electricity, gives tone and
color,