The state herald., 1897-11-26
GOLD FROM ANTIMONY
FACTORY STARTED AT CHICAGO
y. G. Brice Says That 800 VIII Produce
Gold and silver Worth a.,0sO--Has Al
ready Sold bullion.

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Chicago relative to n new gold-prOduc-
Ing scheme:
AS easily, he says, and as calmly as
II baker fashions lOaves of bread, H..
G. Brlce, at his factory, Lowe avenue
and Thirty-ninth street, began to-day
the process by which he claims he will
turn out gold bricks. Barring the Sc
crets of the discovery, Mr.. Brice's
methods may be told in few words. The
mnterial he works OH is nntimOny orc,
which Is fifty per cent. antimOny, the
other fifty per cent. being iron. sulphur
carbon and all sorts Of minerals and i'm.
puri,ies. After the process the silver
Is separated by bath of nitric acid.
and the gold il ready for the mint. For
fear somebody might cover the anti.
mony deposits the company has bought
a mountain of II in Utah. Mr.. Brice
| snys that II costs the company, laid
| down In the factory, 500 n ton and
TINT from each ton of antimony ore he
makes just $2,6S0 In gold.
The amount of gold he can make in
| II day depends on the number of fur
nnces lie runs, and as he has four he
estimates his output at $4,000 worth
of gold II day.
Yesterday these processes were only
begun. A good lot of nntimony dust
| was manufactured and few bricks
were pressed, but 1t will he next Friday
bo&ore>t- doors OF. the volcanic fur
naces are opened and gold bricks are
taken out.
Mr.. Brlcc said his discovery was not
| to he cOnfOundcd with the alleged dis
covcry OF DR.. Emmons. Dr. Emmons'
| scheme was to make gold out of silver
by pressure. Mr.. Bricc said he never
offered his discovery to the govern
mcnt. but that he had experienced
trouble with the government in getting
his patents. and In consequence of the
experiments which the government,
made before the patents Were granted.
Brice Is native of Dayton, Ohio, and
has long studied chemistry. lie came
to Chicago -four years ago. and now
lives at 30iO Calumet avenue. All his
l,fe Br'ca. who Is still in the thlriies. has
been decided in his opinion that gold is
not an element, hut is the result of
chemical action. Upon this theory he
has laborcd for years. and has, so he
insists. M last solved the process by
which the yellow metal Is formed in
nature. Il am not an alchcmist nor
believer In alchemy" he says, but
l have found how To manufacture gold
profiiably and practically"
\ year ago, with money he possessed.
the alleged dlscoverer of The process
sought for ages erected Il small plant
nj HOPS Wentworth avenue. ami started
the "lllinois Chemical Association"
Friends who We're confident Of his Sue
cess stood by him. and In a small way
the manufacture of gold, so he claims.
hnn Il IL
issue. Some J,i5 ounces of the base
bullion which he claims to he able to
make We're sold by Brice to the Nation
al Smelling and Refining Company. n
concern whose offices are in the West
crn Union building. and the bullion
was refined by them. officials of the
company bear out this statement. hut
say that they. of course. are ignorant
Of how the bullion was made or secured
by Bricc. Finding the Wentworth
avenue too small and not adapted to
his use. Brice organized the National
Mctallurgical Company. receiving pa-
pcrs of incorporation on July 11tb.
Who the other incorporates are or
with whom he IL associated In his en-
terprise he Will not tell.
The plant at Lowe avenue and
Th'rty-ninth street was designed as
soon as the company was organized,
md work started n, once. Some $1,000
worth of stock In the new concern was
sold nt pnr. S1W. to pay for the work.
All the capital stock. amounting to S75.-
900, has been paid for. No President
Bricc claims. and none Is for sale ai
any price. In the office of the factory
IN II sign announcing that all persons
are prohibited from Offering stock GER
tiiicatcs for sale on the premises.
Briefly described. the process ms rep
resented by the inventor Is as follows:
Pure nniimony Is placed In n furnace
and subjected to destructive dlstilla.
tion. The fumes arising from this pro-
cess are driven by means OF air blasts
from fans into n shaft six feet In di-
ameter and l05 fee long. Al the end
OF this shaft the fumes ARE run into
wool bags. 10 the sides Of which the
anilmon. collects In the form Of u gray
colored sand. the fumes arising from
The coal being allowed TO escape
through the mcshcs Of the cloth. This
sand ls mixed with water To the con.
sistcncy of mo,ieicr's clay and cut into
small blocks, which are placed In fur.
nace and subjected To n heat approx.
mniing 5000 degrees. This Is To secure
ns nearly ms possible volcanic action.
Oxygen. So Mr.. Bricc explains. Is the
medium Of Charge. For forty-eighi
hours the blocks ARE allowed to remain
In the furnace. which Is patented and
which Brice claims Is the secret Of his
success. lnnsmuch ms lie has In II lie.
vlsed means of securing great heat In
large amounts.
An ore crushcr Of the dry pnn kind
then grinds the blocks Into n gritty
sand and this ls pui In another furnace
and covered with Two portions Of lead
Ia one Of the sand. which Bricc calls
his artificial ore. As It's specific crawl
~ Is greater than that Of the so-cnllcd
ore. the lead II prccip,tatcd 10 the bot
ton, Of the furnace. The Intense heat
causes the lead To form "lctlnrgc."
which acts ns n cnustlc on the ore aud
eats mp nearly all its constituent elc.
mcnis except the gold and silver al.
legged To he thus produced. The lead,
ns mixed with the gold and silver. IL
base bullion.
This ends the process which Bricc
claims the honor of inyrnting
TO refine the base bullion II Is nodded
Into small pigs. which nrc placed IN
bonc.nsh cups. Thirty Of the cups are
put In n furnace and fused. Forty
minutes n NIL the time necessary 10
cnusc the nsh.bone Ia absorb all the I'm.
purities IN the bullion. leaving u mix.
inrc OF pure gold and silver.
From 100 ounces ~ the mixture thus
acquired IL obtained tweniy.sIx ounces
of silver ANA the Two ARE separated by
nny OF the methods In common use.