Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-02
GaLOMAKtR'S WORK,
Metal Worth $3.50 Taken
From the Furnaces.
ALL CHICAGO is STIRRED UP.
Number ofInventions Which Have
Attracted Attention.
ALL CHICAGO is STIRRED UP.
Chicago Record. Nov. 25:

Chicago Record. Nov. 25:
Five thousand pounds of dark, blu
ish metal, assaying, according TO tb,
report nf Messrs. Jaxon and Ssyres a
the National Metallurgical company
nfiices, s3,G5O worth Of gold, has beet
taken from the furnaces of the gold
maker at Lowe avenue and 39th stree
and les in the workshop of the big rec
building ready to be converted int
pure yellow metal.
All morning the furna e artificial
reproductions in a rednced way, says
Il. c. Brite, the inventor, of Volcano
aud winch it is claimed generates
within It's fiery core the heat Of 9
Vesuyiu', roared away merrily, their
oxygen.fed flames enwrapping the
fttle oblOng blocks of the gOldmaker':
composition until they glowed with a
,teady white heat, leaving an effect
upon the eJ IS not much unlike that
left from an enforced gazing upon the
dazzling glare Of the sun.
Mr.. Brice, who meets all dubious
questionings as to the quality of his
yellow product with quiet little
smile OF seeming amusement was very
busy. Visitors to the works we not
admitted today. and those who on
previous days have been welcomed
and shown through the big barn ike
structure with 'its long rows of
glowing furnaces and weird vacancy
of raftered loft above, were compelled
TO stand without, shiver in the cold
breeze and cast speculative glances
through the dark, shuttered windows,
whence the occasional glimpse Of tile
frlit faces Of the workman could be
seen.
81 don't know about this here gold
business" said one sandy haired
quizzical.eyed skeptlc, dressed in a
suit of blue overalls and pulling with
a self-satlfied expression at a short
Stenmnd, black.loOking clay pipe.
II didn't get through the factory like
some of the boys, but it don't seem ter
me natural. l remember, too, thet
there's been lots of chicanerl about
this very same work eyer since old
Tubal Cain, instead of sticking to his
iron work, thought he'd experiment
in The gold industry, spilled pot Of
slack oyer three fingers and thumb
and discovered nothing but a brassy
expression on his face. "Then'here a
few years back there was that fellow
who claimed to have discovered a pro-
cess of refining sugar by electricity.
Capitalists were interested and sank
$75, 900 In his scheme. At practical
test which was made before the men
Of money, one of the planks in one of
the yats was discovered to have Il
knot ! it, An immediate howl was
raised by the inventor, who had the
offensive board taken out and a per
feet one substituted. This had a
great effect upon the minds Of the in
yestors. The sugar came pouring
from the machine, which was situa-
ted on the floor above and was being
watched by agents of the investors
and fell into the electric baths of the
vats. The investors wers convinced
voted the money and the inventor
taking IL skipped out. 1t was after.
ward discovered that the wife OF the
inventor had been shoveling refined
sugar into a shute which ran beneath
the flooring and emptied into the ma
chine at IA point between the ceiling
of the first floor and the floor of the
second.
"Then, again." continued the skep
tic, stroking scant growth OF chiI
whisker, "there was ii. ii. HOl mes
He invented machine for tn,
making OF gas. His product was /
most excellent gas. No one coulC
deny IL. But it took the gas com
panies long time TO locate the en-
ormous leakage OF their main an(
when they did they stimulataneousll
discovered Holmes gas-making ma
chine. Then, too, remember fel
low here's short while ago, down IL
Mexico, claimed to haYe discovered /
method OF making gold. He made
his out OF clay aud sold about $4,000
worth Of his product to the bank
there. IL was gold all right, anC
good gold at that, but he made
nothing out OF his process, as 1t tool
about s4l 900 worth OF the yellow
metal TO salt his pay dirt with, the
extra thousand being lost in The
shuttle as his machine went through
It's operations"
Despite the croakings Of this con
mentator, however, the sounds OF the
goldmaking continued In merry straiI
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