The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
GOLD IN THE OCEANS.
OVER SEVENTY.FIVE BILLION
TONS TOSS IN THE SEAS.
From Half Grain to a Grain of the
Metal in Each Ton of Water.
No Means of Getting to 1t.

No Means of Getting to 1t.
Seventy-five billion tons of gold lie in
the ocean. This is the conclusion of
Professor A. Liversidge, of the Univer-
slty of Sidney, after nearly five years Of
experiment. 1t is not a conjecture or
Wild calculation. 1t is the deliberate an
nouncement of scientist of reputation.
Professor Liversidge, IN asserting that
this stupendOus bulk of gold is contained
In oceanic waters, makes at the same
time the first positive confirmation of the
statement that the oceans bear gold. A
!, copy of his memoir has been received bv
DIR. Henry Wurtz, of this city. The in
dulgent public, in the absence of lucid
explanations, so far hasn't known wheth-
er to smile a. the report of gold being in
the oceans or to receive it with belief.
| DR.. Wurtz was one of those who ex-
pressed an opinion that gold would be
found in sea water. He read a paper on
tie subject before the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science
as far back as 1866. But year after year
has gone the inevitable way, and in this
era of dazzling enter prises no oceanic
gold extracting company has been formed
yet. Many persons have laughed out
right at the assertion, others have found
it interesting reading for dull moment,
and still others have ascribed to it's orig
inator's wonderfully strong imaginative
powers. Science hasn't at any time con-
sidered it seriously.
Now, however, appears Professor Liv-
ersidge, who says it is true.
Moreover, the professor has ascertain
ed to nicely how these seventy five bill
lion tons of gold are distributed in the
waters throughout the globe. Month
after month he confined himself in his
laboratory, and there, with his delicate
instruments and faithful chemicals, ht
Wrung the story from the silent seas.
He obtained specimens of sea waite
from various spots. Friendly ship cap
tains brought him jars from near an,
far. After his protracted labors, an,
when at last he has satisfied himsel
that he made no errors, he unbosome
the results in his memoir.
Furthermore the oceans are rich i
silver as well as gold. Professor Liver
sidge says that all tie sea waters hav
some silver, usually from one to tw
grains a ton. But as be considered tn
process lacking in the necessary precisicl
for the exact determination of silver il
such minute quantities as it exists il
sea water the professor omitted all cal
culations of silver from bis memoir.
There need be no fear that the seven
ty-tive billion tons of gold will be thrus
upon an amazed world to derange fnan
cial systems and make the metal glut
AT present, at any rate, apprehension
2 can be dismissed. There is no knows
method of proftably coercing the golt
from its floating habitation. To all APP
pearances it will lie in Its restless securit
a long while before mans Ingenuity viii
| have devised cunning way to wrench i
without loss from the deep for his par
poses. Only scientists, with their cost
chemicals, can now do that, and the golt
, thus obtained is secured dearly.-Nes
York Herald.