The Monte Vista journal., 1897-11-27
GOLDFROM ANTIMONY
FACTORY STARTED AT CHICAGO
e Q. Bsses nays That 800 Will Prodses
Gold aaA silver Worth os.6s0-Has Al
ready 1eaA Bullion.

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| ready ssaA Builion.
Denver. Nov. 23.-The Republican
this morning prints the following from
Chicago relative to new gold-produc-
Ing scheme:
As easily, he says, and as calmly as
baker fashions loaves Of bread, Il.
G. Brice, 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
material he works on IL antimony ore,
which IL fifty per cent. antimony, the
other fifty per cent being Iron, sulphur
carbon and all sorts II minerals and i'm.
, pnriiies. After the process the silver
is separated by bath Of nitric acid.
and the gold is ready for the mint. For
fear somebody might cover the anti
mony deposits the company hns bought
q mountain of II in Utah. Mr.. BrIce
says that 1t costs the company, laid
down In the factory. 800 u ton and
tina, from each ton OF antimony ore he
makes Just $2.GsO In gold.
The amour, Of gold he can make In
a day depends on the number OF FUR
nnces he runs. and as he has four lie
estimates his ou'pu; at $4,000 worth
OF gold day.
, Yesterday these processes We're only
begun. \ good lot OF antimony dust
wns nanufuc;ured and n few bricks
were pressed, but 1t will be next Friday
before the doors of the volcanic fur
naces are opened and gold bricks are
taken out.
| Mr.. Brice said his discovery was not
to be confOundcd with the alleged dis
covery OF DIR. Emmons. Dr. Emmons'
scheme WINS to make gold out OF silver
by pressure. Mr.. Brice said he never
offered his discovery to the govern
mcn'. 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 We're granted.
Brice Ii native of Dayton, Ohio, and
has long studied chemistry. He came
TO Chicago four years ago. and now
lives ut 304O Calumet avenue. All his
life Br.ce, who is It'll IN The thrties. has
been decided In his opinion that gold IL
NOT an element. but IL the result of
chemical action. Upon this theory he
has lnlOrei for years, and has, 80 he
Insists. nt last solved the process by
which the yellow metal is formed In
nature. Il am not an nlchemist nor
believer In alchemy" he says, "but
! have found how 10 manufacture gold
probably aud practically"
year ago. with money he possessed.
the alleged discoverer Of the process
sought FOR ages erected n small plant
| ni i02s Wentworth avenue. and started
the illinois Chemical Association
Friends who We're confident OF his sue
nss- IA la
the manufacture Of gold. SO he claims.
was begun and carried TO n successful
Issue. Some ii5 ounces OF the base
bullion which he claims to I've able to
make were sold by Bricc To the Nation
nj Smelling and Refining Company. n
concern whose offices are in the West
ern Union building. and the bullion
was renned by them. Officials Of the
company bear ont this statement, but
say that they. of course. ARE ignorant
OF how the bullion was made or secured
by Brice. Finding the Wentworth
avenue too small and no; adapted TO
! his use. Bricc organized the National
Mctnllurgical Company. receiving pa
! pers Of Incorporation on July 18th.
Who the other incorporntors nre or
with whom he In associated In his en-
tcrprisc he will not tell
The plant NJ Lowe avenue and
Thirty-ninth street was designed ns
soon as the company was organized,
and work started Al once. SOme $1,000
worth Of stock In the new concern was
sold nj par. 500. TO pay for the work.
All the capital stOck, amounting To xIj.-
0n0. has hecn paid for. 80 President
Brlce claims. and none 10 foT aale At
amy price. In the office OF the factory
is sign announcing That NIL persons
nrc prohibited from offering stock GER
tificatcs for sale ON the premises.
Briefly described. the process ms rep.
Resented by the Inventor is as follows:
Pure nntimony ts pincsd IN furnace
and subjected to destructive dl.iiiin.
tion. The fumes arising from this pro-
cess arr driven by means Of mir blasts
from fans into = shnft six fis.t In Ill.
nmctcr and i05 fee; long. Al the end
of this shaft the fumes nre run Into
! wool bags. to the sides Of which the
antimopy collects In the form Of "a gray
colored sand. the fumes arising from
the coal being allowed To escape
through the nieshe~ Of the cloth. This
sRnd Is mixed with water to the con.
sisiency of modrler's clay aud cut Into
small blccks. which are placed In n fur.
nnce and subjected TO n heat approx.
mating 500 degrees. This is to secure
~ nearly ms possible volcanic action.
Oxygen. ~ Mr.. Rvicc explains. In the
medium of charge. For forty-eighi
hours the blocks mr. allowed to rcmni IL,
In the furnace. which iH patented and
which Hrice claims II the secret Of his
sucrc~s. innsmuch NJ hc has la Il de-.
visesi n means 0f securing great heat In
large amounts.
An ore cruslter of the dry l,au kind
then rrinds tls~ blocks into gritty
sand and this In put In another furnncs.
nnd covered with Two tori Of lead
to on. of the snud. which lsricc calls
his artificial orr. As It's specific grnvi.
~ is greater than that N the ~o-cnlic,i
orr, the lead Is prrIpiin'ed fo the bot.
tom of III. furnace. The Intense heat
causes the lead Ia form ''icthnrgs. +"
which ncis M q cntsiic ON the orr and
ents NJ nearly all It's constituent Gle.
nicnis except the gold nnd silver al.
legged 10 h. thus produced. The lend.
ns mixed with the gold nnd silver. !.
tnsc bullion.
To refine the tNnc bullion Il is nodded
Int" small pigs, which are placed In
iS'1"ash cups. Thirty ~ the cups nrc
put In n furnace and fused. Forty
minutes IL all the time necessary to
cnu.r III. nsh.l,osw 10 absorb Nit tisc I'm.
pur1lir. IN the bnliion. leaving q mix.
turr 81 pur. guld md silver.
From l'p ofnCvs II the mixture thus
acquired IL obtained twcnty--ix ounces
Of silver aud The two nrr separated by
ANY of III. tss,f1tSh1u In cOtfttt,spff taua