The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

NEW YORK, Dec zs.--"Faraday was =
Luther. He dagss 10 say that transni'i-
fa4sofl Of the metals was tas naxt Sks@s
prgss8er tor shs chemist 70 solve
So sasG DE-. Stephen II. hxpHssns. sitting
opposite ne al his desx Ia an osfse@ Sa
TIRE seventh Hoog as n bag v1ztaifss oNrs
locking Bowling Green. fsel0ss ID bEt&3-
way the cable ears wefls. changing csazsssS-
Is atynx 4crnss IRE way doomed koe
Rig red building of the Produce Excaange,
xfgere millionaire merchants gather every
day 70 huy or sell IN the a4sancs ~as ta@
brooklyn aFasge and beyond Il VAST sFe'.
Of warehouse. Millions Oh m3fions or
commercial veafsh were represented with
Il. rang 81 n1y eye. X Or. f.n1usns' hopes
are realized all taat wealth wfB te IT,
significant compared with the fortune al
his command. II his Theories are correct.
we are on TIE verge Of a TeF9iAt&of. So
cEaI. &C mn8e rcsai. financial
No. tasE ago fhs whole hasfnes~ world
~ inc United States was 81 feTTnesft
because England was drawing from as osIr
stock % geld. The results Of this ansa-
ciai crisis xas felt ~ aiaaoet every man.
woman and child In this country GiFect'y
or Indirectly The shifting % the balance
Of trade from one cause or another tarnea
tns strsar of yeiiees metal back towards
cur shores and Immediately signs a. re-
stored confidence appeared. prosperity re-
turned.
II ftr. fsrnn4oGs feFseVereS ~ the woFk re
ss doing al his Ia horafory Oh Staten Island
and Accompanies all that ne claims i pos
sinle there will never be another shortage
of gold IN America DIR. Eulmeps viii
make a supply which viii belitti. by COM
parison the great hoard af the precious
metal whira Russia has been accamnlat-
ing for so mauy years.
Briefly. Dr. Emmens claims 10 be maxi
ing geld from oliver. On The 18Th Of last
he fFfsFs f%s3 AZ
assay office in New York city los ounces
e. aD alloy which. being separated. yield
ed sss gold and 80 silver of the nei value.
after 6edue;ing the refining charge OF
SO S.
On the e2a Of April 10 deposited 9s4
ounces. which yielded s81is gold and .22s
silver of the ne; value Of 5000.
Following These. at intervals of two or
three weeks pr EmnenS has made other
deposits their value ranging from siS y
70 Sa2.is. A few days before my CONVEX
satian with hlm-that S. on the 2igh OF
November she deposited i2.a, ounces. yield
iug AT gold and ssa silver OF a net value
Of stiaB lie said 10 me that he was
turning on; about $50 worth Of metal al,
that time though the production was not
censtant for reasons connected with the
operation Of his machinery.
That Or. Eniuiens turns in gold n the
assay office there is no question ! asked
the director OF the mint at Washington
a few days ago. and he told me that the
assay office had received gold fretI DR.
Enmsns which the doctor claimed he Oh
tanned from Mexican silver dollars. All
Mexican dollars the director Of the mint
told ne contained a small amount of gold
According - the assay office report. how
ever. the gold In the Mexican dollar Is only
"a trace and not OF any importance in
disprosing DR.. Emmens claims ~. one
sssaTis thar the Mexican dollar contains
the amount OF gold that DIR. Einmt ms says
he obtains ftom IL.
Here are the facts which Dr. F,mmens
ciaims pus in the nlanest language: He
saws that he ear pai a Mexican silver dol
lar through secret process which Will
produce an amount Of gold much greater
ia value than the dollar with which the
process hogan. Moreover. he claims that
after paying the cost Of an expensive
treatment 81 the silver ALLOW he can make
large nr0fis on the product.
He claims not only that BE can do these
things but that ne IL doing thsm every
lay, The profits he Is making he says
ara now sfsa q week. There IS no reason
able limitation 20 the amount Of prof, he
ean make except the physical limitations
~ hts machinery and the strength cf the
THREE msu1bers of the syndicate which con-
trols the process Last May pr. Emmens
predicted the: within year he woaii be-
producing ase otsnccs cf gold 4 month
sfP9NfsssNN =
year.
u think that sc, gold from sllV1T ~
nav rracfsS." said nr. Emfnens. "but ! do
pef Insist on that Some ono may think
nat ! simply ret from the sivsr gold
which WAS combined with It II fhat IS
tFee. I sim get goli in commercial guam
u1ee from an alloy In which an aEs4y
shaws M ceid or only trace / am m
tlreiy satisfied long rs I r5t fhe gold.
Far ;uy own part believe that ihe change
which eccurs l. molecular hu' I am willing
. admit that = may n2i ta
nr Fumens took from Ats, ec~k three
lite 81 metal Tho first be s2i}, shawcI
u his pr8cticed eva slight traces 81 gold.
~ the second were heavy etfetks Of yell
t~y Th~ thlr5 0Hs M vrIAw
''rhose three." said pr ErlrGens 'e',ow
2 ulycr ~ 3 Mexican dollar IN thrae $50 -, =
= Inc process. Ia t5h tGtel :. f. Tlrn
e1of@h - % melted down lato m ingoI"
From a ease he produced srme spc y
toFnef II the seA go tEe. iu places il
VS. % aefa r}sy c0log
~ have produced sof0e of brilliant
b9a.e said pr Emmrns "aui I believe
n sine shah eei a cola@d gold which
viii he Horfh Ssa m cupce 20 jewelers.
when asked pr Fmmens z any 81 his
work h8d hesn conducted under the SINGER
vision If soma dlsintcfcsted person Nho
erula testify - the results be syuiie3 ard
Flaeek hts head.
Ne eW@ has seer the ptocesS eNvept MS
partners and myself" he said land FOR
f.ssvjoas reasons d. not want - share
ny secret wita any ere, sSk no ore "a
ia lievs ia nay process So long as era
treasury accepts my gold | am perfectly
satfsHed
''fioes no enc. then know your process e
[ SAX 3.
Not I'll Of n. am the only prrsau
who knows the whole Of Il; Nh partner
= \ SsToug ara ray sou. shArr part al
tlt knowledge v}ta ule."
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