The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

the quartz into u small porcelain vessel and MP
did not affect them In the least. Then no took
hydro-chloric acid and adding IL TO the nitric
acid made aqua resia. This alone win affect
under the influence OF the acid, and, to quote
S S5Sayni,S' vessel llS k wSs the be" first Wh gold pc sv Ssa or re teG
quoting from Granville, for he has a picturesque
Almost dazod with the result Of this expert
mcnt," said Granville to the reporter, (which
hitting toll and researches, he sat for n moment
and y half in a stunned condition, but recover
sSsS nS at Hu 0GSs R p a @oftar TO a SG'q pIuS up th + in 1q the
crucible he reduced it by .fluxes TO q fluid state
and 'corincd and cupelled the resulting button;
To his intense satisfaction n considerable bead or
the precious metals appeared as a residuum in,thc
cnpell, on parting which in The usual method by
the bottom of tho vessel in a black gold procipi:
tate, and the silver thrown off in the shape OF
by FIRE, he obtained a pure gold bead, and reduc:
ing the chloride. he also obtained, a quantity of
silySr; Tso q fFSS% sse secret R6r wH' saco 6n' F sir fs SnS
Newton, Lavoisior. Dumas, and Sir Humphrey
Dayy was his at last. The ancient alchemists
The story OF how Granville became acquainted
with Bricc and his discovery is told in an equally
5%iSfe 10 hImo meH day in cSica er;o% and said that he
could put him In the way of writing q very, re:
u" m"f Brise n at Forpiet SV" Street and Wentworth
avenue, where Bricc had u small manufacturing
II found Brice in his ovcralls," said Gran.
lie room. Eyorythins Indicated poverty, but, as
ton from the Importance Of his work, In the
rear. however, was a splendid plant, with every.
process. / asked Bricc what was the business In
which he vas engaged and ne said.
ture Of preclons metals. While YOU arc digest.
ing that remarkable fact I'll go out to attend
to something in the other room
eel tana a 4 II ~ nnl Al IL mn Nrh Ind hRnn n
police reporter I was somewhat familiar with
human nature, and knew he was not lying;
him. and he said | was the first man who had
accepted his statement about his wonderful
business as true
Brice did not want to let his secret get into the
hands of other, pcorlc, but he needed capital
and formed a limited partnership with, Gran;
vile, Cooke, and nine other men. Cooke had
Brlce commenced to make gold and silver on a
ISnessff into t Hasi Mater n%T s SndRsii 1855 81 500 TO "a si naH
lar sum furnished by the discoverer to construct
the plant in Washington. According 10 Gran
vile, this plant was burned down by one OF tho
employees who had tried to discover the secret
and had failed. In Deecmbcr, 1899, with tho
il Rr,ce chi S s This nss i cosk sho wants piant !, p Shspe
Office commission to conduct experiments. Tho
National Smelling Company of South Chicago.
smelling pig lead there, and he produced as evil
denoe a certificate on the paper OF ne "Dore
pany. which showed, that with 45s pounds of
material, there had been obtained no 89-1oo
ounces Of silver and 9 24.Ioo ounces Of gold:
the men associated with him have implicit con-
gold and Silver can actually be created BY tho
process. Some of them are men known to Sec
agent Of the Secretary who inspected the plant.
1t seems to be certain. said this friend in a
| tho reGultiuu bullion for one nf nv friaDda
whose word l have no reason to doubt, and who
seems, to be thoroughly convinced that Mr..
me that he has seen proof of it. This same friend
has put the whole matter into the hands of sew.
seems determined to get to the very bottom OF
the matter II a lynxeyed surveillance will ac-
kind enough to ask me to make, a thorough in
vestigation of the matter, l will say that these
men have gotten something that IS invaluable
or they are rank frauds" and he adds that he
does not think that one Of the men. q friend of
his. could be easily deceived. Secretary Gage
sent a brief but interesting reply to this com,
munication.
III it should turn out to be Gospel truth, a
revolution in finance awaits the country said
Mr.. Gage. The Secretary was OF the opinion.
R MSSspiIs shns WHERE @ to ssot ss from : m,sE Eis i In the
and since the report Of the Government commits.
sion he has come TO the conclusion that there is
nothing valuable in the alleged discovery.
Brice talks like a man who is terribly in earn.
est and is convinced that he has solved the al
I'LL btCECL- lie lhlll no nd5 al
array OF documents that perhaps accounts for
the faith which those associated, with him put in
Robert w. Hunt Of Chicago. an sssayer, to Sec.
rotary Gage. The letter Is on file in the Treas
ury Department. This is what Mr.. Hunt wrote
and Austyn Granville OF this city We beg tc
state to you that, acting as a commission from
ff 6rma,s we gi Rsge ms made sd "a q np Briss. Of Sr ' SbicS of b 2
Naturally We approached the proposition with
making mistakes. The writer procured the sub
stances treated from Messrs. Richards s. Co.
iishmenti Of high high reputation. They fur 81
them as being chemically pure Before using
fah@ to SG in sdI as9 t 1aS% Of IN either 4@G i sosd of sllS Sef
Following Mr.. Brice's formula. we obtained
both metals. In the test Just completed the re
suits were: Gold, 50. TO-; silver, $l.04 per ton
The Investigations were conducted under tn,
personal supervision. participation, and con
slant presence of the writer and absence OF AM
Mr.. Brice. in giving us the formula, stated /
to dem aoSstaa that gold iT and siYSef could "i b
produced from materials in which they did no
waist was ab Snd Il t sf. s on hi sSmS Prtin tn 19Ss he (s s5os,
and can 80 demonstrate"
Another analysis was made by DR.. Charles II
Philip Dressbach, an analytical chemist. TIL,
assay. according to the statement submitted
I was as follows: Per ton OF 1000 pounds: Gold
AIS ounces, at S20,67, $Se 90; silver. 26,37i.'
ounces, NJ o. cents, Sl5, Il1.tb.
Just what the discovery consists in Brice tell
very frankly. Here IL a formula that no give
by which his process can be tested in almost an.
laboratory fitted with an ordinary muflle fur
mace with a blast:
Into n crucihlc. graphite preferred, place n
the bottom IA layer of carbon; upon this IL laye
, OF sulphur; upon this a layer of iron-prcfcrabl
sheet iron-anG upon this a layer of anthony
preferably Cookson's commercial antimony-th
several layers preferably filling the crucibls
which is then closed as tightly. rs possible witt
a cover and carefully luted with fire clay an,
wired down. Tho crucible thus filled is place,
in a furnace and subjected TO a direct heat
, preferably n white heat, 80 that the crucibl
shall he heated TO a white heat and tho content
thoroughly heated and the metals and 'sulphu
fused together.
1.-THE exact amount of each ingredient place.
In the crucible is not at oil essential. as the IA
tlos may vary, but it has been found in practic
that the following formula gives beneficial r.
suits and produces the desired result:
rnrst layer Oh carooh' part
Second layer OF carbon. .................. l part
Layer VI iron ''''' Z part
Layer Oh ahtimony part
This double sulphidc of anthony and irol
may be treated in any way well known to meta.
lurgist5 for obtaining gold and silver. prefe