The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-17

NEW YORK Nov. IA Mlddletown,
Connecticut, correspondent of the Her
aid, writes as follows; Countless mill
Ions In gold viii be taken from the sea
In the near future, II the astounding
statement made by A, h. Ryan, of this
city, to-day, is tue. ComRg from a
more visionary man, such a tale would
excite only laughter, Coming from Mr.,
Ryan, 1t causes wonder here,
His announcement, in brief, is that he
and the Rev. Prescott Il. Jernegan now
possess that long sought secret, the
process of precipltating the gold con-
talned In sea water that operations or
a limited scale are already yielding
500 a day. and that a fortune greater
than all the gold In the world Is now
within their reach. Ryan, who Is q
hard headed business man, says all
skeptlcs Will be convinced OF the truth
OF his words before New Years,
The ocean, he says, has been harness
ed by man and must now go on turn
ing out gold just as long as he and the
the clergyman choose to keep Father
Neptune In the traces, and coin the
yield. They are keeping the old man
OF the tridant at It. Dreams are COM
mon-place In comparison with this.
MR.. J~ERNEGANts HEAVENLY VS.
ION,
1t sounds like a dream, but IT'S no
dream" says Mr.. Ryan, although adj
mlttedly It all began with a heavenly
vision seen By the Rev. Mr.. Jernegan
while he sat In a pari1r car on his way
TO Florida for his health in 1896, He
constructed a rude apparatus 10 test
the matter in accordance with the reVe-
lation, and. finding thar II was success,
full, revealed the tremendous secret tc
Mr.. Ryan, who furnished means tc
make tests on a larger scale, and final
ly 10 establish the plant necessary to
apply the invention 20 gold production
There Is gold in all salt water here
abouts, too, Mr. Ryan says, and his
story finally clears up the question OF
1.-THE mysterious black sloop" which has
been seen so often along The sound re-
Gently, and which, because burglaFieS
were often discovered after It's appear
ance, was thought 60 be n pirate craft
Mr.. Ryan fathers "the black. rakisi
craft and in place of the. pirate In
terest" supplies another quite as invit'
ing. The sloop, he says. was used Ia
testing sound brine for gpld-and sue
cessfully, too.
Mr.. Ryan told me to-day-he talks
like a mar who has only golden truth
to tell-that fifty men are at present
engaged in fencing In two tide watei
mills In Passamaquoddy Bay. Maine
where twenty self-acting machines are
now at work and Yield 500 worth o.
gold every twenty-four hours.
The only requisite 20 this heaping w
of gold, Mr.. Ryan says. Is the establish
ing Of additional mills, which, he says
can and will be done at small cost it
comparison with the tremendous re
turns.
100000 900 A MILE.
The average yield, Mr.. Ryan says, Is
from one-half a grain to a grain 81
gold from every ton OF sea water, ani
from one to two grains of silver from
every ton. Each grain of gold is worth
forty-three cents, which means, he says
that in n cubic mile OF brine there Is
about $780, O0, 900 in gold-aud sal
water, he adds, Is cheaper than dirt.
But salt water Is salt water only Il
those who do not POSSESS the secret
which the preacher shared with his for
mer deacon, and they will guard It wei
by force II necessary-says the Mid
dIetown man who now smillngly an
noinces that the process they contro
will permit them TO revolutlonize al
sorts OF conditions now existing
Already, he says, a company, organ
lied with a capital Of ten millions, hal
spent $4,000 In perfecting the crude In.
vention of the preacher, and the golt
already won from the sea along the
Maine coast proves that, once extensv'
onerat,ons are begun, the profits viii
be more enormous than those from any
enterprise conceived by man.
The name Of the company, which Mr.
RYAN announces, suggests that electric.
1ly PLAYS some part IN the heaven borr
wealth producing process which he ant
the Rev. Mr.. Jernegan are guarding
but beyond that and a statement tina
the gold clings to the sides and floors o
the tide mills as the tide Gibbs and flows
9he man who Is about to wrench Faith
or N%eptune's hoard from him will no
discuss the details Of his scheme.
That's our secret he says wher
pressed closely on points touching tn,
discovery; or. as the clergyman says
the revelation.
The Rev. Mr.. Jernegan. who enJoyet
a good reputation here as an evanEe,
iIst and n preacher Of the doctrine o
holiness, used to think as most men d,
yet, that the sea would not give up IL
gold until It gave up Its dead, but nov
he ls one Of the front rankers in an en-
terprise based upon the proposition
that he and those with whom he share.
his secret can make m%lliionaires Mt will
as q king makes knights.
GOLD TIDE MILLS GUARDED.
To deal with a few known facts /;
the case, / may say that Mr., Ryan vii
start for Maine tomorrow and tina
Mr.. Jerneean began his journey TO tn
gold bearing waters OF "Quoddy" n,
later than yesterday The company, !
ia announced, Is Incorporated in Port
land, Me, and has already taken th
precautlon 90 station armed guard
about lie gold tide mills along the dis
tant bay In order to restrain %eHeF9aoh
ing fishermen, whose greed and curl