The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-18
A OWNING ROD.
A Kansas City Man Invents Gold
Finder.

Finder.
If the claims Of 7. Y Myers of 1901
East Twelfth street are true, Kansas
| City has produced one of the most
! remarkable appliances Of the century.
! The philosophers stone. for which
/ the old alchemists sought SO Vainlv
and so long. has been found. Buried
/ treasures may be traced by Nh My
ers with his wonderful diVining rod if
: he approach to within half mile and
if he does not dsdain TO WELD the
spade the sold nuggets of the SierraS,
the coined doublOOnS of Captain Kidd
or the treasures of the IncaS which
/ escaped the greedy hands of Pizarro.
may be his. Wonderful ornaments,
undiscovered by Balboa or Cortez. may
yet be brought to light, and science as
well as the arts and manufactures en-
riched by Mr. Myers wonderful in
vention
Mr. Myers has invented a simple
looking instrument which he calls a
minOmeter and which, either as il is
charged for gold. silver, copper. zinc
CT lead turns its snake like head IN
the direction Of these metals when
ever II IS brought within the sphere
of their attraction. The small batteries
used in this snake ike instrument
composite pieces Of metal no larger
than d copper cent-are not charged
with electricity or magnetism by any
artificial means Mr.. Myers depends
entirely on the native magnetism in
his body. The magnetism in the earth
circulating through his system. assisted
and reinforced by other diminutive
batteries which he wears in his shoes
and in his hat band. passes into his
body and through the long flexible
wires which he holds in his mouth
and hands (the positive and negative
pOles), While at the end of these wires
oscilates and undulates the tongue
Ike Indicator containing the little tab
let which turns with undertaking
fidelity to the metal for which it has
an affinity. The instrument has been
tested in the presence of a number of
Kansas city experts and has not failed
to do its work. When charged for gold,
even lii the Circumscribed boundaries
of Stuffy room. il turns toward a
gold watch, CaTelesSly laid on the
floor toward specimens OF quartz. con
tanning gold ore. even toward the gold
leaf on the edges Of books, as true as
a needle to the pole This is a species
of attraction entirely new 20 physics.
Every school boy knows the power
and composition of the iron magnet.
which viii not attract gold, silver,
lead or any of the other dead metals.
Mr. Myers claims the minometer viii
attract them, and appears to be able
to demonstrate the fact He has dis
covered an entirely new force. or
rather new application Of a force.
and one upon which the books have
been silent up 10 this time
For a years, said Mr. Myers to
az reporter for the Star. 4 have worked
to produce an instrument which would
indicate the presence of gold and sill
Yer, just as the ordinary magnet does
iron. l am a mining engineer and as
sayer by profession. and the graduate
of two schools of mines. For IS long
years l worked in vain. During these
years ] followed the theory of charg-
ing some metal or composition with
artificial magnetism, thus giving it an
affinity for gold. l tried hundreds of
different combinations of chemicals
and metals ana spent thousands of
dollars and months of weary time. but /
without result. At last | came to the
conclusion that native or natural