The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
BRICE'S GOLD PROCESS.
HE STILL 1871 THAT HE CAN
MAKE THE PRECIOUS METALS.

Another Test or Hia Formula Asked-One or
Hts Associates n Recent Popuiist Candidate
for Governor or virEinia-The Process and
How Rrice discovered rt-Beiievers In IT.
WARRINGTON, June 5.-Thc group OF Chicago
mca who claim TO possess q secret process for
manufacturing gold and silver on n commercial
basis out Of base metals do not propose TO let
their efforts to secure Government protection
cease with tho adverse report made by tho com.
mission OF Government assayers. THE SUN told
on May 25 how the trnnsmutation formula was
brought to the attention of the Treasury Depart
mcnt. Secretary Gage had heard from fricndo
in Chicago OF tho claims made by the persons in
the combination and he asked a Chicago man to
write to him about the formula and the repre-
sensations OF those interested In 1t. Mr.. Cages
Chicago friend visited tho plant established In
Chicago to demonstrate tho practicability Of the
formula. but learned nothing very definite.
After seeing how the thing worked, he was UNI
ablo to say whether the process was Of any value,
but nc made a report which rather favored the
idea that there was something in 1t.
The Chicago syndicate, which consists Of a
dozen mon, made application to the Patent Of
fee about q year ago for q patent on its formula
and secret process, and after denying II twice
the Commissioner Of Patents referred the mat
ter to the Secretary OF the Treasury, with a re-
quest that no make n test Of the claims advanced
in the laboratory OF the Mint Bureau, which is
fitted with all modern appliances and lie alto
gcthcr better for conducting experiments than
the smaller laboratory at the Patent Office. The
report OF tho commission that made the tests was
handed to the Director OF the Mint on May %
and last Monday was given to Secretary Gage,
who forwarded 1t without comment to tho Com.
missioner Of Patents. Commissioner Butterworth
has not made up his mind as 10 what he will do
about tho application, and he is now considering
a request made by tho syndicate to send another
commission to Chicago to conduct tests with the
plant there. The syndicate asks the right to APP
point one Of the three members of this commits
sion. The Commissioner Of Patents is to appoint
the other two. All expenses are TO DO paid by
the syndicate. and it has promised TO give n GER
titled check for any amount Commissioner
B%uttcrworth may think necessary to cover the
cost OF the work and the expenses.
The three leading members of the syndicate
are Edward c. Brico, Austyn Granville, and
Capt. Edward Randolph Cooke. Bricc is the
discoverer OF tho process. while Granville and
Cooke appear to be promoters. Cooke is a Wiz.
ginia planter. who was n candidate against
O'Forrall in the last Gubernatorial contest in
that State. He ran on the Populist ticket. Gran
vile is an EnGlishman. who has been engaged as
a stenographer and as a newspaper man in Chi
cago for a long time. He has two hobbies. Ono
is Brice and the other is Brice's alleged discov-
cry of how to make gold and silver. He can
talk for hours about the process and what it
means for the world. When he talks OF Brice
It is with an enthusiasm that knows no bounds.
This man is the most powerful man in the
world" he said to q SUN reporter. HE holds
the secret that has been hidden for centuries
II all the other things he says about Brice are
true. his eulogistic reference thus expressed con-
tains no exaggeration. Granville claims that
nr;na holds tha chat aha alnbAr;,t, tn-~
been trying to discover for centuries, and that
he has vindicated the old delivers into the black
art. Granville is the ideal promoter. He has
every bit Of information concerning Brice and
the formula at his tongues end. and is always
willing to explain in detail everything about tho
discoverer and the discovery.
Brice does not look or act like a schcmer. He
seems to be an honest, straightforward man,
modest to a degree, and with the air of q student.
He talks quietly. does not use exaggerated
language. and Is altogether as nice q young man
as one would meet in q days travel. His age is
80 years. He does not talk much about himself.
He leaves that to Granville, and Granville GER
tninly fills the bill. According to the enthusiast.
tic promoter, Brice has had a most interesting
career. Granville says he was graduated in
chemistry at Miami University at Oxford, o., and
has been engaged for many years in attempting
to solve the secret for which the alchemists
RnnDhfi In vain HI hos mazda u, nthar Z, ,o-
,;ons ono 80 n,,,oh l. = 80 IT.. c-.a-ni.
told TIE srS rsno-t.- that yyhon pr,oo 800 49,,
n,or.a 4, A. con,toI !. Up,.h;..... -,
Tar. his ,rnohoo, .na a.. LII -.
4, for n, -. - 90 .ao, a. -
;no u.,nuo au -
disoor., ,a aounHnen -. - ~
study a stone brick resulted, and Granville In
.oon ~. - oaI,nn -
tocranyiIIn pr;oo vont - Tho I,a;th Moun,ains
a. No." .~nSsousSn HHH,SNIa "s
Ill thara 90 ~. a. Ia - ~ ~
.orIs - So. 49, go 80 uI ~,
couio D created out OF base metals. lie noticed
the presence Of certain carbonates in ore. and
after making further investigation came to the
.ono,r.,on, 10 -
eoheiueion tnath nature used petroleum IN making
her carbonates. With this bit of information as
a basis he started on a persistent search 70,
other tbines that would beln him .dvano. ~
Juliet 'hihss that "oulo heip MIN ADVANCE 10
ward a method OF transmutation and creation
He went to the Black Hills and tramped from
comn 70 60 .oSari,. o. 49, -. 80
camp u camp asSayihs ior inc miners anc
taking their choicest specimens Of ore as pay
In the course of his wandcrings he obtained ar