The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-02
MAKES GOLD HIMSELF.
A staten Island sIan Has a Klondyks OF
Hts own.

Ills Own.
NEW YORK, August l.-Gold Is be-
ing manufactured on Staten Island.
The precious metal is being artlaclally
produced, NOT by the old fashioned pro-
cess OF extraction from auriferous ores
but by transmutstlon from the less
precious metal. silver,
Or. Stephen II. Emmens, when he first
made this announcement about a year
ago, was scientifically laughed at for
his palms He was called a Joyful
dreamer aud crank.
Now, DR., Emmens believes that the
laugh Is turned. He Is able to point to
the fact that his artificial" gold has
stood the tests OF the United States as
say office, in Wall street, and the Of
flee has purchased six ingots OF his
product, aggregatlng 1855 ounces In
weight, and nearly $1,000 In value.
DIR. Emmens does not insist that his
product Is gold. lie Is satisfied II II
meets oil the tests for determining the
precious metal. He calls his first prod
uct "argentaurum," (silver-gold), O
name connecting at once It's properties
and origin,
The books OF the United States assay
office contain records OF purchases OF
bullion delivered during 1891 by Newton
W. Emmens, an inventor, amounting to
1884 ounces, valued at 1910, The fine
ness OF the various lots run from ,6Oh
to .Gs5 gold, and from .233 to $40 silver.
"Argentaurum" Is, so DR.. Emmens
claims, made from Mexican silver dol
lars. Cold and impact do the work OF
transmitting the cheaper metal into the
precious standard OF all values Lots
OF cold and plenty OF impact" Dr. EN-
mems says. How are they applied to
his secret?
IL must moi be understood for a mo-
ment that Superintendent Mason Is
willing TO concede that this gold Is pro-
duced from silver by transmutatlon or
any other alchemical process. All he
knows II that Newton W. Emmens
who brought the lngots to the assay
office, says that his father made them
out of Mexican dollars, and that the
tests showed them TO be composed
principally Of gold.
DR.. Emmens Is not annoyed seriously
by skepticlsm. although, as scientist
OF acknowledged high attainment, he
does not ask scientific acknowledge
ment OF his present undertaking, In q
letter written by him to Professor Will
lam Crookes, +. r. s., DR.. Emmens
said:
THE gold-produclng work in our
argentaurum laboratory Is a case OF
sl,nar ~ a., MON saaLtnD II ia mt hatnp
carried on for the sake OF science. or In
proSelyting spirit. No disciples are
desired, and no believers are asked for"
Nevertheless, DR.. Emmens' scientific
achievements are such that a serious
importance must be attached TO his
statements. His reputation must GER
tainly dispel the notion that he has
been deceived by the results OF his own
experiments, as 1t Is alleged was Bryce,
the Chlcngoan.
DR.. Emmens Is member OF the
American Chemical. Society Of the
American Institute OF Mining Engineers
and OF the Society International des
Electriclens.
He Is the inventor OF Emmenslte, the
United States official explosive, adopted
and used in the army and navy. He
has been almost continuously employed
by the war department as an expert,
He is eminent as n scientific writer Gs
well. His work on nickel took n first
prize at the worlds fair. His work on
ordnance is published by the United
States naval institute,
He is also the author OF book on
logic, and of certain erudite consldera-
lions respecting the Newtonian theory
Of gravltatlon.