The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-24
FOR USE In THE KLONDlKE.
Names aid Locations Of the inventors
Who Haze Patented Implements.
AN X-RAY JEWEL TESTER FOR MINERS.
"Klondike Pellets" an Electric Wheeled
Sled. a Folding Boat. and Folding
snfe-Coat That Is Proof Against
Wind and Bullets.

NAsHfNGTON. ID. c.. Sept. f.-Ihe
nafent office is so busy registering app
pUcauons for articles and implements 10
Sc used I'M The <londike. that the usual
vacations have only been man"S'" D9
uniting ON an extra force %. WORKERS.
During tie month co. july the patents
poured IN. and August has been mo- dlmlh-
uuon ln them. ~ nile % me- OF lneHc are
labelled FOR use in me hlonulh.,
that would be impossible. Tor aiuclts
patented Tor the Whole " ihe Jll'.u
States. their final destination U.s. as cNi-
dent as though a special patent ONCE
were conducted for klondikcrs alone
ono OF the most uselul OF Nle NV
lions that has been conceived, iN an ~
nav Jewel tester which VIII 20" carried
i~fo mo QOi1 Heifs lV miner, tn .rai
their ores. The lingering hopes mat Q
diamond mine nike iae marvellous one ln
South Africa may come 20 hsn,, T1rs
the Inspiration fli this Instrument Whl'l
in the case cf % glit.e"ing ma, Woald
ST once enable Tho assay tI0 tn cEt7sliA
their nnd or even make Do possible Tor
a non-urofcssiondl 40 apply the tests.
This Is the work OF Elihu thomson. OF
swampscott Mass. 20 can Doe "ppli'o 'o
any ore or mineral ind
Nfacnincs for melting Tire Ice and snow
ere plentiful and they are adopting clcc-
fricitN and steam In simple inlhl u" lh'
motors tina, supply the power Tor meltine
the les covering o. the ground II the
1<londike nclds yam A. kept clear of ice
and snow there viii Dee "a wonderful sup
plv of the yellow metal hy spring OF
course this ls impossible. brt where Eui"
A. known to lie. there can Dee something
done towards keeping space open
J. g. Potter. of Indianapolis, is tespoh-
eihlC for am cNCaNduur ana conveying
machine that can hr used in inc -old
fields an the year ronnD. men DID opera
tion ~ breaks the ore end carries ~ aioht
10 where 30 d. Jakon into another part
Of the machinery for further trcei mcnt.
This is one Of the most thh"r1tc ana
expensive Of mining machnea o.,
a current water motor. patented nN
Frederick Hartford. of Pataha CITY.
Washington. viii bee used in experiments
- turn tho natural water low or fne
yukon 10 the melting Of the Ice. This
motor Is for use In a running stream.
Another klondikc invention is ana hy-
dr1i,lie cold scuarltcr which was invented
NV John Barr OF Kansas city. This is
rather am expensive thing. but klondike
mining and improving company VIII en-
deayor 10 put IL in operation early IN
the spring. seeing the money that lies in
this latest hydraulic application
folding boat the invention of Harry
r. Young of New orleans VIII Doe taken
up the Yukon when the river becomes
navlgable Cold IN Alaska comes on sud
denly hut by providing yourself with inc
means OF skating YOU can take the noat
from the water and carry it. The ioioihs
boat consists Of bottom I'm sections con-
nHHNNU
s,itable catches for opening and closing.
Charles n Davis of Chicago. ILL.,. has
invented mining machine of most elab.
crate machinery which served stNeld'
nnrposey I'm obtaining the gold from
the ground I'm both deep and placer. min
inr and in getting a. ready for the opera
tor And another mining machine has
80, faunohfH f.V rhn~fr % ilie9 or
washington d. c. Both OF these inventors
may awake 20 find themst Ives irchlN ga
NOUS when the mining season ia Alaska
BEGINS in earnest AGAIN.
Probably the most novel thing i'm use
IN tho Klondke IS a guide post which rs
10 be shipped IN laree numbers % Daw-
son and other Yukon cities THIS Is ior
marking out the claims These guide
nosts are hinged and can point In diner
ent directions anC can be put 70 ever 50
many good uses their position indicai-
.iso contain nrc-alarm signals and let
tcr.boxes. The original inventor was os-
wald Leuscheur. OF Brooklyn. VINO pat