Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

Bankers Association. / broadway. New
York" 1t follows.
New York. Jan. cs. 1895.
Dear Sir: / am In receipt If your
favor of the 10Th inst. and very much
appreciate what you are pleased to say
Of my work.
II enclose herewith a copy OF a
pamphlet, Arcana Naturae. which will
give you good deal of information
about my argentaurum gold. / have
now produced T3s ounces. all OF which,
with the exception of one ingot, sold
TO English buyers. has been purchased
by the u. $. government. my total re-
ceipts being nearly 10000. In the near
future my production will be largely
increased.
u enclose specimen OF the gold,
and am,
Yours faithfully.
"STEPHEN II. EMMENS."
FROM THE MINT DIRECTOR.
Professor Mackenzie Is also In re-
celpt Of n letter from the director Of
the mint, as follows:
Washington. ID. c.. Jan. 20. 1905.
"sir-In reply TO your letter of the
2Oth inst. your are respectfully In
formed that Professor Emmdns has
made at the assay office, New York,
several deposits of gold that he claims
TO have manufactured from silver. This
IS all the information the department
has upon the subject. as none of the
particulars of his alleged process are
known.
Respectfully yours,
LIZ 'R. II. PRESTON.
Director OF the Mint"
Since the first announcement of this
discovery, Professor Mackenzie has
taken a great interest in the matter
and has kept posted on the facts in the
case. In answer to question as to
Professor Emmenss standing as a SCI
enlist, he said in part:
A WELL KNOWN CHEMIST.
stephen II. Emmens is n well known
chemist OF New York. member of the
American Chemical society, II member
Of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers and member of the So
ciete international des Electricians of
Paris. He has been connected with
official commissions under the govern
ment of the United States and is the
inventor of the high explosive known
as Emmenste that has been adopted
by the government for coast defense
He has also invented method OF re-
ducing zlnciferous ores. lie has writ
ten various scientific papers that have
commanded the attention of the world.
In short. he Is n scientist of high repu-
taken seriouslI
Or. Emmens has not been without
Inspiration in his work. Edison and
Tesla have worked along similar lines
and developed ideas useful to Professor
Emmens in his Investigations. He was
more particularly aided by the dis
coveries of Carey Lea OF Philadelphia,
who. II few years ago. succeeded in
producing molecular modification OF
silver to an extent that admitted
of the pure metal becoming soluble In
water. Fine as this subdivision was.
Prof. Emmens announces that he has
carried 1t still further and has COM
pletely broken up the molecules OF
silver. the result being form Of mat
ter hitherto unknown which he calls
combining the Latin
names for silver and gold. Now II an
effort be made to compel the particles
of argentaurum to combine again. the
result Is Il mass of greater specific
gravity than the original silver. This
metal has the appearance and physical
qualities of gold and successfully en-
dures the tests applied by the mints Of
the world
THE FIRST INGoT.
The first ingot of gold from Professor
argentaurum laboratory pro-
duced for commercial purposes was de-
posted Mt the United States assay Office |
7.06 ounces before melting and
7o4 ounces after melting. 1Acontained
65.s per cent gold and 20 per cent silver. |
The value of the gold was $95.7G and the
silver $1.11. The charge for refining
was s1.22 and the net price paid to
Professor Emmens was 1880.
''The process is an extension of what
Is known among PHYSICISTS as An
drews' doctrine of critical temperatures. |
Several eminent chemists have been |
on this same problem for some |
time. AS I stated In the Spokesman
Review of January gard. many of the |
leading chemists of the age have been |
mitted for some time that IL may be- |
come possible to transmute one ele- |
ment of n particular group of Mende- |
leefs Periodic Law Table into another |
element of the same group. i explained |
great law and showed from n study of |
that table that Emmens discovery is
probable.
DOES NOT DOUBT 1T.
"That he actually manufactures gold |
from silver, as stated, / have not any |
doubt. Professor Sir William CroolSes |
Of London has also done 1t to n small |
extent by certain experiments sug-
gested by DIR. Emmens. | understand
also that Professor Dewar of London.
who recently solidified air, hhs also sue
needed in certain experiments along
these lines.
II expect this viii rank as the great
est discovery of modern times. Were
we told that a transformation of iron
into nickel had been effected, the news
would not create much surprise. but
because the metals are silver and gold
the thing assumes extraordinary i'm
portance, though scientifically the one
Is as possible u the other"
Down In Kentucky they have the