Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-05
Sheriff Longfellow OF Washington


Prof. Franklin c. Robinson of tn,
chair OF chemistry at Bowdoin college
is IN Bangor at the house of his brothc,
DIR. Daniel A. Robinson, on Hammond
street Prof. Robnson's position
amongst the chemists Of the country j.
secure. His opinions are met with
profound respect and MANY If his in.
vestigatons have been attended will
splendid results fer the interests o,
science.
Prof Robinson has had some peeu
!iarly interesting experiences in the ex
traction of gold from seawater. No
many years ago an apparatus desgnc,
by him and operating electrically OK
actly in the manner familiar in tn,
process Of nicklepIating, was used upon
seawater in the New Meadows river
not far from Brunswick, and produced
results exactly IKE those wonderful,
secret Accommodations in use al I.ubec
Recently Il representative Of the Lube,
company told the writer that after tn,
seawater had been acted upon by tn,
accumuiators. there was left "a mudd,
substance in which the gold lay.
On Thursday, commercial repre-
sentative asked Prof Robinson:
What effect has your process upor
the seawater?"
The result, was the reply, was ;
muddy substance
There is no doubt that the accumu.
lator used nearly 10 years ago at tn
direction Of Prof. Robinson. was prac.
tically Identical with the machin,
guarded with such ostentatious secrecS
at I-ubcc.
Continuing the interview Prof Rob,
inson said:
The end of the gold-from-the-sea,
water-swindle at Lunec adds another /,
the many Illustrations which history ear
give of the 'Sulltbility' Of mankind i
WAS certainly 4 most ingenious fraud am
one very hard to talk against convincing
~. There was just enough fact upot
which the claims were based to MAKE
them seem plausible
There unquestionahly is gold In tn,
ocean. as there is in most II not al of tn,
common rocks Of New England Gold IL
fact. is one of the most widely distributed
of the clements There isn't a river al
Maine but what contains il in It's sands
and | do not believe a rock OF 10 pound:
weight could be taken at random from 4
stone wall anywhere in the State. il
which "A skiiful assayer could not find !.
trace of gold.
Il have myself made experiments
which show me that such a statement Il
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