Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-25
S WEATING GOLD COIN
The Process of Stealing the Yellow Metal
With Acid.
One Way 10 Accumulate wealth III--
gaiiy That j. Practivcd ENtru-
siNriN i'm the West


From fHa London Globe
SVe4t.uE coin is merely r.f1,irE Dr. II A
r--rf.p ~ f-s r....r. ,,.t,.,- y.,t..... DO. ...
"'.-i-'+ @>-' rug .-9 as.I.,t- .s..'- N.'.s.'e.-
ly gold coins alone would appeal Ju iHn
sp,alsr. for silver would hardly us, f.r
fine rr,rrtr. J- ...,,.-s.. ,,.,... ...-
,,,.,,,..,. t ..,,.,.r...., -.........
"''''H u ''''I'''' ." S"''''tit ''t7 "'N ITO l'
root. Also iN countries tAe England. whore
the largest gold coin is a sovereign. tbs
=. 81 a. ..-..
- az ''' "'7..l" i'''''" '- 'Ni''-''.- t.'.'.
com sweating has assumed Oh" largest proc
portions. In The eastern states paper cur
rougy is universally circulated, l4t vszf uf
tb, great Rocky mountains rho p.r. San
L., 49,. -, 20 a.. - s .., Pm,
t'.''' ''e 'i' .li" '-' so '''' "l' NT' .'
most exclusively.
zen or hIteel years aE' we government
In"h" II necessary 40 PASS H-''@"i' -
AGAINST com eN'l'ti's' 'N' even lA'A IN.
lil''ii' ~ 'i'Jl'0.i,s "' az '7'.-H ''- '.l
mercy passing SH. 70 u '.'il S.''.' person.
beng almost certainly quite innocent .ip-
F'''ti IT. ~ ei0i'l rs 10 SUN .' .t-' '.'.'
lEe Ia" was hLau' Only 10 hli'' 'i'' ~ ,.''
! lilaih '"'''l'' o. 'He YIN" i"l j..
,oh-g'i J',t'e on l,'S i'''7 h'. IA ,.,
t'l'i l,''9 "dN ma VIC $500 ~ %,
So" i-tr GUM ~ .'','.H 'Nt'''L
LOTS K" no nay ~ N''A-''o ''' UNA "a ''' '
inc RACINE Sl'Pt- $500
me process OF I"u"l'N q -. "a :. 20 A.
merely immersed or SuSi't',.'',"' pa -"
regis a MIXTURE 1I nun. anu u. ~ ~,
d''"H' " ny" d" ia. n ~ " " ~ IN.
mthlph'al"I Keeps l'ie Pi,'S ia ''. s 49,
ghiE a SNORT ltLiIs. i.' ~" 4 ia =,
nee l"r 'ut IltA,uit 90 - - - t,1i.,,.
>"'uIl'H az iirl II 81" - - e., -, .I,h,
i,, - - ~, vssy1c5 in vatsr ana poIfshrd
! ''iil - 49, 49, -. a. -,.-sa.,,.
WIZ Nnt.i,N' r5l ,frI,,,-G witch ~
""4'I uc'tds .h,'t,,,r .,,El,,,, IL. IN
! -, ,.arlstv
~, -,I.sz 90 continued with other coins
| IN n i, a. a. tss+urataB yvf,,r, il will
-, - -. 80 ~ ,p.ta1 Tho coins
80 ax,b,,e..5 for silver or other currency.
q - a,1 evrert r,7Id detect th.. small
| q -. ..,-S ia usi,br md m. SILVER Is
| -, ra-eycf,anged Tor more gold upon
-, -, - = ,,,,F,,--,e his ifttl,, came
! y - -, /. a. Ill. ,,.,,,yegr,- or Tho
,-iIIaG7, IA b,iI lnUn his acid ia complete
! 49,, - -, -, -Si-4,,. =, ,b9 l..t
81 In H. e,,I -, r. ,si, 81 n ,Ies,1ip,
I,,+t,, e -, Ia ,sr,5,,t, o., So a,.o~d
| - -. a., 1,,,,'7,,.t - Ia ,rl ~. ,,,ar.,.,
-; -.
/ Al a. IT, 'SH IN 9p'Lli'i., .-. 1900.
~ 9ail 1850 WY soN =, .'t'l ~ = =
y'itb Sv'lt,-s I'm, - s,t,,tei ,,t,
NJ ~ eCmsS r'o'e7" IA a } S'''SN.' -
| ~. So ~" 10 ,"5.. ,t"" yg'''. "a
| ~, - w io'''' ~ anu no
| - 80. -. 'Sl.i7 ~ ouu an ,,.-S
.',,H iar nai ".S 1'l ms OF ears. 'I'
~ '' $50 90 M ''' ''i i'.s u'''t 50
! w. Va l'''"t'H or. - 20 S,'l'-IA i'I ="
/ - "a - la az ''''l' nun
-. '''5' u a. ii' W. az. 'N'.'u-
! - ss ,-- '-'''',S HL'.i nc zoe.
P5lH an o!''i.''S CIV iiIi7 anu conducted
| NJ 'l's1 'l'l.7 on! ul1 TOOL AlltI many
| t1I.7 NJ On ~. ON In. I'Ll OF govern
n'sHL "' ,l.''t'S ne was iaheh INTO custody.
~ ~ "'.','4u, l,ut ai l''iHt bl'lch fingered
! - IN 100. MS apparatus WAS found
| isHS -.',,LN S''te'Atu ithlha noNah.e
/ nT41ho 1T me 'ianneE. un top q his house.
Al Ile me or his capture q small bottle
| OF Ef'eiI~h nHd was found. and this. upon
| pelLs carefully reduced 20 fumes. yielded
! az d button worth fully two Euiucas. A
! ~" CONS were discovered I'm the mans
| IpSNt'S ana so IN his residence These,
| 70 an appearaucos. were honest coins Of
! me realm. Under the microscope they were
| found 20 be fairly cross ha-ched with tloNy
lines, which had been produced 10y he
process OF ponshinC. 20 remove The traces
"herc he acid had eaten away the metal
Insldious as this acid thieving may ap-
pear, IT might be regarded as crude nv
those who are acquainted with the tricks
that are vain exercised by the heather
| Chinee.' John Chinaman is numerous in
| talHornia- He gets his long hands On many
golden disk, and with great reluctance
does he ever relinquish his grip He haa
| never learned the art Of sweating the
coins with acid. but he accofHplfsheS his
purpose in his charac ieristic aIIy nafiaDt
manner He simply places MANY coins To-
| gether in a buckskin bag and taen pro-