Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

they applied to him to have an Inyesti-
CATION made.
| saved them all this trouble. The
thing which troubled them most was
the fear that when the great discov-
cry became generally known the value
OF gold would deprecialo They deter
mined W keep the process secret as long
as possible, which would enable them
10 regulate the output OF gold To this
end they appointed a committee TO call
on me at the 81. James hotel. They In
formed me that | had made grave
mistake IN my report on the Tiohenor
process, but they wanted to give me one
more chance 10 change my report before
II was too late. They said they had dem
onstrated the success OF the process by
working q number OF tons Of orc, and
that " would come 10 the Office they
would show me the gold bricks They
also stated that In no instance did they
get less than $500 per ton more than
the IRE assay showed
| went to their Office the next MORN
Ing, where they opened the safe and
showed me stack of gold bricks, rang
Ing In value from $40 to $500 The
weight and fineness was stamped on
each brick, and they were oil nearly
pure gold. | saw at glance that these
bricks had all been made from the
chloride Of gold. l then asked them
how and where they made the gold.
They took me to their laboratory, which
was located In u building on John
street. The outside of che building
looked very much like prison, and II
was only after considerable delay that
we were admitted. there found the
same three ''alchemists' | had met In
Washington,
In the center Of one Of the rooms
found q tank lined with porcelain,
which would hold about a ton of ore.
II was In this tank that the mixing was
done. They would first put the ore In
the tank, and then weigh out the
amount OF chloride OF gold which they
claimed to be necessary for the treat
ment and mix II with the ore. a pipe
was connected with the tank from the
outside OF the building, po arranged as
TO enable them to force the chloride, In
solution, into the ore In this way they
we're able 10 make the ore assay what
ever they wanted II 10 80 above the as
say before treatment,
The ore, aft,r being mixed In this
manner, was s,nt 10 the Babcock Re-
finlng works, where the gold was taken
out and the bricks put on exhibition.
The company offered to turn the lab
oratory over to me In order that ! might
make any test | desired. told them
this was not necessary. | finally SAID 70
the three "achemists" that | would be
there the next morning at 10 o'clock IN
company with two other parties, ana
they would then be required to show up
their process to the satisfaction OF all
concerned, otherwise would have them
all behind the bars before night.
When we arrived the next morning
the place was closed. and that was the
last OF the Tichenor process, The com.
pany lost y20S 900 In the venture, and oil
they had to show for II was their ex-
perience,
Finally viii state as q general prin-
ciple that man who claims to have
discovered process that enables MIN 70
take from ton of gold ore from 500 to
$500 more than the fire assay shows does
not deserve any more consideration or
respect than one who may claim That ne
has discovered q chemical process
whereby he can manufacture potatoes
for cents bushel and put them on
the market In competition with the
farmers A careful fire assay VIII bring
out all gold found In quartz, no matter
In what form the gold may be