Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-03
ORE SHIPMENTS.
PROCESS Is A LEGACY.
Death Of Prof Wynn Leaves Secret
To His business Associates,


The sudden death of Prof c. W..
wynn and the testimonials to his worth
as man by those who were intimately
associated with him will naturally lead
the unscientfc public TO take a more
charitable view not only Of the lndivid-
ual, but of his alleged remarkable dis
covery, There must be good In a
man Of whom all his associates speak
In kindly terms although acceptance Of
his theories may not follow, says the
Denver Post. That he brought forth a
great new discovery whereby the deter
limitations of science will In due course
Of its operation be reyolutlonized, we
steadfastly refuse to believe even In
the face Of the results produced. What
the dying man might have disclosed to
the surgeons who attended him had he
been permitted to live long enough to
complete the unfinished revelation be-
gun before they put their knives 70
work. we cannot conjecture, but that
an important secret struggled for utter
ance may be taken for granted,
The process which has excited almost
universal attention Is now the property,
whatever Its value, OF his associates.
Willard Teller and sydney Williams,
who claim to be completely advised,
and whose faith In It's efficacy remains
undlminlshed What they will do with
II remains to be seen. II would appear.
however from the post mortem state
ments, that Mr., Wynn had been en-
gagged In a series of experiments which
looked to the development Of further
important results connected with the
treatment of copper and other minerals.
AS neither Teller nor Williams assert
any claim to the possession Of scientific
knowledge, il would seem to follow that
o chemist OF the schools must be em-
ployed C assist them in the consumma-
ton of whatever plans they may have
IN view. That these men have under
taken to deceive the public, that they
have been or viii be parties 10 sys.
tcmatc fraud, no person acquainted
with them will for one moment believe
MIR. Wynn and his experiments have
been more widely discussed during the
past month than any other one topic
The statements given out by scores CT
miners whose ores In small quantities
had been subjected to treatment In the
club house laboratory, and others which
have reached US through the press, have
produced deep seated conviction that a
marvellous discovery has been made
and while the observers have been as
tonlshed by the returns, not one IL able
to find out how they were evolved. They
take 1t on faith only now and then a
person who has witnessed the operation
has been bold enough to pronounce II
cheat, by fire assay their samples were
certified to contain a certain measure or
value usually from trace to 81 per
ton, by the Wynn method gold buttons
showing hundreds OF dollars per ton
have been obtained and placed In their
hands Such returns were invariably
not only surprising but intensely graft
Tying. AS the proof Of the pudding is
in the eating, the proof OF the ore was
in the button. The explanations af-
forded were convincing because every
man wished them to be infallibly true.
for II signihed easily acquired fortune
from his practically worthless ore.
Show any producer Of mineral that the
value Of his product can be very large
ly augmented by a new method of
handling by exhibiting the difference
between results obtained by the sys-
TENS In vogue and the new and no mat
ter how skcptical at the outset, he win
be brought 10 change his views by the
definite promise Of great rewards.
Professor Wynn Is dead. Whether any
part OF his secret died with him, wheth-
or Teller and Williams, 10 whom the
legacy falls. will be able to advance
the process IN which they have unmeas.
ured confidence, TO general approval
and acceptance. vii. be demonstrated
as time proceeds. The untimely taking
or Of the chief promoter, the inventor,
so 10 speak II regrettahle. for there
are thousands who hontd he might be
able Notwithstanding the united skepti-
cism Of the scientists, TO bring Il TO
stage whereby the mining industry
would be materially benefited II was
great thing 20 hope for. and while every
other revelation along similar lines has
ended In failure this might turn out 70
be unquallfledly genuine. II so, almost
every miner with claim Of his own
might aspire 10 Sudden wealth. while
without It. he would he forced 10 drudge
along upon the old lines with no such
prospect In view unless his shafts.
drifts or tunnel should open into
wonderful bonanza
Before what was good IN the life and
character Of the late Charles Washing
ton Wynn, we bow in reverence. No
man may say that In his death the
world or tho community In which he
lived Is made better by the removal
Of an imgostor. His lntlmates assert
that he was an honest man. that his
purposes and his work were directed 10
tho betterment OF his felowmen. Ac-
ceptlng this testimony Il is manly and
charitable to say, God rest him.
Utah oil Fields.
eastern Utah Advooatel
Scoheld parties have secured some
thing like 500 acres of oil lands near