The Florence tribune., 1901-11-02

oton ol ms mag ueblc lnstruueutS hho how they do their work will no doubt be interesting.
 "E. J. Wallace was born in San Francisco August 2S 1861 land isa grad uate of the C4lfornia. He has had many years of experience in the min ing industry. By mere coincidence several years ago he formed the ac- quaintanee Of Mir. .Ioha Thomas, scientist from New Hampshire, and learned that Mir. Thomas had spent thirty-iiye years in the east experi- menting with a compouod mineral mag net as an indicator in the location ot ore bodies, and that his experiment. had met with only partial successes. Yet he never despaired aud applied himself stuuiously to his metallic compound and finally succeeded in p-rfecting it to the extent that he declared it as perfect in the location of mineral deposits beneath the surface as the mag net is to the poles. Bat the magnet which indicat- ed gold deposits Was found to be useless for silver and lead or for copper bodies, but when compound was found that would act successfully on gold deposits the balance was mparatively easy.
 ,'ln 1887 Mr. Thomas, vorn out by years of constant application to his scientific efforts, realized that his days were numbered and tnat he could not live to enjoy the oeaeits ot his dis covery. Mir. Wallace had become his confidential friend aud close attendant, and during the declining hours of his life he made MT. Wallace present of his invention, and now it is exciting the wonder of the prospecting fraternity, and many of the producing propertie are considering it's merits in the mining circle.
 1t was thirteen years ago that Mir. Thomas, as token of friendship, gave to Mir. Wallace his entire invention, and Mir Wallace himseifclains no per soual credit whatever for it, either for It's invention or its merits. The magnet is contained in short piece of hickory wood about five inches in length, oval in it's circumference and in ore and con tains two parallel holes to nearly the  other end of The stick. In these two holes is loaded the solid substance of this mysterious mag net to withi D bout half an inch of the cad. In these two holes Mr Wallace inserts two timber sticks to euaDle hin to hold the magnet far rem 3ved from his hanis so-tuat the mineral attraction of ore body ou the magnet will have q more positive lndiratlon upon the hanis Dy reason of the long leverage. In this way the slightest draft on the mag net is distinct ly diseeraa ole, and he claims to be able with it to locate snillteIy aot only tne-ore body, out both walls of tse ledge, nd tell exactly whether it IS gold, copper or eid and silver, using, of course, the different magnets for different eharActers of ores
 "dr. Wallace does not claim that he Can iocate tue dist4uc- of an ore body from tue surface, th4t question being s matter of speculation iu DO wise tu- dieated oy the m gnet, but he declares that he can tell N hether it is a ricl ore body or poor one. As s test of the accuracy of ais Instrument he offers tc wager any amount within his personal means that any person or nun ber o. persons may take nitu to twenty-acr, him in d secluded place, bli1dfoid him put him under guard, and then go any where in tn. twenty aero loi and pust a $2O gold piece Iato the ground wher, l, cannot be seso, and be will forfei
 the wager if with his instrument h, cannot find it within ten minutes iron
 the time h's blind is removed and h
 turned loose to search for the hidde,
 coin.
 flu answer to questions, Mr. Wallac
 sclared that capitalists and leadin, operators of mlnes for years ridlcale
 his instrument without testing i,
 qealitis until he became discourage
 and for ave years made no demonsIrs
 tlo4s t ', uptil .last January |
 Vas A le io 7 in eaough of tue cor
 aaeaee 1f Senator W A. Clark an
 losrpa k. Clara of Montana to make
 test of tae invention which he Do,
 sesses, and since that time he has oee U ID their employ and has done mucn e1
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