The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-27

the Kansas gold fields a to suffer from
the ridicuIe Which a certain political party
had heaped upon their discoverer.
Opinion of Assayers.
During the subsequent five years West
ern Kansas shale was tested by an unlim-
tied number of assayers and chemists, the
majority of whom declared that 1t con-
From Seid a amon sslv ,hes In P Psy'P Sc Gm "anhi5lesa;
Professor Fahrig, an eminent chemist from
the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce,
who declares that he has found gold and
paying quantities. Doctor Fahrig IS here
now making another test with a mill, which
has been temporarily. built in Topeka. Two
carloads OF the shale have been shipped
here, and, under lock and key. he is simply
confirming the tests made at Topeka last
fall A committee of three representing a
number of shale and owners are privileged
TO go within the sacred building. but they
are not permitted to- tell what is happening
under the investigations Of the Philadelphia
The Republic correspondent to-day: IF l
was permitted to tell you all ! know about
Professor Fahrig's discoveries it would
astound the commercial world. l know that
Kansas is to be the center of the greatest
activities ever before witnessed In the
West. Her wealth in agriculture surpasses
will soon eclipse every other region Of the
world"
d. r.. Beatty n P~rospector.
When such promoters as d. R Beatty, the
sands OF acres Of shale land and put I'D the
money to build a 10000 mill on the Smoky
I'm an River to separate the precious metal
looks as If they had faith in the scheme.
That has been done, and the outcome Is
the Kansas Pioneer Gold Shale Company,
with general offices in this city. Mr.. Beatty
does not stay here to look after things, but
his personal representative, Judge c. E.
Foote, who was a pioneer in the new move
ment and induced Beatty to come and look
over the ground, Is in charge of all matters
affecting the company. Judge Foote Is vice
t pxeaaeRe i mead ae Of 3 tTeasETej; and %b is the is
capitalized for s.. $50. 900. Among the other
officers of the company are Colonel ]. H.
Pacific Railroad. and Carl Moller Of St.
Louis. Frank Doster. Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court. is a member Of the Advis-
DRY Board.
Mill for Extracting Gold.
The new mill for extracting gold from
the shaies OF Trego and Ellis counties: re
s stanGs a 1p5i5 t At : san nHst Of e .h ees smoky SO a Ell
River, fifteen miles south Of Hays City.
Fires viii be started in this pioneer mill on
profit profit Of 81 $50 S1f per d da Is viii shPf be- ma deat a net
Foote to-day. I'VE win soon Begin bea the
@ nonsasu for which Gr a we sf haSe h p,aht UNDER srra %ss.
We expect within the next year to be treat
ing with the Gage process 10000 tons Of
a at the per- rate eae Of se S,o soi peT d Gas s or 81 b 'sSal GO
per annum." Judge Foote. Beatty. Chief
Jrstice Doster and every one connected with
this enterprise have faith in the plan. and
have proven hat faith in investments
reaching $50 900.
Kansans believe in associating sentiment
with their business ventures. The large
reduction mill standing alone on the banks
of the Smoky Hill River in Ellis County
Is emblazoned with the name "Chappell."
The name Is given the new mill by the
company as a mark of esteem toward Judge
Foote. who worked out the scheme. and
in honor of his 9-year-old son. Chappell,
one Of the brightest boys in Kansas. The
little fellow is a native Kansan, and his
mother, Mrs. Fcote. was the first white girl
born in Atchison County.
Recently the price Of ands in Trego and
Ellis counties has advanced from IS to SIS
per acre. The Union Pacific Railroad owns
many thousand acres there. but II Is not for
sale. More than three years ago President
Ripley OF the Santa Fe and associate off
GERS purchased, through Kansas friends,
large tracts of these lands. Capitalists in
Chicago. st. Louis. New York. Cleveland
Professor J. T. Lovewell. an assayer of
wide reputation in the West. made thirty
assays from particles Of shale hauled here
In carload let's from Hays City for the Fab
rig tests. Professor Lovewel1 told The Re
public correspondent that the average of
these thirty ASSAYS showed gold and silver
to the amount of 50 per ton. Two speci-
mems. which were specially selected by Geo.
W. Veale. Jr.. OF Topeka at the shale fields
made a wonderful showing. One had about
$3.50 a ton ard another about $1S. These
two assays were not counted In determin-
ing the average value of the carload at s.