The sun., 1902-07-06
THE new PHILADELPHIA Mint
sun 10 M fHf Ii>F>f COW
INTpRt ~ THE worm
Brsnd New ssch,nrr, tsd vi, snias-s
c,er tho 0id ~,''-m G.,d and >i,, ~
saved From Otd tioth~- The New
Nltnt Finished 81 q v>t OF -. .sO, oso.


PuL,pELruI,. Juiv Uncle sam vii
h"rrif.r c,n hi- Eastern money ~ a
brand-new proves and With hrand-n"w
machinery His grra' e.. ton.o mint has
r,~-riv',d It's fEishing ,o,lch. and YOU may
now inar-ct h"r-. in the Quaker civ he
hcsi equipped and mos ar',sjically rro,irllrd
coin factory N the world
Whereas IN The old Philadelphia min,
you were permitted only to peep through
small windows n tho industry ~ dark
rooms. YOU nav Ia the new structure stroll
comfortably upon high. ovcrhsnging gnl-
lcries. and there watch every act of the
nations monevmaker- working in their
ample. we'll lighted Laboratories
Iraving the deposit room. where IL is
received. III" bullion II taken hrSt 20 the
new melting room Here are sixteen new
melting furnaces, who's tcm.sratIIr- can
t~ rsisrd 20 i.Npo deyr,~s by oii fuel. which
Il nov exclusively u-si In the melting
furnaces ~ the old mint anthracite coal
was employed
Piled about tho furnaces ar- kcg-shap.d
crucible- made of piumhago Th"sa ~
needed. are placed In the furnaces and In
them arr thrown the gold and silver bricks
the world and vary greatly IN si,e Before
t-'ing made INTO money they must l." al
loy-i with copper until they are eo fine
TIL. mel'er. stand before IN. furnaces
wearing hugo miitcns made of h-avr buck
skin or crash. psdtc.i with scraps Of In
grain Br,is,-'is carpet When IN. precious
metal reaches a certain color which they
can detect only after long exp~rienCc.
/, is ready to Ii. nodded into inguts. But
lcfore this - done "a few drops Of the molten
metal are removed by the as~aver
man whose glov~d hands clutch . pair
~ long tonEs holding a three spouted
gray bowl IN their jaws. dips from each
crucible the glowing liquid metal and pourr
1t into a series of clamp mold- Zach let
of thrs. II taken nv a second pair of gloved
hands aud plunged into cold water
Ih. hardened irgO,s arr next dipped into
muriatic acid. which .sts away all part icles
of foreign matter. Finally they are placed
in another hath II water
Whether gold or silver. they are all nodded
to measure a foot in length. but vary up 20
ore and one half inches In width and thick
ne~s, according tn tho coin to te struck
from them
Each finished ingo' CoIn.s from the mold
with a blunt end or top. this being caus.dby
the end 81 he mold Ia which the liquid metal
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coins ~" N"ig' 81 instantly ana ~" passed.
through q series 81 trough ha'hng q"
'hr"" h"Nrs Into IN" inN ihll- lh" deii,
into ~, .r~ord ~" heavy ana M" ~"
oth"r ~" standard Tlau"h"'.
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