Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-04
SOME DAY CINDERS
MAY TURN TO GOLD
Large Factories OF East Refuse
to Permit Sale Of Refuse
From Furnaces.
AaE MOUNTAINS OF IT
i-o- c5npaoe s Have =a.a in lnye-..
ne Genus OF Age, ard Expect =
Eventually Maze Fortunes from
Seemingly Useless Mass.
AaE MOUNTAINS OF IT

fe Philadelphia ROOF.
N.hst ,a. euin banks are 20
'he ,r1 nsoas the c.rce iiis
are 80 III .ron regions D.. Tho
i.eh.gh Etley- Tney are the Grcs'
.rofn ,Ac golden ,tyeatn u wealth ao~-
TX from the bosom Of ire earth. and
'aey arc tn visible monuments of IN
genius ara r.frg: ~ wen iu rot. :
the treasures IL. ratsre and r~elinine Aer
Kits. Tho pre impressive on. -
ha s,r4r-er's evo. 20 rhcse Who CON-
trel -he desrinies nf the great ent -
lriss.s of which 'hey arc part ana
IN they has.. M 70 within a corai ta-
iiNaiy recent period heef n sou-ee -
anxiety and great expense
And yet there is something striking
and Impressive about these n%aounttin
3angea Of einier. containing millions
upon millions NJ tons. which u, To-
within 4 i-7. ;aars ago wer. deeir.l
.oaparattely worthless. bun which.
|tiroUsn The genius Of tn chcmis, IND
Nh alchemy OF nature may ", 10
Transformed into mountains OF wealth.
For miles and miles the passenger o.
n. 1.eilign Valley railroad passes these
"cragS and cliffs" washed by the va
'.rs Of tn I.ehigh. picturesque in their
ugliress. symbolic of toll and rug
of enterprise and daring. o. fortunes
won and fortunes lost in the realm OF
tho ore king.
Seemingly Useless Act.
one would think that these grea.
iron companies would be only TOO glap
20 get rid OF those disfiguring mon
sirosi1ies or the face ~ nature. Such
however. il not the case. There are
furnaces and iron companies that quart
their apparently worthless Under tips
With n jealous eye and one OF the
--.. -, - --..-t
hign courts ON years ago was caused
ny the hauling away OF "A lot of cinier
for roadmaking purposes without, eo-
ing through tho formaii.y OF asking
permission. The hauler thought there
was no more real ownership in cinier
than there was in the weeds that grow
along the roadside. and when he was
arrested his Indignation knew no
bounds The most eminent lawyers
We're engaged ON both siles. and it was
then and there established that cinder
tips had q vested ownership and L
monetary value.
Today many iron companies refuse to
part with a ton of cirder no matter
how pressing the problem becomes OF
its roper disposal. They ave faith in
The inventive genius of the age. and
they know that sooner or later. in the
laboratory of some chemist, the trans
mutation OF cinder into gold Will take
place.
AT present all eyes are turned toward
P%ittsburg. There experiments are in.
progress which, if successful. will make
these mountains veritable treasures. for
they will take the place of cement
minus the expense of mining and man
ufacturing. The cinder is ground into
powder; that much il known. What
other ingredients are added. if any. is
not known. Cement from cinder is not
yet a commercial success; but those
whose knnWlPdCp nf the c,thia.f o;,.,
them the right to speak with authority
say that the eXperimenters are on the
right track, and that it will only b..
"A question of time when cinder will
serve the Sane specific purposes as &C.
merit. When that day comes there will
be paens of joy, for the hundreds OF
millions of o n which at present are
n blot upon the surface of the coun-
Try and mar the beauty of the Lehigh
will disappear.
cinder also has n certain value as a
fertilizer. mixed with certain che,ri-
Gals, and there is some expectation OF
it to Germany. but numerical it,
does not cut much of a figure just yet.
The main uses to which Under is put
at present are for railroad ballast and
road making purposes. For the latter
it is an ideal material. 1t packs easily
and quickly and to go rolling over it's
smooth hard surface in an
is Il delight which fingers long in mem
Dry. 1t raises havoc. however. with.
pneumatic tires before 1t is thoroughly
ground down and packed.
Little Iron Is Wasted.
Many people think that Il great deal
OF iron is mixed with the cinder. This
is Incorrect. Even when blast furnaces
were yet in the crudest stages of their
development little iron became mixed
with cinder when the stacks were tap
ped. Those people contound the cindcr
from blast furnaces with that from
rolling mills. which is something alto
gether different.
40 prettier sight can be imagined
than 10 view a dummy engine hauling
out a lot OF cinder cars with the nolten
ava shaking ana splashing over the
iron sides of the cars and mounting the
huge tips. Arriving at the designated
spot, n hook attached to a winGlass
lifts up the iron box in which the Gin
der is confined. The moving platform
of the car is tipped over and with a
roar ana Il kissing and spluttering "A
stream OF molten cinder goes pouring
end rlunging down the serried. torn
and riven sides OF the Tip. lighting up
the heavens II the landscape for
miles around. And the dream of the
owners of all this dross is that it may
vet become gold