The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-31

alloy is burned OUT but the gold in
creases in value. These two sources
are the principal ones in which we are
unable to stop the loss, but the amount
lost each year is so small that we
don't know what the per centage is
This year we are keeping a careful
record of all losses and shrinkage, and
in another year we can tell you exactly
what per cent. of the gold is lost in the
air and also what the average shrink
age is in working the metal into fin
ished products.
AS an illustration of how the gold
escapes in the air: When the new
building of the Ostby Barton Company
was erected on Richmond street a short
time ago, the old structure was pulled
down to make room for the new The
old chimney through which the smoke
from the furnace of the old factory es-
capped was torn down and the bricks
were brushed and washed there was an
immense amount Of gold recovered by
the refners from the SCOT and dirt from
these bricks. The accumulation was
that of more than twenty years, but it
shows how the gold dust escapes I'M
less every precaution is taken.
I'VE do not have as much trouble
from dishonesty among the employees
as you might expect One reason for
this is the check system is in force in
every large establishment in the bust
ness. When man working, sizing or
polishing machine goes to work in the
morning he is charged with a certain
number of pennyWeights of gold, which
Is delivered to him in the shape of
rings When he has completed the job
the weight Of the rings turned in, plus
the amount of the waste from his work
will be almost equal to that with which
he was charged.
There is very dishonesty among the
that women are, l belive more honest
and have ahigher sense of honor than
men, and partly to the fact that few
of them are employed upon work where
they could easily steal the waste Of
gold"
In connection with the vast amount
wasted in the refineries a story is told
by newspaper man which was re-
lated to him by one of the men concer-
ed a number Of years ago. Along in
the late SOS William and Joseph Smith,
both of this city, purchased some pro-
perty, the buildings on which consisted
of sheds where man had conducted
the refining business. After the Smith
brothers secured the land they began
TO take up the floors, sweep the walls
and ceilings of the rooms, and even
went so far as to remove the contents
of the drains and cesspools and the topl
soil within a number Of feet of the
buildings. All of the SCOT in the
chimney was taken out and after all of
the gold had been extracted from these
unusual places it is said that the men
reaped a profit of almost $4,000, with
which they started in bushes for
themselves.
In many Of the large buildings de-
voted to the jewelry business the water
is collected, after the jewellers have
extracted all Of the gold and silver pos
stble under their methods, by a trap
Which is owned by the owner Of the
building, and in many instances the re-
venue derived from this source pays al
most as well as the rental of any room
in the building
Similar methods are adopted where a
large amount of nitrate or chloride Of
silver Is used in coating the wet plate
negatives. The water used in develop
ing and washing The plate is passed
through trap where the sediment is
extracted and sold.