The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-23

First Texas Cavalry throughout tho civi
war. he said. although he is a native O.
virginia. He had to leave Virginia man,
years ago. he said. because of severa
sensational duels in which he took
prominent part.
Col. McCarty was averse to talking
about himself when questioned about hi,
history. saying that he had entered int,
business relations with the Seligmans anc
other rich New York men and that muci
OF his career. especially his Russian ex-
periences. did not meet with their ap-
proval. The Colonel did say that he had
sold to the United States Government a
powder manufactured by u secret process
known only to himself nd that the secre
OF the powder had been locked in the
archives forever" For proof he showed
a copy OF bill introduced in Congress,
authorizing the Government to buy hi
powder. and he announced that much OF
'ne great penetrative power of the am
munition now used by the army anc
navy is due TO his powder whi ch is guar
Rnteed against backfire."
Mr. Jewell was asked about this powder
He said that he went to Washington da,
ments concerning the powder and other
inventions claimed by the Colonel. but he
could find only that the bin had been
introduced
GOLD FROM SAND ny wATEr PRESSURE
Col. McCarty's office. which is few
doors from the office of the kero- Gas Com
pany AT o. Liberty street. has all the set.
tlngs Tor convincing demonstration OF
his gold extracting machine, which he
calls IN" "McCirty separator. condenser
and slzey The machine has long
name because it does many things In
one room of the Colonel's suite is a glass
model oi To" machine and in another il
one built On ~ scale 10 handle five tons OF
~and dar This larger type hasn't been
put in opera tion yet but is likely to get
under way at any time.
The machine has some sixteen cylindri-
cal compartments. in each of which. as
Mr.. Wade described it, there ara three
motions. the downward. lifting and
cycloped1l." The sand is poured into a
funnel at one end of the machine and
then forced through the various cylin-
'ders by water pressure. In the first two,
which are larger than the rest. there is
sl'SoS'N VI NiN'. I'puIus. anu tnlk Is Sa1tl
by Col. McCarty to be sufficient to
separate the lighter sand from the parti-
cles OF gold and heavier sand The sup
posed gold bearing sand is then sent
through the other cylinders by a smaller
pressure, depositing some particles OF
gold in each. until finally the water courses
through filter at the opposite end of the
machine. in which even the minutest par
tioles of gold are caught
Wade. who had been called in by Col.
McCarty to aid in demonstrating the ma
chine TO the inquirer explained it in this
way:
You see, by this machine We get the
flower or virgin gold, the richest gold
OF all. which in the ordinary methods Of
extracting gold passes of into the air.
All that the Colonel has done here is to
harness up Mother Nature. He uses the
same method Of extracting gold by which
fhe gold found by placer mining was
TUNED ont He puts this water under
II has done its work"
y Col. McCarty explained that he re-
Gently tested ora from South Carolina
mines which showed value Of only 81
as assayeu by the usual methods. When
nut through mis- machine there was val
u
notice on the wall sta ting that tests of the
machine made by Prof Locke OF Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology, with
Adirondack sand showed valuation
OF more than s14. He had tested the same
model in the Technology laboratory. the
Colonel said.
SAND FROM BOSTON JUST AS GOOD.
Nearly year ago man who had
bought more than SIS 900 worth of stock
in Mr.. Copp's concern. the Waverly Re-
duction Company, on the statements
by Copp and others as to what had been
done by Prof. Locke with the McCarty
machine. wrote to Prof, Locke for infor-
nation and got this reply:
Col. McCarty came to Tech. and it is
true that his tests showed a value. as stated,
but tests which have been made since he
went away have not given any such values
and We are still working to determine
whether this difference is due to fraud
on the Colonel's part or lack of ability on
our part.
The sand problem is far from being
solved. and the chances are still very much
against its becoming a paying proposition.
II you have money which you are willing
to lose and can take a very long chance
] can see no objection to having you gamble
in sand. just as you might gamble in q
horserace or other event
Sun reporter the other day his story of
the results obtained by Prof. ocke. "A
letter of inquiry was sent to the pro-
fessor. Under date Of February /; he
replied:
Ny experience with col W f. Mason
NJ cCarty indicates that he IL "a man of keen
intellect. who has had apparently u good
technical education Under his direction
] sent a sample OF sand To New York to be
tested in his laboratory and went over to
see the test The result was a satisfactory
extraction of gold.
An assay of the sand before IL went to
New York showed absolutely no gold value
An assay of a sample of the same sand
after it had made the trip to New York
and come back again showed a value of
about SIS to the ton. using precisely the
sAme method of assaying. You may class
this work as miraculous. and l will leave
il to you TO draw your own conclusions.
WARNING FROM THE STATE OFFICIAL.
The Waverly Reduction Company is
n New York corporation, but has Its main
Office in Roston. The company has been
selling shares in lots OF twenty at $40 a
share for he reason that twenty shares
mean an interest in two-thirds of an acre
Of sand, the company retaining one
alleged great wealth Of the proposition
the tests by Col. McCarty and others
each two-thirds of an acre will be worth
$500 900 to the investor. and it costs him
hut 5000. That is why the company sells
two-thirds of it,
Not long AGO Mr. Conn sent o,,t from