Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 6 | Miscellany

AAisceJlany Vanishing1 Gold. SIiat becomes of gold 7 It Is one of the oldest mcials in human use there arc gold beads dating hack lo the stone ae. It Is an object of hIiuosi universal desire. It is proof against almost al-most all the Influences u hit h destroy Other mtats. and It has b.en mined In enormous uantlUes. Yet today more than two-thirds of tho gold In use has ben dup since 1S49. What becomes of the rest? vvhere is the gold that set Jason wandering into the Black sea, that filled the treasuries of CrooBUs. that, paid the terrific tribute which Persian kings assessed against the Punjab? What has happened to the yellow yel-low dust and "eleetrum" an alloy of gold and sMve-r--wh1ch negro traders brought down the Nile to Kgypt for 4000 or n0f)0 yeajs? A ncient paid, like that of modern mod-ern tirrios. was used for money and for ornaments, but both have disappeared. Where ? The most enduring of metals, and yet the most evanescent; perpetually sought and yet ansf.attUy escaping the hands of even t he suecessfu! seeker- - I iial is gold. What the reason for Its curious clu-siveness? clu-siveness? Chicago Journal.