| Show T WITH d GAME CAME CAMEi CAMEel i fell el Known Mining Expert Tolls Tells Gold L About Extracting GoldSOME SOME EVENTS lum I ft iron al nil Old Mi Was W lo to s I Orm Iree rn or of LoW jn an view vi ow of ot recent r events the let tr follow following by I 1 M It l Taylor Talor one of at oft att t i e C oldest and most noted note mining en on and metallurgIsts of ot the Pacific Ilao celebrated In New York and nd wilt wi be Le of ot peculiar Inter t to Colorado and scientists stated matters maUer with the tho facto acts Were ere wilch he was waa wal ol Identified they fin be te accepted without wl hou question qu ston The rhe letter etter jiter was waa written en to ton a personal persona friend hi In Denver front from whom the Post Pos ob obtained It trew York Nov Nv In lOn a mann man lan by Ly Lythe bythe the tie name home of ot Tichenor appeared In D C and claimed that ht he h had made the th greatest grellet discovery of ot be age ae o e one which would In a short time Ime revolutionize the money system of tic t e world He lie claimed that he had hal halt just t discovered natures process for tor forn n gold or In other words he had d discovered 1 u IL 1 process loces which enabled him 1 to 14 t extract from gold ore uv ur WOO per ton when the fire of ot the time Ire essay same ore stowed only from 3 to 10 0 per pcr ton i and ad that ho he could do alt all ni this without I vol extra expense In II extracting too to t 0 gold goll I an tl a It I may lay seem leem In the light ot o subsequent nt events had no not trouble t In finding many believers In Inh h hl process roces the tM beat het be t classes aes of ot n urn n In Washington who stood ready rendy te put Iut up their money mony In II for tor tora fora a Interest In his hI all 11 the tho fn time tIno t ne telling theta them that he bo had hd nothing tc I cell sel which of course coune mail made them all 01 allt t more snore anxious to buy i Che he Smithsonian Institute was WIS called caled caledon V tOrt on to the process proc ss They r tiered a report which was wan noncom noncommittal evidently they had been salt sni 1 by Tichenor or one ono of or Isis hla hil 1 es eL 11 This report had hal a n 1 to cr aS tho nce of ot the public th puLlo Ir 1 itt the tho process hen n fl man Ian n m d Schaffer from w York got go gotan an nn option opton from Tichenor ni n to pay for tor the control II 1 Iii returned to New York fork and nud laid the tho fitter before SOI leading mining 1 ii n These Theme men agreed to take It w to an on examination by their own owne e pert I was selected d to make snake the tho thee Q e nn and instructed to proceed Ii t Immediately and make n a thorough and report delay Hi II m my arrival In Washington I found T and two confederates In a ay aI y I I f on ed laboratory nb r handed my i Ic I tr vr r 01 ot II to Mr w lets ilch explained my 1 business He lie Ie In red Ired If it I I 1 wished w to see sie a n test teat made of ot t I process I replied that what I 1 want ont e U ec ech first of ot all al was his bis formula To thIs h objected saying it I was WIS n a C secret lo to finally told me that ho used chlor tha J Id Ider 1 of ot gold old mis as ma a reagent h that the tho solver er ef ert erto gold which the lh ore contained which erm t 1 fire tre assay Issay would not bring out had hada m 1 a affinity for tor the chloride of or gold golt By fly 1 U nf ng It In tho the treatment he was able to f t get out ou all ni tile the gold cold ol the oro ore contain Ct c i then asked him what amount of ot cial ci O c of f gold cold old he lie used Ho lie replied al alI n a Ut Jut jO 00 milligrams to a pound of ot ore I hen told lold him that thaI was sas all al I wanted wan to t n know and walked out of ot tho thu th labora laborn tel 1 to t y jr he manner In which he h practiced the d lon was WIS by out In your p enc ence n a glen given number r of milligrams of o 0 the chloride of ot gold gol and this you youW i W uld old tee see sel him put into Inlo tho the crucible The This f Ii he used In making the assay nasa how howe ev e r I he would have charged with the he hec c orl oride e which enabled him to show at a r Increase he IC desired above time the timea at a 6 omit Dunt of ot the fire re assay wrote a letter leter to the N Nw New w York par Il t i and without going Into details told toM th t m mu that the thing was a fraud dt fr C m in b beginning to end endi that their 1 own c would tell tl th thil them ru It would be beIn b Impossible for there to be anything In gold fold ore that n a rh chemical l analysis w uld not nOl e and that anyone o 1 0 o claimed there was vae wn and ond tried u tv m ke he k othis believe hel eve It was wa a t fraud t leg sto to 10 play 01 on tho time credulity of the time i pt p ili Hc I for tor the th lb purpose pur pORe of making money 0 b a premeditated swindle rom Washington I went to Califor Californi nl ni hUsking I had heard the time last of ot th t Tichenor swindle At the end of tn t es ee months I returned to New York Yorka M 1 a I to 10 my Iny surprise found that nr n had ht In convincing my m IT ir Ms ads nd that his hU process was all al he heI hecl hect ct cl Im I for It ami ani that they hed In Ined inC r C ed a n with wih a capital of ot t WO and antI had applied for torn fora a patent or o 0 the process What Shat they the claimed In th it Ir application for tor n a patent was 1 so liu LW unreasonable th the patent office oce refuted e t 5 trant nt a n patent Paten Sherman Pherman was wa at nt t t time Secretary of ot the treasury ana arul anai J i ij they thoy applied to hint him to un aim Invent gallon I 1 saved l ved thorn thom nil fill ni this trouble tr Tho Vimo thing which troubled them mont uon was WOH B 1 th the f fear foa r that t when tho tim groat try er became lr known tho the value of ot gold would depreciate Tl 1110 y dolor mined to keep koel the process s aa UK w long loni longIs OH Is I possible which would lu them to jo re the output of gold oln oll To 0 this cud end Oley tile appointed u a committee to call callon cal callon on me nt fit lt the tho Bt James hotel They Thoy In lit II mo me 10 that thu I hail had made hll de n a 1 grave mistake In II my lY report on tho time but they tho wanted to give rna rime one mora laDle chance to my report before it St I wan WIO too lute They hoy said they time the had dem dels l tho time success of thu C l by bv working a I number of tons tomis tOiS of cit IrO t orl or and that If I I would come came to tu the offIce oleo thuy would woul show hov mo me 10 the tho s They MY also 1180 In no 10 ro did they get Rot less lees lOB than per ton more mor than the tIme lire assay showed I went ent to their tho time next morn mor Ing where they Queued owned time the safe safo and nun showed me rne a stack of ot gold bricks range Olt ln Ing In value from 10 to OJ Tho weight and Uld linen CUB a woe WUI on Oit 01 each brick und and they y were Vere all ni nearly pure uro gold I saw nt at 1 a I glance that these then thel bricks had hal all ni been beel madu from time the of wold 1011 I then thel nuked asked them how and ont where W they thoy made tho the gold They took mo mu to their ther laboratory which wua VaR WIS located In a I building on out 01 John street Time The he outside of tio building looked very much like Iko a I prison anti and II it I was WIS only after utter considerable delay dellY that we wo were admitted I there tere found fOUld the caine amo three alchemists I had bM mot lot In lit II Washington ol In tho the center of oC ono one of ot time the rooms I TI found fould a n lined with wih porcelain which would hold about a 1 ton of ore arc arcI It I way was In thiu tank that the mixing watt saH wal dune done They would first put Iut tho the ore In lot tho the tank tunk und ld then thel weigh out tIme thu amount ot or chloride of Ir dold oid which they claimed to bo be for tor the time treat reat treatment ment und and mix It with the ore A I pipe pine was Wil connected with wills wih the tank from frocil roul thin the outside of ot the tho vo so D UI ai aito to enable thom them to force Corco the tho chloride In I solution Into tho ore ort In this his thi way they were ere able to snake moke the tho ore what whatever whatever whatever ever they thoy It H to o above tho thu as assay assay 10 say Day before treatment The 10 ore oro b being mixed In II this manner maimer was vu H ut to the tho HO Ha HOmine R wa mine fining works herc the tho gold was wa a t lell out and ald the le br cl put on exhibition The Th company offered to turn the time lab laboratory laboratory oratory over to mo mc In order that I 1 might II ht make m ke any test teat 1 I desired I told tolt them this was nas not no necessary I TI finally iM IJ to t the tho throe three alchemists that I 1 would there thero the next morning tm at ut 10 In company wIth two other othel parties und and nd J they would then bo ho required require to show up their proem process to lo the time of all concerned otherwise I would huv hu all behind tho bars baro before night nl ht When we arrived tho the next morning time the piao was wail closed lose and that was the tho thela thelast last la t of ot tho time process The com Cilin company pany lost In itt tho the venture and ad nil they th y had to show for tor It was their ex cx experience perie Finally I will state as us n a prin principle ciple that a n man maci who claims to have discovered n a that enables him hIm to take tulee from tram u a tots ton of ot gold cold ore Oro froni HOO flOO to t tOO OO more than the fire itro assay shows shown does not deserve any more moro consideration or rr respect than one lne who may ma claim chains that m so has IlI coure 1 a IL chemical whereby ho iso can cnn manufacture for tor 5 6 cento a n bushel and put them henl oil oft time the market III In competition with the thi farmers A careful lire assay will bring out all gold gohl found In quartz no matter In what form the tho gold may maybe he be |
