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Show HI i BBB H -.... - - H ! THE LOSS OF GOLD '' I 1 Practically None ot the Ancient .. H Metal In the Present Gold Stock of , M i the World. , , H ------ - H Wo see men every day npplylng gold H to if tn s gns unit rhop windows. Mnny BBBJ thousMies or Hi Hats worth of gold Is BBBJ thus u.id In this cl t nvery )cir Uold BBBJ leal makes the most attractive business BBBJ signs ti at hive vil b en Invented, Hut BBBJ In nil our bu) tbr rooglifarcs, even In BBBJ llrnidwn). vvlnrever the shopkeeper, the BBBJ llnnncler, tin in intiTui turer or the pro- BBBJ reselimil man advert! ts his in mo ami BBBJ utlllt) we miv find flu so gilt signs In BB ever) st ije of dll ipld .linn. 'Ihe storms BBBJ and wlai.s ure phi) log havoc with the BB gull nml cventuili) ivory dollar or It BJBJ will he lost. BBBJ This Is one or the ways In which mil- BBBJ Mors of dnllirs of gild havo been lost ns BBBJ sutel) ns tin ugh Ihe metal had been sunk In tt'ld ore in It Is u plnsc or the ills- BBI uppearance of gold that has been going ,BBBJ on since the dvvs before history was .viltun, ror the art of gold beating Is rev- BBBJ feried to b) Homer, nnd 1'llny tells of BBBJ an ounce of gold exteii.ed to TiO leaves, BBBJ each fni'r ting, rs squ re, which Is three BBBJ times the thlikmss ol the orcllniry gold 'BBBI leif or the ins nt d iflBBJ It seems u si iiiliug sinfmcnt, hut It Is BBBJ true, thnt ei ti imlsts h ive held the bo- Iter tint m irlv ill the gold or nnclcnt BBBJ limes has entlnl) dl iptieired; nnd yet BBBf thore Is good ground for the conclusion f. 'JKBB thnt rrom the eirlbst times of which I BBBB we have rteoidu nr the t rev tlenrc nml ' JBBBI ure of gold to the downfall of tho ltcm.in '"!BBBj lepublli i to I li ' ntllsel )H In one rorm or anotlu r exceeded In vol- iBBBJ lime tin present gold stick or the world. BB Ancient hUtotv abounds with allusions to jflBBJ gold We iei.1 of the abundance nf gol I ,BBBJ In King Solomon s time of the glories of ( tho temple nt Jerusalem, with lis gold )B oriiuneiits nut tin g dd uleeslls of the IBB .tltir; gold 's fiiuinilly referred tn In. IVjBJB the Old Tut nn nt, und the refining of laVjBjl gold and silver b) eupell illnn the pro- 'BJBJ erss if sepiritlng tin pieclous metals iBJBJB rrom lend In a cupelling Turn lee, wis iBBal u favorite III istrntlon used bv Jewish tBJBJB poets Heiullful on it -nts nnd vessels faVjBB of gold bi ought lo light by the cxc.ava- IbBBs lions or urch ullus'MB show the pertec- tBBjsl linn lo which the nrt er gald vvorkltn IBBBa was brought iv Egvptlan. I.trust n, iBjBJB Creek nnd mini) other nnclent gold- smiths Hut those rilles which nilorn ''JBJB modern museums und prlvnte tollecllons issssssj are II wi ive to snow of the gild or smbjjj mic'ent times B What has been recovered In the past B centuiles In tho rorm ot nnrlent gold BB iimiiiif ii lures Is scireelv worth mention- BB Ing In compirlson with the great volume ssssssb of gold that wns utilized In the cirlv BBB dns. We hive proof tint thin Is sn nnd BB thnt Ihe quantlts of undent gpul now B ivallihle Is so Im inn lib rablo that It may ssssssj be regirdel as negligible Since Iho dl- B coverv nf the Western world fiilrlv nrcii- BBBJ late stitlstlcs or the production of if" J J HBBB hive been kept We know up! roxlmutely sBBal the mi nulls nf gold thut has been ndde.l J In the supplv foi thru centuries and th present amount nt the gold slock or the assssssi world, und Huso statistics show con- IMBBJ rlustvelv that nnelert gol I Is not ropre- BVjVJ sented In tho modern figures Of course, flH ii large amount of modern gold has been BJBBJ lost hut this deficit Is u mire bagatelle In comparison with the great volume of Bssssj mii lent goid whlih I'uiiuot now bo nc- Hssssj counted for In unv manner HH I'nless the chronicle or tho nnclent HbBI writers nre lirgelv unworthy of crcdince. 'BJB the tot il umount of gold Hint was ullllel ilUBal throughout tho known world In tho diys of the Persian omplre wiih not very fnr BJBJBJ behind the quanlltv ot gold thai in now sssssssj In use Hut even though wo may regiril (VBBai these eirl) slilemeuts us far In execs er BBBJ tho tiiith. still there In no doubt what- WM ever tint the suppl) In that epoch was enormous BjBJB It Is gono beyond recovery, nnd various B Inlluenies have contributed to lis illsnp- BBBJa pea nunc (Sold Is u soft metal and In ne- BJBB citllarly llnble to ohrislon In making our gold coin, wo mix rilne-lcnthn of line BjBJB gold with one-tenth of ulloy to retnnl BBBJ abrasion Hut this wearing nway of the BBBJ metal Is only deli)ed not prevented, by BB the efforts to save It (lold Is best pre- B served In tho rorm of utensils or art BBbI works, which nro little handled. It Is SH constnntl) wearing uway when It Is lr liBBjl the foim or coin or or other manufactured sbh articles which arc much used and mati'p- BB Ail '1 lio undents made gold lear nnd gold BBBJ Hire id, as we do, and In such forms the MBBf loss or tho metal Is utielcralcd Soldiers BBBJ tell us thut the ver) thiu coating or gold BBB which gilds tin Ir ep inlets ts not enduring. BB Uold used in in iiiufiicttiros Is wasted, In BBB spite or the almost Intlnlte pultn taken to BBBf im servo tho tiniest particle All dentists, BBBJa for example will tell us that ns they clip BBBI with scissors tho binds und other forms BBBf of gold which the) shape In tholr labor.i- BBBf lories Ihe) cannot avoid loblng a llttlo of the .... BBl Much or tho gold turned Into tho works BBB or art. the rorm In which tho metal Is BBBI Inst preserved. Is in tlmo melted again IBBB ig.ilu ror other utilities Though Hen- BB ventii Cellini was the most celebrated BJBB goldsmith or the fifteenth century, only B a few specimens or his rarely beautiful BBBV work uro now to be found In inusotims or BBB In private hands The vicissitudes of for- BBBB tuno compelled m my oncu wealthy rami- BJBB lies tn pirl with these works or art ror ABB! the gold tint wis In them, nnd they were IbH melted by sordid persons vim wunlod only sTJBVJ the gold BBVai All tho hundreds nf influences which to- H lav nro depleting the gold supply were, BJBB of course, operative In ancient times. BBBI Cold was Inst In the prmess of manufac- BBBI 1 Hire, It was reduced to dust nnd lost; It i BBBI wus lost in deep wall rs hurled In tombs, ,BB and In troublous times, was hidden tn the BBBi earth mid never recovered It pas.icd nut BBJBl of human hands In many other wn)s. Not BBBB n bit or It could ho destroyed, but It wus ( bJ Just nn Inr beyond the reach or man, for BB1 the lost gold was so widely ami thinly SbBJI illFtrlbuted thnt It would never pay ts : BBBI hunt fnr It It Is In fact believed that BJB very llttlo or the vast amount or gold , contributed to tho supply In tho enrllcst )BBBJ d.i)s or gold seeking In America is now BBBI I iivnllnblo i jl I Tho rorces or nature also nro Inccsaut- flSVA ly trjlng tn put gold beyond our reach. BBBI Wo know that u lirgo put ol our present jH supply has been derived from placer I rBBB mines Hy the action of Water Una B particles or gold ale being dally carried j BBBI seaward Much or It Is scittered thioiigh BBBI Ihe sand and mud bunks or tho lower ! fH streiiiui whleh aro to inako the sandstonoa I ! and si ites or future geological eras; but BBBI much or It aluo Is carried out to sea unil ' BBBJ sc ittercd over tho sea Hoar beyond human reach, probably rur all time, and nn cnor- BBBI I mous amount or gold thut Impregnates , B tho bulks and v.il,c)s or the streams Is jl so very thinly distributed Hint It takes nil H the way from l.Utill tn .".IK!D colors lo miika BBBI a cent, and so can never pay In practical , BBBI BBBI As far as wo )et know, however, the J1 sVbBI supply of gold rutulncd In tho rocks for BBBI us to lborito nnd iitlllzn Is Innxhaustl- .BBBI ble. New discoveries iih leinarkible ns ' i BBBI nny that have lieccn made, will swell M the gold resources nnd the history of BBBI some or thoso discoveries will undoubted- i B ly bo as Inluratilng und romamlo as that BBBI or the dlseovui) nf tho precious metal BBBI at Helen i, Mont., which gavo that re- i I BBBI glnn Its lmporunco as a great gold mln- f B ing center '11m stur) of this llrst "find" i li Muntani lllutiaios tho purely accl- ;) dental and fortuitous mnnner III which ei B somo of the mojt Important discoveries (. BBBI havo been made p BBBI Tho story goos that n party of foul I prospectors had started lor a well-knows v BBBI mining camp On July 1,1, lfct'l. they halt- "j BBBB ed on tho slto of the city of Helena tn ! H prepare dinner und rest their horues. BBBB When the) were ready to rosumo their 9BBI Journey ono of thorn walked down to the 'jsBBl strcim to get a drink of water. It BBBI chanced that he began mechanically to vJBBBl scratch thu gravel with his Inn da, after I sbHbB the habit of prospectors when to Ids ns- I BJBBl tonlshmont ho drew out u nugget as largi i B as a gold dollar A hundred dollars' wot in ,' 9BBB of gel 1 was taken ou In nlout U.inty ' BBBI minutes Or eoiiisn the man linmtdl itely jH setth I nn the spin and healed clonus. , BBBI In u short tlmo the news nf their succe-ss I H spiend llbn ad hundreds of other miners H llo-ked to tho stint, und thu mining camp , thai was established grew Into I ho city ' B of Helena. Now York Hun. , BBBI |