Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1911 — Opals From Silicia. [ARTICLE]

Opals From Silicia.

Kansas City, Mo.—After working patiently for 15 years, never for a moment forgetting his cherished ambition, Wiliam Rose, a lawyer of Independence, Mo., has discovered a secret process of manufacturing opals of the precious variety. About all he will tell is that the opals are made of silicia.