Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1908 — Where Jewellers Get Gold. [ARTICLE]

Where Jewellers Get Gold.

Refineries, old jewelry and bank;: are the sources from which the jewelers draw their gold supply. Fron. the refiner the gold comes to the factory in tne form of buttons or gran ules. The refineries take the waste o. the jewelry shops and the sweeping; , and by burning off the material por- , ions and proper treatment of th residue recover the gold that otheiwise would, have been lost. That thi aving cf even the infinitesimal pa: Jcles of gold dust Is wortn the Unit md labor is attested by tne numbt. of refineries here, says the Attleboro sun. Tue output from the rettnerlet alone amounts to figures In a yeai that would enable an ordinary man retire from active work with a fortune. The Government, however, provider the greater part of the raw gold to. tho use of the manufacturer. * or, . long term of years there was a stoat. drAln on the gold coin in circulation, caused by the using of the coin ..y jewelers as raw material. The Imperishable nature of gold; with its steady standard of value, i. exemplified In the disposal of stolei: jewelry by thieves to fences.' a .he receivers of the proceeds of burglaries and robberies are styled. A few hours m a crucible after tn< itones nave oeen wrenched from ring >r brooch finds the golden circlet or laborately designed breastpin meltet • to a shapeless, unrecognizable mast hat Is easily disposed of through ny one of many different ways.

In all French naval arsenals where übmarlnes are BtatlOned remarkable rocautions are taken for their safety is th* result of the aci / at to tne \tgerfen, which was nearly sunk thtttagh'bSlhg moored by a cable *o e larger vessel, which shifted It* moorings Muring' the afehL