Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co. Iowa
July 12, 1922
$88 IN GOLD ONE DAY'S OUTPUT.
Graettinger, July 10- Graettinger may have the laugh on the world.
When gold was reported here last year, Iowa set up a loud guffaw. "Just
wait, " said Graettinger. This week a gold amalgamating machine is in operation
on the Smith farm near here. On a single day, Tuesday, a total of eight and
one-half tons of gravel were sifted through the machine and in the evening four
ounces of gold had been gathered.
The present price of this amount of the precious metal is approximately $88.
The cleanup will be sent to Denver for analysis and a definite report will be
received within a short time.
Mr. Smith has every reason to feel jubilant over the experimental run. Since
receiving the first report from the assayers a year ago last May, his confidence
in the gold mine on his farm has never been shaken.
The farm was a mecca for visitors Tuesday, and practically the entire
population of the city was out to see the gold machine in operation.
With favorable returns from Denver large scale operations will undoubtedly
be taken. Messrs. Smith, Harke, Herren, Kelly, Sevdy, Fitzpatrick, Young, and
other gentlemen residing in the gold belt may still make a fortune from the
discovery despite the loud laughs which their project has caused.
[transcribed by C.J.L.; July 2004]