GOLD FROM EARTH

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17946, 25 November 1932, Page 5

GOLD FROM EARTH

POLISH PROFESSOR’S CLAIM

GAOL FOR ALLEGEDtTRAUD

PARIS, Nov. 15.

After several months’ investigation, three scientists have reported that the claims of Professor Paul Dundkowski, of Poland, that he can obtain gold from earth are undoubtedly without foundation. They declare that the so-called discovery is a mere hoax. Dunikowski is still in prison. The professor was arrested and placed on trial in Paris in January on a charge of having obtained money from a French company by fraudulently representing that he could obtain gold from earth. Later, Dunikowski revealed his procossj which consists, roughly' speaking, of earth in a layer, 2in. thick, on a moving platform under electric lamps, which discharge long sparks into the earth. The earth then drops into ,‘i graphite cauldron, where it its sealed ami heated to a terrific temperature. When the cauldron is cooled and unsealed, the earth has diminished in volume, and, the professor claims, specks of gold are visible. Dunikowski occupies the best cell in Saute Prison, Paris, and is allowed to lunch with his wife and children.