Show ulion heini or nr fl U E N E 0 marysvale Marys vale has had much publicity for jtb mineral deposits and the variety deiv offered in this district is as great as any ally mining district in the west offers it was figured figur pl that tile the alunite deposits had practically ended new discoveries for the marysvale Marys vale mines but now it is propos proposed etl to make the potash but a byproduct by product of the alunite veins ani and the chief product will be aluminum which the reduction of the ore brings out in quantity here is what a tribune Tri buile scribe has to ay about it that potash in the near future will be merely a byproduct by product of 01 the mineral products corporations plant at Marys valo while aluminum now so eagerly desired by the allied governments ern ments of the world because afi ofies t lightness and availability for equipment purposes will take the lead in production at this and other plants is the statement for state of utah officials as well as for government experts by A E custer of salt lake original ginal discoverer of the alun ito deposit this statement in turn was made to mr lr custer by carl F hagedorn chemist in charge 0 of the laboratory work vork at the marysvale Marys valo vale plant pointing to the mass of aluminum silicate the undigested residue of tile the alunite mr custer asked what percentage celi tage of aluminium metal the pink looking mud would beld aicia per ton mr Ilag edorn replied that out of every two pounds of residue there will ivill be extracted one pound of alum anum the chemist fur further tIler declares that tho the process has been perfectly and that its extraction merely awaits tile the erection of reduction works the sticky repulsive looking mud when dry after cost of extraction of potash now nets 12 12 1 2 cents a pound plans are reported for the erection of a plant by the utah potash com any for extracting potassium sulphate and from the alunite in the deposits of the florence mining alining and milling company L K X forsyth until recently with tile the standard chemical cil macal company company of toledo 0 is general manager of this company which has taken over the holdings of the florence mining milling company the 1 plant lant site is about 0 one lie and one half miles from tile tho denver rio grande station on oil tile the line and to tile the south an ali aerial tramway has been surveyed from the mine to tile the plant other arrangements for construction including timber and metal supplies have been made eastern interests are backing the develops nt work now bing done according to mr 1 fr custer various other finds have been made within a very short time in this field there is one very serious ancy in tile the above account as to the discoverer of alunite in the marys vale district toni tom Gil gillan laii a former Rich fieldian has the distinction of 0 being the discoverer of alunite al unito it is devoutly to bo be hoped that this aluminium story is correct as it will mean much to tile the yale vale a district that has everything to make one of tile the greatest camps in tile the world except capital it has long been known know that there are depo deposits its of clay in sevier canyon which pre are heavily loaded with aluminum silicate but no one has over eve thought enough of the deposits to exploit them it if reduction works are erected at Marys valo tile the canyon alum I 1 beds will be the scene of great activity |