Show ORE THAT CURES rheumatism at least it to I 1 said that mineral known as a has ha performed wonders wonder radium mining in the paradox valley of i colorado has developed a very curious byproduct by product in the shape ot of an unlooked for cure far or rheumatism the government bureau of mines has recently undertaken to supervise the working of some ST 57 radium mines in that valley which contain the most important deposits of radium bearing ore in the world the ore Is a yellowish mineral known as and occurs in pockets associated with uranium and vanadium I 1 it has been found that the men engaged in working these deposits if they happen to sufferers from rheumatism are cured of the malady not only that but their general health seems to be benefited in a remarkable way this Is a matter of no small importance while radium itself Is the most costly thing in the world being worth over an ounce the ore from which it Is taken Is by no means so precious that anybody of moderate means could not afford to buy and keep on hand a considerable quantity of it it takes a ton of to produce a bit of radium no bigger than the head of a pin and the cost of the radium la Is due mainly to the difficulty of the processes involved in extracting it perhaps if the sufferer from rheumatism were to keep a few pounds of by him he would experience relief the matter of course is wholly holly one of speculation as yet there is no question of the fact that radium is good tor for rheumatism it has been used very successfully in the treatment of this distressing trouble the method comp ionly adopted being to allow the patient to breathe the emanations of the mysterious mineral through a rubber tube entering the tha nostrils |