Show MINERAL PAINT INDUSTRY it is becoming apparent to even the chron ic pessimist that marvelous changes chang es will soon be wrought in the affairs of utah the prophecy made by men of discernment that salt lake would be the great rail rood center and distributing point between the missouri river and the pacific coast seems to be a forecast rapidly materializing with the advent of additional railroad communications placing us in direct touch with the pacific seaboard and the facilities of local transportation in moving our home pro duce new enterprises will spring to life and a great inflow of population will mark the event various sections of the state and particularly the southern portions because of the lack of transportation to market their diversified versi fied industries and resources have naturally lain dormant are now taking on new life and activity with the hope of crystallizing and developing all of the inexhaustible sources of supply among the many projects that increased requirements will demand is the manufacture of mineral paints it has been practically demonstrated that at our very doors we have immense and suitable deposits of oxide of iron orea especially adapted to the manufacture of mineral paints inquiry among our leading local merchants discloses the fact that there is a strong ond rapidly increasing demand from our own markets and also from neighboring states the inquiry also brought out the fact that at present the consumption of mineral paints is supplied almost wholly from foreign ports and that sai sailing liDO vessels laden with the iron product use it as ballast thus reducing the cost to coast merchants to a minimum the cost of mining and manufacturing our home product would not be greg great at while the field for its usia use as a preservative is extensive and its merits unexcelled here in this th 18 rocky mountain country where the summers are dry and the altitude affects the condition 8 of all frame iron and steel structures the n ne cassity arises for frequent applications of paint to insure pre preservation j on one case casein in particular has come directly under our ob that of the norway iron company whose properties are situated within a trifle over twenty miles from salt lake city the company has expended over in devel C their holdings and have opened large deposits of the oxide ore which is wonderfully adapted to the manufacture of paints the ores after being subjected to a common process of roasting reveal beamut beautiful ful and vari verified banned fied colorings such as purple gray maroon black and ochre achre several experiments have been made on norway companas comp compa anys nyls products the tests showing most satish satisfactory actori re results salts and according to the statements of home de declerc alere disclosing t rich colored coloring 0 0 substances and almost a total absence of gritty quartz the property of the norway iron co in includes judes four valuable iron mines besides mill sites and splendid water force adequate for 2000 horse power the workings are developed by open cuts shafts and exposing immense deposits of oxide and red hematite of iron carrying from 50 to 65 pea cent of metallic iron by the use of these ores it was made possible for the ogden iron works to turn out what has since been conceded to be the best pig iron ever manufactured in utah the review is glad to chronicle the fact that the company is shaping its affairs so as to resume work and find a ready market for their several era offerings |