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Show o ItADIUM DKPOSIT.lltV Colorado Springs Gazette.) ' is interesting to note that Col-orat Col-orat o has been successful in another Una of business, that of the production produc-tion of radium. Secretary Lane de lar that it is past the experimental experimen-tal -.age, according to recent press disutches from Washington, and that Uie production of radium from carn-otitr carn-otitr ores is on a satisfactory manufacturing man-ufacturing basis. T e Centennial state is now a successful suc-cessful producer of radium, in ad-diticn ad-diticn to ranking high as an agri-cult agri-cult iral state, being the center, of the American mining industry and having a world-wide reputation for its wonderful mountain scenery. Experiments, Ex-periments, which have been conducted conduct-ed by the bureau of mines in cooperation co-operation with the National Kadium Institute, shows that radium can now be produced at a greatly decreased cost over former processes. One gram of radium metal in the form of bromide recently was produced at a cost of about $30,000, including all expenses incidental to production. produc-tion. The gram will sell for approximately approx-imately $112,000 or $116,000. The Colorado and Utah radium fields are the richest, known in the radium-bearing ores. While many new deposits have been uncovered in the state they are closely held and hard to secure. Arrangements should be made by which the government could conserve such valuable matter. Few concerns can afford the process of production which is complicated and costly, and yet owners of radium ore deposits will hold their property for a big price. If these deposits should be secured by the government the radium could be extracted at minimum cost and turned over to hospitals and physicians for the benefit ben-efit of public health. |