| Show KAOLIN DEPOSIT TO BRING UTAH GREAT WEALTH Railroads Asked for Rate Which Will Make Clay ClayA A Available Kaolin a cia clay u used cd ed in pottery olt IT porcelain porcelain porcelain lain tile paper and other products to which Its adhesive and glazing qualities arc are adapted will soon add to the wealth and th the Industrial power of aC U Utah It I la Is revealed in III connection with Ith the application application cation of or th the traffic service bureau to tor r railroads for 01 an equitable rate on this t An extensive xi iv u it of kaolin con con- slating 0 of possibly tons ton t the h halu value alue of ct the te crude product being set sel et at about a n ton tan to 10 the producer lies lieR Inthe Inthe in inthe the Cedar valley ally near Fairfield about fifty lC miles south of Salt Lake City Its lt existence has haM long lon been known but lit hi littie little lit lit- tit tie effort has been heen made malic to utilize mineral resource largely for ar the reason that the railroad rate wn was prohibitive Pioneers In iii this field found th the they could make male only 50 SO cents cent a ton on an the kaolin shipped to St St. Louis But Hut now naw tapping of oC this rich deposit ha has been made almost Imperative by the by-the th Ilac lack of ships most of af tho ho kaolin used In America being transported from England Enl Eng land With the destruction wrought hL b b by submarines and the diversion of af other ather craft to war work vork few bottoms bottom have been ben found to 10 carry cia clay from En England land Quick to realize the possibilities of af lh th kaolin field and the urgency of or the present pres prel eat ent situation C. C D. D and J 1 J. J W W. e who hn have offices orrice in the earns building leased the OO acres embracing the kaolin deposit Among imong the original owners W was WJ J Bishop Lewis of or Lehi VARIETY OF PRODUCTS The first thought of af thi Ih promoters promote rR was waR a just rail rate rale and through the he traffic bureau they he ai are ar seeking a tariff that will enable them to profitably profitably pro pro- operate in the Fairfield field A Arat Arate Arate rat rate of or 55 5 a ton to Los Las Angeles now prevails pre pre- vails and a similar rate to Portland Ore I Is ask asked cd The rate on ott common eammon clay day clayto dayto to Sa Salt It Lake City Cily is 70 0 cen cents ts a ton on ott washed d Kaolin 1 about 5 The Tho l promoters would prefer of course to have the former fortuer for far mer rate applied to 0 their product which might be possible If the kaolin were shipped in its crude state In the washIng wash wash- lug Ing the insoluble parts arc are p l and from the kaolin pulp is ill made the thc ground or ar the pressed cake cale kaolin The price o of washed kaolin at San Francisco I Is 2 a a. ton Tho The and antI their associates associates associates asso asso- will vIli probably ask 9 9 a ton ion for far or the crude product f r. o. o b b. b Fairfield ld making I the price 1 11 lt t. t A nine nine-mie wagon waJon haul from the kaolin beds hc-ds to the thc San Pedro railway at tt Fairfield Is now nece necessary an I I MUCH USED HERE Kaolin Is 18 expected to tl be a ma magic lc word ward for Salt alt Lake City Citro where It i i extensively exten I used Carrying coals to Newcastle i I I tle Ie Ic is much the same as shipping kaolin Imolin from ram England to be hc used In the terra cotta calla tile in he the new Deseret National Bank building when a year fifty supply of the product Is barely fin fifty miles awa away Kaolin is the base hase of fine chinaware a aI filler Iller that gives ives weight and polish to the he higher grade rade paper j and It is u d in iii tile I and porcelain tubs and other like ware I In the tho Fairfield deposit It lies from tram six sixto sixto to one hundred feet below the I and is mined like Ic coal caal with pick and shovel by blasting I The Utah Ulah deposit is about t twenty enty feet in depth having a three foot vein of or red a mottled vein about six feet teet thick and the rest pure white the most mast valuable quality Specimens have won von blue ribbons ribbons rib rib- I bons at world expo expositions and anti th the United States government g has stamped the Utah kaolin as the best In the countr coun coun- i tr try At present Georgia is the principal producer of or kaolin In the United States At one time line a 3 pottery was operated at Provo but not more than tItan a thau thousand and tons of af t kaolin was mined so o the he surface has been barely scratched ra The name kaolin Is applied to all at forms of ar porcelain cia clay which do not discolor discolor discolor dis dis- dis- dis color during process o of firing It IL conies comes from th the Chinese name for high ridge e Kao Kao Ling where kaolin deposits wele I |
