| Show LITHOGRAPHIC STONE TT T HAS IlLS OFTEN BEER BEEN SAID that there is no min minerai mineral I IT j eral known to man that cannot be found some somewhere s somewhere me where iu h ii Utah The same is ia true ef of various kinds of tone stone and in one branch of o the quarrying industry according to S J Kubel Rubel of the United States geological the Utah product is particularly p The e Engineering Eng and aad Mining Journal has an abstract o ot 01 a i paper by Db Mr Kubel in which h he discusses di lithographic stone atone Speaking of the Utah stone he says An interesting inte esting fact brought out by the writers investigation is the use to a limited extent e tent of onyx slabs for lithographic e purposes in some of the tIle western cities They were quarried near nea Sah Salt Lake Utah Opinions as to their utility are rather diverse but it itis itis itis is admitted that tha for long runs on hard paper pa printed dry these onyx stones can be he made macIe more serviceable than the best beai grade of imported stone tn The introduction introduction introduction tion and use of this stone make maIre an interesting phase ph e e of the search for or domestic lithographic ic stone ton or a sub substitute substitute substitute for it The chief supply of lithographic stone atone for the tho thoU United Unite U States comes from a quarry near Solnhofen Bavaria Germany Of late years the stone has h become became unsatisfactory both as u regards quality and dependability dependability dependability of supply This may be due to a falling off of in production at the quarry or to an ai au increased demand in this country Certain it is is according to Mr Kubel the orders Oder of American lithographers lii en are net Dot being bi g sate sat satisfactorily filed This fact het has b caused a renewed activity in the search for a home supply and Utah Uth is being be D looked U w was toas as the most practicable end and available field There aro are said to be prospects p for the stone in other states but butin butin butin in nr ne ne of then them do the samples found compare favor favorably favorably ably with the Utah material Unfortunately for the staw taie however the demand for lithographic stone ie is not sufficiently heavy to t warrant anybody in expending Bg any auy large of money in opening a quarry quarry Mr is i authority for the statement tat the annual consumption amounts amoun 8 to lesa ess than tum in yams value So Su it will be seen thi t if Utah had all aU the lithographic e stone tone in the world it would mt mean a 11 great peat fortune for mr the tM owners ow n Still the th matter atter is worth looking into for in this busy world every dollar counts Then the advertising would be worth sont r dUne to tM tk alth |
