| Show PLANS BIG CEMENT PLANT Mining Man Believes He Re Has Great Bonanza in Box Bos Elder EIder County H C Bolter Baiter the Ogden mining raa man and promoter Is engaged in developing a now industry which promises to receive great attention la In the tha near future and bring prosperity to one of the most moat bar barren rca ren sections of Box Elder Eider county Mr Baker has matured a plan for faulting cement which he lie believes will equal if it not excel Portland cement Ho has die dis discovered covered the necessary materials on what are known as an the alkali flats along the shore line lino of Box Elder lake The water of the lake has receded year after year and loft left a crust of what has been taken for alkali Some years ago Mr Baker discovered quite by accident that the deposit was not alkali but lime such as us is used In Inthe inthe the manufacture of cement He conceived the idea of utilizing the tha deposit at some for the making of cement and made some Santo preliminary investigations which showed that the deposit was of a depth of at least four foot fully twice the tho depth of the deposits found in other ce cc communities Analyses showed that tho stuff was 67 per cent lime limea p very high percentage The Tho other ingredient used In making ce cc cement meat ment is silica and Mr Baker decided that he could develop a ti great plant If it ho be could but find a deposit of silica Silica is found in cloy clay and he hebet set bet about looking for clay of a suitable character Plenty of clay was found but most of It contained not only silica but also some other ther element hostile to the proper making of cement Nevertheless ho lie had exports experts from the tho east come out outto outto to sample the lime and some Itches holes were dug to test tIle tho depth of the tho deposit Then rhen it was discovered that underneath the layer of lime was waa a t bed of clay which on being tested showed 57 per cent silica The two ingredients were found and Mr Baker at met once became interested in inthe the tho titles to property along the lake laka lakeshore shore As the land most desirable was waa land which hind had been left laft on the shore shora by the tha lake recession several nice pointy wore were involved The Thu lake is not a navi navigable gable one and it is the judgment of at attorneys that the land belonged to the owners of property abutting the Take lake lakeshore shore Mr Baker set iet about buying it and nearly a 5 year ear ago secured title to practically all of what was regarded as about the most worthless pieces of real At the tho present time he lie is engaged in informing informing forming a company of his friends to de tie elop the Industry Experts declare that with the tho materials at hand the lime above and the silica below one of the tho very ver best beat grades of cement can be man manufactured manufactured The Oregon Short Line track crosses the flats and for sonic some distance its grade is built of the material Portland cement made of lime from the famous chalk cliffs of Dover and clay from the bed of one of the tho inland streams sells iu in this locality at 1 90 per barrel band wholesale Mr Baker says he can produce it for per barrel |
