Show A RADIUM INSTITUTE of the american meeting at the recent charles L parsons mining congress dr chief of the division of mineral technology of of mines read the united states bureau radium resources and our a paper on oil announced the incorporation of a national radium institute and a operative cooperative co agreement between it and the bureau the has been advanced recently price of ore owing according to dr parsons to statements made by the bureau of mines as to the low prices which our producers were receiving through ignorance of the real value we are inclined to believe the th e true cause of the advance to be the increased demand for the ores since buyers have awakened to the fact that the large production which so many miners claimed to be able to get out has been shown to have been exaggerated the paradox valley colorado is said to be the richest in which is fast becoming the important source of radium and even now can be rated as the chief source of radium ores As bearing on in utah the following is interesting american is found chiefly in Alon montrose trose and san Alit miguel guel counties colorado and in in utah northwest of these counties the utah deposits are at green river table mountain richardsons Richard sons fruita moab and some sixteen miles southeast of thompsons Thomp sons the ores of these deposits are of a lower grade than those of the paradox valley but they are nearer to the railroads and transportation por tation costs are much less As to the radium institute the incorporation po ration has as directors dr howard A kelly james douglass dr curtis F burnham and archibald douglass dr parsons stated that the institute has formed a cooperative agreement with the bureau of mines whereby the bureau obtains the opportunity port unity of a scientific and technologic study of the mining and concentrating ot ores and of the most efficient methods of obtaining radium vanadium and uranium with a view to increased efficiency of production and the prevention of waste the institute ha has s obtained the right to mine twenty seven claims in paradox valley including some of the best mines in this richest radium bearing region of the world has already procured nearly tons of and is to begin work in an experimental plant to be erected in colorado using entirely new methods developed by the bureau of mines the institute which is supplied with sufficient funds to carry out its purpose has been formed with the especial idea of procuring enough radium to conduct experiments in radium therapy especially the curing of cancer and to investigate the cal and chemical effects of radium rays that america will soon goon take the place in this new industry that belongs to it now seems assured |