Show CREATING TUNGSTEN MARKET how a tungsten market was first established fifteen years ago was told to nederland and lakewood friends this week by mrs morris jones of boulder whose husband was a pioneer in the tungsten game says ys tungsten light nederland colorado morris jones who came to the tungsten district in 1900 1900 found that little was being flone done with the districts most plentiful ore lie he therefore set out to find somewhere to arket it nobody knew much about its uses and nobody knew of a market for the black ack metal jones went to chicago and there in the public libraries lie he worked for several months translating german books that described its associations and uses and gathering data to toe be used later when he had learned as much as possible about the black ore he went kent to the primos primes chemical company primos primes pennsylvania and laid his proposition before bedfor e the officials they decided to try to use his product and after the first tests wanted more the man who made the market for tungsten acquired several properties in gordon gulch built a mill and for some time was the only buyer of the ore in 1906 he sold his holding to the primos primes company for and they moved tile the mill to lakewood A year later he died |