Show ALUM SHALE IN WYOMING what promises to be one of the most imbor important tant and extensive mining and development enterprises in this section of the west is taking form at wamsutter sutter wyoming lying south of wamsutter sutter only four miles R L royse and F L johnston and other parties have placer mining claims and leases running into thousands of acres which give promise of great value in the very near future an alum shale vein six feet thick carrying according to reports from the purdue university purdue indiana 1 per cent of amonia sulphate per ton 12 pounds to the ton 14 per cent sulphuric acid to the ton and according to this report only 7 per cent ash or waste to a ton several assays essays of this alum give it an average of 60 per cent ammonia alum and 6 per cent ammonia feric which is a very high priced form of alum and which is very scarce when interviewed by the kemmerer republican mr royse who is a mineralogist said this alum found in the fields south of wamsutter sutter is not picker enite alum but is genuine ammonia alum there is confusion among some people by tb thinking inking this ammon a alum is the same as the pic alum found in Utah when in fact the alum found here is ammonia alum containing such high grade minerals as to make it very valuable oil shale of high grade the leaf oil shale on these claims is of unusual quality and contains an average of sixty gallons of oil to the ton there is an unlimited quantity of this high grade leaf oil shale which is of a blumish and black color the black oil shale which is said by experts to be some of the highest quality of oil shale yet discovered contains considerably sider ably over gallons of oil to the ton owners busy on claims royse and johnston with a crew of workmen have been very busy doing assessment ses and prospecting work for some time past and also are building roads so as to more easily reach the claims because of the fact that the owners wanted fully to determine the extent and value of their holdings the property has not been pushed but at the present time deals are under negotiation with large eastern capitalists and either the property as a whole will be disposed of in the near future or else a corporation will be formed for the development of this property A conservative estimate of the value of these huge alum deposits run into many millions of dollars the alum is snow white and has the same appearance color and taste as alum that comes from the drug store the development of these alum mines will add greatly to Wyo mineral wealth |