Show NEW DEPOSITS OF FILTERING CLAY special to mining review los angeles june 18 G C gester field engineer of the standard oil company and expert in filtering clays has recently completed an examination of two clay deposits which were recently discovered and which has attracted recently worldwide world wide attention one deposit is located at shoshone a station on the tonopah tidewater railroad while the other deposit is located in the mason springs district dark clark county nevada twenty miles east of tecopa tecola california the demand for oil necessitates the western refineries to now engage in refining of the heavy oils on an immense scale this creates a demand for a high grade filtering clay a product which previous to these discoveries was a mighty scarce article in the west the refineries being compelled to ship most of their clays from florida tests made upon the clay from both of these deposits show it to be even superior to the florida product another astounding feature of both of these clays is their emul and cleansing properties the world war set the chemist in the laboratory to work as never before and a year ago a chemist in london made the discovery that by using 75 per cent fats and 25 per cent of a colloidal clay a superior soap ordinary washing toilet and in fact shaving soap can be made at the convention of the american chemical society held at st louis last february considerable interest was shown in recent investigations in colloidal chemistry and the use of colloidal clay in soap making these discoveries co were made just at the time the convention was going on two prominent soap companies are also experimenting with these clays the deposits are owned by dan callahan an old time nevada prospector and his associates pat fuertis sam selph and dad fairbanks all of the death valley country at tecopa tecola california two crews are busily engaged driving a tunnel on the C hambers chambers lead silver property twenty miles east of tecopa tecola this mine is under bond to A J jarmosh Jar moth a well known operator of san francisco and new york |