| Show molybdenum production IN 1925 although the united states has thousands of j P denum deposits ranging in size from those which produce only a few flakes of to those in which there of only two molybdenum mines are millions of tons ore were operated during 1925 according to the bureau of mines the market has not yet grown sufficiently large to warrant the operation of other mines the two which operated and owned by companies which are well e quipped equipped are make their own molybdenum c compounds om pounds to be sold to the steel trade in colorado the C climax molybdenum company operated throughout the year ye ar at climax about fifteen miles by rail northeast of leadville in new mexico the denum corporation of america operated operate d its mine in sul haur gulch about seven miles east of questa together produced tons of ore oi e from which was the companies to 85 per of concentrates carrying made short tons of cent molybdenum sulphide equivalent to pounds molybdenum metal used each for making A few tons of are year chemicals and a few thousands pounds of molybdenum is used in the elec electrical trica I 1 industry but the bulk of the production is used in machine machin e steels |
