| Show CORUNDUM IN UTAH it has often been claimed that utah abounded in every known mineral and metal with the exception of tin this assertion is doubtless true but with the exception of the precious and more common of the baser metals utah mining men have given little attention to the great diversity of minerals and commercial commodities of this state and it is left to the stranger to the newcomer to pay attention to resources which so far have been practically unnoticed and neglected included in the list being corundum this commodity is extensively mined in north carolina and georgia and is shipped to the hamden emery company in massachusetts chu where it is manufactured into emery wheels emery paper and emery belts the existence of corundum in the mountain ranges of utah if previously known attracted but little attention and it has been left to a mining man from georgia who has worked in the corundum mines of that state to deliver this commodity in bulk in utah and to realize the importance oft he find A few months ago 0 C boone arrived in utah from georgia and began prospecting in american fork canyon and his search was not so much for the precious metals as it was for the rarer metals earths and clays during his careful search of the canyon and of the rugged cliffs of this locality his attention was called to a huge deposit of a peculiar looking substance which however had been ignored and passed up by the everyday every day prospector and miner upon examining this deposit he found to his surprise that it was corundum and that in appearance it closely resembled the corundum of north carolina and georgia in fact it is almost identical with the southern product it will cut glass and while no analysis has yet been made nor have any samples been submitted to the assayer mr boone on account of his familiarity with corundum is thoroughly satisfied in his mind that this Is the simon pure article and with his associates socia tes is taking steps toward finding a market and if successful will soon inaugurate a new industry and enterprise along mining lines in this state mr boone informs the mining review that the corundum deposits above alluded to exist in a mammoth ledge in the cliffs about three miles from the mouth of the american fork rk canyon they are quite accessible and tho the product can be easily mined the only question now as to the value of the discovery depends upon shipping rates and the demand and supply in the worlds markets if his investigations result favorably he will begin at once the utilization of his new find he has already found deposits of fine fire brick clay in the vicinity of american fork and is now negotiating for their sale to salt lake parties partie s mr boone in conver bation with th editor of this paper stated that utah was prolific in its deposits of abl earths clays and rare minerals such as are worked most profitably in the south but which are almost entirely neglected and ignored by the mining men and capitalists of this state more through ignorance of their value than for any other cause |
