Show washington COUNTY ONYX a rare metal found on the property of bull valley co S H roundy of cache valley utah was in salt lake a few days ago en route to bull valley washington county utah for the purpose of increasing the force in the development of the property of the bull valley mining company this company whose holdings cover valuable deposits of gold and copper ore believes that its most valuable assets are in the quarries of onyx which exist on its property and in the exploitation of which attention is now being directed this onyx the mining review is informed is the purest yet found in the united states as it is entirely free from lime the onyx is of various colors and tints beautiful when polished and can be taken out in large blocks and in large quantities and it is of such excellent quality that it is believed that it will command a ready market in utah and elsewhere for building purposes and in the decoration of large and costly structures it is stated that capitalists are investigating into the merits of this onyx with the view of purchasing a rare metal when mr roundy came up from the mines last month he brought with him samples of what was to him an unknown metal which he stated had been found on the com banys property the occurrence being in seams and stringers in a hard white formation upon his return home he forwarded samples of the metal to the geological survey at washington and in answer to inquiries as to its character and value was informed that it was that rare metal and that it was more valuable than th an gold of course mr roundy does not know the extent of the deposit of on the companas comp anys property but he will inaugurate an extensive investigation as to quantity upon his return to the mine according to webster is a mineral found at richmond in massachusetts and named in honor of george gibbs fisar president of the american geological al society it occurs in irria irregular gular cal masses which present an aggregation of elongated tuberous branches parallel and united its structure is fibrous the fibres fabres radiating from an axis its colors are a dirty white greenish white ate and grayish it is a hydrate of alu minai |