Show SORTED AND SAMPLED the production of quicksilver in utah during 1905 was 1050 flasks flacks valued at the entire quantity came from the retorts of the sacramento gold mining company whose mines are located near mercur tooele thoele county the more important known gypsum deposits in utah occur in the central and southern portions of the state in juab county east of nephi in sanpete and sevier counties near salina in millard county at white mountain near fillmore and in wayne county in south wash they are all of the rock gypsum type except the one near fillmore which is in the secondary form of unconsolidated crystalline and granular gypsum blown up from dry lakes into dunes deposits are also know in emery county about forty miles southeast of richfield in kane county near kanab in grand county between grand river and the la sal mountains in sanpete county near gunnison in the eastern part of washington county between duck lake and rockville and at other places recently enormous deposits of gypsum have been reported from iron county but at points so far from lines of transportation as to render their exploitation impracticable for the present the highest grade of ameri can lump no I 1 is pure white or clear pale blue in color and does not contain more than 1 per cent of silica such material is used in the manufacture of opalescent glass in the making of enamels and agate ware and in the production of hydrofluoric acid and other chemical compounds compounds of fluorine both lump and ground mineral is shipped for these purposes the second grade of american lump no 2 includes the colored varieties and is limited to a content of not more than 4 per cent of silica this is sold in lump or gravel form and is used in the manufacture of open hearth steel because it imparts great fluidity to the slag the third grade of gravel includes all of the mineral that carries more than 4 per cent of silica and all that is mixed with calcite calcote this material is used in foundry work on account of 0 the clean character which it gives to iron castings through lack of knowledge of this property the demand for for foundry work is much less than it should be other grades known to the market are 1 crushed ground fine and ground extra fine in 1905 the single portland cement plant in utah had lt its largest production the figures reported for the year showing a decided advance over those giving the production for 1904 the plant was active during the year except a brief stoppage for foi over hauling there are two new projects reported from this state for the building of portland cement plants during the coming year one plant is to be erected by the rocky mountain portland cement company near salt lake city and the other is to be located at a town that was for formerly meily called croyden on the union pacific railway twenty eight miles east of ogden the name of this town has recently been changed to portland because of the decision of the union pacific portland cement company to pa locate its new plant there the three rotary kilns kalns to be installed are eight feet in diameter by feet in length and are the largest boilerplate kilns kalns in the world the kilns kalns at the edison factory in new jersey are of equal size but are made of cast iron the tube mills in the new utah plant are also of a much larger size than usual powdered coal will be the fuel used I 1 in n the ro barles and the output from the three kilns kalns is expected to be 2000 barrels of cement per day A modern electric plant is part of the equipment of the plant as is a steam shovel with which all the raw raw mater material ial will be handled the company owns over 2000 acres of land the plant is expected to be ready for operation early in 1907 A reliable and constant supply of tungsten minerals is desirable and of considerable importance considering the large increase in the demand for the metal tungsten for use in the manufacture of high speed tool steel and of hardened steel for armor plate and heavy guns As is indicated by the large increase in the production of tungsten during 1905 the demand for this metal is increasing rapidly and there is now a regular market for it in this country and abroad there was a considerable increase in the production of tungsten ore during 1905 as compared with that of 1904 and also a general increase in the price paid per ton for the concentrates containing from 60 per cent and over of oxide there was however considerable variation in the price which in the early part of the year brought per short ton for a 65 per cent concentrate about july 1 the price was approximately 6 per unit per long ton and still later in the year the price was per unit per long ton these prices however varied more or less with the location of the deposit the total production of tungsten ore during 1905 was approximately short tons from which there was obtained tons of concentrates valued at this is an increase of 63 tons in quantity and of in value as compared with short tons valued at in 1904 the average value per ton of the 1905 production of tungsten concentrates was which is an increase of 86 per ton as compared with the average value per ton of of the 1904 production |