Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-02 | Page 35 | Fuller's Earth is Found in Florida

FULLER'S ESRTH IS FOUND M FLORIDA Product Is Used Chiefly in Bleaching and Clarifying Clarify-ing Oils. A report on fuller's earth by Jef-ferBon Jef-ferBon Middloton of the United States geological survey has boon published as an advance chapter from mineral resources for 3012, and copies will be sent to interested persons frco, on application ap-plication to the director of tho survey sur-vey at "Washington, D. C. Tho value of the fuller's earth mined in 1912 in the United States .was $305,522, and Florida was tho principal producer. The principal use of fuller's earth in this country is in the bleaching, clarifying clari-fying or filtering of fats, greases and oils. The common practice with mineral min-eral oils is to dry the earth carefully after it has been ground to thirty to sixty mosh and run it into long cylinders, cylin-ders, through which the crude, black mineral oils nre allowed to percolate slowly. As a result the oil that first comes out is perfectly water Svhito and much thinner than that which follows. fol-lows. Tho oil is allowed to continue percolating through the earth until the color reaches a certain maximum shade. With the vegetable oils the process is radically different. The oil is hoatod beyond the boiling point of wator in large tanks, from 5 to 10 per cent of its weight of fuller's earth is then added, and the mixture is vigorously stirred and then filtered off through bag filters. Tho coloring matter remains re-mains with tho earth, tho filtered oil being of a pale straw color, provided the operation has beon conducted with sufficient care. Oro Shipments. Yesterday the Utah Ore Sampling company com-pany released six cars of ore from Utah mines, one car from Oregon and one from Nevada. Metal Market. Metal prices for yesterday were posted post-ed as follows: Silver, 59c; lead, 54.35; copper, $16.50. Ore and Bullion. McCornlck & Co., bankers, yesterday reported rocolpt of ore to the valuo of 5150,000 and bullion shipped worth 575,-000; 575,-000; total, 5225,000. West End Dividend. The "West End Consolidated Mining company yesterday declared a dividend of 5 cent a ahare to stockholders of record rec-ord Novembor 19, and payable December Decem-ber 3. Going to Work. Tomorrow the Dugway Silver Boll will put on a force of men at Its workings In tho Dug-way district.