Show mineral wax in oregon va bec shown recently byM rMel I 1 villa attwood some specimens of a peculiar from a recently discovered deposit in southern oregon the mineral has a dypry different ap arance from that found in utah it bearance Ee urns very freely with a dense smoke but no adur if the deposit is of any extent the discovery dib covery is an important one since i is fouad in only one other los calita in this country tha utah ozice rite began to come into the market in i 1 1888 ami the deposit ig now producing abent pounds a year anis mineral wax or in its refined form is used for nearly all the purposes to which ordinary bees wax ia applicable it possesses nearly all the propertied of beeswax except nesa but in cages where that quality is desirable it ia only necessary to wax the mineral with ordinary beeswax crude like other hydrocarbon compounds ia used to a considerable extent as an insulator for electrical wires belongs to the class of hydrocarbon compounds which include marsh gas petroleum patr oleum and pa raffina it being very similar in appearance apoe arance to the latter it is colorless colo iless ato white whan pure it occurs leek green yellow and brown this oregon mineral wax IB a yellow ieh white its specific gravity r very small it being exceptionally licht for its bulk from appearance it is a purer articia than that produced in utah we import isert quantities of this material from galicia austria the amount accor diRK to census in 1889 being pounds there are thirty live companies t work in galicia where they have been mining te substance sine 1862 they had a monopoly tn the product until 1888 when the utah deposit began to bo worked if there is much of the bub betanco in breon it will be worth attention as the demand for it is on the increase min and arba |