Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-08-18 | Page 16 | Joseph Busy with Wyo, Mica Mine

JOSEPH JOSEP BUSY WIH WYO MIG MINE Property at Guernsey Contains Contains Contains Con Con- Whole Nest of Rare Metals Mia Mica beryllium feldspar asbestos and still rarer raier substances substance are Included in included In- In In the mineral complex of ot a group of claims In Wyoming whose development has hn been undertaken by Harry S. S Joseph of ot Salt Lake as consulting con con- suiting suling engineer Believe Beleve it or not folks folk pay real money for the materials enumerated Mr Joseph and his principals princIpal are partial to thorn them thEm because they are not bot in such excess as copper lead and zinc At the same time Ume the handling of unfamiliar ores presents new lelus Mr Joseph Jooeph has ha been in for a alot alot lot of Intensive study since he became became be be- be- be came affiliated with wih rare metal and I mineral development His Interest began began began be be- be- be gan about abut three months ago when he acquired an equity In th tha Muscovite Musco vite vie Mica Mic Mining s Milling corn com cm- cm pany pay The company Itself was organized or organized organized or- or in February 1931 with wih a capital of shares par value per share 10 cents cent Property of or tho the Muscovite cm- cm braces bres acres in Goshen county Wyoming north norh of the te town of ol Guernsey Guersey The Te locations loton arc are in the Ha Haystack mountain range and cover covel a belt of pegmatite dikes that form torm L ridges rides as they strike southwest from fron I the Black hills his of South Dakota The locations are very ery old dating back all al of or 50 years ears Stein and Fredericks Fred Fred- ericks two soldiers ex-soldiers turned prospectors prospectors pros pros- in the Black hills hil staked I them The Thc owners waited wait wald years for fol transportation markets market and capital l capi-l Finally as a a age e Impaired their energies enerI energies ener ener- gies I s they decided to turn tur their holdIngs holdIngs hold hold- Ings logs Into money Samuel and William Conklin of ot Salt Lake contracted to buy the ground gound anc and I make payments payment extending over r a along along t long term of years cars Completing the purchase e they with wih Mr Joseph or organized organized or- or the new company A dike from Irons four to 10 feet teet In I width has ha been exposed for nearly feet It shows neither feet I of the precious metals metal gold or silver siver but butIs Its Is assortment of rare rae minerals would do Ido credit to t a museum museu In producing producing ing ono one substance so s man many byproducts prod by pro bj are taken out that waste Is i minimized and Income multiplied Mica Mica constitutes about 30 per cent of the dike material material Fifteen per pr cent centIs Is said to be sheet mica mic the most valuable form of the product In the mica mica are crystals of ot beryllium a metal with such extraordinary properties prop prop- that Industry hungrily de devour devours de- de vours all al that can be produced without wih- wih without with with- out haggling over the price The metal beryllium It Jt Is f said aid Id Is half hal as heavy as a aluminum but twice as a strong as steel steel The only known method of ot extraction calls call for I electrical fusing fuig and Is i expensive c. I In mining mica and beryllium mic considerable considerable considerable con con- feldspar will be taken outA out A good god market for tor the spar spar is 1 af afforded afforded af- af I forded by the te potteries which use it i I In glazing their wares wares Still other II minerals mineral are contained In this re remarkable remarkable re- re remarkable formation formato that eventually may aid In swelling the earnings of the company The Te Initial requirement of the or organization or- or a road to the railway raHway has been met The next is a mill mU to grind the mica belo below the sheet class closs Fi Financing Financing Fl- Fl for tor the purpose pUrse of building the mill U is i being considered considered