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Show PRIZE ESSAYS. Ml. .Ventil Plaster i.r I'.rl. Worlie Utah's fame as an agricultural district has long been heralded abroad, bhe now claims acknowledgment nn the score of her minuficturcs. And hci right to such a clihn can not be disputed. dis-puted. I'rominent among the litter industries in-dustries Is tlie mmufjeture of plostcr-of Torls. Situated about a mile from Ncplil City, at the mouth of bait Creek cinyon, are the Nephl Plister and Manufacturing Works, The factor) proper covers about Co by 75 feet. Annexed to this building Isacoopcrshoji 14 by 30 feet. Here the barrels in which the plaster is shipped are marie. This entire pi int Is operated by one hundred nnd twenty horse water-power water-power under eighty five feet head. The largest deposit of gipsum lu America is looted within four hundred feet of this mill. 'lhe process of manufacturing manu-facturing Into plister Is not intricate, though it is somewhat length. The ruck Is couve)ed from the quarry to the mill by means of cars. It is then thrown Into a large iron crusher, where It is broken Into pieces not much larger than a pigeon's egg; then convened to another machine which grinds it to a pow der. 1 litis reduced it is tnnsferred to a large Iron kettle under which is a hot fire. Uutlng the boiling process, which occupies occu-pies two nnd a hilf hours, it is kept in motion by n mechanical contrivance. The drjfng Is done by n centrifugal machine. 1 very p.utlcle of moisture is driven out by the rapid rotary motion The process is now completed The plaster is ready for packing nnd shipping shipp-ing The most striking peculiarity of the plaster Is the fact that as soon as tlie powder is united with water It solidifies, becoming quite as Inrd as when in the form of gynsum If the null be kept running night nnd day at Its full opacity the ) ield ol nianu. factured plaster would be ninety tons per tlay, nt the present time, however, the Company is shipping, on an average, only fifteen car loads per month. The mirkets are Utah, Idaho, Montana. Mon-tana. Washington, Oregon ond California. Cali-fornia. lhe uses of plasler-of Paris are nan!-fold nan!-fold In white washing It Is frequently used as a substitute for Imie Dentists use it to aid In making artificial teeth. Ilullders utilize) it largely for various purposes of ornament itloii. Its value In modeling figures nnd busts can not be estimated, To the beauty-loving e)e the content- plitlon of statuary produces a most pleasurable emotion. The figures tnidc of plister-of Paris are considered by some to be nearly ns beautiful ns marble, and It his the advantage of being much less expensive. l.STkLLA Nuk. Nijriii, Utah |
