Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-07-05 | Page 3 | Ex-Salt Laker Tells Hunt for West's Metals

Salt Ex-Salt Laker Tells Hunt for West's Metals Great strides are being made madey by y the federal government in its search for strategic metals in the west according to a former Salt Laker who now is head of the department department de- de of geology at the New Mexico school of mines He is Dr Sterling B. B Talmage who with Mrs Talmage arrived in n Salt Lake City Saturday to spend pend several weeks visiting his mother and Mrs Talmage's mother The federal governments government's in investigations investigations investigations in- in are progressing rapidly rapidly rap- rap idly he asserted and parallel studies undertaken by other ag agen- agen n- n des ies also are proving of immense value to the west's mining indus- indus try ry The New Mexico school of mines has located a large deposit of f pumice which is used as an abrasive and in acoustic plaster Pumice he explained is a form of volcanic frost and was imported im- im ported from Italy until the Euro- Euro European European ean war broke out The haired dark-haired geologist son son of f the late Dr James E. E Talmage member of the council of twelve apostles postles of th the L D S church scouted the possibility of Salt Lake City or Utah suffering any severe evere earthquakes similar to the thene theone theone one ne which rocked Santa Barbara Cal a few days ago Dr and Mrs Talmage will visit his lis mother Mrs James E. E Talmage Talmage Talmage Tal Tal- mage 29 South State street and his lis w Mrs Orson Al- Al T street during their stay stayn in n Salt Lake City