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Show '., : ' GoTernmtsnt Report BARVTCt AND BARIUM PRODUCT IN Ittt. - Tha aalea ef barjrteg mined la tha united Stataa la 1121 amounted to - let.ooa short tone, mora than twice as much aa In nil and about 71 per cant af ths avsrage yearly salsa for lilt ta 1120. The total value ot tha domee-tlo domee-tlo barytas sold In H2t was IL.L2I.-let, IL.L2I.-let, an average of 17. ts a ton. Barytes la a heavy white mineral that enters sxtenatvely Into modern - paint manufacture An Inferior grade of plgmenta la made from It by grind - . Ing It so fins that ltd powder can be floated on- water. A better grade of ' pigment la made by chemical treatment, treat-ment, and a superior grade by winking chemically a mixed auno and barium pigment. Missouri continued ta lead la tha production of barytes In lift, but Ueorgla wss a close second. Mora than . three-fourths of tha total domeatlc output fop tha year oame from thsaa . twa stats Th Imports of crude barytas In lilt ambuntad to 11.121 sho rtona, valued at I104.U0, at tha foreign ports of ' shipment. This Is shout twloe as much as the Imports In lull, but a llttls leas than those In 1120. The barium products prod-ucts Industries In ths United States consumed 17,143 short tons af ore during the yesr. Prom this or thsy mad. 4t. 1 71 short tons of ground bary-' bary-' te 11,110 tone of llthopone. and II.-f II.-f too tons of barium chemicals, having a total value of Ill.llT.IM. Thla is about one and one-half times ths quantity of barium products manufao. turcd and sold In llfl. but not so much as wss mad in 1SI0. Th average an-' an-' nual value of Uthopon has decreased from lilt. a ton for 112 to till. 41 for 1121 to 1119.11 for 1121. Moat of , th Uthopon produced In 1121 wsa mada In Vennaylvanla. Delaware and Na wjereay. la the vicinity of Philadelphia Phila-delphia where there ara eight oparat. Ing llthopone plants ar mora than half Uis total number In ths country. Over 10 per cent of tha ground barytes bary-tes was produced In Mleeourt. Barium . chemicals wera mada la eight plant of which New Jersey. New York, . pennsylvsnla, Wsst Virginia. Tennes- se and California hav on each and . Illinois two. More thaa half ths cn.ro-I cn.ro-I Icals mads eonshued of barium sul. phste (Wane fixe), but large quantities quanti-ties of rsrbonata and chierid were aleo made. Ths Imports of barium products, In-eluding In-eluding ground wltherlte or natural barium carbonate. In 1111 amounted to 17.100 short tons, valued at 11.171,011. This IS more than twlcs the quantity Imported tn 12 11. More ground bary, tea was Imported-la 112! thaa tn any year since lilt, and avsr four and one- half tlmea aa much as wss Imported In ltll- The Imports of llthopone la llil amounted to 21.126,1:4 pounds, which Is more thaa Iwlc the quantity Imported In 1121. and la met mora than th total quantity Imported In th sis year till to llll. I III. Ill pounds of Uthopoa waa si ported la ft"- . a" . POTAM IN 1kt. The Interior department announce that return received by th geological survey from the producers ef potacb In the United States mdlcata that the output In llzi amounted ta 21.171 ' short tons of crude potash aalta containing con-taining 11,714 short tons of actus! - potssh (Kill. Th sales e mounted to K.0JI short tons of cruds potssh containing 11, lit tons of KtO valued al llil.ill. About 10.00 abort tons of crude potash were held by th producers produc-ers DecemMr II. lU. tale aer ths Bie Orsade last below the weaderfally aielareeqae eaayaa ef Willow ereek. Oa all sides rtaa tower-lag tower-lag monatelns. dlaaeated by deep eaa-roaa. eaa-roaa. threosk wklck n-ah swift snaus lala tarreata taeming wltk trout The Wheeler aatloaal msasmeat. with Ita ptatureaaua aaatellated eroetoaal lM la aaly a few miles awar. tka bet aprlaca at Waaaa Wheel ia ara aaly e Least miles away, aad ether aat ear la a are at aa greater dleUtnc. Baa Laie Malt, which riaes ta aa elaveuaa of ever lt.oes feet, la aaly a tew milee ta tka aertk. Creeds a served by good ewtaaaebtle raada aad la rapidly beeom-In beeom-In a areat center fer sammer taarista Tha eoatlaaed eflorte of the attlaeae a Improve tke aaaltary aaadttlaas af the tew a and ta five It a inare altraatlva apiraaraaaa ebetua kelp te make the tour tat traffic aa In ore aat na soaree mt wealth and partly affast the decliaa ta "Theirtret m la rag ciatsa ta the Creeds district- aa stated la a report reoaatly Isamd by the deyartmeat af Ike latent threuch the leeloalcal eorrer. were U-eated U-eated la ItlS. tvat tke areat bcaa, wkla rivaled aartklac la h early hletorr of atkor miainc diotrieta did aot kf nattl late la lttl, whoa perhap t.st people r waed ta the . camp, a railroad rail-road waa eateaded ta M and the email avnawat of flat lead available doe raayea waa bailt S almoet eelldlf. Barly ta tke fallewtag year a dlsastreae fire deatroyed meet at the new eltr. The eur waa rebailt. but tka boom aak-stded aak-stded aimaat as rapidly aa It bad grewa. -It was la Jaae. lttl. tbat tw ra pectare. Theodora Beaalacer aad Jallua Haaa grabatakad by two butehara ef pot Kevte. eet aat ta pre as set the Croeda re ten. It t sela that the aoarek for their strayed bmrroe led Beoaincer ta tha outcrop a the fameee Laat C haa co ekalra. The poor sarfnea ladiaatleeia led him to aeffaa hla claim tba '-Laat Cbaaoa," A short time later bTaold hi share ta K for ttt.est. bat by Pacamaar. lttl. tha mlaa bad are-daaod are-daaod aUvor and atker ara aaiaad at nearly tl saa.sea. Attar tha great Vaaw. tba alatrlet at-tied at-tied dowa ta a mora reanler aslsteaca and baa prod ace d metal vaiaod al aver J4S.tet.teS. aaoat kali af which waa latrtbated ea preflta Th awul wt-dacod wt-dacod ta tarseot aaaatlty la eUrer. which mahea ap aaoat twe-tblrda et tha total vela af tka metallic eetaat. load mekee aaoat oae-llfta. old aboat oae nrteeaik and lead aboat eae-twea- UMoetot tha metal mined wa takea tram a ane;ie. vein, wklck eatends aleo Croat faalt ar aarthaaake rtlt that is aaeora. mUea Ion and eate rolaanlc racha klnf thcbtaaad yeare age the rooke na ona aide at tkte fanlt were drotrpod down more thaa lett feet. A mtnina tvnwrl faUewe this vela for abort twe mllaa oaoe ore haa been rJre4ue4 from ether velaa, moat af whfh estead along featta The riort. Juat leaved, witch t -title -3eol'e;y ad Ore Pcpeatta of the Crecde tuatrtct, Ciora4," br W. M. Emmonc aad B. & Lareea. ta prabttshod aa Bwtiettn III at tka rrioalti oar-vsy. oar-vsy. apa.rtiasat at ta la tarter. - ' . , THt AeTSItTOS INDUSTHV. In 1IU ths domeetlo ssbastos Industry Indus-try of tha Ualted States earns to a standstill, soeordlng to statement from ths department af tha Interior I through tha geotoglral survey. , Only 7 short ban of all varieties of asbestos as-bestos valued at 110,110 wss produced In as 00m pared with til tons, valued at IJI.ll In ml, and Ita tons valued at H7I.J11, la It:. The Arlsona field Is ths moat prom-Islng prom-Islng field In the United States. Ths ' Industry thsra was developed rapidly from a small initial production la 1114 ta lu maximum In 1110, when tt sup. riled asbestos worth It per eeat of the ota! value of tha domeetlo asbestos . marketed. This great Increase waa due to a ateady rtaa in tha price of "crudes." which reaohed a maximum late in 111 and early In lttl. In 1121 th general business depreeelon grealy decreased ths demand for aebestoa end prices fell coatlnuouely throughout the year. In lilt the plight of th Arlsona miners wss made worse by a further decrease In prices, due In part ta keen - aompetltloa with ehrysotlle from Phodeata. The price of "crudes" dur. ng ths last flu months hav Jon remarkably re-markably constant. No. 1 Caa ad lea being quoted at e&0 aad No. I at an average of about 2. Kerb f theee , prices is about I per eant higher thaa Ihe prewar figures. Inrormaloa received from several source Indicates that thara will probably pro-bably ba Inoreaaed satlvlty In mining asbestos In Arlsona la ths second half af 112. Many deposit have been lo- - sated within tha Baa Carles aad Fort Apschs Indtaa reeerve lion which wera throwa open for entry only la llll. Bora of these depoalla are un. dor lease from tba bureau af Indies a affaire and have been partly dsvsl-oped. dsvsl-oped. Outelde tha reservations there ars several depoelt which -hav been . extensively developed, but on which operations were suspended tn 1122. Oae et the eklef ditfleeltlea ta mer-ketiag mer-ketiag Arteoea aefcaatee kae been the , of bringing the producer and the eeaaumer together. To aaelet ta thla i.ii in. eeeioerical salvor anade s eau- - veae ef the Blocks et Arteea aeeektoe eu hei4 eed fer eelo ef "crude" distributed dis-tributed as fallows: Net 1 Oaetuding eeaae 1-A1. TT t, teas: Me. I. 114 uj tone; to, t tlaeludlag eome N 4. 4 ten Beme ef theee etocke warn ta lota as larse aa 111 teas and one laeluaed a atock ss tons ef ea grade. The aeeleglca: eurver will furatek te Inuraeted perckaeera e lu of tboe. liavlas eteeka ef aefceatoo ea May It Siaee tkea ther. hae keea but little csengo la tke eteck xtrMKO tHsnut-r or ttim, The mining town sf Craeda. dele., eteail at the eud of a branefc flee ef the tVeuver A Bte Oreade WMe rall-reed. rall-reed. lu tke wiieat ef tke gr.et moea-taia moea-taia group tilled taa Sea euaa seeua-1 seeua-1 --' |