Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 38 | New Industry May be Established in City

NEW NE INDUSTRY MAY BE E EST ESTABLISHED 1 IN CITY v. v 5 v- v S Salt Lake Lake City may have a factory factor forthe 4 J manufacture facture of a new explosive powerful Demonstrations D of a new and explosive which gives V f reVO- reVO the manufacture of ot explosives made yesterday afternoon inthe inthe In Inthe sides was the vicinity of Warm Springs before prominent construction and mining mend The Tl new substance is the product of or two Danish inventors one of them at present a visitor in Salt Lake where he came to demonstrate the efficiency of the new explosive The Inventor Jens ens Peter Larsen is desirous of proving proving the to Western expediency of nf the discovery mining and development men taen It was with ith this purpose that h he conducted tests yesterday It is the intention of ed those associated with the manufacture turo of ot the product to incorporate a company com com- company company com com- pany and build a factory here In the center of the mining industry The tests proved effective and were considered highly successful by those present The demonstration was made on a n huge boulder which was completely completely completely com com- shattered by the explosion No boring was necessary the explosive explosive explosive ex ex- plosive being laid on the surface of the rock and covered with earth The substance substance substance sub sub- stance is a fine sand-like sand preparation called by the inventors Larsen and his associates declare Is from two to five times as powerful as dynamite the explosive commonly used today in mining tunneling tunneling tun tun- neUng and quarrying operations Many advantageous features far in advance of other like e substances manufactured man mall uC today are claimed for the product It can be discharged only by means of a precession cap Fire has no effect upon It To discharge it by forceful contact is likewise un unavailing The powder will not freeze as will dy dy- dy It can be transported by rail without danger from shock and In compliance compliance compliance com com- with the transportation regulations regulatIons regula regula- The chemical constituents involved in manufacture are available In this territory further making its production here a matter of little difficulty In fact th there re Is every opportunity in this territory ory to make the manufacture f pf f the combustible highly profitable the character of the developments here providing a big market The discovery wa wan made by Jens Tens P. P Larsen and his partner K W. W Nielsen in Aarhus Denmark Since the two men men dissolved their joint interests Nielson Nielsen has established a factory near Copenhagen and has interested the Danish government in the invention According to the Inventor the German German German Ger Ger- man government has made mad efforts to obtain it for war purposes Among those I present yesterday to witness the tests was J J. J A. A MCIlwee l of Denver head of the l Tunneling company of that city one of Americas America's foremost engineering firms Mr Larsen Is In this city accompanied by F. F S. S a former former former for- for mer mer motion picture owner and manager manager manager man man- ager In Denmark The two men ac accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by their wives will leave tomorrow for the coast where they will visit for a week or so before rel returning to Denmark It is expected that local interests will take action in favor of the manufacture of the explosive In this city