Show UTAH HAS AS ONLY ACTIVE I PlANT IN INTHE I T THE WORLD I deposits of southern Utah are axe axes axer again brought r ft o into fsr prominence r t by bya a new process s which It Is declared by representatives representatives e of the Wasatch company com corn pany operating at Soldier Summit on the tile Denver Deliver Rio Grande railway extracts extracts extracts ex ex- ex- ex tracts this valuable wax from practically all the rock rocky formations In so-called so strata Utilizing this new process which has been but recently Installed In this company's com corn pany's fd plant n there deed are f being t produced to pounds u dally daily of this wax ot of what Is said to be the highest grade said A. A G. G Burritt upon his return fro from Soldier Summit The product of this plant is sent to the eastern market by express as rapidly as It comes from the mill because this Is the only plant now operating In all the world and industries wherein is used are seriously handicapped for lack of the normal supply The huge plans which under normal conditions produced in Austria have 1 long since e been 1 closed down by the war and 8 the main f dependence d en of r the I world for this tilts substance for Cor the time being is this singie single small Utah plant and this is merely a test proposition to prove I the efficacy of the tile new process Now ow that It Is satisfactory In Its operations however the tile company Is contemplating enlargement of Its production facilities and there Is every probability that millions millions mil mu- lions of tons of shale which carries carrie In small seams will be treated and made to yield a large amount of money for those Interested In this in in- in This phase of the development of the states state's Industry comes conies after a a. succession of efforts by preceding promoters promoters pro pro- meters and companies most of which are said to have been only partially successful success success- ful UI and a few of oC which were dismally disappointing In their results In former Cormer operations tile the miners gouged the wax by hand band power from seams Beams In the rock and yields Ields were only possible from the larger streaks with which the rock is impregnated Al Altogether Altogether Al- Al together after immense amounts of ot work had been applied to some of or the beds which originally but erroneously were estimated to carry much of this substance In large seams the operators discovered that they had only only- small quantities of the treasured pro product The main feature of the new process and method of recovering the in ill the vicinity of Soldier Summit Is re reported reported re- re ported e to be the e grinding I of the shale r ft ci into small mesh Rock which hi assays as low as 2 per cent Is subjected to this treatment along with rock containing containing con con- taming a higher percentage of the wax which latter Is released in this tills wa way very rapidly and at relatively small cost The subsequent refining treatment provided pro pro- vided d In the new process Is said to possess many merits favorable to the producers I The fact that since the European war began the price of has more than doubled Is stated by those familiar with tills this minerals mineral's history l to o have greatly stimulated li UV hea the tho establishing t if of fa the business bustness bust busi ness of the Wasatch company of which L. L V. V Shearer of or Salt Lake Is president Us Uses s to which Is applied In Inthe Inthe inthe the sciences and manufacturing are many It I becomes a hard rubber when highly refined and Is s Invaluable In the h hoHer creation I of in telephone eg gns t transmitters I I In a softer oHer condition serves Important important important im Im- im- im purposes also as a material which Imparts a n deep enduring black finish to the tile sides of shoe soles RoIls and heals and andI It is much In demand therefore by manufacturers man man- I of footwear |