Show ADVANCE ADVANCED PRICES MAY OPEN BEDS BES IN UTH UTAH Advancing prices may ultimately make the Utah beds of ot In Spanish Fork can canyon canon on commercial according to George Gerge 1 W W. Rl r. r Relative to the tho movement movement move move- ment of ot representatives e of ot the United States geological survey to put on a commercial com corn merc mercial I basis the beds bs of or mineral wax wAx Mr I. I Riter Rier said It It is I yet ct to be e demonstrated whether or not the tho Utah deposits may be com corn mercial Whilo It Is I a a comparatively ely easy pro process u of ot extraction It Is a question ques tion ton whether the Utah beds are sufficiently sufficient sufficient- ly high grade gada to make them worth while The Tho wax near nor Soldier Summit will wl average average aver aver- age oge perhaps 3 per cent The Te deposits opened up so 10 far lar have been surface only The mineral makes maes In the te joints and fissures fissures fis fis- fis eure of ot the te formation In places It I narrows narrows narrows nar nar- rows down to the thinness of ot a knife blad blade e. e The recovery is b simple The he mineral content Is melted mele out of or the tho rock when it J Is heated in hot water to a a boiling point and the wax skimmed off oft and saved aved Several plants consisting of I steam stear boIlers boiler caldrons etc have been operated down there thero on a 8 small scale cle but n never ver on a R s scale le to make the business commercial Paraffin wax which melts at at a lower lover temperature than the mineral wax or sells els at 12 to 24 4 cents a pound und no now Advancing prices ma may ultimately mako make the Utah Uth beds commer ommer- omme- omme cia cial Where the California oil 01 fields have an nn asphaltum base baBe the high grade Jrade oils found In limited quantities in Utah and Wyoming show a a paraffin base bae The Utah Uth Is a A product or residue from ancient oil 01 pools no doubt but have somewhat changed their original nature of pure paraffin b by th the absorption of contiguous lous rocks or organic matters A recent bulletin says sas th that t the te United States has exported worth orth of paraffin wax ax in the post past pt three years ears But in spite of these large exports natural mineral wax ax is i imported for lor forthe forthe the reason that its Is molting melting point Is very er high and although the paraffin wax from petroleum can be produced with this high melting incIting point the process Is difficult and amI cost costly occurs In considerable in Utah in the region of ot Cotton Colton Colon and has his been produced there but the cost of ot extracting it from low grade rade material together with wih the cost of ot transportation to the thc market marke In Eastern states has made It possible for the foreign material which comes successful successfully from Galicia to compete with lh it I |