Show MERCURY DEPOSITS 1 FOUND IN ARKANSAS I Metal Is Is' Is Now Employed in a Thousand Ways Washington DIscovery Discovery of deposIts deposits depos depos- its of mercury In Arkansas adds acids another Important metal to that states state's list of ot of mineral mineraI resources New domestic mercury deposIts deposits depos depos- Its its are Important because more mercury Is used In the United States than In any other country and more than third one-third of the don do- do n consumption now must WUL ue De e Imported from Europe says a n bulletin bulletin bul bul- bul- bul letin leUn from the National Geographic society Mercury has l tie been en known for at least 2500 years but Its wide use Is a n development of pf recent cen cen- cen- cen tunes Today it Is employed In about a thousand ways A CIA thin stream of the silvery ery liquid metal sealed In a glass thermometer thermometer ther ther- tube has long been mans man's aid in determining temperatures In barometers weather forecasters depend depend de do- pend pond upon It to foretell changes In weather In altimeters It If aids aviators to determine how bow high they are flying and marine engineers use It In meters to estimate the flow of water CI Mercury often does does' Its best work where man least expects It The life Ilfe of many ninny a sleeping voyager er or Is guarded by huge lighthouse beacons that revolve on floating mercury bearings and many toothaches toothaches tooth tooth- aches have been avoided by gold or silver amalgam teeth fillings made macic possible by mercury The life Ilfe of dry batteries Is prolonged because mercury protects their zinc plates Th The golfer plays on velvety greens and the farmer harvests healthy crops because a small quantIty quantity quantity quan quan- of mercury mixed with fertilIzers fertilizers fertil fortH kills Insects that attack plant roots The ship owner cleans the tIle scale from the boilers of his ships with mercury and covers cover the hulls with paint containing mercury because because because be be- cause It thwarts the rapid growth of ot barnacles When fashion n decrees de do- rees crees that felt hats should be nappy nappy nap py the bat hat manufacturer produces i the desired effect with mercury In many ways the metal loses Its Identity In various kinds of mix tures turcs It Is In miladys milady's rouge box and lipstick case where It Is available available avail avail- able to produce synthetic pink cheeks and anti red lips The slIvered silvered mirror Into which she peers to apply apply apply ap ap- ap- ap ply her cosmetics Ls Is In reality n a mirror About third one-third of the worlds world's supply of mercury Is used In the drug and chemical Industries It helps to produce soda used In the manufacture of artificial soda used In the manufacture of artificial silk and Is s an ingredient of some dyes dres It Is mercury that produces the green lights and helps to produce the blue lights In colored light advertIsIng advertising ad ad- signs Because It Is de do- dependable In maintaining even en tom tern I during oil distilling operations operations opera opera- It Is an on Important tool of ot the oil Industry As a safe dependable detonator for tor c. c explosives es It was one of the so- so called war minerals during the tIle World war In peace times Its detonating detonating det dot uses are arc legion eglon It helps to blast tunnels through mountains and gouge cuts for railroads and highways razes tree stumps and stones to clear land for many pur pur- poses loosens limestone granite and marble from quarries for new buildings and dislodges minerals from mines Radio programs are amplified In American merIcan living rooms by radio tubes In the manufacture of which mercury had a part and many electrical electrical electrical elec elec- devices used In modern buildings buildings build build- ings were produced with the tile aIr of 01 mercury One of the most outstanding Ing ng recently developed uses of ot mercury mercury mercury mer mer- cury Is In power plants The Tile new plant uses mercury vapor Instead of I steam I Now and then mercury Is found In Its liquid metal state but more often It appears In n a n red mercury- mercury sulphur ore called cinnabar from which the tha metal is extracted bv by n roasting process Mercury Is known to exist on every continent but most of the tile worlds world's supply comes from Spain and Italy with Spain leading lendIng in production The mines which give Italy second rank among mercury mercury- producing countries are situated near Trieste and In Tuscany The United States Is third on the mercury mercury mercury mer mer- cury production list with California leading the mercury states' states which Include Oregon Nevada Washington Washing Washing- ton Texas and Arizona The metal also Is mined In Alaska Mexico Canada Russia Czechoslovakia Austria Algeria Japan Rumania New Zealand and Australia Peru once was an Important South AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican source of mercury mercury but production production tion ceased several years ago |