| Show mineral products build tramway compressors and power drills also ordered for mining alunite deposit for tho the purpose of opening up tip the huge alunite deposit near marysvale marys vale utah lying principally within the custer group of claims owned by the mineral products company orders were placed yesterday for the construction st of seven and one half miles of tramway from the prop erty to the mill which is being constructed the mineral products corporation is understood to be backed by the armour interests of chicago and also by the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company the tramway will be the longest in the state an order has also been placed with a local machinery company for three oil driven air compressors to be installed at the mine in order that the development work may be started immediately the ground is to be developed thoroughly and in shape to produce a considerable tonnage long before the mill is in operation power drills will be used in mining the ore the principal uses that have been suggested for fo r the mineral alunite are as a source of fertilizer and also as a source of the war in europe has caused a shortage of the potash salts in the united states and since the german government has placed an embargo on the exportation of potash salts from that country the scarcity of the salts in this country has been accentuated the mineral is also attracting considerable attention at present due to the steadily advance ing price of aluminum following other rAeta metals ls aluminum has had bad sharp advances recently sheets are being sold by the leading interests in this country at 29 cents a pound with one order for april 1916 delivery having been closed according to well informed interests at 32 cents a pound only a short time ago sheets of the metal sold at 20 cents a pound an analysis of the mineral occurring occurs occur ing xing near marysvale marys vale shows that besides the 1046 per cent of equivalent potassa it also cont contains ainsa a large percentage of tribune |
