Show LI b GYPSUM r M Mfr DEPOSITS fr IT AT T t NEPHI tr 1 Subject of a 1 Contribution Cont by b Prof J J M tl 1 BOlt wel of U C S S Geological Survey Surcy LARGEST BODY I THIS STATE of or Contains Urge e C e cf it I Mentioned The character occurrence and of or rock nr r N X S phi are considered In a 1 paper entitled Hock J at II tab which I Is II included In n a bulletin Ho io US U published by b the United States survey urvey under the title tl Contribution to This The e author authur of ot this paper papal pl U Is Mr Mi MiJ h J M 1 who in December 1 10 Ilot this thU of rock rk gypsum In lit Juab county count It I l la ii I the n deposit of ot rock rok In lii II Itoh mini anil AUt lonin the tho entire maw 11 milk ot of a I prominent spur pur nt at Il th the en entrance trance to 10 Salt Sal Creek treek tt ck Yalta Valley Va rho Tho ex expo exPosed po Posed ed portions portion of DC this thin body loy hod are Aro about 3 feet Ceet thick C feet C t high hll along the tul I nd at least foul 70 00 feet tt lung long on ott 01 the time strike The lie he present la Is a I ot 01 a ii 1 more comprehensive r report port h fy Mr on Uyi sum Depos DelIo If Ha Its in imi 1 Utah Ulah Uth included In No Nu NoMi Mi Il in iii 11 time the 21 te bulletins hl m and 2 U 5 ari str Ir for gratuitous thus tous and may be le obtained on oil to Int the till na director of oC the lie lii 01 United Survey Washington D 1 C 0 The Fur must most Important tact fact known knoll by b ls of ot samples taken from Cram rein this its deposit next to 10 the Ih of their high 11 h gypsum content eon lent Is IB thAt the lie rock aa as 11 well as ni the this waste Waite rock Includes between botwen 22 and 23 3 per e lent cent nt of ot It 1 Is II thought that the presence of anhydrite might of or the tha aa as retard the lie setting Ihl gypsum tIme the former fanner Lil nets acts like artificially 11 Ile gypsum which Ice takes up UI water very slowly flow I and without It Is II highly probable that anhydrite I Ir it n a 1 large lAge l per r cent of other be gypsum no so that It II would woid I to 10 h 1 further reliable 1 of or other gypsum that thai have proved suitable for tor the manufacture of or pluster ot of good setting getting Several other deposIts deposit of oC value are known In iii II the te Salt SnIt Creek Valley east eSl of or the main body bOlly The rho he most lol Important of or the time creek k of oC these u Ia on the time north std sul cie about 1 mil InU out oust of oC the NIhl Nephi plaster mill mi They rhey Include rock r gypsum of oC good grade gade and Id Impure The he great reM Italy lidy I r at lt the mouth of the valley Is Ie l b wever the only Illy gypsum d deposit i In Utah now flow exploited to 10 army any alY considerable extent It IL I wan irma Wi known knon before the lie town toI of or N Nephi hl was W settled All lifts hRs probably been hen known to 10 the whites for tor nearly SO years About 38 35 3 tt eare ago ngo 1 n claim chim COO 00 by b 1500 10 feet f t In lii dimensions dimension was WI fur for formally mally mily located and In IMS US this thle was patented by John Hague and others under th the tho name of ot the Ihl Juab Plaster auth Mining claim Small Intermit Intermittent tent shipments shipment were d to Salt Hall Ilke Oily el It In ISH lisT under the manage management ami amil ment of oC Hyde Hague anti and Inter rook I tree quarried alid Ri burned In Iii sorghum pans lions ans for or local locRI consumption During Durin I tho Iho following year encouraged by h the I rapidly demand th these w par var 08 their company ami au erected the of oC the I eracle plant which though thou h iu not t extensive Is In very n Its Iti I out nUtS output output put average 36 16 tons ton of ot plainer a It day IY and between mid nul tons a year fr This Thin hll includes Include dental ca land lant nail hard had plaster each prepared for Cor lt its u special u IE tices os A large laige nail and Increasing demand U Is the Iho Ireat II supplied hout BasIn region 11 lon and shipments flus nr made madeus us as RI far lRI as au A Orand Junction on oti the lie east laos R anti and hawaii on tho lie south amid west treat e t anti and lud Victoria on the north |