| Show FOUND ONLY IN II 11 A 1 M atilt lims i av 0 1 I itil 1 dt POSITS til III diacou i i to date diate found on lill the tilt north of the price and spanish loik I 1 aik oik klers of if ul ua u fit t olton anti 11 I 1 lahu I 1 composition carbon 85 44 hydro 11 1145 45 undoubtedly one of the inoel interesting minerals peculiar to the state of Is nature haj produced many hydrocarbons in eastern utah the depositing of which in their formative period have resisted fated the most logical theories advanced by our tore fore milt geologist geologists among anem Is 1 the subject ol 01 this article Is 1 probably the rarest of all the hydrocarbons hydro carbons with a commercial i alao without doubt it Is the residue of a hydrocarbon hydro carbon compound formerly in a viscid state as geodes are found in the neighborhood of thistle utah con containing a hydro car lr eer iii u a viscid nanto approximating the composition of at the present time there are probably larger and more comprehensive bod lea of mineral wax being exploited la in castern utah than in any other place in the world especially is this true of the deposits found along the right of wa wai and adjacent to the denvel and rio orande grande between the stations of mill fork on the west meat and kyune ayune oa the east for a dis distance of about sixty miles and to date all discoveries of this valuable mineral have been made on the northern side several different companies are operating throughout this territory developing their p cs and ind opening ill tip ones and anti the coming season bids fair to eclipse all former years in tho the production of ordinarily occurring in nodules ranging in eize size from front it pebble to large and irregular pieces in the disintegrated lime it sometimes la ila found disseminated throughout the matrix when occurring in larder limes or partially metamorphosed sandstones concurrent with the tile facts deducted from nil all experience exper lenie to date late the formation of ore bodies has been in a downward direction th tit reversing the operation na as Is to usually conceded in the formation of most metillia met illic ores although oc oe burring usually in form n no 0 intrusions gaseous or other otherwise mise are in evidence thus it can be reasonably supposed that depth and find further development work will ill uncover largo large commercial bodies of 0 this valuable ble or ori mineral wax a Is 1 ill that its name implies in color it but little from front a black to 1 a I very d dark ark hreen reen melting in the flaque of n mitch it thus adapts it self easily to the simplest method of from front iti its magrit ii namely ime tho tile application of hot adf water r or ate steini im this method la Is in inv fol followed loeI in the of olton soldier summit and find kyune brodu cing on an article with ith a it commercial value of about fifty cents a loald loi nl having in nearly every respect the assenti essentials iry for thy the use of w ix tx its organic n nature iture permits its being used as a lubricant in high speed machiner either singly or in composition with nith graphite or other lubricants |
