Show OPENS FIRE FIE CLA CLAY Y i i NEAR ELY SMELTER r Makes Make Discovery Y of f fI I Importance to the District District On 01 One o of ot the disadvantages of 01 op operating operating oper oper- r- r a smelter at ut Ely has been tho the absence of or known leown deposits oC or fire ro cIa clay in that rc region lon It having ha been hEen necessary for the GUJ Guggenheim people to ship from Ogden the tine clay used for tor lining the furnaces of or the Steptoe plant Now ow It appears that this disadvantage o may moy bo ho I overcome A bed bee of fire fre clay has been beon opened on the tho ranch not nol far j from the junction of or tho main line hue lne of or the Nevada Northern railroad and tho the high ln line to th tine the smelter The Tine clay ant appears ap ap- ap p- p pears to bo be a high class product equal In every way to the fire tro clay shipped into tho tIne district tram front Ogden an and aind other Osden other places Already a contract has been Id signed ne whereby 1 Mr Haberson Is to deliver del fr toua pf 1 tho tine cIa clay to the smelter each ench m mc nth Tho The price agreed upon Is the name same made mate on tho Ogden fire ro Cl clay laid down at the smelter The Tine smelter uses approximately tons of oC clay cla- claa a month It I Is us used d principally prin In iii the smelter proper In his hi recent monthly report the tine superintendent su superintendent su- su of or the tine smelter mado made special epo- epo cial cal mention of the time clay cIa taken from frum tho tine Haberson ranch describing It as being as nR good goot as ns tho tIne cIa clay which the company com corn ran pany has mae been purchasing from tho Ogden Fire Clay company No o steps step as yet h have hc c been taken to fully determine the tine area arca of or the tine depos depos- it I The Tho excavations made to date however show no tendency toward ox- ox houRUn haunting tho the supply Aside sloe from tine the value which the de demands tie tie- mands mantis of the smelter make on a 3 discovery die dis te- te covery on of ot this tInts character says tas ta's the tIne Ely Expositor there Is over every reason realon to believe that should tho the deposit be bc found to bo be extensive o It I mn may add ald a l valuable Industry to the district in tine tho Wa way of ot furnishing ch cheaper aper fire fre cIa clay viny for tor buildIng build build- ul ing and other I |