Show CUPRITE HAS ROCK HOCK CARRYING TITANIUM I Outcropping Believed to Be Iron May Prove of Great I Value i EXHAUSTIVE TESTS MADE MADEj j Samples Contain in Rare i Metal B Besides sides 30 Gold Golda a Ton Cuprite Nov Ne where aro ar arE large largo sulphur sulphur sul sul- sul deposits which thIch havo have been fount found foune to carr carry gold godo apparently In paying quantities now lays las claim to tho the furth further fur fur- th tuck ther i distinction of or having ores which earn carry crT a high percentage of ot titanium a valuable metal which occurs occur in conJunction conjunction con- con Junction with wih oxide of ot Iron It I Is employed employed em em- In tho the hardening hardeninG of steel teel and from It I Is produced titanic acid which has a commercial value alue of ot 2311 a pound On a u group rOul of claims calms owned b by California Cal Cal- people less ieee es than two miles west of the town are aro vast outcroppings outcroppings outcrop- outcrop pings plugs of what w was always believed Lobe to Lo tobe tobe be Iron but It now develops that th the rock carrl carries 8 titanium and falls tans to respond re rc- ro- ro spond to tests teste for or Iron As 8 a n result of exhaustive tests of the material made male In San Sait Francisco samples sam sam- pIes ples were found round to car carry an average of or in titanium and 30 In gol gold The analysis also showed the presence of or a trace bace of uranium a metal asso asso- elated with wih pitchblende and one of tho the thomos most costly known There was mos costy here wC present pros pres pro ent eat a also o 60 per cent of oxide of iron 20 per ler cent of or silver lver and 4 per cent of moisture In South America deposits of ti titanium t- t ti- ti arc are being worked at a profit which yield hut but a a fraction of 1 per percent percent cent in in the mineral The rock sent ent to the coast for analysis was a a grab sample taken from tho the cropping two feet above the earths earth's surface and Its Is contents content of ot the rare metal mota is about S 3 Sper S1 2 per c cent nt Expert mineralogists declare that It I t is probable rich scams seams of tho the minerai mineral min mm- eral will vili be e encountered ut nt no great greut depth which may run as high us 20 O Oper per cr cent of the metal metal The Tho oro ore bu buy buy- In lug concern which conducted the ox- ox and returned the figure 1 quoted declares that It will wiil wi pay hay 70 iO cents a pound for fOl ore of ot this character charac- charac ter er which samples 20 O per er cent in tl- tl t- t The metal is of ot eight and one half times the tile value of tungsten or and it Is in great demand demand demand de de- de- de mand with steel foundries and ann armor plate factories throughout tho the world The discovery el discover of or the contents of ot tho the rock has caused immediate steps to tobe tobe tobe be taken by ly the tho owners of or the ground lound to develop the deposit deposit |