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Show UTAH'S MOLYBDENUM FIND. Thnt reported find of molybdenum In the I,a Sal country, Utah, Is of the highest Importance If the deposit be proted in he of nnj sle The pro luc-tlmi luc-tlmi of nioljhdemim and of ferromolb-denum ferromolb-denum In the United Stales ln 1'iM amounted to 32 WK) pcAmds and 11000 pounds, lespectltely free Mineral In-dtialiy In-dtialiy for 1101, p. 473) The ore came chiefly from Arizona and New Mexico ev deposlla of molybdenite were clls-cotered clls-cotered In Washington Slate In lentitt county, Colo . ind nt I-is Vegis, N M Mnlyhdlte has lieen found near 'lellu-ilde, 'lellu-ilde, folo, carrying fiotn 2 to IB per cent molybdlc acid The cr ccntnge of molybdenum stated In the I.t Sil Unci Is enormously high, and the present pres-ent tnltie nt It Is probably not oter- stuted In the dispatch nt 5600 per (on The metal occurs In the minerals molybdenite and wiiltcnlte, and when i educed forms a brittle, bird, slltcr-whlte slltcr-whlte metal, difficult to fuse. It wan long contused Willi graphite, which It much lesembtes Molybdenum forma alloys with tin, lend, linn, copper, sll-tcr. sll-tcr. gold and lithium rendering them harder lo melt, more brittle, nnd (except (ex-cept siltcr) whllci In color. It 1 lirge-ly lirge-ly used also In chemical analysis We trust that the report ot Its dlscotcry and of Hie Importance of that discovery nny he fully termed It so. It will ndd .mother and highly Important mineral to the nlieady ery Hrfro list of inlnerils natlte to Utah, which Is fast becoming vtlie wonder of the earth for the arlety, quantity and Millie of Ita mineral deposits |