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Show SEEKING DATA ON LOCATION OF PAINT MAKING PIGMENTS The United States Bureau of Mines, at its 3tation at Seattle, in cooperation with the College of Mines of the University of Washington, Wash-ington, is making a survey, of pigments pig-ments and paint-making materials in the Western states. Inasmuch as it is very essential that all possible data be available, in connection with the mineral resources re-sources of Utah, for the use of any individual or company desiring to develop new industries in Utah, the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Metal-lurgical Research of the University of Utah will be very glad to receive samples of ochers and mineral pigments pig-ments from any part of the country, which will be submitted to the Bureau of Mines station at Seattle for testing. test-ing. However, all samples that are sent in for testing should be accompanied ac-companied by as complete geological data as possible, including of course the location of the deposit, its probable prob-able size, accessibility, etc In the past, red pigment material has been mined in the northwestern part of Piute County and yellow och-er och-er has been mined to some extent near Gunnison, Sanpete County, by the Utah Wall-Tint Company of Salt Lake City. Deposits not at present pres-ent being worked have been reported report-ed in the western part of Cache County near Clarkston and anothr near Ophir in Tooele County. This is practically the extent of the information in-formation that the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Research has of pigment materials in Utah. There is reason to believe, however, that Utah has many deposits of pigments pig-ments that are suitable for paint making. However, due to the lack of a State Geological Survey, there has been more or less difficulty involved in getting in touch with concerns who are interested in these materials. As the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Research of the University Uni-versity of Utah is desirous of obtaining ob-taining all the information possible in regard to these products, in order or-der to cooperate with the Bureau of Mines in the work which it is now conducting on ochers and mineral pigments at its station at Seattle, it is hoped that all those who have any knowledge of such deposits in this state will kindly communicate the information to the address given below be-low and, wherever possible, send In samples for examination. All communications com-munications on this subject and all samples sent in should be addressed: Department of Mining and Metallurgical Metal-lurgical Research, Univrslty of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. |