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Show UTAH WAS THE ONLY" PRODUCER OF BISMUTH It is interesting to note that in the report of Frank L. Hess of the United Uni-ted States department of the Inter ior on antimony, arsenic, bismuth, selenium and tellurium in the United States for 1915 he makes special mention of the fact that the only lot of bismuth ore known to have been sold during 1915 came from Utah. It was marketed by Wilson brothers from the Clifton district, Deep Creek mountain, Tooele county. With the exception of arsenic. Utah has done more than its share in producing pro-ducing the mineral products mentioned men-tioned by Hess in his 1915 report. Besides the bismuth ore marketed from Deep Creek, considerable quantity quan-tity of this ore was obtained by the American Smelting & Refining company, com-pany, which was saved at the Garfield Gar-field plant by the Cottrell process and from lead bullion from Leadville, Colorado. The United States Metals Refining company's bismuth-bearing lead comes largely from the Tintic district, dis-trict, Hess states in his government report. The largest output of antimony comes from California, although Nevada, Ne-vada, Idaho and Utah contributed their share to the country's production produc-tion during 1915. A small quantity of stibnite was shipped from deposits near Coyoto, Utah, during 1915. These deposits have been operate'd occasionally for many years, but are so far from a railroad that they can be worked profitably only when prices are high. The nearestshipping point is Marysvale. Ex. Ma |