Ogden Daily Standard | 1907-01-26 | Page 2 | Cobalt from Oregon

v COBALT FROM OREGON shipment ato thos A edison froni the quartzburg Quartz burg district what is believed to be the first car of cobalt from oregon will soon be shipped to thomas A edison tho famous electrician and will be used in constructing his storage batteries the metal is being produced at the standard consolidated mine in the quartzburg Quartz burg district grant county or which is understood to be operating a ton mill on oro that carries cobalt gold and copper according to report arrangements have been completed to ahle to mr edison two cars of cobalt concentrate every month hereafter to say that this Is the only mine of its kind in the united states seems hardly fair to the reputation of the mine la motto in missouri which has been producing cobalt ceide and by treating lead ores for many years past there are also deposits of cobalt in idaho arizona and elsewhere which may some day be worked at a profit the oregon mine is however entitled to some credit and should its production net a good profit it may bo the means of encouraging the development ot other cobalt deposits in tho west