Show salt lake october 19 1928 to the shareholders of the salina lead zinc company dear friends in sevier county for the research of minerals I 1 started on when lead zinc company I 1 did so for the purpose benefit of th e salina the district in of silver lead zinc ores in the the possibility of studying located and to bring about an intelligent understanding is which the company in the valley economic values of these ores der standing of the lines I 1 had to conducted along studies are A my side of chemistry and in order to arrive at the consider forced to study which would be worth the effort I 1 was a conclusion than merely the property of the company larger the ares in a range these areas by nature conditions governing and to study all mineral variety of minerals and studying of this work I 1 came across a research great discovered industrial values laboratory them through the silica sands found on the property including of them of many be devoted the explanations of the company to this subject are lw low reports have come to me of purported correspondences with plas manufacturers manSur ers and of assays essays made of the sands from samples which as well viell as by interested in the company a have nave been sent ent by persons results of the outsiders and rumors have reached me that tha t the so some called corre spon dences and of the assays essays were u unsatisfactory unsatisfactory I 1 the silica sands in the south drift of the company s wa came corkings NOr kings arross across and considered them worth only a few dollars per ton as possible flexing fluxing huaxing material in smelter work I 1 never gave K them a 11 thought as a afas glass sand until laboratory study stud proved that under tain electrometric electro metric processing these sands could be used for the manu facture of a heavy double plate glass and this without the addition of or barium materials which are commonly used in in glass making with sodium or lime such additions can be omitted because in the he ferrous oxides elements were found to exist in the ne necessary friend of present in the sands B a special process controlled by a mine in cleveland ohio we were able to develop feve lopa a high tension double plate glass comparing favorable with glass produced from belgium sands of that type 1 to process nonmetallic non minerals for industrial purposes is is an entirely different story from assaying them many persons unwittingly hurt a possible economic program of importance to a district by immature and hasty action in a field foreign to most laymen to illustrate many who use and see sawdust never realize that sawdust is of high economic importance in many industries and helps for instance to make mak ze dynamite and silk when properly processed through chemical research yet froni from a purely analytical standpoint it is nothing but sawdust processing by chemical compounding and producing a definite article from a definite source is is what leads to the use of sawdust the manufacturing of certain articles those who work in the field of research of products byproducts by know very well to what uses common and waste materials can be put and the silica sands of the salina lead zinc company come under such a type of study the process of developing a double plate glass from those silica sands is controlled solely by my friend and myself and to what advantage and under what conditions we shall use the sands of the company or such deposits as we deem fit is a matter for us alone to decide it is a matter of practical industrial application and not a matter of public concern to my satisfaction the silica sands of the company have produced the finest double plate glass seen in the east and we are now studying and experimenting how to use them for the production of fine venetian glassware bebau because se we think they are applicable to it we are not interested in the making of common glass pane or bottles because freight would be too high and the market price of such products would not be profitable for any of us in the west we are interested in te only in the highest tape of special glass making to which these sands are especially adapted and my friends in the decast and I 1 control the special processing that fits particularly this situation these studies were made entirely at my expense and not at the expense of the company they cost me hundreds of dollars and the company has no direct financial interest in them my connection with the company is that of consulting engineer in the practical economic application of chemistry and geology regarding the si silver iver lead zinc ores in their property and aad to exploit such products as can be found the company is not financed for lor industrial research but purely for the exploration development and mining of silver lead zinc ores my associate and I 1 intend to give freely of practical information upon any subject that can assist in creating and building up industrial possibilities in the valley but we do not intend tobe used as a we lye have been used in this instance we are not developing develop ilg an expensive process and shouldering the burden of the expense to have the matter bandied or peddled to manufacturers simply for the benefit of those who are prematurely pre maturely curious it is our intention to give and to create contracts for the raw material in this instance silica sands san ds so that the salina lead zinc company may receive the full benl benefit ait random letters do not develop or enhance the industrial possibilities bili ties of a material and especially not when industrial chemical research as applied to processing is in question during the three months of research that I 1 have spent in S evier va valley icy I 1 have obtained and studied materials that have undoubted values and I 1 hope to benefit by such research rese arch all of sevier valley un on account of the time spent in research and study the matter hs has been from a financial standpoint up to now a dead loss I 1 am not looking for immediate profits I 1 am looking to the future whether they apply to the salina Lead Zinc company or to any other operations in in these areas in which I 1 am interested I 1 have unbounded faith in in the future of sevier valley in its mineral resources and I 1 a am M willing to take ri my ay chances on the net profits we expect to make from the results obtained I 1 have every confidence in the zinc ores berdg produced in these are areas as and I 1 appeal to all interested in the salina balina Lead Zinc company to aid in the completion of the companas comp c banys anys present final program the company compan Y deserves deser it their chief objective is is to explore mine and ship ores oreg and my studies for them have been in in that direction what products byproducts by we will be able to produce from the mine will depend on the results of the industrial chemical research which is my specialty and will without a doubt add to the general results I 1 pledge ati to 10 all interested in athe the company that important u uses ws will be hp made of the silica i but they must ame come as i i result of the pro cess controlled by my associate ba and da art I 1 shall not discuss discuss the ness nel in hand ass of f such su work unless it has a 3 direct iret fl bearing B on the busi I 1 trust I 1 have made the silica sand situation clear and I 1 nm am not retracting any statements that I 1 have made for the sands the salina in Lead r Zinc company has ba a valuable asset in these sands and rL by croper direction 1 in their use wo we can all benefit pro proportionately these sands with the companas comp anys chief assets the possible silver lend anc anc ores make me feel sure that the earnest efforts being ben se made by bv bases the company will 1 be ba successful as the exploration 3 work now under unde way progresses in 1 appreciation of f the generous friendly fi feelings elings shown me in tile the valley x ft I 1 ra have written th this leuer letter to explain the silica 1 l sand situation I 1 trust that my position has been made clear and that in m my humble in ser capacity sevier I 1 valley will be a means to the endo end of creating industrial conditions con very sincerely E F B DAUDE 0 31 E permanent address hotel utah salt lakert lake city san utah V |