Show SAMPLES TAKEN FRIDAY FOB laboratory TEST bureau of mines engineer visits sevier and piute diute properties R G knickerbocker metallurgical lurg ical engineer of the bureau of mines went over the extensive alunite properties in sevier and flute counties friday and took samples of the ore which will be tested for extracting aluminum the alunite properties in the marysvale Marys vale district of flute diute county are best known from the fact that they were developed for potash during the world war but extensive properties in sevier county have since been taken up all of which are within four miles of the railroad situated in a southwesterly direction from monroe J W robinson and others from 11 marysvale Marys a r y s v vale a I 1 e accompanied mr knickerbocker on his visit to the flute county deposits and he was accompanied by E G nelson on a trip to the sevier county deposits included in the sevier county claims are the following the santa francis and aa M and L groups owned by E G nelson the big chief and the big star groups owned by E G nelson and company the utah group owned by ferdinand erickson and E G nelson the billie johnston group owned by wm johnston and company the murry munson group owned by marysvale Marys vale people and the hidden treasure group owned by dr T R gledhill hiU E G net nelson and company the alunite deposits in sevier and flute counties are the only known deposits of alunite in commercial quantities in the united states and their development would be the making of this part of state financially there is no friction between the mining men of the two counties but apparently according to holders of claims in sevier county congressman abe murdock has forgotten the extensiveness and accessibility access ability of the sevier county alunite deposits congressman murdock however has worked toward bringing attention to the locality I 1 i mr knickerbocker took the samples friday preparatory to making laboratory tests of the moffatt process for extracting aluminum to be made at the reno station of the bureau of mines in the near future and later at the salt lake city station tests of other proposed processes none of which has yet been demonstrated on a commercial scale will be made also |