Show WORLD WAITS FOR MARYS VALES ALUMINUM potash plant in alunite area at marysvale Marys vale L W JL by THE MARYSVALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOZEN utah counties point acwith A with pride to mines ot of gold silver and lead but one only can boast in addition to these a mineral la in demand and that in unlimited quantity the area around marysvale Marys vale plute plate county has so ao tar far as known a monopoly poly of 0 alu alunite alte the rock from which aluminum la is extracted adventure and romance attended the discovery and cevelo development ament ot of the silver allver lead and gol gold d deposits which first lured prospectors prospect ors to Mary avale and the adjacent territory originally marysvale Marys vale was wag not marysvale Marys vale at all nor was it a mining settlement beautiful tres trea and sparkling waters made P it a summer camping spot so ideal that mormon church leaders on an exploring expedition in 1856 called A 4 it its present name was wa adopted later I 1 frank E king started a ranch 1 there while he raised calves an old california miner named hewitt tanned tor for gold the miner found colors along pine creek jacob hess and ebenezer hanks in 1869 tried sluicing this tailed failed but crossing the creek they discovered ft a lode lod lad and filed on the webster the tb first mineral location la in plute I 1 county the ore was rich but transportation cost was prohibitive and nd a homemade home made smelter did not work some prospectors flocked loed in good droppings crop pings were found but no one could afford the wagon haul to salt lake city joseph smith from silver reef stopping at a ranch south of marys vale went deer hunting one day in a path worn deep by migrating herds lie he saw the gleam of metal tests showed high values in silver lead and gold digging began in 1 1873 and 1874 about tons of 85 ore was hauled miles to the nearest railroad point and shipped the ore body brov proving ing large attempts were made to mill it not however until the salisbury brothers of salt lake city blocked out a great tonnage and erected a modern mill did the deer trial become a bonanza at one time this nine mine had a monthly payroll of more than employed men and paid taxes of 0 about a year it Is worked now by sow some 60 50 lessees lessels les sees after the completion of a railroad to marysvale Marys vale the webster mine was enabled to send ore out to the smelters shelters sm elters the tha wedge on a peak south of the webster startled the public by the extreme lickness ilch lich ness of its gold seams some 0 of which are said to have averaged to tho the ton these high values encouraged prospecting for or gold in tho the mountains northwest of marysvale Marys vale ore was first discovered there in 1888 by douglass of fillmore in one claim a shaft struck rock worth per ton in gold and his partners formed a company and built a ton mill surrounding roun dlug claims struck ore peter kinberly ot of chicago and associates acquired the annie laurio and other groups the camp was christened kimberly at the annie laurie kimberly erected a ton mill and employed men about more men were put to work by other mines nud and prospects by 1900 the little camp had become a prosperous town du during ring eight years 0 ot f operation b by Y the annie laurie pluto county ordinarily poor collected more noney money in taxes than it needed flush days ended the annie laurie was sold cast by the kimberly interests and in was taken over by 13 F dauer bauer ot of salt lake the price ot of gold was advanced bauer improved the camp remodeled the mill aud and in 1936 disposed ot of the property to a new york syndicate near marysvale Marys vale masses ot of a pink spir spar had long piqued the curiosity ot of toni tom gillan samples sent to washington by A E cus ter a salt lake city assayer assa revealed 38 aluminum nac 37 sulphur and 11 potash gillan and J U sargent had already located somo some claims the first locations ot of alunite on record tho the potash content was hailed as a meana of 0 breaking the german monopoly ol of that product alter after the world war started it became A process tor for its recovery was devised by howard chapell and in 1910 the cillan alllan and sargent claims nere ere bought by the mineral products corporation spurred by the war demand the corporation established a plant tor for the production of sulphate of 0 potash between october 1915 and december 1920 more than tons ot of high grade grada alunite was wined mined and treated at a cost ot of a month the aluminum constituting one third ot of the alunite has since dom the picture the source of 0 supply Is practically inexhaustible millions of 0 tons remain in the ground ot of the mineral products florence and bradburn companies and there are vast deposits of 0 lower grade ore around them the tha supply Is assured only reduction facilities are lacking extensive research by the government and private capital alms at the de development V elo P ot of low cost methods ot of extracting tr aluminum oxide from alunite in a form suitable for production of 0 metallic aluminum experience peri ence euce in foreign countries and the generation of cheap electric power of boulder dam point to success meanwhile the demand tor for aluminum in airplanes streamline trams trains ships wire furniture paints and industries still in the making grows day by day and a broad market for or this unique prod product act ot of Marys Mary valas svala as hills will be waiting when technical improvements remove present obstacles |