Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-14
The Wyoming Metallic Paint Company.
The Wyoming Metallic Paint Compar

was Incorporated in New York, before the
close Of the Legislative session of 1868. -
The fact OF the existence OF an immense
bed af pure metallic oxides, which after
extended experiments proved 70 be vastly
superior for the purposes Of paiH,s to any
other known deposits, and the additional
fact that mechanical skill bad devised new
and simple methods whereby this vast sup.
ply of crude material could be rapidly con
verted into a finer variety e mineral paint
than had hitherto been offered in the
understanding been brought to the
knowledge OF several parties in the City
Of n. York. They were easily induced To
exam inc the subject in is various bearings
with a view to investments if satisfied that
capital employed for the purpose OF de
veloping the resources which seemed TO
be at their disposal. would meet with u
fair return Competsnt Judges were sent
to Nicholson TO examine the mineral, they
reported the deposit practically inex-
haustlble and the material superior to sny
IN the market. the committee selected to
inquire into the cost of manufacturing the
crude oxide into paint, as we'll ss concern.
ing the amount OF similar paints annually
consumed, and the probable profit which
would result from the enterprise, express
I'd themselves astonished at tho prospect
which was presented bv the existing facts
1t WAS found that single houses in New
York. sold annually hundreds of tons OF
an inferior mineral paint at prices enor
mously above the cost Of production. 1t
Was discovered by recent improvements
in machinery and processes. a product
vastly superior to any in the market, could
be secured at a much less cost. 1t WAS
found moreover that no deposit of sub
stance st all suited to the purposes of n
paint, had as yet been discovered contain
ing the rsme valuable properties peculiar
TO this. Besides being chiefly composed
OF iron, which alone eminently adopts il
to roofing or fire proof paint, as well q,
for all purposes wher severe use and ex-
posure must be mel with, it is found to
possess an oily quality which renders far
This was deemed an important consider
alton. The result was the Incorporation
Of the COMPANY With abundance of capital
to prosecute the work. The objects for
which the company secured its charter
were the ID manufacture and sale OF metallic
paint, this il is empowered 10 do by law
Tor perio OF fifty years. That the vast
depos OF mineral in its possession will be-
exhausted during this period is by no
means probable. Enough has been done
to demonstrate the utter impossibility Of
exhau.ting it, however extensive the works
and however great the demand. Yet the
demand is gigantic The uses to which
this paint il adapted are numerous and
daily extending 1t resists the elements
and storms uninjured before the exposure
Of wears, extremes of heat and cold affect
it not, the storms beat upon it harmessly,
fire is repelled by it as BY plating of
steel, it is complete arlnor of defence
against every destroying agent, for all
wooden structures.
Aside from the great superiority of the
material AS prepared in the laboratory of
nature. the system otprepsration adopted
by the company iusures paint OF unvary-
lug excellence and Of small cost. What is
known as tho dodge Process" is exclu
sively employed by this company, it may
be briefly described as follows;
First, the mineral which as it comes
from the mine is damp and could not
therefore be ground and bolted success
fully, is dried BY being passed through u
simple revolving furnace, it is then redur.
ed to coarse fragments BY powerful
crushing uiachin- and subsequently run
through the grinders from which it passes
TO the bolts, from whence it issues in the
form Of an absolutely impalpable powder
ready for use. By the system adopted, all
costly hand labor is avoided and steam is
made TO DO the work. In other paint mills
no crushers are employed, but the mineral
is broken by hand process and Id subse-
auently ground between burr stones which
speedy become dull and worn, and must
be constantly shsrpened or re-pieked, this
entails upon the owners great labor and
cost, while the product is vastly inferior,
The crushers and grinders used by the
WYoMING COMPANY are faced and shod
in such manner that the wearing part,
can he almost instantly replaced when i'm
paired by use, and with triaing COST
The great points then which the officers
of the WYOMING METALLIC PAINT Con-
PANr seek to present to purchasers of this
variety of paint are:
First, that experiments and annalysis
abuudahtly prove that no deposit Of min
eral, suitable when manufactured, TO all
the purposes of a paint, of equal value
with the deposit 10 the possession of this
company, has vet been discovered, and:
Second, that by the processes whict
they employ, labor is 80 saved aud steam
power is SO employed and utilised rs tt
practically place their product beyond
competition in price.
These are facts which will appear tc
anv consumer, and are abundantly sus-
tained by evid nee. In view of tn
facts aud the testimony supporting them
it is not too much to say, that the COM
psny feels justified in asserting that it in