Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-21
"BORAX-CCNTINVEl,n

A N--S Wy "fpi"fiA~>S A'"o
above quoted The Borol Miner enl.,rges
upon the subject indicated as follows:
The history of our Borax production
is Of so recent period that 1t can b.
very easily told. We have given in for
lner numbers the amount Of D0rax, crude
and refined, which has been shipped
from Columbus, and Ae will endeavor to
show that the reports Of the production
If eight hundred tons y month has been
reduced to the sober fact that not more
than one hundred tons nave been manu-
featured within the last thirty days, and
from reliable shOwings made to us, that
there will not be more bOrax luanutac-
tured than the American market con-
<umes; therefore our British merchants
need not fear the Ov-Ifuwing IF their
country with our borax productions. As
mentioned heretofore, about eight years
ago, the inst b0rate of lime w:.s found
IN Columbus Marsh. on the Silver Peak
road. by being uproO.ed BY the wagons.
Some scientific gentlemen found that it
Was bOrate Of lime. They knew. then.
that if transportation Was cheap. or sui
phuric acid nj hand. it might BE- convert
ed into bOrasic acid, which Is only about
thirty six per cent. in bulk Of borax Of
commerce. and rs such might stand the
price If transportation. At that time,
aud until very short time ago it was
believed that bt,rate of lime could not be
manufactured into bOrax unless it WAS
first decompose,l by sulphuiic acid info
boracic acid and then combided with soda
into borax. Borate Of soda WIS 1t that
time unsouSht and cOusequ, n,ly Of nu
value. In the summer OF 1871 some
prospecturs who had not only AL eye for
ores but also for other valuable deposits
in their way. Travelled through Fish Lake
and Columbus Marsh, taking samples Of
the various alkaline IncrustatiJns to San
Francisco, several of which contained
buracic acid. They returned again and
located for ~ company composed mostly
of sacramento capitalists. nearly all the
good bOrax ground. They sent several
tons Of burates of lime and soda to Sun
Francisco. The borate of lime WIS
III ,stiy from the Smith l. Petticord aud
Eaton ground, hut they were dis,p-
point, i in not finding u market for II
r WORKS to manufacture it into l.orax.
Mr.. Troop. one Of the most active
and partner in the con-
.,any, took the first sack. containing
uhs .:-2tir-d pounds Of borat+ Of soda.
TO NJ ,sh-im,i. Chemical Works. in
San Francisco, and r,,"eived in return
forty-t3o per cent. of refined 49,.
pany, and their stock rose rapidly.
Then they had the borate OF lime festei,
10 ascertain If boraA could tie manufac-
Jared from it wi.hoat the ald 0: acld.
TINS was also accomplished producing
III Il small aud lIrge scale over sixty Pc.
;ent OF iorax ont OF bcr..te of lime. The
.omp.ny was styled the Nevada ConsOl-
dated Burax Company, and they then |
,.;sl the ir stock placed upon the lis; OF |
he board OF brokers, aud had the nes.es- |
,:,ry work done On the locations. They |
virtually abandoned their
phuie interest under the existing State |
aw. Nr. Musheimer, who bad made for |
hat company about twenty-five tons OF |
einsd b0raX which sold On An average |
or TIVE ntytve cents per pound, gold |
.oin, then continued in the business and |
Fought considerable GuanfitIes Of borate |
# lime from Rhodes Il Nassen, from |
hat IS known as Rhodes Salt Marsh. |
lie :hen sent Fir. Griswold to locate |
he abandoned land Cf the Nevada Con- |
olidated Borsx Company, with ins;ruc-
ions to take up about twenty quarter
ections. This gentleman, however, per-
ormed his MISSION SO excessively that,
" the advice and in conjunction with
Vm. Mcbride, the deputy County Sur
eyor. located the moderate amount Of
inety-6ve quarter sections Of land. Mr..
Iosheimer Dough. them and formed
that is now called the Pacific Bor,x
ompany. He then erected the works
f the company and superintendent them
nti the fist Of January, 1873.