The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-17
ANOTHER INDUSTRY.
Our Vast OzOkerite Deposits
to be Developed.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
What the Wax is Used For-Its Com
meicial VaIue-A Company
Organized.

on his way to the coast. During hi
stay he visited the Chamber of Com
MERGE, and was shown samples O
ozokerite. which had been presented
by Mr.. Whitmore, of Nephi. Mr.. Hog,
was perfectly familiar with this articl,
and with its commercial value, having
been the agent for the United States O.
an European company engaged in it!
manufacture. Naturally enough, hi.
interest was aroused, and he paid s
visit to Nephi, where he met Mr.. Whit
more, who informed him that The
wax existed in almost inexhaustible
quantities in that vicinity. After
thoroughly investigating the matter
Mr. Hoge left, taking with him samples
of the wax, which, upon arriving in
Brooklyn, he had tested. He was so well
satisfied with the result that he returned
short time ago, and organized com
pany, of which Mr.. WhiImore is presl-
dent and MIR. Hoge general manager.
This company has located twenty seven
mines, one of which is a three-foot
vein, which goes 10 per cent.
pure wax. 1t is estimated that
one of these mines, the Little h:cago,
will yield seventy tons per day, and the
supply is practically inexhaustible.
They have already taken out over forty
tons of the wax, which only needs pu.
rifyipg. The oZokeri,e can be readily
marketed at six cents per pound. The
company has able capital to develop
the mines and put the product on the
market. The necessary works are now
in the course of construction, and it is
expected that active operations will be
commenced in about ninety DAYS. They
will start in With an order for 100
tons, and will be able to find mar
ket for all the wax that can
be produced, With view to
ascertaining something concerning this
new industry, which promises to be of
great Importance to this Territory, a
HERALD reporter called upon MIR
Upon learning GRAND, Mr.. Hoge
| said; There are about 20 900 persons
| in the United States, who have twenty
eight hives of bees each, or 2, COO 600
hives in all; these produce 2O,COO,OOO
pounds of beeswax, valued at Sc O0O,-
900. 1t was estimated by Professor
Stillman that beeswax enters into the
composition of y 600 different kinds of
manufactured articles; its numerous
and important uses makes it such
staple article that its market value in
| the New York Journal of Conn e. e FIR
the past quarter of century has never
fallen below 81 cents per pound, the az
erage price for that tina being 80 cents,
The highest price was during the wa,,
when 1t commanded 95 cents. | only
cite this to show the great possibilities
for the oZokerite from those mires,
which under proper management de
velops all the properties of beeswaX,
IL surpasses it in the range of tempera-
ture and permanence of constitution.
1t can be applied to all
the arts beeswax can, besides be;r
capable OF uses for which the latter Is
not adapted. Except ours. no import
ant deposit of ozokerite has vet been
found in the United States. Up to this
time. it has been obtained chiefly from
Galicia, where it occurs in connection
with petroleum springs. 1t is found in
blue clay, and in regions where
rock salt abounds. 1t is believed
to be product of the decom
position of an organic substance
which was originally like petroleum,
DuG AdS 1OoG ITO IAO1C NOldlJ16 COul-
ponents. All native petroleum holds
wax in solution. In 1875, about So
600 pounds were mined, eight
tenths of which came from Rerislau, in
Gallacia, Austria. where the industry
has attained large proportions. 1t is
found IN Jumps and layers of from one
to three feet in thickness, weighing
several hundred pounds. hut more
frequently it occurs in thin LAYERS and
small pieces, which must be separated
from associated minerals. The poorer
qualities are dark, often quite black,
and are either very soft from incor
porated petroleum, or very hard, like |
asphalt. The crude h, dro- carbon is |
first melted and drawn off, the |
residue boiled with water in steam |
Jacket kettles and allowed to stand for |
several hours for any of the suspended
matters to settle out, and the fused |
hydro-carbon poured into moulds
which contain about 100 pounds. (This
is the condition we will produce it Ill.
This is shipped without further prepa
ton to the four principal refneries,
where it is further purified and con-
verified into white and yellow blocks,
candles, tapers, Christmas lights,
cobler's wax, thread wax, floor wax,
OlS., CIO., nuu lutIUuuC6U luCO COM |
merce. Messrs. Paul Dobel & Son, of
are the principal mine
owners. 81. Ujhily & Co., Gustavus
Wagenmann, of Vienna, and J.
D. & ]. Field, of London, are tn,
eadiBg refners. The establishment of
at Vienna, has three
devoted 10 refining ozokerite,
and is capable of working up 100000 +
liios (nearly 6 100000 pounds) of raw f
wax annually. In the establishment of q
Jjhily & Co.. are 400 persons in various
apartments, aided by five large steam
n yines, while j. G. and j. Field, of
london, the manufacturers of Cocker
tv candles, have the largest candle fac
DRY in the world. In 1886 ozokerire
nd its products to the value of $13O GOO
7as imported into the United States,
pom which duty of 20 per cent. was
aid to this government. In ccnvpr-
alton with NJ. Edison at Orange, New
ersey, last month. that gentleman
lied me with all kinds of questions re-
arding our oZokerite. After separat-
1g the earthly Impurities, which ar
ways associated with this wax, Mr..
Idison has, by distillation, extracted ~
er cent. of a paIafne from it. the melt
% point of which is its chief distin-
uishlpg feature, filling a want which S
lr H. has hnfO rQpcaokipo Tho rvoryJ