The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-02-09
AGATIrE.

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AeArifE.
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pany orr..,,.d For n. Ex.,u-
sis- sale.
The following Is taken from the
Kansas City Journal Of Feb. LIST.
The Agatite Cement and Plaster
company, with capital stock Of
$500, hIso articles OF Incorpora-
divided into go ana shar.s which
are held by the following incorpora-
tors: Z. A Broekett, OF Kansas
10y, eisu'.,tn ehsIts' N; nc
WiIliam Dicsjn.on n, I,hIcsgo
eighty-three snares, aud e.. w. =.
Cobb, OF st. Louis, eighty-three /
shsres.
ihis company s organized lot the
so'e purpose Oh hshuiihg agatte Se-
nent fiastef Manufactured by the
saiina cement Go. at their mills ut
Dhioh hansas. MI. Z. A. broeSett
Is president oil the Z. "A. brockett Ce-
mentSo. OF hansas lily ana MT. Z.
| w. :. Cooo Is PRESIDENT Oh the GIen-
coe Lime ana cement 20. OF St
LOUIS. MI VIM DICKINSON Is the
senior memDer OF the nrm OF Dick
lnsoh brothers * King, Chicago,
Ne" iofk anu New orleans. All OF
these nfms are the largest In their
line I'D their respective cities. The
superiority OF Agstite over all other
piasters Is Chained by It's friends and
acknowledged by experts and il is
not surprising that the above named
o.n,,an :, -. .,.,, -,
se"'enien Vi isise experience anu
knowledge IN their line OF business
should be quick TO organize u COM
pspy for il. exclusive sale Ag,tite
"a "a u.lI 49,, a,
wen A"o""' u no' patent out
haturai plaster ana IN this case ma
ture by placing in the earth near
Dillon very larv. d.posi, trop,
which Anti, :. ii. T..
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ceeueu the ingenuity OF man. Other
deposits OF similar nature or charac.
ter have been found hut critical tssts
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in part OF ALI OF the essential quail
ties and with one or two exceptions
In he pptireIv vortbI.ss ~ N nI,.t. !
ha no i,.,,.r r.. II, r..
W nv VIA" ''ie "iu i'nie
mortar. In TINS connection the fol-
lowing from the pen Of Prof. Edwin
Walters. a scientific writer ss nub-
I;sb., q, ,,. E.,s r;,,. J,I
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Jan -Sth VIII oe OF interest:
/ have lately had submitted to me
sample of a material that | have
found very interesting. IL is from e
the neighborhood of Dillon, Dickin- {
son 60. kas. d
The deposit from which the sam
pie was taken il said To cover an area
of eighty acres tn a depth Of thirty v
feet. On this assumption, there are Il
nearly 5000, 900 tons. I,
Some four years ago 1 examined
aud described in the columns of the
Kansas City journal some tests {
made of some material sent me from Il
near Gypsum City, Saline county a
Kansas.
| then predicted that this material j
would he found very useful for vari- :
Gus structural purposes. A little la u
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ter IL has had wonderful sale and ,
is now known to architects and
builders from Maine To California. G.
The present sample from Dillon il
belongs to the same class of MATER
ials. The sample examined, how
ever, is finer grained aud of a more
uniform consistency. Q,
I understand that il has been de- \
cided to call this material Agatite. %
For convenience will use this name i
In further describing ID. 81
Agstite is of a light ash- gray color. !:
Its natural consistency l. about that %
Of hard, plastic clay. When calcined c.
IL assumes pulverized form. When il
mixed with water IL sets ms does n.y. n
draulic lime or cement. There seems 81
to be ample time between the mix e.
lug and the setting for the mortar to 4
be applied to its intended use. =
A sample of several weeks setting /
broke under a tensile strain OF $40 |
pounds to the square inch Ii may b
be safely said that In both tensile /
aud compressive strength Agatite is n
fully one half that OF the very best 81
Portland cement under the Neat 2
test and equal under the part sand h
test. It IL superior in strength to e
most of the hydraulic lines and or e
binary dement's. But inasmuch a. h
is intended for interior work a
Ii is not necessary that il should be u
Of such great strength. IL Is very o
much stronger than lime and sand {;
which Is its principal COM q
petitor. G.
Agatite does not differ widely in a
from the cement taken IL
from the famous Cheops Pyramid or G
Egypt. The Egyptian cement runs d
higher in sulphste Of lime and lower 5
In oxide OF iron.
IL is very improbable that a ce-
ment that would stand in the dry
climate of Egypt would also prove I.
durable i'm the United Ststes. 4
/ only make the comparison to ~
show that il the Agatite IL kent rea- -