The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-14
NATIVE PUMlCE.
Immense Deposits in Nebraska and Utah
Being Utilized,

Immense Deposits in Nebraska and Utah
BEING Utilized.
Recent discoveries of apparently in
eXhaustible deposits of pumicc stone in
Western Nebraska have brought the
United States into successful compcti.
tion with, the only other pumice pro.
ducing mine in the world. The island
of Lipard, consisting chiefly of eX.
tinet volcanoes, off the coast Of Sicily
Italy, has hitherto been the only source.
from which this valuable mineral has
been obtained. The difficulty of min
ing. manufacturing and shipping from
that region together with tho export
duty levied by the Italian government
has greatly curtailcd it's use
In Nebraska the deposits cover about
400 acres divided into seven different
localities within Il small radius. each
having a separate deposit of powdered
pumic or volcanic dust, the greater
portion of which is exposed and easily
worked. THE estimated amount of ma
terial in sight" said Frank y. Druchl
to Salt Lake Tribune reporter, 'is
enoromus. 1t is claimed that there arc
SOC, 600 tons in one deposit alone, which.
based on a market price of 500 per ton.
reaches the enormous sum of $4,000
600. The pumice in that locality is in a
pulverized condition and after a careful
analysis by expert chemists proves To
be of very high grade. and, heing
entirely free from any gritty or crys-
talized substances, it's preparation for
the market is a very small item of cost -
Reforming to the deposit in Utah, Nv
Druehl describes it as one huge mount
ain of lump pumicc covering about
12O acres The stone found here is en-
tirely free from crystals or hard sub
stances, is easily obtained and can be
ouarried; one portion being an i'm
mensc deposit ranging from the size
of an egg to enormous boulders, the
whole in easy access. while cars can be
loaded from the mountain side.
The properties are owned by Chicago
mon, who have capitalized them at $500
O0O and who have erected a series of six
buildings with which to handle the pro,l-
uct of the mines. Eight different grades
of powdered pumice arc produced. Tho
plant is a perfect one and arrangements
having been made with responsible
PENNSYLVANIA firm to take the entire
output of the factory. the capacity Of
which is twenty tons a day. the steady
operation Of the mines is assure.
Wha: is can Edition?'
"What constitutes an edition?' is a
question that is frequently asked, and
nobody seems qualified to answer it sat
isfactorily. The truth is that in 80 out
of every 100 cases later editions are
merely servile prints of the first edition,
and there may have been 10000 copies
of a book made for the first edition, or
there may have been only $50.
The first edition of all works by Emile
lola number 10000 copies each In a
Paris shop, where only rare volumes are
sold, first edition of "L'Assommoir'' is
valued at 1O5 francs-say f4-but this
book came out at time when lola was
comparatively unknown. and lola edi-
tons were then limited to 1000 copies
each.
In fact, in France an edition is SUD-
posed to consist of 1000 copies, but, as
Robert H. Sherard says in recent let
ter: "Publishers are not without guile,
and to whip up a sale book may be
issued in editions of fifty cooies so that
by the time 1000 copies have been dis
posed Of the book is in it's twentieth edi-
ti0n ''-7'id-Pits