The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-14

Unless all signs fail, Utah ozolSerite7
wiz be a potent factor in the COM
mercial world very soon. This mater
ial exists in the state in vast quanti-
ties, especially on the Uintah reser-
Walton J. B. Taylor and Colonel Ross,
who have located .ome immense de-
posts on the reservation. have for
some months been working to find the
soluble ingredient which would work
the stuff easily and cheaply and to
that end have sent samples of the
Utah product to France, the Columbia
school of mines in New York City and
to the Smithsonian institute.
Very recently an answer came des-
t.rfbing the Ozokerite from chemical
standpoint and telling what it could
be best used for. One of the institu-
tons made very extensive experiments
and in the letter written in reply, in
formed The owners of the deposit what
the soluble chemical was, which by
the way, is being kept a profound
secret until certain arrangements can
be made.
But. III may be stated that ozokerite
is used quite extensively in the manu-
factllre OF electrical appliances, being
a sure non-conductor; is FACTOR III
the making of gum boots and other
articles of the kind; can be utilized IN
.he working of small articles, such as
combs, tooth-brushes and other pro-
prietory articles; in short will be very
useful. From the indications the de-
nosits on the Du Chesne reservation,
where the claims alluded to are To-
Gated. are practically ineXhaustible.
No one can accurately describe their
immensely Unlike other mineral de-
uosits. the ozOkerite does not lie IN
veins, but in mass and so extensive are
these masses that it will require
century to use them up.
There is elaterite found i'll the claims
which are owned by the Two gentle
men mentioned and several other sub
stances which are articles of COM
mercial worth but the owners are very
reticent at this time. Taylor said yes
terday that he did not care to say any
thing for a few days; not until ne
could see his partner at any rate. The
information contained in the above
language was obtained from a gentle
man who has just arrived in the city
from Du Chesne. who is thoroughly
familiar with the circumstances. He
saws there is considerable excitement
over in the section over the matter.
While the existence of the vast de-
Dosits has been known for years, there
has never been any inducement for
men to locate the lands, owing to the
fact that the working of the mineral
was in a very i'm perfect state. He
predicts that all the country where this
mineral deposit exists will be taken UP
within the next sixty days.
a. H. Kelly and Tom Snarr have
Just returned from Paradise district
in Cache county and bring glowing
reports Of some finds made there in
recent days. They have located a num-
Der Of claims there which are very
rich in copper. Results made with a
blow pipe show that nearly one-hsa II
of The rock is copper. while the gold
results are from s1.40 upwards Sew
eral samples were brought in and as
soon as the ASSAYS are made the re-
suits viii be announced The claims
which have been located by the gentle
men alluded to are part of a landslide
which broke off from the main ledge
and, slid down into the valley, to-
gether with the ledge itself There
are hundreds Of tons in this slide,
which can be shoveled UP and carted
away with ease. Both men are en-
thusiastic over the find and Snarr will
return and begin active operations as
soon as he 9ete the r-e--'t~ r~0m the
rock which he has brought in