The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-09
ALL KINDS OF MINERALS.
Max sohr Promoting Development Of
Utah's Varied Resources.

II was Max Sohr who first paid at
tention to Utah's splendid deposits of
mineral paint and with John Beck's
assistance and cooperation estab-
Hshed factory at North Salt Lake
where this mineral paint, as a manu-
factured article. is being turned out
daily in quantities which bid fair To
drive nearly all other brands of inn
ported out Of this inter-mountafn
market
After getting this industry fairly on
its feet Mr.. Sohr turned his attention
10 several Of the other natural re-
sources of the state, which have been
overlooked by investors and capitalists.
and he found. much to his surprise.
that within easy distance of the rail
roads and this city there were deposits
of aluminium Fullers earth. saltpetre.
anthony and plumbago, all Of which
existed in commercial quantities.
1t was not long after making these
discoveries before Mr.. Sohr began to
get options on different propositions.
in which he has been eminently sue
cessful, and this morning he viii leave
Tor Chicago and the east with a packet
Of bon, and options in his pocket. and
before his return it is expected that he
vii have succeeded in the work OF
forming two companies. which are to
nav AlAN lLeAllAltllS OL TIE QIIerenI de-
posts of metals as described above.
among which viii be included asphalt
tum
One Of these companies is to be in
corporated in Chicago. while the other
viii be fathered and backed hy St. 10
seph capitalists, and upon the return
of Mr.. Sohr active work will begin in
the operation Of mining propositions in
nearly every portion of the state
According n NTr r
antimony are located in Utah and Ne
Vada, and already he has closed CON
tracts for the shipment of 80 tons Of
this character of ore weekly for a ne
Rod Of three years. The aluminium de-
posts are located within five or six
miles of this city, and the ore runs 40
per cent pure in this metal The de-
posts of Fuller's earth are located at
Park City. Eureka and in the southern
portion of the state, and as soon as
contracts are closed the consignments
of this commodity Will be from 600 In
500 carloads year, according to the
demand, and it is stated that this is
a better grade of Fuller's earth than
that which is impored from England.
In the southern portion of the state
Mr.. Sohr has tied up splendid deposits
of plumbagc, the mineral being 90
per cent pure, While in this state and
Nevada ne has succeeded in securing
excellent boraX propositions and in
such quantity that the markets of the
world can be supplied with this com
modify from this inter-mountain
region.
Besides these. there were other
propositions, including rare metals.
which Mr. Sohr viii spread before his
eastern hackers, who cannot HELM hut
feel surprised at the extent and
variety of the naturalization of the
state of Utah, in which. it is claimed
by eminent biologists, every known
mineral and metal. with the exception
of tin, exists.
Included IN these are pun1ice STONE
and saoolio. The former is now be-
ing utilized by a Chicago company
which is shipping heavily from its
pumice stone deposits near Fillmore:
while = New York company has inst
secured q bond and lease on a noun
tain of pure saDolo within 2 few
miles east of this city.