Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
NICKEL ORES WANTED.
British Government Has Proved Nickel
Steel superior.

New, York, Nov. ga special to the
New, York Herald from Toronto, Can.
ada, today, says:
BY an order in council signed by the
lieutenant governor Of Ontario, SIT
Oliver Mowat. on the report Of the cabi-
net, and especially Of the crown lands
commissioner, the Hon. T.. J. Davis, to-
gether with a memorandum from the
director OF mines, Mr. Archibald Blue,
ID is proposed 10 renew the negotla-
lions opened with the British govern
ment in April, 1891 which had for
their object the concession Of an inter-
est In nickel ores Of the ungranted
lands OF the crown for imperial and
national uses on such terms as may be
mutually agreed upon"
The object OF these negotiations Is 20
secure control OF the nickel ore lands
20 the British government, which could
thus control the production OF nickel,
holding II as monopoly and using II
only for It's own war vessels. There are
said 70 be only two deposits of nickel
in the world Of commercial value
those In New CALEDONIA, an island In
the further Pacific belonging to France
and In the Sudbury district Of ontario,
The plan TO control the Ontario ores In
the interest Of the British government
was first suggested In 1891
The offer did not at that time com
mend Itself TO the officials Of the Brit
ish admiralty. but the evidence which
has since accumulated 10 prove the
superiority Of nickel steel over every
other kind OF armor plate suggests that
possibly the time may have now ar
rived when the proposition made 10
the imperial government eight years
ago might be hopefully renewed
IL remains 10 be seen, however,
whether the commissioners Of the ad-
mlralty will accept the offer now
made by Ontario. II seems scarcely
probable that acceptance would mean
the placing Of an embargo on the con-
tinued export to the United States Tor
naval purposes Of the nickel product
Of the Canadian Copper Co., which Is
composed mainly OF Judge Stevenson
Burk. Of Cleveland, and several Ohio
capitalists. This company has up TO
now had practical monopoly Of the
supply Of nickel for American arnor.
In the seven years. ls92-iSgs, the
quantity Of ore smeted and reduced
IN the sudbury district was j9l,s52 tons
and the estimated metallic contents
were 2g.705 900 pounds OF nickel and
81. 10000 pounds OF copper At the
selling price OF matte at the furnaces.
which is the form In which II Is ex-
ported 10 the rehneries IN the United
states the total value Of the nickle
product for the seven years was IS, 2sl-
900. and Of the copper, $780,, sos, or a
total Of 81. 500. 500. But at the average
selling price Of the metals during the
seven years was S3.29l060. and Of cop
per would be tlO396,750 for nickel and
1895. COZ for copper, or a total Of sl4-
372, 357.
While the export nickel plate will
doubles be checked perhaps altogether
stopped. sudbury VIII under any ar
rangement that may be made continue
20 supply refined nickel for Uncle
Sans ships.
A special dispatch to the Herald from
Washington says:
1.-THE United States viii not be pre-
vented from getting nickel even "
! Great Britain and France should at
temp TO control the supply " nickel
ore. The principal deposits OF the
metal are az Sudbury, aCnada, and In
| New Caledonia, a French island IN the
Pacific, but nickle is being produced
in oregon and in other parts Of the
United States. II England and France
should refuse 10 allow their nickel 10
be sold 70 other nations Il would prob
ably increase the price in the United
States. but would not entirely shut of
| the supply.