The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
A NEW NICKEL ORE FOUND.
m IiJIST ADDITION
To THE LiST or MINERI
1t Has Just Been Discovered In n Michigan
Copper Mine and Has Unique Qualities
Copper, Arsenic and Cobalt Besides
Nickel snppIird by II With Little Wnste.

HoUGHroN, Mich April 8 A new mineral,
believed 10 ~ Of great commercial value, has
Hsen discovered IN the copper ore ut tbs region
and has t-en named nohavklte, alter TIE nine
where II WAS found Two months ago a assure
vein carrying what was SUPPOSED t. b. a sui
Thurei OF copper WAS enooun tered in the Mohawk
nine, a new copper Ir Ierry beng opened in
keweenaw county five miles north o.. the Calumet
q Hecla, on al erupuye amyglaloii SNOW Us
the kearssrge lode SAMPLES were unlimited
10 Dr. George \ koenig, professor q chemistry
and mAtai!urgy a, tie Michigan college oi Mines
4 this place, and he pronounced them to be .
new mineral While Dr koeIig has not COM
ileted his studies Of Tie samples, has preseatknowl-
eige Of the mineral Is sufficiently comprehensive
- allow LIS findings 10 be made public, The
specimen p-sl brough, 10 hin was supposed TO
us a sulpAuret ot Coz per. which Is frequently
found in assure veins crossing the trap iJrma-
ton al nearly right angles, IN keweenaw county
As i rule, thes- sulphure;s carry considerable
quantities o! hnunony and arsenic, refractory
Elements which hinder smelling, though in the
case Of the Mendoza mine there is . large VEN
ot this variety OF copper ore which is singulaIly
free from both Undesirable elements Green
carbona,es Of copper are Of frequent occurrence
III NAV lNNNS lINITAf '0lN'HHAs bNo' 'aH FA4'h''
The great Calumet and Iiec!a nine was a, first
SUP posed 20 Re a copper ore mine, one ihIrd ot a
century ago, from the crca, abundance Of copper
oarbonatss found in the cnnglomerate bed near
the surface, y. a slight deith the ores gave
pace TO the virgin metal, which has now been
followed to the unprecedented depth NJ 4 800 fe.,
vertical depth, the lode holding a. rich a; nearly
q mile underground as within a lew rods Of sur
g.. NIL I'D. = z,,-. - a.. rv,A
IN the district A peculiar copper ore, found in
grading the streets Of tbs city one year ago, is
me variety known as GumeyAite, which IS an
arsenide Of copper, containing, exclusive o! i'm.
IurteS about ~ pNr cent Of COPPER 10 IS rer
cent # arsenic, by weIsht
The new mineral ir,m the MohaWk assure
resembles domeyAite somewhat possessing a
sllyery metallic lus,re when freshly broken, v III
very irregular fracture Chemical analysis Of
the Mohawk ore, which has been named mo
h,vkl,e by Or Ko-nig, reveals IN arseniie Of
copper, similar 70 The doneykits, in connection
with which is also found an arsenids Of MCKEE.
The two metals being chemically, AID 10, me
chanicaily, united. in the en- race 4 the arsenlc.
NiCael has cc"as ioueliy ben met with IA small
Quantities IN Lake Superior ores, but this IL Is
FRS, appearance on i.e southern shore %! the AXE
in commercial quantities The mines Of the
American Nickel Company Of Cleveland. located
At Sudbury, Ontario, seventy miles east Of the
Quite, Of Lake Superior. are now tie ~principa!
source Of the worlds nickel supply The speci.
mems Of domeyki,e assayed by " koenig have
averaged less than onehali Of per cent IN nickel
including tie trace O! cobalt carried Herewith,
while the mohawkl,e gives average assays 81
Oh per cent o! oopgef. : T-r cent Of nickol %
Ter cent q cobalt, 2ss per cent Of arerir
and 3 Ter cent Of i'm leaving out
the iron which is merely IN inpurty,
snc no Ct enically IN ted with the other elements,
the proportion NJ copper nickel and cobalt to
arsenic j. 2 20 e. ! which Vr0portlun. allow ing
for the differing A. 'N'c V'guts ui The three -a
meNts hrst nance, gave an atomic ratio Of 3 10 !.
one atom Il arsenic n three 4 ,'he metals, COPPER
and nickel d 4! TIE Taia'loid cobalt
The IosNni,. .es offered by ttiS continuation
can DSl d. appreciated ~ chemists aGd mineral
gIs;s 'cppr IL a valuable metal anu he wo'i.S
Demand l. -. iuS H.. p-lc' Il ~" meta al J.. .-ly
double TO fcura ~ i've yrars agg. Th- cu,r.f.
"-ous porlun = N" fnd /, oi but sms.l value.
hoy@V'r, ~ comla,i~ou win NE nicsel ~
Il Which he standard on p-oll" ~" f. conirol,
oorlinA'aa he vorlt'' 'ict"l msr.ets lgartrr
Of a CENTURY ago LiCkrl was u~ 4. na..ly tor
the Few tons u~"f annually In the sut.i.lary
coinage 90 the United State, All wss ,%rnnlovet
a. Syms H. It Extent as a chan substitute for
iv-r in @ ia. lines i r!'c,rorla'.aE. Tn
'N'H'dh u! 80 : llN lh"' CAM Rainy nom
q !tN mines - pnCF'i-lsa nature IN EASTERN Penn
sylyaria WIN The addition = ricRe. 20 i-n1
and steel 'or armor ia irg, and other U.s.. ih-r"
chmr a large .sMdru ~ the r,ial. VIII. 'h-
rsT6rka lr ~ >-sSs - NJ 'aUi decade IN ID"
manufacture e. m"ia.ic alloys uguL o semitic
hhl- ha. opnel may avenues f0r the =. aqy
consumption - = n "a NhIrh a S,Aut g. 1orsuHr
$50, was but Eit~ my ihan a Gun ,.Ifv 81 rla
lab 'alory, such rs lsia,Si4D egC SODIUM uuS
ere II !, f. the field q alloy, thai lh- mo
LAW kIir viii b. mos valuable NulsWE'n.
Prot hoculgs thirteenth ctn'-!rU'i o. 20 Iua
LIST 81 NV minerals. promises 20 b" by 'Ar H."
most va! able # he n D. :, '-rm a purely com
llsrciai stanarsi0t The s.,sy- ~ "a A. d.
iermin@d, reynE an Almost ideal C,mr, lion
'f an alloy ~ Cop,.T and lcs-l fur VIII. there
Is already a good demand Not only this. rat
the mineral mohhW rIur j. almost LrigI e rom
The Vsvp"in' - he me'ailurgist, m hat II con
~ TUNED rom the ore into cCnlrsrCiH. products
Almost without vhs'a Gold. silver and Cpr,rr
a- found In III" naive s'.ts, Or as ores, while