The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-29
TUNGSTEN ORES.
United States Geological Survey
Bulletin Refers to White
nsua Counfv Den0e1t9.

Pine County bepoSits'
A Bulletin just issued by Chas. D.
Walcott, Director OF the United States
Geological Survey, contains the follow
ing With reference to the demand foi
tungsten and kindred ores, and gives
the localities In which they have beer
found:
The metals tungsten, molydenurn'
uranium, and vansdium are still Ct
tracing much interest In the steel In
dustry, because of the beneficial prop
critics which they impart to STEEL al
though the alloys ferro-uranium and
ferro.vanadium are still 10 the expert
mental stage as TO their commercial
value; the ferro-alloys OF molybdenum
and tungsten have passed this stage
The demand for tungsten has not In
creased during 1901, but molybdenum
has been greatly in demand, and its
market value has remained nearly con-
slant.
The sources Of tungsten are the
three minerals scheelite, wolframite,
and hubnerite, and OF these scheelite, Q
tunRstate Of calcium, Is the one that
can be used In producing the metal, or
ferro-alloy. Thus far scheelite has
been found In only one locality In the
United States in sufficient quantity.
wolframite and hubnerite occur abun-
dainty, and the sources OF supply ex-
coed the demand.
For Q number OF years practically all
the tungsten used In the United States
was imported from England, Austria,
Hungary, Saxony, Germany, and Aus
tralia. The principal deposits In this
country have been found In Arizona,
Nevada and Colorado. Deposits have
also been found in Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho. Montana, New Mexico,
South Dakota, and North Carolina.
The Arizona deposits are in the Ari.
vaca district, Pimi county; in the
Dragon Mountains, Cochise county,
and 90 miles south OF blackberry, Mo.
have county. The Nevada deposits
ara near the base of Wheeler Peak, In
the South Mountains, about IL miles
south OF Osceola, White Pine county.
The Colorado ores have been found
In quantity in San Juan, Boulder, Gil.
pin, Ouray, and Lake counties, the
principal mines worked In 1901 being
those In Boulder county, where the
Great Western Exploration and Reduc-
ton Company has been recently or
ganized both to mine and reduce the
ores and manufacture ferro.tungsten
alloy. The massive schoolgirl deposit
In the Cliff mine In the Virtue district,
east Of Baker City, Oregon, carries con.
siderable free gold. There has been Q
little tungsten mining at the Harrison
and the Durango mines In the North
Lead District Of South Dakota: and
also at the scheelite mines Of the Am
osAS&o eHEosoA nnht1k OOMP1nyi
near Long Hill, Fairfield county, Con
necticut.
Tungsten has been used for making
colored cotton goods last" or wash
able, for rendering clothes non-inflam
mable, for the manufacture OF stained
papers for coloring glass; as an allo.
with copper and aluminium for the man
ufacture Of propeller blades; as calcium
tungstste In Roentgen ray apparatus
Now the chief use, either as ferro
tungsten or as the powdered metal, L
In making tungsten steel. The produc
ton Of tungsten ores during 1901
amounted to l79 tons, concentrates
from l,22l short tons OF crude ore, val
ued ct OF, 720, at an average price o
ei54. % per ton. The price Of tungsten
ores has decreased from so to rs Pc
cent during the last two years.
Molvbienum ores carrying about 81
per cent, and FREQ from copper, are II
good demand. the average price being
$500 per ton.
Uranium and vanadium crude ore
command $50 per ton and uranium OK
ide has been sold a. high as 90 De-
pound.