Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-01-31
RAOiuM IN UTAH.
Nevada Miners should Look Out f.,
the Mineral!

the Mineral.
The Salt Lake Herald has the fol
lowing account { the discovery
ere containing radium in Utah:
A few days ago Professor Alexander
! Phillips of Princeton University an
nopnced tnat It would not be long till |
radi1m WIS plentifully produced from |
ores mined in this country. He told Of |
h1ying 6 tractCG tue l ,ciOIs eie-l It |
from ores secured in Utah, but tn
property from which they came was
not mentioned.
! From Michael L. Powers, the veter /,
an mining man Of Beaver county, the /
Herald learns the the ore used by
= Professor Phillips came from that pro
perty Of his which he recently bonded
- the Rare Metals company. and that
the sample sent east weighed some
thing like tLirty-fiye pounds. The ore
was described by the professor as BE-
ingcarnotite, containing oxide CT ura-
mum and vanadium, combined with
other oxides that produce radtum. He
extracted the radium by the Currie
process and declared there was IT
the least doubt that American radi-
UNI could be made as strong as the
Currie product and equally valuable
fer all scientific purposes.
From these statements it will a.
pear that the Rare Metals company
.-as acquired a valuable property in
Mr.. Powers group of claims, which
| the veteran has owned for more than
thirty years, and which now promise
Z to become world famous.
, Away back in 1872 the property was
{ reported upon by Professor Si!limau,
} a we'll known geclcgist CT that perio1,
( for Dr. Charles F. Winslow, practic-
: ing physician in this city who died,
' and by instructions previously givel,
< was cremated. A day or two ago Mr..
t Powers unearthed that old report.
e From the text Of the document it IS
evident that the professor was inves-
e tigating the occurrence of bismuJh
i ores in the southern part Of the State
. for Dr. rW,::nslow. and that the Powers
v property was the center OF his inves-
!. LEGATIONS. The ore was designated as
3 ''bismuthinite" by Professor Silliman,
r. and concerning it's occurrence in the
g Powers property, he said;
T. This species of ore is found rather
e aDundantly in three associated veins II
the Bismuth group, in the Granite
D mining district, Beaver county, about
o ten miles from Beaver City. The mair
e vein which is about six feet in thick
ness, contains. also, bismuth ochre
which stains the surface greenisl
yellow-a sign by which the vein ha'
been traced for about 1000 feet. l
IT also carries bismutite or hydrous car
le Donate of bismuth. There three spe
s. cies sometimes form masses Of con
a. siderable size, but more commonly tn
sulphide occurs alone in gangue G
almadin garnet Of a hair-brown cole;
with black horne-blende, heavy spa
and quartz. Yellow pyrite exists :
II. small quantity in the gangue and b
" it's oxidation has furnished masse
CHI Of iron oxides No arsenical ores cou:
be detected in the samples whic
in have fallen under my observation.
Ir. Hitherto bismthinite has been
rare species in North America, an
- do not know that it has before bee
found in quantity likely to give it
> ty veins the metal forms about fl
! per cent of the mass. When this
! cality is properly operated for mimi
| we may hope to obtain an abundan
: of good meteorological specimens
, these several species
= While the value Of the ore in t
! Powers group was recognized so n
] ny years ago, little did Professor S
I liman suspect that it contained t
> ingredients now attributed to it. N
; Their did the owner of the group
! twelve claims suspect that the d
! was coming when his property wo'
> become known the world over on
! count of the hidden properties it c.
/ tains, but from the way in which m
! tiers are shaping, will not be lo
I till Mr.. Powers, his property and
> company which has taken it over, v
all become famous.