The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
Bulk Comes From Borate.

The bulk Of the boraX production of this
country comes from the colcmanite mine
oi the Pacific Coast BoraN company at
Boratc, San Francisco county. The out
put here increased during 1896 and the
toastcrS dt Marion are now running at
doubl" capacity FOR the reason that The
company is mining more low grade ma
terlaI than formerly. All the ore that
averages 81 per cent or more is shipped
East directly, but the lower grades arc
hrst concentrated at Marion This com
paHS lS now manufacturing al its Enst-
"rn refn"rN several new products such
as boraN sonps talcum powder bath pow
DER etc. which having been well adyer>
tiSed. are popular and have caused an
increased consumption or boraN I'm the
household. Conditions warrant 4 greater
output from the mines
Improving It's Property.
The company Is making certain i'm
pioNementS I'm It's property which Will
nave Very decided effect on the borax
industry I'm the United States III is build
ing railroad from Ludlow. San Ber-
nardlno county. on the Santa Fc railroad
main line, 10 Amargosa valley I'm Inyo
county, near Death valley by which
10 transport horaN from the Lila c. mine
where there Is - body OF colcmanlte OF
very fine quality. II has been opened
up In a satisfactory manner, but no ship
ments have ever been made from II. MOI,
VIII any be made until the railroad is
completed.
Railroad Opens UP Deposits,
The new rIIroad, which viii be finished
next July. If there Is no delay I'm obtain
ing material VIII be l3l miles long It
VIII open up = promising mining region
before II reaches the boraN property for
which II s intended, II may be extended
To BullirOg. Ney., where IT VIII handle
the ores from other mines In that region
The Pacific Coast BoraX company also
owns certain borax properties i'm Nevada.
including Teels marsh where MIR. T. NJ
Smith. president of the company. first
discovered ooraN This particular deposit
Is now nearly worked out Among other
properties owned by the company are
several I'm and around Death valley,
which have not yet been worked. but can
be, IT desired. on completion OF the ncw
railroad There Is very little money I'm
manufacturing borsX on small scale
from low-gradc material
There have been no marked changes
during The past year I'm the prices OF
either crude or refined boraX- In gen
cral way II may be- said that the refined
material was trihc lower during 1876
than In the previous year Tho New
York market prices nave been for re-
rncd boraN. about 6lg to "a. cents a pound
delivered, which Is about half cent
peculiar reason Chicago buys some
what cheaper than New York, although
the material has To be shipped from Cali
l3rnla to New Jersey. refined, and then
shipped back to Chicago
Where Borax Is Refined
, The redners OF borax In the United
states are as follows: BoraX ConsoIldut-
ed OtdN, Bayonne y. j.: Phzcr & Co.
BROOKLYN. y. Y; Brighton Chemical com |
DanE, New Brighton, Pa; Thomas ThTk- |
olson & CO. Chicago. III and Staufter
.hcmical company, San Francisco Cal |
\ small quantity OF boraN Is refined by |
producers In California and Nevada but |
this product does not find so ready n |
market az that handled by the larger re- |
lucrics.
Tho above facts Were collected by Mr..
-harlcs q. Yale OF the United States geo
oglcal survey contributor To the an
iual volume entitled Mineral Resources
If Ihn United Siui..s