The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-11
Proposes to Revolutions
ize the Automobile
Industry
THE HORSE WILL BE
THIN @ o f TIL e r Asst
The Most Valuable Beds Of the
4 Mineral Yet Discovered Are
Located lin,N North Carolina.
Investigation to be l.s5.
Still Further. :.... !;
Conducted.

tsptcini TO The Times- Dispatch.)
fsASHEVILLE, June lo.."1f 4 cobalt
is as thick and as rich in North Carolina
Eas believe, I will reduce the. weight OF
storage batteries In automobiles nifty per
cent. and the cost OF traffic in cities
flfty-flvc per cent"
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison, the wizard OF
electrical Inventions, arrived In the city
yesterday afternoon. after touring west
ern North Carolina in search OF cobalt
beds. and is thoroughly convinced that
he has located enough OF the mineral to
startle the electrical world. He says
that he knew that the valuable ore ex-
listed in these mountains, but he did not
expectSto find 1t IN such large quantities
or SO rich in quality. sj.si1s
Trip Successful. D
3..I knew that my North Carorna trip
would be successful. and, although I am
satisfied now. was fully confident that
4 would not be disappointed In finding
cobalt. There is a streak OF It running
from al point Just east OF 4 Nashville.
that sorne OF the richest beds have
found have been in Mort Carolina. There
L Is a large quantity OF lit, and my dis
scoverys means a reyeiati In the -lectrf-i
cal world. II can reduce the cost OF city
traffic fully f1fty-five per cent, and cut.
the weight OF the storage batteries just
Z half In two. IT can be seen very readily
that more automobiles and electric vehi-.
scles will be built. because the cost WIN
be placed within : the reacn% OF many,
people who cannot afford to own them
now. t.fs * s355ss
II have found cobalt In Lincoln. CASTOR,
Shelby and Jackson counties In Jack
son county there is a large quantity
2of II. while the beds are valuable IN the
other counties. sI & made assays Y Of the
mineral ms many places. |. and 1A found
that quality TO be Just swhat S1g was look
Ing TOR. and 1 am satisfied now thatas1 N
VIII rbe able to use the cobalt found I'm
this sta,e. I'd Ii
Make Cheaper Machines.
1.-THE electric vehicles have been under
a heavy handicap because OF the heavy
storage batteries We were forced to put
high values. Under the present plans
electric autos cannot be made without
a large outlay OF money. and that has
kept the speople the majority OF the
people. Il me an. from using them. An
automobile IS considered a luxury, even
by our richest citizens.
CIV hen II can equip an automobile pro-
PEELED by the cobalt system the weight
will be cut IN halt. thereby giving the
new IIldCIllIIS dA eLFld UleS advantage ONers
the ones now In use, and when ths price
is reduced so as to place them within
the reach OF everybody. 1t means that
the horse is q thing OF the past. The
crowded streets OF the cities will lie clear
ed, and that will mean a. great thing
In some OF our largest towns. & js$
\ Il Il have left a :orce OF men In the four
counties in this State where i found the
mineral. and they will make thorough
as to this quantity to be
found. They viii report to me, and may.
possibly return here later In the suil,-
,1rlcr and further investigate my dis.
coyeries. I am fully confident that what
II have found here will enable me u TO
start out on the work of new vehicles
propelled by cobalt batteries.
Most OF the cobalt now known to-
the scientists Of the world is found In
: France and Australia and American in-i
t'ustries are fhampered because OF the
distance 1t is from the manufactures
\ Then. too, It Is not OF 80 rich values.
as y want to find. have considered the,
matter for a long time, and was:
confident that It must exist in the United
$sta'es. aid 7 have been at work to dis
cover It for several months have
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