The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
A VEIN OF VANADIUM
Has Been Discovered at the Pueblo
Springs about Two Miles
North Of Magdalena.
THE DEPOSIT IS QUITE EXTENSIVE
And Those Who Havo Taken Up
Claims Along the Vein are
Expecting Rich Returns

have been coming to SocorrO of
the discovery of an extensive de-
posit of vanadium about two
miles north OF Magdalcna Ac-
cording to these reports a large
number of claims has been filed
along this vein by parties who
are anticipating rich returns
The following article on wanna
dium is called to the attention OF
The Chieftain by Mr.. c. Il.
Brown. 1t is found at page ISL,
volume XIV, of a publication en-
titled the Mineral Industry Dur
ing 1906" and the publication is
recognized as the very best
authority on the subjects with
which it deals. Says the article:
VANADIUM. =
The use of special steels con-.
tanning vanadium in combina-
tion with other steel hardening
metals, such as chromium and
nickel, has increased very large
ly, especially in the automobile
business. These vanadium Steels
contain from 10 to 20 per cent.
vanadium and their production
at the present time is practically
all concentrated into English
hands, where 80 per cent. of the
total production is taken by mo-
tor car and motor omnibus manu-
facturers.
During 1906 a discovery of
uranium and vanadium minerals
was made by A. II. Caywood
and associates on Skull creek in
Rio Blanco county, Colorado.
A small shipment amounting to
10 tons of mineral was made to
Denver for experimental purpos-
es. A concentrating plant will
be erected at the deposit if the
test upon the mineral warrants
such a step. The main vein of
this deposit is in sandstone and
it shows two StreakS of mineral,
one 20 in. and the other 30 #.
wide. The Vanadium Alloys
Company erected a plant largely
for experimental purposes at
Newmire on the San Miguel
River, IL miles below Telluride,
Colo, and this was put into
operation in April, 1906. The
plant was built especially for
treatment of the deposits of van
adium ore lying in the bluffs ON
both sides of the river and along
Bear and Leopard creeks for
distance of about Is miles.
Prices. Vanadium ores are
sold upon the basis of their con-
tent of vanadium oxide, Vd-2, O-5,
of which they must contain from
3 to per cent. at least. Ore of
this character is rated at SIS per
ton {. o. b. cars.
DR.. Leon Outlet described the
Herrenschmidt method of ex-
tracing vanadium from'sores as
follows: The ore is vanadinite
from the Santa Marta mines of
Spain, and carries Ia pep cent.
vanadic oxide and so per cent.
lead.
This ore is smelted in a rever-
beratory furnace, with carbonite
of sodium and coal. Metallic
lead carrying all the silver is
formed, together with a Stag
containing mandates, alumni
ates, silicate of sodium and OK
ide of iron. To render this Stag
soluble in water, il is melted in
a reYerberatory furnace, and,
after melting, is blown with air
until the vanadium is completely
oxidized. The mass is then
poured into boiling water to
granulate it. After three leach
ings the residues consist chiefly
of alumina, silica, and oxide of
iron containing not more than ?
per cent. of vanadic acid. AS
per ton of ore treated, there re-
mains but $50 kg. of this residue,
consequently 95 per cent. of the
vanadic acid contained in the ore
is extracted in solution.
The sodium vanadate solution
does not contain any alumina,
and even If illuminate of sodium
be added to the solution of vanh-
date, the alumina is precipitated.
In order to eliminate the silica
contained in the impure sodium
vanadate, a certain quantity of