The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-18
NEWS FROM THE MINES AND MILLS
Colorado Non-MetaIlie Minerals.

AS evidence of the rapid lncreas
the uses Of cement and cement -
crete. saws Capt. T. J. Smltn III nc
Denver News. word comes IRON Solo
rado Springs that the Beaver Laho anu
Irrigation Company, composed iaisei.
of Colorado Springs Capitalists, anu
operating in Fremont county, proposes
to construct its reservoirs, dteAes anu
lateraIs oi cement, after praclice
adopted 10 some extent IN Saiiio' MD
and Utah districts "hefe ~a.er
scarce and valuable. IL is esti.no'eo
that this cement construction VIII save
twenty TO sixty per cent. Oh tne "aeei
supply. s -
The Engineering Record new
York publication OF the hisIeol 0,
pays Denver a notable com hlpilneul "
deyotinp eleven columns OF It's space
IN on Illustrated description OF the
now concrete bridge over Cherry creek
AT Rannock street. Ideal Portland ce-
ment colorado manufacturer. TWO
parts sand and Ave parts gra'ei, Win
crushed granite and steel framewofk.
constitute the material.
Rut cement is only one OF the twenty
five uon-metallics now estaoilsned IN
this state on a producing basis. and
which already surpass IN Naiue tne "le-
tallic output of the commonwealth, de-
spite the present revival ana eApah-
sion in mining for gold and the very
recent additions of several rare min
erals to the established metail'c list'
The greatest or all the non-melals Is
coal. which, with coke added. reached
S53. .ooO, coo in Colorado last year.
lowing 81 per ton as the retail pric
the coal and 100000 for the COKE.
The Geological Survey has recognize
the importance of Colorado as a coal
state. and OF Denver as an industrial
center for the adjoining states ana Ter
ritories, BY establishing in South
Denver, at the foot of West Cedar ave
nue. and on the tracks OF the Denver
L. Rio Grande railroad, an elaDorate
fuel.testng plant, which continues the
experiments inausurated at 81 Louis
in 1904 in connection with the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition. A. w. Be-
den is the engineer in charge, assisted
in the coke and washing sections by
W. f. Vicke:s and H. l.. Gardener.
The chemical laboratory is controlled
bv G. A. Burreu Coal washing ma
chimes of the most up-to-date pattern
have been installed. The plant Is
equipped with four of these washing
machines. four different specific gray
ity solutions being used with each slzs
OF coal tested.
The Colorado list of non nmetals, al
ready formidable in value and enorm-
Gus in promise. grows wider month by
month. 1t includes al present such
valuable factors as sulphuric acid. coal.
cement. coke, brick clay, fire or refrac-
tory clay kaolin. fullerS earth, tiuol-
spar, garnet, gypsum. lime, manganese
ore, mica tboth ground and fake.
mineral waters, precious stones. petru.-
eum pyrites. silica tglass material
soda, limestone grindstone, building
stone. paving stone, marble and sui
phur.
Since the first of the year the oil
industry in Boulder county has sN
panded rapidly The Boulder oil belt
produced last year 1850 barreis.
worth $4,000 at an average pricS>pt
sl.25 per barrel, which is higher IN
the average in the eastern oil fields
Last week the Inland company shipped
in one day siXten car tanks of refined
oil. According to the Boulder Mine,
the product OF the Boulder City REIN
cries now exceeds that of the Florence /
plants, although the latter field was
exploited as early as 1852. The build
ing of the new refinery of the Inland
is being rushed TO completion
and the sinking of additional wells is
set for the very near future. The Da
ton Oil Company, another Boulder cor
poration, has declared quarterly diyi
dend of two per cent, payable April E
18th. This is notable as the first an
nounced dividend in the non metals of
the state. as the coal and cement com
ranies. while generously profitable.
are of the close corporation class, keep
ing their dividends to themselves.