American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-11-14
ESTABLISH LARGE
FIRE BICK PLANT
Largest Kiln Will Have Capac-
ity of 100000 Brick.
Strong Company, With Vast Deposit Of
the Finest Fire Clay, Will Estab-
lish Largest Brick Plant
in the State.

deposit Of fire clay and other valuable in
terests near American Falls, propose to
erect one Of the largest brick plants in
the United States at this point. Before
leaving for the east about month ago
F. B. Wedel, president Of the company,
disclosed a bit Of the plans of the
company, which include the erection of
a kiln with capacity Of l, 900. 600 brick
together with smaller ones. Mr. We
del has personally examined number
Of the large plants Of the country and
from them modelled the plans. for the
works here. 1t Is hardly probable that
work viii be begun before spring, yet
il may begin earlier. This will not be
determined until Mr. Wedels return.
The first kiln viii be a comparatively
small one, with capacity of 100, 600
or more. Modern methods OF manu.
facture will be employed throughout
and superior product placed on the
market. There is no doubt about the
quality of the material. 1t has met the
test Of both analysis and manufacture.
and sustained the claims made for it in
every instance. The deposit lies within
afew miles of American Falls, conven-
lent to the railroad In addition to a
forty-acre tract Of fire clay, the depth
being so great as to make it almost in
exhaustible, the company owns depos-
its Of silica sand and building stone.
This clay mas successfully stood the test
of noted chemists and authorities on
the manufacture Of brick.
Professor Willard. chemist of the
Kansas Agricultural college. after a
thorough test, said: This clay fuses
enough to permit Of glazing. Without
doubt it will produce fire brick of the
best quality
In the Idaho state chemical labora-
tory the material was analyzed and de-
clared to contain in the proper proper
tons all the properties essential to the
manufacture of first-class fire brick.
The KOeing Bros. Fire Brick companv
of st. Louis, one of the largest brick
manufacturing companies OF the east,
after examining sample of the clay,
wrote: 1--WE know Of no one who has
not become a millionaire if he had suf-
ficient amount of such clay at his dis
posal. -
4 high official of the Vitrifed Brick
Company of Boise gave the clay
thorough practical and chemical test.
and said: This clay is of a quality
rarely found. We congratulate YOU.
and you can congratulate yourselves
upon the discovery of such valuable
clay. :
Such is the testimony Of experts and
authorities. But the. Dearborn Drug
and Chemical works of Chicago. IN
stead of giving an opinion, sent a com
plete analysis, as follows;
Silica, per cent, ssa1
Alumina 50 *
Oxide of Iron y
! Carbonate of lime , o.
Carbonate of magnesia ga
Suiphate of lime l37
Organic matter and combined water 10
Moisture a0
Loss and undetermined matter 40
100
The chemical proportions OF a perfect
tire-brics clay, as agreed upon bv the
Brickmakers' Manual are almost iden-
teal with the above ANALYSIS. Brick
makers are agreed that a first grade
tire-brick clay must contain from sixty
TO seventy per cent silica, from twelve
to twenty per cent alumina, a little
more than one per cent oxide of iron.
from one and half TO two per cent
carbonate of lime, and the Others in
proportions shown by the above anal
ysis.
The stability of the company is as
sured by the high moral and financial
standing of its promoters. F. B. We
del is pioneer of the Aberdeen dis
trict, and one of its most prominent
residents. J. P. Wedel and Henry
Martin, two of the directors. are veal
thy farmers living near Aberdeen. and
the remaining four are Kansas capital
lists. OF the stockholders many are To-
cal people, but Others are residents of
other states The company is capital
lied at Sl20. 600. The stock has been
on sale for about two months, and
about $4,000 worth was disposed of
the first month.