The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-20
CREATES USE FOR
UTAH'S BISMUTH
Growing Achievement OF 7. A.
Edison Calls for Deep
Greek Product.
WIZARD WANTS TO BUY ORE
He Needs the Rare Mineral for
HIS Storage
Battery.

Thomas A. Edison believes that he
has solved the problem OF practical
and relatively cheap storage battery
And 10 make Il @ complete success ne
is dependent upon mAIeflal OF mLICLA
Utah is the only known possibIe TAI &c
That material Is bismuth. No bismutn
Of consequence IS at this time pfodHceo
IN the United states. Inc limited SUP
ply Of the mineral comes from deflnaAg'
Italy and some other foreign countries
II is quoted on the New YORK mar hsI
a. Sl.95 10 S2-05 pound 49,
IN the Deep Creek region OF Ulan
are large bodies Of ore which carry
a. relatively large percentage OF Dia-
muth. Tie foreign producers o. -
muth reduce IL from ores whlch , leie
as low as One-fOurth OF one per cent;
In the mine OF the wilson Conaoll-
dated Mining company, IN deep CISeA'
Is a body Of ore ten Feet thlch tlVti
which the lowest analysis ever oDtaIHSu
showed one per cent bismuth' WliIo
not an inconsiderable quantity OF the
ore contains more bismuth IMAM IOcA-
That body OF ore has been opened
TO the depth Of rs feet ana the venus ven -
been proven for 200 feet on ITS strike.
Present Appearances are that II ulis NJ
under ordinary circumstance pfo.luS
the worlds supply OF bismuIh- anu
that is not all Of value that the ore con
7ains AS far as prospected the ledge
shows average values or $40 IN eolu
and ten ounces OF silver 10 the toLl-
With a mill on the ground those Nalues
would, OF course. make II a bonanza
without reference 10 the bismuth con-
tents.
Edison Wants the Ore.
Development Of the property and the
building OF a mill has been retarded ny
tbe absence OF railroad facilities But
Thomas A. Edison wants the Dism1th
in the Wilson Consolidated ore wiz
out reference 10 mills ana ialII % Us
Since he discovered that the success %
his storage battery depended upon DIS
1nuth he has been searching the WoIlu
for an adequate supply or the mat stldl.
Upon learning Few mohlns aBo % -
Deep Greek product ne sent 70 vri 49,
dent Frank l. Wilson OF the wilson
Consolidated company Tor samples OF
the bismuth ore. The samples Were
provided and the wizard unQuesuoh-
blv tested them 10 his Satisfaction LOT
Inc has since been actively nesoIaNlH6
with the wilson's for supply OF IAe
Mt Edison indicates that he will re-
ouire at the start about l2,OOO poHh4s
80 bisD,,ltb a month. That would be
$4,000 worth at the present market
price The amount that VIII De re
Quired in the event that ms DaIlSIy
prOVes TO be the success that ne De
fiey--s il is will be almost beyond COM
putatiOu. 1t Will create for the Deep
Greek region of Utah a greater mining
boom than any gold dIstflcL OF a IA s So
has ever known. Mr.. Edlsons II IS salu,
has been searching the last three ySaIs
Tor tie supply OF bismuth which would
answer his purpose. His interest," IN
the Deep Creek product indicates lAaI
ne regards il his one best chance.
For making a practical test OF Edi-
sons new battery ears TOT tlS remain
ing horsecar lines of New York are De
ing equipped with IT, II is SAID ILals
81 successful. il viii reVoluuOnlZe power
production goes without saying II
will mean the elimination OF ttolIeys
end trolley wires. Al IrsI thousht u y
blow TO the copper wire business But
IL is said that q great deal or copper
wire is used in construction OF the
batteries, and. while TWO strings OF
wires serve Tor operating hundreds of
cars. every car would be provided win
a battery.
No Recharging Required.
Electricity for the new battery Is
produced chemically hence the battery
will not have TO be recharged as IN the
ease of the one now in vogue 1t VIII
be necessary only 70 replace the cleo
trOlits llQuld) once year, AT an eA-
pense OF approximately 81 IsSss moi
cate that II can be guaranteed TOT ov,-
600 miles but IL IS believed that II VIII
be good for double that mileage.
The Wilson Consolidated company
has not Vet reached an agreement Win
Mr.. Edison. The management IS await
ing in part definite Information con-
cerning the building or railroad 70
Deep Greek. II is believed that the
salt Lake Route. with announcement
from the international Smelling COM
pany, which needs "a railroad 10 Deep
Greek and Ely, Will soon resume con-
structiOn OF its line through that ter
ritory. which was started several years
ago-the line having been graded about
twenty miles from Tintic Junction
With the completion of a railroad
TO the district assured within reason
able time, the building of mill TO
treat the bismuth ore would be taken
M at once and the Wilson company
would be in position 10 treat with MT.
Edison upon definite terms.