The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-07
NEARLY $4,000 POUNDS
OF ALUMINIUM IN 1911
Production Increased from SO Pounds
in 1883.

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Aluminium. comparatively few years
ago "a rare metal. too expensive I,
( have any particular economic value
has today come into wide use in Z
great number of Industries. The con-
/ sumption in the United States in 1911
according 10 the United States Geo
losical Survey. was 46.ls5.O0O pounds
the price in New York ranging form,
1879 % - cents a pound. The sur
Vey has just published report BY W
e. Whalen on "BauXite and ALUMNI
mum. an advance chapter from Min
cral Resources of the United States
for 1871, which gives a comprehensive
review OF the industry for the year
BauNite ore, the present source FOR
metallic aluminium, is mined in Ar
kansas. Georgia. Alabama and Ten
nessee the output from these states
combined amounting in 1911 TO 155.6iS
long tons. valued ar S750.G49. an in
crease Of about per cent i'm both
quantity and value compared with the
figures FOR 1910. The increase. though
small. shows a healthful condition Of
the industries dependent on this ore
for raw material.
The chief uses Of tauxite are in
the manufacture Of metallic alumni
UNI, Of aluminium salts. Of aluminium
or fused alumina. which finds extens-
i've use rs an abrasive. and TO a minor
extent I'm the making of bauxite brick
and Of plaster compositions. The first
three Industries mentioned consume
the bllN OF the ore now mined.
In the aluminium industry new
plant located az Clarksburg. West Vir-
sinia. is reported To have begun oper-
ations IN January 1912. having for it's
object the manufacture Of metallic
aluminium and its compound.
Uses Many and Varied.
The use of the metal aluminium and
It's allows IN automobiles. dirigible bal.
looms, and aeroplanes is constantly in
creasing In the form Of magnalium It
IS used in the beams of analytical bal
ances and other new alloys are being
brought TO public atten-
ton. The metal is also employed in
paper decorations and for wrapping.
II is reported 10 have been used i'm the
textile Industries, where IL has been
combined with silk. to which it i'm
parts peculiar brilliancy. particular
ly adapted to theatrical and ccremo-
NAL costumes II has been found and
is constantly finding a host Of appli-
cations in smaller articles OF every
body's use and ornamentation. The
Ordnance Department Of the United
States army recently awarded a con-
tract Cor sixty thousand or more alu-
minum canteens and cups. The metal
Is now being used I'm various other
ways in the light field equipment Of
the army.
The report contains statistics of
production. consumption. and worlds
Of bauxite; production and
imports OF aluminium salts: and con-
and exports of metallic alu-
minum. Descriptions are given Of the
occurrence and possible new sources
NJ aluminium salts I'm Utah and Ala
bama. the bauxite fields In the south
crn states the uses and methods OF.
the raw ore, the manufac-
ture Of aluminium, ano the aluminium
market conditions for the year. The
alloys 81 alumnum. an attractive field
% research. are also discussed.
\ copy Of the report on Bauxite and
Aluminium may be obtained free on
To the Director Of the Geo
logical Survey, Washington, ID. G.