The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25
DR.. Adolf Brodbeck, Well
known Scientist, Talks of
Radium Possibilities.
"HAT Utah is neplecting an indus

+" HAT Utah is neglecting an indus
try, which has almost unlimited
possibilities and which is daily
growing in importance, is the
belief Of DR.. Adolf Brodbeck, for
years a well-known scientist Of
this city. DR.. Brodbeck believes that
Utah could become one Of the greatest
centers for the production of radium in
the world. AS the present market quo
tation on radium is about 52,000,000
per pound, it Is evident that if radium
could be produced in Utah it might add
largely to the income of Utah people.
DR.. Brodbeck has been devoting con-
siderable time recently to the study of
the rarest and perhaps least known Of
metals. Bearing out DR.. Brodbeck s
statements regarding the possibilities of
ments made last week at the American
Mining congress in Philadelphia, which
appeared in The Tribune.
Difficult to Estimate.
DR.. Charles L. Parsons, chief of the
division Of mineral technology of the
United States bureau of mines, in pa
per on "Our Radium Sources" said
that Utah and Colorado contained some
Of tho greatest deposits Of radium- bear
ing ore in the world. DR.. Parsons called
the ore carnotite DR. Brodbeck exbib-
tied piece of carnotite yesterday. 1t
is a lemon yellow mineral, containing
the rare metals, uranium and vanadium,
According to DR.. Brodbeck, raGium is
always associated, though in minute
quantities, with these two metals. 1t
would be difficult to estimate the
amount Of this ore In Utah and Colo
do xo h,
it Is usually found in small pockets.
Value as Medicine.
DR.. Parsons states that while tho
money value of this ore would never
reach tho value of other ores produced
In the United States, its value cannot
be measured entirely in dollars and
cents. He says that the developments
Of the possibilities Of radium to medi-
cine are such as to indicate that its
value in curing disease may be enor.
nous.
DR.. Brodbcck is now working upon
a radium fountain, for the production
Of radium water, which he hopes to
have in operation in the near future. He
claims that this water will have cura-
tive properties that will make it ex-
ceedingly valuable. In Paris there are
number Of these radium fountains at
the present time. and the number is In
creasing. DR. Brodbeck hopes to have
the first one in this country, and his
own patents he believes, will make the
water more valuable,
DR.. BrOdbeck's Views.
Tn IN interview on the subject of ra-
dium yesterday, DR.. Brodbeck had the
following interesting things to say;
Some people claim that radium was
known to the ancients. A man told
mo even that tho Bible speaks OF
radium OF dust that the people
will take and get healed through it,
IT is not impossible. but l have so
far been unable 10 find the exact
passage I'm the Scriptures In which II
is mentioned The ancient Greeks
tell US In their legends Of giant
Of great strength. the name Of
Antaeus, who regalned his strength
every time he touched the ground
with his flat hands. Now IL
is quite possible that this giant
touched body OF orc exposed on tho
ground. containing radium. and that
he got by touching IT, charged with
radioactive matter, nnd thus be-
came strong again. |
And maybe the so-called elixir OF
life, which the sages OF the middle
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