Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-05

.meen mpft AZ fno national welfare
tnan any discovery % medtfn tines
even rs this aef 81 sfea, diacqxeflel
Ineitdlhle b, y may hten ipe tuei
tanaNmed h ihe ordinary monnfac-
Iuflns panl Operated hf steam slelde
ln lhsn Nsa per cHnl pl me avail.
able taer9F "a useful work Al
eaaifisi snis Il s. esillHesea ihat a
DrnanNHf eAs r'anf onHrntlnn With
'|rni|f ~ 4 aimfsnr scs'c world uiii-
st over 4l per cent 10 ire available
fnetn4 M ihc fUol Not only VIII
Ira NfIiiHNte ErHHfifufion If the gas
rnN'n1 mean direct saving 81 mill
tient ~ tons 81 tont Annually but
elen nilI lenaihan lhr tie - the hish
era,ie cral sleposllH. by using the llg-
mites which oiherw.ee never would
~ mlae1
~ ONO New Mcxico field alone
theirs - estimated 30 BE- l80 billion
TONS. and ln almost every Western
state fhtre are deposits 50 large that
the anthracite fields ~ tSo square
riies l0nk like . pin point 10 ton-
perIsnn. The total area of the known
iirnlir Deposits h. estimated nt 2f6.-
efa square miles
s9h ma basis of unc-fuot seam
produclnf 500 sons 10 an acre. a.
aanarr mile undefiaid with two four.
fa0i sepras would produce s,2le.Oe0
toms THUS 6 can 81 seen that the
miles upon miles % ihis substance IN
the Alum mountain region can be de-
pended upon 60 furnish a supply for
years 10 come u seems Impossible
aimnsi Ia conceive q this combination
uf unlimited cheap power az the
source 81 such rirh deposit Of
|aiuminotsa ores Manufactured alum
to-day 81 quoted "a $40 per ton. and
aluminn sUiphatc 81 t20 per ION. The
Same pfoducls can be- found IN the
natural state ready for use without
any treatment or refining IN the
Alum mountain depcslie az the high
est estimated cost 81 twenty-five
cents per ton. or II loaded on cars
IS machinery az about ten cents per
ton Aluminium metal could be
manufactured at this place. using lig-
mite "a produce the electrical energy
ana power just as low Ia proportion,
Ias The by-proaucta recovered would
more than pay an costs. The same
applies 10 the making Of apraaivos
and all ether products using alumni
nous raw material
Last year 75e. 00O. coo tons OF coal
were mined. including what was
wasted and lost In mining. In the 4SO
square miles of anthracite region.
This ia Just one-scyenth OF one per
cent Of North Dakota's easily Access
sIble ignite. II is difficult for one
10 realize the extent ~ this new re-
source and what Il means. II means
that few years hence MI operations
of manufacturing. transportation. and
public service viii be derived from
this once dcspised and useless ma
terial
Richest and Purcst ON Earth.
The ella river aluminn district.
some two squnye miles IN extent SIN
guiariy has beep ,iQftnuQte mot only
Ia possessing within its borders the
richest and purpst deposit % its kind
on earth. as weii as the means 81
commercially exploiting Il, but NJ tne
same time an ideas climate, pure
water supply. and every facility the
most oxhcting could demand. Takina
the alum mum reducing plants and
factories az Niagara Ia comparison
immense capital is required for eN-
penelve factory sites and buildingsi
the raw material must be shipped
there from great distances with con'
sequent heavy freight charges. ths
cost ~ maintenance Is high by rens.
on 81 expensive Installation opera
ton ~ difficult by reason 81 rigorous
| climatic conditions. trouble with Sc
and many other expensive features
Ian OF which are eliminated In th'
natural paradise OF the Giln river re-
Rion. II should De apparent 20 al
that Ignite will be the means by
which the great aluminium lndustr,
should be able 10 supply "a highei
grade product az fraction IT th'
present cost. and that New Mcxic'
holds within her borders the mean
Of developing her great mineral re-
sources and establishing nm industrial
and commercial future. that Shout,
make her the most envied ~ an tn
states.
We are making $1,000 900 pound