The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-05

radlum has been selling for sf2ooo|
and tICe.o0o q gram, YOU viii see lus
what IN bureau Of mines has accom-
pllshed along these Inca
The cost Of producing iridium u
tho Email experimental plant durlnl
the fkirst few months Of she bureau,
activities was somewhat higher hhl
not enough & seriously effect tns
final average.
The public, however. should MOI
infer that this low cost 81 p~rodnctior
necessarily means an immediate drqil
IN the selling price ot radium the
National 8adlum institute was for-
tunate In securing through the Cruel
bic steel company the right Ia mine
ten claims % %caFnotltc ores belonging
u them ana this was practically the
only ore available at the time. since
then new deposits have been opened
but these are closely held and accord
ing 10 the best Judgment Of the ex-
perts employed by the bureau 81
mines the Colorado and Utah fields.
which are much richer in radmm-
bearing ores than any others known,
viii supply ore for q few years only
at the rate Of production that OBJ
taIned when the European war closed
down the mines. The demands for
radium will alec Increase rapidly. for
the two OF three q who have
a sufficient amount OF this element TO
entitle them TO speak from experience
are obtaining results In the cure OF
cancer that are increasingly
ing as their knowledge Of It's applica-
tion Improves. A few more reports
like that presented to the American
Medical association at is receBt san
francisco meeting and the medical
profession as a whole win be con-
WINGED Of It's efficacy. Under Oh the
circumstances that have come { o my
knowledge Il does seem 20 me that a.
hehooves the government TO make
some Arrangement whereby these &C.
posts. 80 unique IN their extent and
their richness, may be conserved IN
the truest sense for Dur people. by
extracting the radlum from the ores
where u now lies useless and putting
Il To WORK for the eradication Of can
Ger in the hospitals Of the army and
navy and the public health service.
The ten caronite claims being
operated az Long Park. Colorado. by
the National Rodlum institute have
already produced over iss toni Of ore
averaging above two per rent uranium
oxide. The cost 81 ore delivered az
the radium plant in Denver has 1vet-
AGED $3.50 per ton. This included =
per rent royalty, salary % bureau OF
mines employees. amortization Of camp
ana equipment and all expenses Incl
dent 10 the mining. Transportation
grinding and sampling OF the ore.
"A concentrating plant Tor low grade
ore has been erected M the mincs and
Is successfully recovering material for
meriy waited Grinding and samp-
ling machinery has been installed at
Denver and a radium extraction plant
erected in the same city. The ra-
dunn plant has now a copacity or
three IONS Of ore per day. having
been more than doubled m size since
last February. Before that time tine
plant had Dcen run more or less ON
an experimental scale although regu-'
larry producing radium since June.
1914 To July /, slightly over three
grams Of radium metal had boea OBJ
tanned in tho form OF radlum-hatium
suifate containing over one milllgram
OF radium % the kilogram OF suiiates
The conversion OF the sulfatos into
ohloridss and the qualification co. the
radium therefrom is easily ac nm
plished and with very small lo-s ui
material. Unfortunately. however,
special acid proof enamel ware OBJ
AAANfNANAt NAAfN 81 ~ NAN NN'h N''Hf
delivered Of sufficient capacity to aan-
die the capitalization OF the fun plant,
production, 70 that a little less thu Y
half the output. or 60 be exact, 1904
mnllerams Of radIum element h.N,
been delivered To- the two hospi,uls
connected with the National Radlum
institute. The radium r%emnining can
he crysiaiized Of amy time from ucu-
trial solution In apparatus already in-
stalled. but the greater rapidity ana
efficiency Of production of this very
material hy the methods used
have decided the bureau OF mines To-
await The completion OF dppartus now
built before pushing the chloe
'ide crystalizatlon tc hn capacity,
The average radium extraction Of
ore mined by the National Radtum
netirtfa has been over So mr. rnut 81