The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-29
CANON CITY
MATERIAL
: FOR GLASS
MAKING TO
BE TRIED
ILLINOIS CONCERN TO TRY FIELD
SPAR FROM HERE IN MANuFAc-
TuRE OF FLINT GLA-s. MAY
OPEN UP IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
! FOR CANON CITY. =.

son, who have taken lease Tor long
term OF years on the mineral claims
of Louis p Boyle located on the road
to the top OF the Royal Gorge eight or
nine miles from town, will on Satur-
day OF this week make trial shipment
of thirty tons OF feldspay from the
property to the II inois Glass company
at Alton. The feidspar will be used
in the manufacture OF flint glass. and
|, If the Canon Cry prodr ct meets the
expectations OF those who have test
cd Its qualities, an important indus
try viii be built up here.
The property taken over ty Mes RS.
Cooper and Anderson under the lease
contains noun ain Of feidspar and
an almost unlimited market will be
= xafforded Il by the Illinois Glass com
pany If ii fulflIs the demand for such
an article as IL gives every promise
OF doing. Before entering into any
negotiations with the Iniois Glass com
pany preliminary to placing the field
sspar on the market Metss. Cooper
and Anderson had a chemical analysis
made of the product OF the Boyle
claims and found It TO be OF quality
rivaling the best 20 nd in the United
States. II appea TO be in no mater
ial respects inferior to the feldspar
4 auarried at Bedford, New York. or in
the Canadian qusrries in the province
OF Ontario. which Is considered the
standard OF excellence for North
America In fact. the Canon City
= varticle measures up well in the opin-
ion of chemists with the Norwegian
product. which has n worldwide repu-
tation.
The tremendous advance IN the pr1ce
Of soda ash. which is essential In
. making the higher quail ies Of glass.
Ssinee the beginning OF the war in Eu-
rore two years ago has created big
demand among giass manufacturers
for feldspar containing enough OF
, Potassium oxide and sodium OXIDE. Of
which soda ash is composed. 10 fuse
without the admiSture OF other chemi-
Gals. This the Canon City feldspar
VIII do and II Is believed en- unilmit.
able market win be open up TO II in
consequence. Soda ash IL now selling
I at something Ike one hundred dol
lars a ton. or three or four times its
worth in the carry part Of 1914. The
principal sources of supply are Nor
way. Sweden and Greenland
What Is considered the best anaiy-
tsis OF the Canon City feidspar shows
silica $500: aiumina is.5; iron oxide
l.5: sodium osi'e 7.5o: lime i.i3;
magnesia IA; igni.icn loss p This
measures up to the governments for
mula for a perfect glass making ma
terfal. II the feldsnnr TO be shipped
from here this week approximates in
its character the analysis pIven In this
connection the Illinois Glass company
says Il viii take from one to three
carloads Of It a day the year around
seven dollars ton laid down at
Alton.
Although It VIII. probably. cost
3 Messers. Cooper and Andersen little
moro than seven dollars a ton to de-
liver their first car load OF feldspar
in Alton. owing TO heavy prelimin-
ary expense, they commute they can
make noe porft at that price when
Whey begin working on more exten-
sive and systematic scale. When they
get things going they expect to get the
Feldspar querried and sorted for fifty
cents a ton. service that is now cost.
ing them two dollars ton. II can
be delivered from the quarries on
board the car in tie railroad yards
here Mt one d,'lar and quarter ton.
and considerably cheaper II motor
trucks are used. The lessees are re-
quired to pay Mr.. Boyle royalty Of
twenty-five cents a ton. very good
<Failroad rate has been secured by Mr..
Cooper TO become effective after July
first and it has been agreed to by the
Interstate commerce commission.
There Is, In fact. every indication
that the feldspar can be delivered In
Alton at very good profit to the ship
pera
The opening up of the fcidsprr quar-
ries Will mean new enterprise for
Canon City and one th-t has great
possibilities for development. It
viii mean the steady employment Of
considerable number of men ard
can hardly fall TO result IN the estnh-
llshtnedt OF I glass factory here.
I.