The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-08

y, recent pure For the wiuu"IE Of III"
Great War different countries nay,
claimed Il lions share OF CREDIT my II
Is declared 10y certain scientists th't
what really won the war Was m0lHhd"'I-
um. II is used 10 harden and strengths
IN steel Tanks w"r' mad" rrd'u'"O'
'criai heightened by II. II - h"!d mat
when the use Of moiyhdcnum shall be-
con-" general with sl""l m,n l: viii Il"
possible To reduce the weight OF auto.
mobiles by 81 percent. Witch would
lessen the consumption Of gasoline ana
rurtai' the wear on roads. Tools treat
ed with molvhdcnum take on Won
d"ful edge. hr"unlr lmp"rNloU4 10 a''d>,
Will not break and bcCUm" praCtlraIIF
everlasting Tungsten. nickel and CO.
bait are also employed for Improving
the qualities of steel, hut I" produce
the same effect n much les amount or
m"lyhdcnum Will suffice After TIE
Great War broke cut and Gp TO IN"
time Uncle Sam entered The conflict II"
molyhdenum was allowed 10y tHuani
I" 60 In tho United States lest II should
md its way t. Germany, hui wren the
AmcriCS,s joined IN the night against
the Huns the han was liftcd and molly
hd"num began To- leave R"ntrrw county
for steel works in Pennsylvania. Up ~
the highlands of RCrtrrw county. near
~ 1000 feet above sea- lrN"E--lt"rtr"w
towns elevation - 49I feet 4 mining
camp has d"vci"r,d where molly bdrn"m
j. daily taken from The bowels at tn.
tsone hut IN lesser quantities. ar" lr"n
nyrites. calCitc. zlr"un. neldspar. mica
etc. Thp ore - cnnN"v"d on carriers
fro mthe PIT. which Just nov resembles
where II Is first crushed and utter pass
ing through different Processes. which
tmcludr WHI"r ana "il flotaii"n. emery
- A. 90 percent concentrates ready i"r
the markets It IN" world. Packed ~
barrels 1t Is placed "u board cars at
Caldwell station. ahou; Ia mites AVA!
\ barrel al the material weights be-
tween 10 10 l. hundred P"Ahds. indt-
ealing htEh sprcIhC gravity.
The mining property comprises 6nn
acres in Griffith township ana 2uc in
Brougham: in addition the timber
rights have been purchased ON 40n NOR"
acres near by. The region. with its
high hills and abundance OF rock. its
wealth OF lakes. it's many brooks and
it's richness in fab and game. * II typi-
cal mining one. which many OF tho
stockholders are bent upon visiting
during tn" summer. Cnmbining business
with pleasure and bringing along their
families. The camp equirm' at ~ Al
complies one, comprising Cun"entratur.
So mill blacksmith shop dining room.
cook house. slecp camp, office. stables.
etc. and ON the Sunset min" which adj
joins. and ~ also the property q! the
steel Alloys corporation. thor" Is
pretty mucn the same plant. VITA III"
exception OF the ""nCrntrator. This ~
what Is known 10 the trade as 0o-ton
mt. and Is one Sc constructed a. tn he
easily doubled in capacity. At present
about 80 men are employed NJ the
Spain. More are wanted, and I" max"
the work more inviting the company
will undertake. IN" construction Of a
number OF residences. The Spain Is
Just now the scene OF all the operations.
ana from thcr" rs the sun MAS setting
on Friday evening drive was taken
over I" III" Sunset. where the ground
1s.Hf EiI n - F,s
wont To mistake them for bear cubs.
,u. more readily So since one OF III"
miners recently shot bear as " was
f"asting upon tn" carcass Of a hors"
about a mile from camp RalErni"
pOStcffCe Is near al hand. which place
has MISC n school: khsrtum * not far
away. Dacr". though farther away is
made III" rostoHir" for IN" mines. ana
is daily at work Different farm houses
can he seen in the dtStin'". Included
in the adjacent luk"s IL Tuoh"y's. wh"r"
beavers build dams and trout ahuC-i:
from another lake. hV ErRNiiatI"n. n
water supply IL secured for III" mines.
the water running through about Il mile
OF n'r" placed under ground. The mines
manager - Mr.. J. T.. t0l". we'll known
ated a sensation a, Ecnfr"w fair last
Year. Has 1920 garden ~ now on Ia
good start.
We arc told tina, God never made
anything ia VAN. that there IL never
any waste IN the divine economy. and
one ~ Furnished som" proof In that
dare, t!"m by seeing valuable com
mod,ty dug from ~" rocky nils of
Griffith and Rrnurhsm apparently
waste ~ cS Of Rcrfr.w county. Land
unit for agriculture except for grazing
purposes. and Mr.. James feuuessy goes
there with "th" cattle on thousand
hills" is proving Cm!nen!ly hi M nm
other connection. namely. as Il producer
~ mi In h
lands Of E"nrrew county Will he dotted
with mining camps where molNbdenum,
graphite. mica and iron will hr taken
out in large quantities for III" worlds
markets. At different water powers in
the district Development OF electrical
force will occur. and c"nc"ntrators and
blast furnaces he operated by cleo
triCty.
Wheeling Man.
NJ. r. /. Harris. nt No. - ohio street.
who has recently returned from canada.
where An inspection OF officers and
stockholders Of the StecIs Alloys torpo-
"a tion. headed by the starr Of engineers
OF lhe General Engineering Company or
New York. reports that the vein or
MO'ybdeuite ore on the rompany's prop
erty is mile and a quarter long and 10
far as uncovered is Is feet thick down
depth OF about a. feet. The full depth
and thickness remains 10 I've shown by
further development, hut so far aS de-
posit OF MOlyhasnitr ore in the world.
Says Mr. Harris. "lf the lrim"s
MolybdeHite mine Is Colorado. for which
the Eanadium Corporation recently paid
s4.200,0o0. in worth that sum; our min"
Is worth ZEN times as much. hecaus"
they have ore running per cent
molyhdenUYl. IA reported by the state
geoloEist Of Colorado, while ours runs
~ per cent" This Is not stated on m"r"
laboratory analysis but has been tested
by actual milling operations In the Cana
dian governments own mill at OTTAWA.
running carload lots and producing
molly bednum 70: war purposes. The ore
from our mine In Renfrew county ran
10 pe- cont while other mines averaged
less than . per cent. y careful stady Of
the officials reports of the mo!ybdcnitr
mines In Norway. Australia, United
Staies and Canada. show that none or
them have n deposit OF ore running nm
average OF better than about per cent
while we have demonstrated by actual