Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-01
4 Whole Mountain of Valuable
Mineral Being Opened Up
for Commercial Use
Estimated 300 Million Tons of
1t ira Sight and of the Pur-
est Quality KnOWn
Railroad Being Built and q Fac
tory to Re Ready for Op-
GRAFTON in Six Months
Progress Of Ell Centyo's Biggest
Project-Industrial Import
Gnce to City and CountY

Though little has been said Of late
concerning the Imperial Gypsum corn
pany and its gigantic undertaking the
development of this concern is rnoy:hr
right along and it promise to soon
become an active and important. .n-
dustrial factor in the life Of th!:, city
and valley.
To get first-hand information con-
cerning the enterprise and to give it
to Press readers, representative Of
, this paper visited the scene Of opera
tions by this company few DAYS ago
and inspected the whole project.
The tour was made under the guild
ance Of Sam w. Dunaway, general
manager Of the company that has been
organized to bring a new industry into
existence in this valley. Mr.. DunaWay
! has been more instrumental than any
other one man in bringing the mar
velous gypsum deposit to the atten-
! ton of men of capital who see in it's
development tremendous possibilities
He is one of a type of men whose
vision and faith are required to bring
others to the big things about them
and realize how they may be made to
contribute to the public welfare. He
thinks gypsum, he talks gypsum, he
(dreams gypsum, he fairly exudcs gyp-
sum. In other words, he is an en-
thusiast. He does all this not in the
usual way of the promoter, at least
not now, for he is not selling any
stock or bonds. at has been all fl
nanced," he said. Business men Of
discernment have investigated it and
have subscribed the necessary stock
to carry out the present plans. These
are capitalists for the most part from
Bakersfield and San Diego. They have
have carefully investigated the uses
of gypsum and its demand and they
have inspected the deposit We owr
and they are putting down their money
as fast as needed to get out the pro-
duct and reduce it to a commercial
FORM"
Big Benefit to FL Centr0
/ So this publicity is not for the ben
eft it will be to the Imperial Gypsum
company but Tor the benefit of those
who wish to know what big enter.
prises are on foot in Imperial valley
and how they will inure to the benefi
Of El Centro and its neighbors.
Fifteen miles straight west Of f
Centre on the San Diego boulevard
piles Of timbers, ties, rails and othe
materials indicate where new tow
is to be. This spot is now callet
Maria, but in ali probability, accord
ing to Nh. Dunaway, it will later b.
rechristened ant- given q name some
"hat suggestive of the business to b.
carried on there which will be tn,
manufacturing of pure gypsum fo
the hundreds of uses into which it en-
ters. A site has been surveyed here
sidetracks have been built along tn
right of way of the San Diego d Ar
Zona railway ana there are many ac
tivities now being carried on.
At this point is to be delivered tn,
raw material for the manufacture o
gypsum products. Here mammoth
factory 400 feet long and 100 feet il
width is to be erected. AS plans nov
are gypsum rock will be reduced her
to a commercial form. 1t will b.
crushed and treated until it become
, what is popularly known as plaste
paris. Powerful crushers have beel
ordered and will soon arrive, whel
they will be installed in the capaciou
} building work upon which will sool
commerce. Dumps, conveyors nam
moth calcine tanks or retorts and al
other necessary mahinery will b'
housed in this big building. EN-