GLASS-MAKING SAND.
_ .** ! MOUNT SOMERS DEPOSITS. ALMOST PURE SI3LICA. 1 The recent discovery of glass-making ! sand derosits at Mount Somers (Canter- ! bury) w " a matter of pure accident. j Prospecting operations had been carried !on for about 12 months with a view to locating coal seams within easy access of the Government railways. It was not I until a 7ft. drive" had boen made to A ilencth of 400 ft. that it was proved beyond : doubt that an immense body of silica '' (glass sand! was present. When the i substance was first encountered it was j looked upon as an obstruction to the I coal-seeking operations. The Government i analyst has reported that, the sand ts S almost pure silica —in fact, it contains 93 1 per cent, of that commodity. Such a percentage has probably never beer, rc- ] corded in any part of the world. Experts i from glass manufacturing concerns have also examined the sand, and declare it to be the finest they have seen. The deposit is to \*>. exploited.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18130, 30 June 1922, Page 9
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