[D8953ABB], Letter from M C Laven to Thomas Alva Edison, May 6th, 1889

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[D8953ABB], Letter from M C Laven to Thomas Alva Edison, May 6th, 1889

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Your letter of April 16th has been recd and in reply thereto have to say the mine mentioned in my previous letter is within a convenient distance of a seaport town on the Pacific Coast.##The vein containing the ore is strong and vigorous and promisses to be lasting and productive in seeral kinds of metals but particularly Bismuth. An analysis of the ore shows the following viz. per ton [list follows] 30 percent Bismuth 15 [ditto ditto] Copper 7 [ditto ditto] Lead 10 [ditto ditto] Sulphur with 100 ozs of Silver and $10 in gold.##What I desire to know is simply this. If the price of bismuth was reduced to one dollar per pound could a large market be worked up in connection with any industrial uses? If so, to what uses?##It is safe to say that at present the mine as 2000 tons of such are in sight, and gives great promise of permanancy.##In reading up on the physical properties of Bismuth I note that the authorities say that Bismuth is the most strongly diamagnetic of all metals, and this suggested to me the idea of communicating with you, in the hope that a large use of Bismuth might be created by some of your many valuable inventions. I shall be pleased to hear from you fully in relation to this metal at your ealy convenience.

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Date

1889-05-06

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Folder/Volume ID

D8953-F

Microfilm ID

127:162

Document ID

D8953ABB

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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