Show smelting in utah 4 IA ak aa f R A 41 utah s vital industrial stream molten metal pouring from converter at garfield plant editors note this is the se cond of a series senes of six on utah s smelting industry establishment of custom milling and smelting plants in utah made available large scale concentration and reduction which were to benefit metal producers and prospectors through the years metallurgy cal practice has advanced out of salt lake valley have come im prove ments that have virtually re mining throughout the world opening the way to ores that formerly were regarded as worth less thus the available resources of this state have been stretched and expanded many times research departments at the various plants are continually at work seeking out ways to blend various types of ores from differ ent mines into a better smelting charge so that the producer will recover the maximum amount of metal contained in the ore the smelting companies main tain geological departments to as the independent operator with geological work often they help the small operator financially ad avancing capital for equipment oi 01 development work in recent years smelting corn com panics have taken a hand in the de of utah resources ex pending millions ol 01 dollars in the exploration of new territory and in I 1 development work in old mining regions As a result of their work several producing mines hae been opened the third article in thu this series will appear soon in these columns |