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Show Tmvi'rr ?TW?:'rrrr t . O v UlBt. :iT fT UU ALT ? 0 jo -- dA' SILVER LEAD, aixr YALLEY S KILTER niOEl (par m. m tw IN aalaai) U.M OOrrEB GOLD E1M0 NH MAS Sl.tlW (tar m) (tar IN) ISAS Features Mining, Oil, Financial VOL 18- - Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 1947. NO. 21 Science Seen As Solution To Ore Dearth DENVER. . Colorado Bureau Reviews Work On Nonferrous Metals Metallurgical research of the Bureau of Mines on the metals including several pioneer developments now finding more widespread use in industry is reviewed briefly in a new publication released for distribution today by Dr. R. R. Sayers, director of the Bureau. non-ferro- us Hidden treasure revealed through science was the goal mapped out for graduating seniors of the Colorado School of Mines by W. E. Wrather, director of the U. S. Geological Survey, the com- mencement speaker. His subject was Science and Natural Resources." Increasing consumption of minerals by vastly expanded industry has rapidly depleted, valuable known resources, Mr. Wrather stated. A belated awakening to this fact has prompted various studies which focus attention on dwindling domestic reserves. Yet these'studies fail to give a complete picture; thdy reflect production from the easily accessible, cheaply productive, operating properties. They do not take into account presently known or unknown marginal and submarginal deposits. Such gloomy summaries, Wrather said, are resumes of the past, not forecasts of the future. If industrial civilization is to continue to grow, a neverending source of raw materials must be supplied. On the oung men now entering the mining engineering field, he sa'd. falls the burden of that supply. providing ' You must not be hampered by the dogmas of the past, but must cudgel your minds for a free range of constructive imagination," he said. His treasure map" outlined four steps: 1. Develop better mining methods; stop waste; find new technics and improve old ones. 2. Find new or improve old methods of treating ore to bring marginal or submarginal ore bodies into profitable production, as flotation did in the copper industry. 3. Find new sources of materials, as was done in extracting nitrates from air and magnesium f roip sea water. 4. With the aid of geology, go after the hidden ore deposits in areas that show no evidence of mineralization on the surface. In. many parts of the West large areas are. covered by blanketed by valley fill or otherwise concealed, Wrather said. It is geologically reasonable to believe there are valuable mineralized areas which can be discovered by exploration technics now at our command or yet to be devised. . . - vol-cani- cs, Utah Mineral Resources Basis of Great Industry (EDITORS NOTE: ThU la ttaa second of history of the metal mining industry In Utah.) Support of Russell Bill A Statement JOPLIN, Mo. urging support of the Russell bill, HR 2455, in the interest of the district miner was sent last week by the Tristate council of unions, international union of mine, mill and smelter workers;CIO, to all members of Conboth Representatives and fress, at Washington, accordHoward to Lee, regional ing director of the union. The Russell bill, known as the national minerals development act of 1947, would establish a national minerals resources division in the department of the interior and would authorize the RFC to expend up to $80 million annually for purchases or development and conservation payments- only for minerals and metals determined strategic or critical, such as zinc and lead. The house rules committee last week unanimously reported the bill to the House floor for debate, which is expected to get under way within the next week or ten days. - From Diamond Drilling To provide further information rapidly with footage, and the avon the use Of diamond drilling erage rate of penetration was in mining and other fields of en- 3.3 inches per minute, with an gineering, the Bureau of Mines average deviation of less than 8 has conducted a series of tests per cent. Bits used in the tests to determine the most advan- were a conventional type, set ts of diamonds, tageous operating conditions for with A stones. 228 with grade-uniform granite drilling cast-sfive-cara- et bits, Dr. R. R. Sayers announced today in releasing a report on the findings. Although developed nearly 80 years ago, diamond drilling has come into general use only in the past decade primarily of the cause of the cast-s- et bit and the substitution diaof bort or impure-grad- e monds for the more costly industrial carbons.. The cast-s- et bit now has largely replaced hand-s- et types. In a series of tests on medium-grained granite found in an . ent inactive quarry on the Wood-stoCollege campus at Wood-stoc- k, Md., several variable factors were studied by the Bureau, including power output, bit speed, bit load or pressure which ck would yield maximum footage, highest average rate of penetration, and minimum diamond loss. The diamond drilling of this stone showed that diamond replacement was lowest when the starting bit pressure was low, the net drilling time increased Disclosing some of the bureaus contributions oh ore dressing or concentration of ores, the publication points out that the emphasis of the bureaus metallurgical research in the last decade and a half has been on the production of high purity nonferrous metals through the , utilization of our available resources, ores, reducing agents, fuel, and power. Nonferrous Metals In the field of the traditional nonferrous metals, the report states, bureau technicians have developed natural gas reduction of zinc, the application of glom-eru- le technique to preparing high grade concentrates for Scotch hearth smelting of lead, the production of electrolytic antimony from precious metal bearing ores, and the recovery of nickle from AFTER EXTRACTION' of Valuable metals contained in the ores, remaining materials find a resting place on the slag dump as shown in the above illustration. Once the enriched solutions surged up from far beneath the surface to provide Utah and other mineralized areas with a valuable resource. Obtain Favorable Results L One Year $2.50 Grubstake Act Produces Results - With the end of the water period, the record tells of the beginnings of the Rocky Mountain uplift, of the formation of the Great Basin and how its rock formations were being squeezed and faulted and con torted between the Wasatch on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west. Indications point to how the fissures and cracks were formed to allow the penetration of metal bearing solutions and of howln places the surface of the earth failed and the molten material underneath surged up causing rhyolite flows and porphyry and monzonite intrusions, some of which, as In Bingham, carried enough mineral to become valuable as ore. Much of Utah literally rose out of the w at e r to share her resources with mankind. And then came the ice ages. Lake Formed As the ice of the last one melted away there was formed in Utah a great fresh water lake, known as Lake Bonneville and in Nevada another one that has been called Lake Lahontan. The markings of Lake Bonneville can easily be seen on the flanks of various mountain ranges. From these benches its configuration isjeasily determined. But it has passed into geological history. The great Sierra Nevada mountains formed a barrier for the warm, moisture-- 1 a dden winds of the Pacific, causing them to drop their moisture before they could pass. So this area, hemmed in by the Rockies and the Wasatch on the east and the Sierras on the west, was deprived of its normal amount of rainfall. and the region became more or less arid. On the floor of old Lake Bonneville reside 90 per cent of the people of Utah and 75 per cent of its irrigable land is there. Use Resources Then came man, first the savage and then the civilized man. The Pioneers who arrived under the leadership of Brigham Young, July 24, 1847 as a result of religious persecution, moved from Nauvoo in the State of Illinois, and began the colonization of the territory. They turned the water from the mountains to the soil and thus developed modern irrigation. The early comers adopted a policy of making themselves as to foodstuffs, raiment and housing. (The third article in this series will appear in these columns soon.) self-support- il... Jit ' Those Mormons got on the backbone of the continent. This was the statement of President Lincoln, after the Mormon people had settled Salt Lake Valley and fanned out Into surrounding territory. After a century of progress toe statement of the Great Emancipator has proved to be fact. Beautifully scenic Utah situated in the Crest of the Rocky Mountains, imbedded with a great ores. store of natural resources has Magnesium to be on the backbone" proved Several improvements have of the continent.' been made in both magnesium and aluminum production by the Blaze Trail bureau as well as in the alloys The pioneers who opened the of these light metals. Activities intermountain territory to great rare-metal in the blazed the path that civilization, field have resulted in the pro- led to one of the great mineral duction of pure ductile titanium on a larger scale than hereto- regions of the earth. Heeding of their leaders, the fore attempted, and the electro- the advice took first to the settlepioneers lytic production of cobalt, chro- ment of land in order to premium, and manganese, which serve and perpetuate their existare finding favor as basis for . nonferrous alloys as well as in- ence. remained It for others to come gredients, of special steels. here and develop the resources. Ore Dressing Naturally some of the pioneers Prepared by R. S. Dean, for- joined in and such men as Uncle mer assistant director of the Jesse Knight will always be re- -, bureau, and Bernard Silkes, for- membered as empire builders, mer technical assistant, the bu- based on their pioneering in reau report includes a brief mining. resume and bibliography on ore Bright Future dressing, natural gas reduction As the mountains of Utah beof zinc, Scotch hearth smelting of lead, production of electro- gan to yield their minerals, inlytic antimony, recovery of dustrialization of the state benickle from gan and markets were opened to those who had settled the ore, production of aluminum and magnesium, and their land. Together those who tilled alloys, ductile titanium, electro- the soil and those who worked lytic cobalt, chromium, and man- the mines built a great state. ganese and their alloys, recovery They, have weathered many of vanadium, and production of storms and laid the foundation for an even greater future. ductile zirconium. nickle-chrome-ir- on series of eight articles on the Under act the the grubstalce provincial department of mines already has granted assistance for the coming season to 44 new seekers for mineral wealth, while another 40 applications are receiving consideration, it was announced by Hon. R. C. MacDonald, minister of mines. Originated to stimulate search for strategic metals required in the prosecution of the war, the grubstake act has been carried into peacetime to foster the quest for precious metals and the annual fund has been drawn upon extensively by war veter- Colorado Cons. Lessees are active at properans. It offers a maximum grubstake ties at Colorado Consolidated of $300 per man plus an amount Mines Company in the Tintic District, Utah, where low grade up to $200 for travelling tilicious ore is being produced. VANCOUVER, B. C. Utah Held Backbone Of' Nation ing so-cal- led . nickle-chromium-ir- . on . Minerals Yearbook Available Long recognized as authoritative source of information on domestic and foreign mineral commodities, the latest volume of the Minerals Yearbook of the Bureau of Mines has just come off the presses at the Government Printing Office, R. R. Sayers reported to Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug today. With 80 chapters and 1689 pages, the new Yearbook gives detailed data on the production, distribution, and consumption of all known mineral commodities for the calendar year 1945. All of the individual chapters had been issued separately in preprint form during 1946. Bound copies of the Yearbook can be obtained only from the Superintendent of Documents of the Government Printing Office in Washington. The book costs $4, but separate chapters are available at prices ranging from 5 to 20 cents. Written and edited by com- - modity specialists in the Bureau of Mines, the 1945 Yearbook returns to pre-w- ar scope and coverage, including many features which were discontinued during the emergency period. In keeping with a broadened interest in the international mineral situation, an expanded foreign minerals section also is included. The book is divided into five parts ls, a general summary, metals, mine safety and foreign minerals. non-meta- wmnmmi a Eureka Standard a t Eureka Standard Cons. Mining JiZmt- Company, Salt Lake City has purchased 22 per cent interest in 1000 acres of oil land near Gainsville, Texas. At present 34 el wells are producing in this acreal. I llM is more in and progage drilling oil company ress. The owns 22 per cent interest and the balance is held by the op- METAL MINING INDUSTRY erating company. The Hollands-wort- h Drilling Company . . J US..' U-T- ex - 1- -I |