Show A BIG PROPOSITION I A Lixiviation Plant to Cost a Third of a Million Doillare 1 V o = ALT LAKE CAN SECURE IT Lewis S Mlchcner and Captain Bly Are in 5 tho City lor the Purpose of Starting a Plant for the Reduction of Dry Ores Lewis T Mlchener of Indiana and Captain Cap-tain Ely of Pennsylvania who are Interested Inter-ested in the Russell lixiviation process for the reduction of dry ores arrived in the city a few days ago and registered at the Knutsford Tho purpose of their visit has been kept a profound secret and the smart reporters of the enterprising afternoon daily while succeeding In drawing Mr Michener out for a half column on Indiana politics did not succeed In getting a word as to his mission in this city It remained for a HJRALD reporter to track up those gentlemen gentle-men to the office of the BullionBeck mining min-ing company where politics were brushed aside and the matter of locating lixiviation works seriously discussed The meeting did not seem to be in compliance of any recent arrangement but rather the I outcome of an extensive oorrespondene After talking over some of the general plans the two Russell men departed for Lehi accompanied by Mr A E Hyde who pointed out the advantage of some land near the Utah sugar works for the crection and operation of such a plant as the eastern gentlemen proposed After a i few hours spent at LehJ and a tour ol the sugar works the party departed for Eureka here Mr Hyde escorted the visitors through the labrynthian chambers of the Bullion Beck mine the great hoist iug works and the immense ore houses I whoso contents are to be treated by lixivia tion which it is proposed to erect Returning to this city the advantages of natural gas were discussed at some length and it was generally agreed that Salt Lake city would be the most central point for their location having the advantage of 4 closer railroad communication with the other mining camps of the territory Nothing could be learned last evening as to what proposition these gentlemen would it submit if any as they were not disposed to i make it public until some minor matter were settled All that could be gleaned ir was that they had decided to erect the I largest Russell lixivition plant in the territory W ter-ritory and that they were prepared to ex i a pend on its construction 350000 L It is understood that the men owning thou I tho-u > land at Lehi have made a liberal offer inland in-land and water privileges together with it other inducements for their location at f that point Mr Michener wont to Idaho yesterday I for the purpose of looking up the prospect of securing ore for treatment from that state t There are two Russell plants in this territory ter-ritory both of which arc working very satisfactory sat-isfactory The Maraao mill at Park City and the works at Eureka have been in successful r suc-cessful operation for some time and there arc similar plants at Aspen and Leadvlllo Colo CobThe The lixiviation process uses large quantities L quanti-ties of salt and this factor will give Salt Lake city a natural advantage over competing com-peting points but the prize Is worth making 11 big effort to secure it If Mr Michener is a law partner of W W t I Dudley better or worse known as Blocks fl ofFive Dudley and is himself a prominent I r Indiana politician |