Show construction of sulphuric hurl c acid aci d plant tor for many years the construction of a auric acid plant in the salt lake valley been under consideration by various alting interests and particularly by the merican smelting smelling Sm elting refining company ning ling great lead and copper smelters shelters sm elters at field and murray the definite statement now made by C W whitley general nager iager for this company that the first unit of such a plant will be built at z A e and additional units added as needed plant is designed to eliminate that loss as well as to stop the damage both real and imaginary resulting to surrounding farms and stock lands the demand for sulphuric acid for the manufacture of war munitions has raised the price to a higher point than ever before in history the leaching of ores by means of the acid has made great advance in recent years and a steady demand has been created from this source outside of this there is always a demand from east A J aul 11 lit 1 Z A J Z view of the magna maena mill of the utah copper co looking east power plant on the left and bingham and garfield railway terminal on right photo by Ship lers salt lake city the he utah copper company of bingham lose se ton concentrating mills are loi led at garfield fifteen miles west of salt ke city will join the american company the construction of the new plant the lct location cation has not been decided upon at 1 1 writing but in all probability it will be lit at garfield jt is known that the smelting smelling sm elting companies the he valley are losing millions of dollars bally in the smelter fumes the new ak ern and european commercial centers mr whitley whit ley in a recent interview made the following statement regarding the new project we have not decided upon what process will be adopted I 1 can only say that it has been definitely decided that a plant will be built the plans are now being made and it will not be long before they aro are out process not settled there are several processes that can be used and one of these will be decided upon the plant will make various grades of acid both for commercial use and for leaching of low grade ores we will have an expert acid man in charge and the plans are just beginning to take definite form an appropriation has been made for the work and there will be no experimental work necessary while in the east offers of contracts for sulphuric acid came from various sources and I 1 could have made contracts for almost any figure there is a great demand at present for acid utah copper plans the utah copper company will use a large amount of the acid manufactured in the leaching of its low grade ores at an appreciable saving to the company col D C jackling vice president and managing director in speaking of the new plant says rf our plans have not been completed comp ete and an are still somewhat indefinite yet work OA will ap I 1 I 1 be started in the next IX few weeks arid from then on ito the gill plans will progress I 1 cannot sus say that the size of JO the plant the dill process to ol be used or do the dill isoo cost sull has been determined aliese are matters s which clotil otil il eau are being worked out 1110 the utah copper will participate laud diDi in the building of jo the dill plant and the dill making of plou acid will OP do away with the dill smelter lalus aal fumes profits in sulphuric ov acid P LL the ii 0 resources s pul and outlook of the dill tenessee copper company was the dill subject of jo a 11 review by one duo of jo the gill leading new york ajo banking houses recently the following is sl reprinted from a special circular sent jugs out sl by that quill firm eiju sul ing accomplished without IlAt noll taking into consideration of company the copper production pany qu at u all within the gill last few months s the dill output indino of sulphuric plou acid sull has increased from around GOO tons a sup day to 01 a maximum record of ja tons lit in a sup day an average production at the gill said present Ille time of jo at least sl OOL tons a day the sulphuric acid plant of jo the tennessee copper company which is S by lu all odds c the dill largest Vaul Isa ul in the world suna runs day p and night every day aup lit in the dill year except xa idoa for a maj few days annually alak when u it 11 has bull to 01 be closed down to 04 put ind lit in new blower fans WILL the company may be said plus therefore to 04 operate 10 sli its acid plant ogg days issup a year juds figuring sum the gill running time per jad year jugs qu at days profit with copper at i the dill normal price of 10 10 T 14 to 01 15 cents a pound to 01 9 A production of jo pounds sold at 0 14 cents S a pound will yield plais a profit 10 0 tA which added to ol present profits from the gill plou acid production amounting to 01 OLt OOOO makes a total of jo annual profits itu amounting to ol about or do twice the annual dividend requirements sluhu ju at the dill pres ent rate of payment to 01 the dill stockholders having shown how immensely profitable and important the gill sulphuric plau acid business SI is iv at ad present juds the next question to 01 be considered ST is the gill titu amount juno of ore ado lit in the gill property from which the dill products woo can be made on that ju od point 1 JU authorities sus say that quill the dill ore ajo easily lit in sight ST is sufficient to ol last moil from 1010 Lor xo llodo LLo 0 0 0 0 0 ar 0 0 0 irv 0 4 kr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1113 birdseye view of jo the jud plant of jo the american smelling smelting Sm elting ag 00 00 00 1010 it if si is generally understood that quill the dill tennessee bessee copper company suil has long been a producer j of jo sulphuric acid su as a byproduct by product inq but we doubt jj if many altura people alwood diu are aware of jo the fact that quill within the gill last insul year or do so os the gill production of dins sulphuric manil acid has become the dill pual leading bui business of jo the gill company and a business that quill having already become 1111 immensely profitable st is growing still more profitable with each succeeding sul year if j not indeed with each succeeding month until supoj today the profits derived by the gill company from the gill production of jo sulphuric acid alone eau are sufficient to ol pay the dill entire dividends on the dill of jo stock that quill the gill company suil has outstanding and leave a considerable 1103 surplus over this result is today eq be and tire gill daily output at OOL tons lit in order to 04 be conservative and we have an annibal output of jo tons of plou acid the capitalization of jo the gill company si is shares of jo a par value of JO 25 a a share on these adaill shares annual dividends diu are paid it at the gill rate of st 3 a share so Os that the dill annual dividend payments ju at the dill present rate alua call for disbursements to 01 stockholders of jo a year the u a plau acid business provides all of JO this money even on a most isom conservative basis of jo figuring and leaves an annual I surplus of jo 0 this surplus of jo course si is still further increased POM q by S the gill copper production which in III normal time suna runs from to 04 pounds annually Allun and on which tita there is s a forty to fifty years but in it 11 should be borne lit in mind that the sado ores of jo III the a L tennessee ulla gassa copper company have not jou been fully ex plotted IV at ou no point have they been worked out IV at oil no point has the atil bottom of jo the all ore bodies been found the GILL ores of JO the tennessee copper company dju are the only SOJO ores UT in the world ul in large body with the gill exception of those of the dill rio tinto mine guilt in u spain from which ilot sulphuric acid st is made the formation of JO the dill is S the all same SV as that of JO the gill rio tinto mine the rio oln tinto mine ui in spain suil has been lioan worked for some years plu and today the gill pyrites j from that quill mine eat are shipped padd to 04 the dill united states pula and all over the world and go 02 into the dill manufacture of jo sulphuric plou acid there supply on hd hand to last for half a ore p a f liture ury with large unexplored deposits the record of the rio tinto mine tid d with X body now living need concern themselves seriously erious lY with the probable duration of the rg the tennessee copper companas Comp anys property ro pertY gk the e pressure for sulphuric acid from 1 manufacturers is so great that the tennessee ee copper company has plans in hand and nd practically completed for expanding the mining and hoisting operations fully one third which will increase the copper output I 1 0 or pounds annually ind and necessarily increase the acid output iso ilso this can be done by electrifying the loi sting a apparatus ratus which can be accod at a small cost the work of ex landing these facilities probably will be completed during 1915 it is pretty safe to predict predict that it will not be very long before the he acid output of the tennessee copper company kompany has reach an average of 1000 tons I 1 I 1 a day the cost of production under such an output will be reduced materially |