| Show P POTASH AND ALUMINUM PLANTS PLANNED FOR UTAH two industries of great magnitude will be probably introduced in utah at an early date tile the plants to cost a total of to build according to an announcement made yesterday at the hotel utah by george H salmon member of the banking firm of arbuthnot salmon company of new york who is heavily interested in projects in british columbia representing millions of capital says the salt lake tribune according 0 to o mr salmon the united states stated potash corporation of which he is a director has been organized with a capital of to exploit the potash fields at marysvale Marys vale utah mr salmon declared that a plant for the manufacture of potash to cost would be built immediately the question of tile the erection of a plant for aluminum to cost will hinge on the availability of power to operate mr salmon said that marion L thomas reputed to be one of the greatest engineers in the country would arrive in salt lake from new york either next saturday or sunday and would then decide on the matter of making aluminum in this state should conditions prove unsatisfactory the aluminum plant will be built in california but mr salmon said that mr thomas had already ordered preliminary work to be started in connection with building the potash plant work on the latter building will start this week mr sa salmon imon said that prior to the european war practically all potash salts of mineral origin consumed in american industries dus tries were imported from germany imports by the united states amounting to many million dollars yearly the british blockade shutting off the supply of potash salts from germany crippled the industries thereupon dependent to an alarming extent the consequent shortage in the supply creating a national famine that is calling for immediate relief in 1911 mr salmon said the united states geological survey identified the rock filling in the great fissures found in the tushar range plute county utah as alunite a mineral that contains over 11 per cent potash after elaborate tests the geological survey was able to show that the potash in alunite can be recovered by simple and inexpensive methods that leave other products of even greater aggregate value as for instance aluminum mr salmon said that from one ton of the aluminum oxide in the marysvale Marys vale deposits it is commercially practicable to obtain pounds of the is used for the production of metallic aluminum aluminum possesses malleability i ductility and considerable tensile strength nath it alloys fairly easily with other metals and resists the influence nee of iron water and vegetable acids for this reason it is be scale scale in making ing used on an increasing kitchen utensils surgical appliances jewelry jew fancy articles and bearings for machinery the plants when completed mr salmon said would have a treating capacity of tons of ore per day mr salmon is recognized as oli one e of the leading capitalists of british I 1 columbia where he stays for several months of the year he declared that companies with which he is identified had taken over nearly all of the lumber mills in british columbia and would export lumber on a la large r ge scale as soon as the war ended |
