Show electromagnetic ZINC ORE TREATMENT new zinc concentrating plant soon to be constructed near salt lake readers of the mining review who are in any way interested in the production and marketing of zinc sulphide ores will be pleased to learn that the zinc concentrating company 60 congress street boston is perfect perfecting im arrangements for the construction st ruction of a vine inc concentrating custom p plant lant in the near vicinity of salt lake city and that it should be b ready to go into commission sometime during the present year an official of the company in a letter to the mining review in outlining the plans of the company regarding its utah project says we are getting the apparatus and machinery ready as fast as possible for our magnetic separating plant to be erected near salt lake city we expect to be located at harker on the bingham garfield railroad aid it is our intention to begin immediately on the spur track so that material for the plant can be delivered directly on the ground the zinc concentrator company is successor to the campbell magnetic separating company and is the manufacturer and lessor of etherington singer magnetizing Magnet izing roasters boasters Ro asters and campbell magnetic separators for sena separating rating zinc anc iron ores and table the milling practice at the new plant will be similar to that employed on the zinc ores of the platteville Pla Keville district wisconsin which yield readily to treatment by roasting f followed liy by separation on electromagnetic separators the result being a clean zinc concentrate much desired by the smelters shelters sm elters and an iron sulphide product the roasting of the ore is usually accomplished in a kiln the sulphur content furnishing most of the fuel and the iron sulphide is made magnetic after this initial treatment the product is crushed and the electromagnetic separators pick out the magnetic iron sulphide leaving a clean zinc concentrate aich which is consigned to smelters shelters sm elters for further treatment the installation and operation of such a plant in this intermountain region should serve as a stimulus to our growing zinc producing industry As progress is made in the erection of this plant further details concerning the enterprise will vill be given through the columns of this publication 0 |