Show MINERAL PRODUCTS corporation the piute diute chieftain published at marys vale utah has the following to say of the pioneer company of big potash field keeping pace with the rapid development of one of the largest producing potash concerns in the west vest the mineral products corporation through the efforts of a coterie of expert chemists nas as completed a series of eap exp experiments eri ments on the and sulphuric content of the ores from the com banys property for the past several weeks G E cohen chief chemist for the company has been experimenting with the from the big dump that has accumulated through the operation of the mill and the work at this time has proven to a large sufficiently so that degree a success some six cars of aluminum oxide has been reduced and shipped to eastern centers A part of this ore will be used for further experimentation peri but the major portion will be used for manufacturing purposes since the erection of the new plant more than tons of aluminum oxide have accumulated on the dump plans are now being formulated for the erection of a I 1 reduction plant for the treatment of the ore which will reduce the aluminum oxide to the metallic state with the completion of this plant another asset to the companas comp anys big plant will be added and will mark a big advancement not alone has the experimentation with the aluminum ores proven a success but the work just completed by F H V viets bets district manager for the research corporation controlling the cottrell patents has proven highly gratifying to the management of the mineral products corporation mr viets has been making a number of experiments on the fumes from the potash ores for the purpose of saving the sulphuric acid content the process used is electric precipitation and while only in the stage of infancy n the experiments give the issuance of high success in this saving and sulphuric acid will soon be another output from the big plant at alunite arrangements are being made to provide proper facilities and to install a plant to handle and produce sulphuric acid as one of the products byproducts by the big potash reduction plant which has been installed by the mineral products corporation is keeping fully up to the expectations 0 af f the management and a steady production has been maintained since the new plant was started on the of february of the present year A record for shipments has deen been established since operations started there has been an increase in the shipments of recent date due to the fact that several minor mechanical changes have been made thus facilitating reducing processes and making a larger saving in the product with the present conditions it is believed that the output will be increased very materially and that the next six months will see a much larger tonnage going out from the mill the company is working full forces both at the mine and at the mill at the mine some sixty men are employed in extracting ore and doing development work and the announcement is made that conditions never looked better than they do at the present time the big bodies of ore are being exploited and blocked out on an e extensive scale thus giving assurances of an ail ample tonnage to keep the mill supplied for years to come some men are employed at the mill in the various departments |