Show GREAT ORE REDUCTION PLANT OF COMBINED METALS NOW DOING FINE the combined metals reduction company which now is is successfully operating its new ton milling plant at bauer near stockton in tooele thoele county evidently is in line to become one of the outstanding mining and milling concerns of the state during the year just closed the company has accomplished wonders it has developed a mine of magnificent proportions in its property at pioche and in addition has revolutionized milling practice by leading the field in making possible the profitable marketing of refractory silver lead zinc iron ores that have previously been rated as a liability rather than an asset of mine owners and operators at the present time the flotation mill is running with three shifts and turning out seventy five tons of lead iron concentrates daily which are shipped to the international smelter a few miles from the plant with an additional forty to fifty tons of zinc concentrates which are shipped to the great falls reduction plant of the anaconda copper company A force of about men are at present employed at the mill and also in preparing the old honerine mine which has been leased for steady production in the near future it is stated that feet of 12 inch pipe now is being installed in the honerine mine to provide drainage and a constant supply of pure water for the milling plant and camp purposes this installation it is said places everything in first class shape for major milling operations at the big plant as well as making the honerine tunnel available for the econom cial mining and transportation of mine product to the plant with which the tunnel connects the mill also is operating its hydrochloric hydro acid plant three shifts and making acid for use in milling besides turning out a sodium sulphate product for marketing the refining plant which is is designed to turn out a refined lead product is nearing completion this feature of the works is calculated to mark a new epoch in the reduction of lead to a refined marketable product of lead bullion this is a feature of the business about which the management declines to be quoted at the present time though no doubt is e expressed concerning Z 11 its success asa metallurgical accomplishment P lish ment in ili the rounding out of the undertaking the company is making many and substantial surface improvements these features include six modern four roomed houses with furnace heat sewer system etc the company also is building a new storage and thaw shed also a ton bin in w which aich to store ores from the honerine mine a portion of which will be shipped direct to the international smelter and a portion of which will be milled at the combined metals plant under the direct management of E H snyder vice vice president and manager of the combined metals company and chief engineer merry everything is moving along in shipshape ship shape order so that there will be no halting in the companas comp anys plans to make the enterprise meet every expectation of those who make metal mining a business |