| Show noted german coal processing authority visits salt lake dr otto hubmann of frankfort germany noted as one of the worlds foremost authorities on the processing of coals was a visitor in salt lake early in the month a guest of charles peter managing director of the united states Bri corporation parent company and who occupies a similar position in the wyoming 6 carbonizing 6 and Bri 6 corporation a subsidiary now making 6 preparations to build a burgi process plant at conroy a few miles out of kemmerer wyoming dr Hub hubmann matill is in this country representing b the burgi b organization and is consultant in planning the work of building a ton bri plant at conroy so that construction st ruction may begin within the next ninety days or as soon as the ground can call be prepared and foundations are laid he returned to kemmerer after a brief visit here with chief officials of the parent organization which is headed by E J when he left salt lake his ultimate destination was north dakota where a similar burgi plant to that being planned for conroy is about ready to go into commission for the treatment of lignite in the state named with nf ith that plant in commission dr Hubin hubmann alin will return to wyoming to give detailed attention to the plans of the conroy boiu oy installation enthused over wyoming proposition while in salt lake dr hubmann stated that he was simply astounded at the magnitude of the mine at conroy it was hard to visualize he declared that a vein of coal eighty feet thick and of practically unlimited extent had been acquired and that the character of the product was so ideal for the purpose of treatment by the burgi t process with the initial capacity of the first unit placed at tons daily he said it would be a simple matter to build it up IT to as much as tons daily capacity at comparatively small expense as an outstanding feature of mechanical construction of burgi process plants was their standardization one unit after another can be added as required and because of their simple practically automatic operation each new section would add only two men to the operating force dr hubmann predicted a great commercial success tor for the wyoming 6 enterprise coal processing will help utah speaking king of the future outlook for the local or utah coal mining hidu industry stry as it might inight be affected by the installs liin li in of coal processing plants here the distinguished visitor declared that no unfavorable results should be anticipated the introduction of the burgi process for the treatment of utah coal mine products would add to rather than retard mine production and transportation of the utah mines it much of the coal mine output which now is a loss to th e producer could and would be sold to the processing plant or plants and thus yield a revenue to the mine owner aal aa the transportation companies as well because the processing of the raw material meant the reduction of one and a half or two tons of raw material for each ton of processed smokeless briquette product the cleaner fuel would build up communities foster new industries and prove of inestimable benefit to the growth and prosperity of the entire western section of this country dr hubmann said there was no doubt that the burgi process would be introduced here it already had been determined that utah bituminous coals could be successfully treated b by y the lur burgi 9 i methods and as there was no experimental problems to solve as the concerns processes were fully protected by patent and proven it was now only a question of planning and perfecting organizations to carry on the business |
