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Show M MINERALS M1LLJ0RES0M Company's Experimental Plant Convinces Officials That Process Is Success. Work 'will soon be resumed at the- experimental ex-perimental mill of the Utah Mineral Concentrating Con-centrating company and it is generally understood that the plant will soon be handling its full capacity of ore. says the Kureka Reporter. That the officers of the company are entirely pleased with the work which they have already accomplished ac-complished is evident from their statement state-ment that has just been made public. After the new process had been worked out pretty thoroughly the management made a canvass of the mining districts in an effort to locate the most suitable site for an experimental plant, and Eureka Eu-reka was selected fur the reason that the camp contained the following advantages: -An abundant and conveniently located ere supply . satisfactory freight rates, sufficient suf-ficient water supply, ample electric power, pow-er, mill site at a nominal rental and railroad trackage facilities without cost. Mr. Adkinson, the general manager, cays in part: Much ground was examined In our Investigation before this favorable combination was found. The situation In the mining camp of Eureka is peculiar, pe-culiar, and a word should be said on this point to put clearly before you the possibilities we have in mind. Conditions at Eureka enabled us to jeet the co-operation which resulted In euch favorable terms for our company. An unusual arrangement secured for us a large supplv of ore estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 tons with no advance ad-vance payment at all, and with final payment to be made from our net proceeds. This is most important because be-cause it eliminates entirely the necessity neces-sity for a large ore purchasing fund. "vTe broke ground for the mill building build-ing September 1. 1914. This building Is 120 feet by 40 feet in size, with convenient con-venient trackage for both ore and concentrates. The plant is equipped 1 with two belt conveyors, a gyratory crusher, two sets of rolls, two elevators, ele-vators, the required sizing screens and a tuhemlll 4 feet by 22 feet. This comprises the crushing and grinding department, and is built to treat 100 tons of crude ore per twenty-four hours. The concentrating department is a Peck centrifugal concentrator of the same capacity. In addition, we constructed ore bins to hold 250 ton?-The ton?-The necessity for larger storage is i obvious by the presence of the stock- I pile of ore on the same railroad and less than a half-mile distant. I |