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Show (biting Engineers lispec r Big SmelNng Pkinb Lt fcJc Leroiv Includes Auitciv, Miclvdle duel Tooele f vfUtley Wi BrUy StougJvton. wcHUry or Uis institute mj Is Profitably and Pleasantly Spent by the Guests rj TEE tl p? al tra a kad been pnmied lor the on tl tnp to tie Hurra M a nle and Tooele Bmelte e iif 3 st endanee at tlie one fan a gntfl meeting of tho Vme of Mm n2 tnnef s baci n arge numbers et e rt Tne ssen.WeJ at he it of the Orezon "-hort L ne KTDiae who did no care to take tinpEe a the Hotel Utah an 1 at I were the gneMs at a n heon a o ocal woffle at tbe "in J i. Mrs H nnan F na r ook j Ike o he coortrv here whe e i to -er cl lyart left -alt Lake at 8 and nw a the ilarrav me ter at 9 Berbers we e trfel omed b v W W SLenntendent and m mbe or 'Vratiii stalf The is opr eng ? ree thee dm let nto q a Is 1 qnad nder the per onal gi dance meinee fam 1 ar with the op I J of th entre plant through I iL 1 he we e conr" eted fa rtn or rtere t beginD ug P o ess of m t us the hr" 1 tre tiat was to be me ted each f 'Weea ons panned and hal the S,18 tfle meehan cal fea explained. This was carried a tie roastmg and smelting depart wed. Stars Are Pleased V? who heard Superintendent itL' ?per 011 the comparison of Wtiht and Lloyd cintenng ma and the Huntington and Huo-oJwi?' Huo-oJwi?' V? mnch iterested in ot these processes in op- The special left the Murray a.1' uPn arrival at the r" smelter at Midvale it lU0Mced that there would b in I time m whicn to visit both j . t on and the smelting plants ywtT of the members de .VaT;?r 1f the electrostatic 4 under the direction of a corps engineers this plant was in fe,?? amval of the special at 4L 0!ceon wa taken on board rtfl." ,a7ei to the members dur Cv 1116 8Pec a' went over 'iL.uTalIer "Iroad to the Z,rler,f the International ttuZj ltor were welcomed by l Araint officials and engi i tato 3tbe v'ors were divid tte plaV 7 WaS condnctei J Explained 'Sf.n.?vthe "asters, the canter fa.. ,beddlne charging i Me dPartraents of tbe ta?e M8. tar,efllI1y expla ned lche,,d the terest of f?' uwrS thl.1lad co"Terter a 'annS,,on which was snrround "nous group of interested ob ttl'taffen,ill40v!e the various de aft.; i9 PPer sect on were fW b. ch the members were rty riheir tain by their hosts ' ny turned to Salt Lake at 'Bwfell"' the engineers at atkn.c.alss n of the con Tl, C W Wh tley pres d M. Part of the papers pre m pt60o4f the 1 ne of metal u ' "e efl. th Product on of me alii Ton of losae8 the 'ease """eness and all el sub e ts A paper on zinc losses in nun ng m 11 ng and smelting was presented bv Dorse ( I (ii and S S Arenz. It pa d par ention to the enormous losses en o the m nm m 11 nA and n p t nz o zinc ore The a thors o ght out the fact that in the as of some pre Jopl n zinc ores particular I total losses reached as high as at, and in some cases ores which a arel profitable bv assav were of o ommerc al lalue whatever on ac ount of these losses nother Interesting Paper pa e ne subject The epara f U ad Z n and Ant moor Oxides, k g en n sb ra b A A Lon J M Hide n mmem ng on these paPers ca d that floaa on had been of great a ue In pre en g thee o see and had ded 17 000 ooo pounds to the world s rply of i n due to the additional re ries effected. eo ge R ter called attention to the fact n tho past It lad been the In ent T t rglsts o prevent all floatation rr a but tha now the majority de o flat a 1 mineral poss ble- He ?P da poss ble application of tha floa a on o ess to sine carborate S X T n d s of Den er ou ned In b ef a new p ocess for the trea ment of zn o es h h process is designed prima o e sen to a great ex ent, t losses a were discussed The p b ems of z n sa ng won the nstant a ten ion of e er one present and many neers v no had no attended the tech n ps sessions before were there last z un t ought to the attention h -n n ers hat there are at p esent t e a ge ompanles In various o k ng on the prob em of the e t t on of z n from ores and a so on e ctro ytic pTe p tation of the same The onsensus of op nlon was that with h universal effort be ng pur forth th re Is no quest on of some successful method be ng established Fact Is Brought Out Another mportant fact brought out In the d scusslon was the mposslb 1 ty of producing a pu e z nc meta bv the pres ent crude methods empojed. The engl i neers said that nasmuch as th s purity was desirable In arts snd sciences as well as In the comme c al fields the problem was one of the utmost Import ance to the metallurgical world V, G Swa located at Denver the western representat ve of the American Zinc Ore Separation compan exp a ned to the Institute that the genera z nc market Is in no way to be compared w th the price 'that the h ghest grade spelter brings He said that there are very few ores that wi 1 produce the perfe t spelter and the oxide that commands the hlgn market pr ce Most of our z nc ores he said carry lmpurlt es that .annot be,re moved by the regular sme ting operation Mr Vt hit ey was of the op nlon tha this Inst tute had brought before the mining world more points of interest and Items of Importance about zinc its pro duct on and treatment han anv other source has produced. He sa d that Just now when zinc is before the pub 1 mind the data and remarks we e very valuab e Howard Presents Paper L. O Howard of the American Smelt lng & Refining company presented a pa per on the basic lined copper conver er shel s He showed the long fe of the basic lined converter compared wi n tne acid I ning , B P Mathewson of the Washoe plant of the Anaconda Copper M n ng company paid a tribute to the exce ent showing made by Mr Howard n hs base ned converters Mr Mathewson sa d that he had found from experience that not only was basic 1 n ng of converters an ad vantage but that larger converters were easer to hand e and showed better en durance He predicted that the tendency of converters wi 1 be toward larger ma An Interesting paper on the Book C ffs Coa Fields of Utah was presentea by R, S S Lewis Lantern s Ides were used 1 ustrat ng methods of operat on loca Ities and surround ngs and opened up to the aud tors many new Ideas in coa m n ng practice M Wh tiey announ ed that those members who are to it Park City to day wou d have an opportun or see ng unle grou a and abo e K oun o a n S K ng o a e n an a a k o n a wsanond & eor j section of hp A IMF for t Lake wouhl be organised a the Ho ei I tan this morn nx Jlntaro KoJ ma mining engineer and I raperirttenden of copper mines n Tapan was a gueet of honor at a dinner part at he Hotel Utah roof garden last n gh d nner part also was g ven by the Io-al members of he Sigma Chi fraternl v to he vis ng members of that so ty Profesor R. H Rlcha de of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech no ort a so was entertained b a roof garden par at the T.n e slty lub The m nbers of the pa t -who do not care o attend he echn ca sessions to-das to-das and who desire to take the rip to the m nes at Park CI wi 1 eave Salt Lake C ty from the depot of the Denver A Rio Grande Railroad company by spe cial train at 8 a. ra The local commit tee at Park City will meet the quests at the depot with con eyances to take them to the mines and mi la. The local com xnlttee also has arranged to serve lunch eon to the party at Park Cltj On the return trip he special train will leave Park City at 3 15 p m. arriving in Bait Lake at 6 15 p m Saltair Tnp Planned The members of this party who take the trip maj if they desire go from the , depot of e Den e . Rio Crand1 to he depot of the al Lake & Los Angeles railway and ake the o 4d p m tra n for tl e rip to &a talr beach Those who desire to take a later train o- Saltair beach can go out on he train eav ng the depot of tie Salt Lake & Los Angeles railway at 6 SO p m Spec al cars to ac commodate tbe members of the Amer ran Institute of M n ng Enginee s and the r guests wl be a tached to both of these Saltair tra ns D nner w 11 be served In the Ship cafe at &a talr at 8 p m The specia cars wi eturn to Sa t Lake by the train eavlng 6a ta r at 11 p m but persons desiring to do so may return on ea lier rains As It appears hat very few of the women care o take he lp up Em trra tlon canyon to the P nncrest nn and as it Is thought that thev noud al rather est on Thurda prepara orv to taking the trip o Sa a bea h he rip to Emlgrat on canyon ias bee abandoned Jennings to Preside At this mo n n s e hnca session n the bal oom of he Ho e Ltah beg n n ng at 9 30 o k b dny J Jenn ngs w preside and e fo ow ng pape s vll be presented n abstract and w J be open to d scussion The AJo Copper Slinlng District, by I B Jo a emon The Occur ence of Bournonite Jam1 sonlte and Calam ne at Park City by Frank R. "Van Ho n. Descr ptive Technology of Go d and S ver Metal urgy by A. W A en p ava Pann ng on the Cau a Ri e by W F Ward The Dorr H dro Meta ure ca Ap pa a us bv J V V Do D s uss on of Jan es Johns on s p pe on The M I and Meta urgi a P a e of the N piss ng M n ng Com an I td Coba t Ontario Canada by G H Clev enger M ning Methods at the Copper Queen M ne by J P Hodgson Tests of Rock Dri a a "North ar M ne b R, H, Bedford and W an Hague Draining Kerr Lake by Robert L v e mo e The Dea gn Cona met on and Cot of Two M ne Bu kheads by S dney L "Wise and Wa ter Strachs Methods and Economics in Mining by Carl L A len The App a sal of Coal Land for Tax at on by H M Chance M n ng Claims Within the at ona Forests by E D Gardner B ograph ca Notice of Louis Jan i by R, W Rajmond Deve opment of the Round Tab e at Great Fal s by Arthur Crowfoot |