Show ClARENCE WILl IL INSPECT JOPLIN I FOR DATA I I I University nii sity Engineer Will willi G Gather ther Information f for r I I Bulletin 5 j Clarence Wright assistant metallurgical j i S cal al engineer of the United States bureau 1 of mines with at the of Utah will soon make malc a trip to the Joplin district to gather more data on nfl for f a the bulletin u outlook he a and expects prospects to publish of Sl future u soon I development of the district His report will take up details of the e met metallurgy end of mining of ores and will wIlt place special emphasis on the losses of zinc in m the methods now In use the In-the district Mr r. Wright who has made a thorough study of the Joplin country countr is to take UP liP some unfinished points leftover left ler leftover over from fron former Investigations As soon soona a p. he returns the bulletin will wl be te e com corn The report will also Include the investigations of H. H A. A er state geologist geo geo- logist of ot Missouri who has been studying the economic geology of this section The work Is in Ip operation with the state bureau bu bu- bureal bu- bu real reau of geology and mines of Missouri 1 Mr Wright has recently returned irom ether Investigations In Nevada He lie tade I A it trip to Schurz to examine a gold old mill milt milton millon millon on tho the Walker allter river rivel Indian reservation which was closed d by the thc department of the Interior because the mill tailIngs were running n Into inta the e river a short distance n i r above abote the h head eg g gates o of two irrigation canals Mr Wright after looking into condi conditions tio- tio will workS work out a plan whereby the mill can be run run ruti and the tailings deposited In a a 1 place where they will not find their the way to th the river rl When When the he plan II Is com 1 pete application will be made to the I government to 0 allow the thc reopening ot the mill Another rother trip was made to the lead sil- sil cr er ct f zinc inc Ol ore district t to the northwest fit yf T taking in lii Hawthorne and Mina The most interesting part of his trip h he says was when he visited a zinc nine mint about twenty miles south of Reno The 01 ole e is and difficult to treat The rIe mine has been een closed for sometime some sometime sometime I time because of this difficulty and al although although al- al though rich in zinc values the enormous cost o t to treat the ore made it unprofitable Mr Wright became interested and will doubtless try to work out a a. process of treatment nt which will make the reopening of tho the mine possible I |