Show Utah Smelters Report Upturn In Ill Operations Officials Expect Further Improvement to Come During 1935 Utah smelters unanimously report business increases for lor 1934 from 10 to 25 per cent and OffiC officials estimate a 1 further improvement in 1935 because because because be be- cause of ol the fact that sc secondary stocks of ot metals arc are rapidly becoming becoming becom becom- com comIng ing depleted assuring carl early increase in demands on n the primary stocks Operations at the American SmeltIng SmeltIng Smelt Smelt- Ing and Refining Relining company's compans lead smelter at l Murray closed in May 1933 were resumed on November 1 providing employment for lor approximately approximately approximately men The company continued continued continued con con- to buy ores while the smelter was closed and has a stock ample to assure continuous operation until spring pring Smelting has assumed large proportions proportions pro pro- portions in Utah until ores arc now brought in from Ore Oregon on Idaho Nevada Ne Nc- vada parts of California western Colorado W Wyoming om ng Montana and Utah for smelting Equipment used in Utah smelters is the most modern obtainable Because of or the fact lad that most of ot the ores that Ire are mined today loday in the various mining districts in Utah arc too low grade to be bc smelted direct they must be subjected to a concentrating concentrating concen concen- process in order to separate the metal bearing content of f the ores from the nonmetals This condition has led to high development of concentration concentration con con- processes es chief chiet of which is the flotation process which is used in most Utah smelters at the present time The flotation process makes it possible possible pos pos- sible for lor q a much larger percentage of the different metals to be extracted from th the ore and as a result the production of ot zinc has been increased about five times bringing about 6 6 more revenue and building an approximate freight business cs of ol 2 2 5 As yet ret no refineries to handle the lead head and copper bullion produced in Utah have been established locally large refineries finding it less expensive expensive ex ex- I pensive to ship the bullion to central plants nearer the ultimate market I although excellent facilities arc present present present pres pres- ent in Utah |