Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-27 | Page 19 | Survey May Enlarge Dry Ice Industry of Utah, Used in Freezing and Blasting

Survey May Enlarge Dry Ice Industry Of Utah Used in Freezing and Blasting Blast ng I S S 4 A 4 k z cf S 'S 4 k f b r 4 S AP L 4 k e er r r-N r 1 I S ilI I f t jj I f. f r 4 t S Si 11 J I I j J c T L'-T i L t I 5 S r k 1 T I e t i 4 T q ir S 4 Ice but not from water waler Snow flakes con con- atoms of or carbon dioxide ras gas produced from froma a well near PrIce Trice Upper The vats vU where the liquid pas gas is cooled and becomes snow middle left a drum of dry ice ready to be shipped below left lefta a block of or the zero below substance Curran Cur ran Cavanach Cavanagh Safety Mining company engineer right was instrumental In developing the well which rave gave Utah a ane new w industry PRICE Special Hope Special Hope that secrets held in films exposed during a mile mUe aerial survey of ot this region recently recently recently re re- re- re may may give information That would disclose another dry ic ice well wellin in ill Carbon county W as expressed here today i The well pr producer ducer of alm almost t pure carbon dioxide gas is the most prolific prolific pro pro- of its type in the world according accord accord- ing Curran to Curran Cavanagh Safety Mining Min Mm- ing lag comp company ny engin engineer r who was instrumental instrumental instrumental in in- in developing the well wel near here Mr 1 Cavanagh also was a member of at the party that surveyed the geological gee geo logical formations in this region by plane The ship was piloted b by Mahlon Kemmerer University of Utah student Dr Ray E. E Marsell geological ecological instructor at the university sity also made the flight Commercial development of ot the well during the past several years r resulted in establishment of an extraordinary ex ex- industry in Utah The gas that comes tram front the well wel wellIs I. I Is one of ot the little Known but extremely extremely ex ex- important chemical mixtures that help preserve the nations nation's supply of fresh meat milk butter and other perishable too foods Nonpoisonous and ble the gas sas' gas gas' also aiso is h used as a blasting material The well welt Is feet teet deep Every 24 hours it produces oi on ori million cubic feet of gas The gas is collected run through a refrigeration plant chui chilled cL to a 3 degree 30 temperature resulting liquid Is sp sprayed ayed into receiving vats Th There re it il forms l snow now Like Mach Ines pre press the snow into blocks The dry fee ke has a refrigeration factor of degrees degree b below low zero is I light in weight weigh and when In contact contact con con- tact with heat disappears without trace Blasting by use of ot the hc dry ice is accomplished by packing the Ic ice tightly In the drill hole hol expanding it with a sudden application of ot electrical electrical elec elec- heat