Show U. U LJ i- i S. S TO SPEED ALUNITE TESTS Special t to The Telegram V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July 12 Early 12 Early government determination of ot the commercial value of alunite c depos- depos deposits its ts at Marysvale Utah was seen here toda today following a conference between bureau of mines officials and Representative Abe Murdock CD D D. Utah The bureau has allocated for or el electro metallurgical work Mr Murdock said he believed a portion of ot the sum would be c used f for r research work on Marys Marysvale vale alunite ores to d determine determine deter deter- ter-I ter mine their value in the production of aluminum Two reduction reductio processes es fr vier the Utah ore have b boen en developed in laboratories but neither has been tested by by- actual large arge scale production tion ion It is the purpose of the mines bureau to carry out extensive work at experimental stations at Salt Lake City Utah and Reno Nay Nev I If the first government tests in indicate indicate indicate in- in that the alunite ore ore may be beust used d in production of aluminum the bureau plans to conduct further experiments experiments ex ex- at the th Bouder dam Burc Bureau Bureau Bu Bu- Bu- Bu rc reau u officials have ve ought Bought from the works relief fund to build pilot plants for processing ing light ores ores ores' at th the dam Will Send Expert The mines bur bureau au expects to send senda a mineral exp expert rt to Utah LIlah within the next month or six weeks Mr Murdock Murdock Murdock Mur Mur- dock said He will direct the work both at Salt Lake City and and Reno Each station will conduct Its Its' experiments experiments ments along Individual lines The people of Marysvale will be required to do the the necessary work in n the thi mining of the of-the the ore to be used In n the experiments but the transportation transportation trans trans- charges s will be taken care of by the bureau Mr Murdock Murdock Murdock Mur Mur- dock said The alunite de deposits Josl at Marysvale have lave been cot considered red by the Bohn Aluminum company of ct Detroit Ml Mich h. h as a source source of ot material for production of aluminum according to o a recently developed process Jobs JOM for Thousands Agents of ot the manufacturing company company company com com- pany have Inspected the deposits and said they were among the greatest of their type In the tho world and predicted that largo larger scale operations operations op op- would b ba ha undertaken there Estimates of ot employment which opening of the deposits would afford afford afford af af- ford indicate that several thousand men could be given work |