Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-19 | Page 24 | Salt Laker's Process Turns Tin Can into Metals Strategic to U. S.

Salt Lakers Laker's Process Process Turns Turns Tin Ca Can Into Metals Str Strategic to U. U S. S jH I Is s 4 k I t ALL YOU DO IS PUT IN THE CA CANS S AND ND TUR TURN ON HEAT T Sam Stone left Jesse Jcsse B. B Stone tone work on machine I I Discovery ry o of- of ofa a process of reclaIming reclaiming reclaiming re re- re- re claiming tin zinc and iron from Irom tin Un ca cans can those things that clutter up the tue kitchen n your wife Is away for or a few days w was claimed Tuesday by a Salt Laker who has turned his pl plans ns over to Leon Henderson administrator administrator adminis adminis- of prices and civilian supply supply sup sup sup- ply ply- I Jesse B. B Stone Pacific avenue evenue ave eve nue claims he made the discovery by accident and arid proposes that municipalities erect plants for br or the recovery of the vital metals The process and plant explained by Mr Stone are relatively aim sim pie The plant is composed of ot two metal chambers connected by a pipe running from the top of one oneto oneto oneto to the other The second is full lull of water Cans Can are placed in th the first chamber and heat applied At between between between be be- tween and degrees centigrade centigrade centigrade centi centi- grade the tin m melts ItS and is drawn from th the bottom of ot the chamber The heat is increased to at least 1000 degrees degree centigrade de and the zinc evaporates Goes In There There- The zinc vapor passes from th the first chamber to the s cond through the overhead pipe solidifying asIt as asIt asit it strikes the water in the second chamber Mr Stone said Prevented Prevented Prevented Pre Pre- Pre Pre- vented from coming Into contact with oxygen in the air it does not oxidize in the process he claims Next step is to increase the heat to 1600 degrees centigrade and the theIron theiron theiron iron melts and Is recovered through the bottom of the first chamber I turned this suggestion over overto overto overto to those who are giving their at attention attention at- at to tin recovery Mr Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- Henderson derson wrote Mr Stone in reply to a letter describing the process and accompanying diagrams of a proposed plant Timely Invention Necessity for lor the United States to import its tin makes his discovery discovery discovery dis dis- dis- dis covery very very important at this time Mr Stone feels He believes cities could best handle the program because because because be be- cause of economy in gathering cans along with regular garbage and refuse collections already or or- Cost of a plant at Provo to process process process proc proc- ess cans from all sections of Utah county would b be approximately 2500 he said Under his plan plants would be established at such centers as Richfield Manti ManU Price Ogden Logan Salt Lake City Cedar Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar City each serving at least one county A tin can is 15 made up of M 4 to M of 1 per cent tin 6 to 8 S per cent zinc and the remainder iron Mr Stone explained Mr Stone has been aided in his experiments by b. his son Sam 14 Telegram carrier salesman I