Show PLANT IN UTAH Special to The Telegram WASHINGTON D. D C. C May 14 Plans were being made for tor the construction and operation of a plant at Marysvale Utah to produce produce produce pro pro- duce from Utah alunite following approval Friday of a 77 loan from the Reconstruction tion Lion Finance corporation Under the program all produced Is to be sold Bold to Metals Reserve a subsidiary of ot the R F C for tor shipment to one of the plants In Washington Approval of the loan culminates efforts of ot Senator Abe Murdock who has been attempting to obtain government government gov gov- Interest In Utah's alunite deposits s for tor 10 years Tested Thoroughly The Moffat process which has been studied exhaustively by bureau bureau bureau bu bu- reau of mines officials during the past year will be given a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough test at the Marysvale plant Initial Installation will produce 30 to 40 tons of per day Bennett R. R Bates now now chief adviser adviser adviser ad ad- of the war warr economic boards boardson on aluminum will manage the plant with the assistance of ot Ralph Moffat Washington D. D C. C who holds the pat patents on the process to be used Patents have been assigned to the R F C to secure the loan Draw on Ore Body Present plans provide for tor production production production pro pro- in about four tour months The process to be used will differ from the process used In the Salt Lake City plant but the plant will draw ort orr the same body of ore now supplying alunite to the plant Stating he was highly gratified gratified gratl fied fled at the outcome of his effort Senator Murdock only congressional congressional congressional sponsor of the project said that according to the opinion of ot the bureau of mines and other engineers engineers engineers en en- the experimental runs will prove the process commercially feasible and will lead to expansion of the plant before the end of the year I. I |