| Show NEW NY METHODS IN SMELTING MINING INDUSTRY Salt Sal Lake City is now the recognized mining center of the west est No better demonstration of this fact can be had bad than the decision on the part of ot the In International In- In l Smelting company to build its It first furnaces nearby A further furbEr proof of ot this thi is the proposition to build more smelters which Is now being considered by a number of people who ho are c interested in mining and aro are al also o In a position to command large largE amounts of mone money mones One or ot the big advantages by this city In conne connection with the smelting of ores Is la Its Is admirable ton location Within a few miles on both sides sIdes' of the valley valey are the largest silver lead lead and copper mines In the west The matter of transportation trans trani- of ot ores naturally mater does not stand standout standout out so prominently here as it does dos tran I In the more isolated camps The mines and smelters being within a short distance o ot of otone one another the hauling charges ar are light and the mines have been producing for or a period sufficient to tp have the railroad railroad rai- rai rail rail- road lines properly equipped to handle an Immense tonnage with wih very little Ito delay o or interruption In this connection it I Is most InterestIng Interest Interest- Ing to note the large amount of experimental experimental mental work worle that Is being conducted in the smelting line lne with wih a view to devising new methods that will reduce rEduce the cost o of treatment and perfect ct a greater saving vi o of values rent Especially e I Is this fter true r since fn Samuel Samueli Newhouse decided to determine for himself what results could be obtained from the Fink Fn process Many Problems Solved Mr Newhouse gave gae his engineers InStructions in in- in to make mako a thorough tryout o of the new process and render every assistance assistance assist assist- ance possible to the inventor Edward W V V. V Fink CY As was exP expected a number o ot of problems i b were to be worked r out and this has I ebeD r l required time But some highly Ig satisfactory sat sat- results have been obtained to date and even the skeptical now begin to see the advantages t to be gained In fn this new method method- That this and othet other othe Inventions t to IS the are re to be he of Inestimable value mining industry In ln every section of the mineral minerai bearing country is ls the view T taken by bv those who ho countr close are student stu stu- rt dents dent th this r-ot r of the tho situation on Gen Frank Hull Hall mining editor the Fank Hal edior o ot of Denver Post says The T c fe features whIch have hav ri attracted deepest p l attention of mining men to the Fink and Catton Caton methods of smelting that at t they can a be I installed are l a at low cost In any mining camp and that h t oil instead st J o of coal or coke be used These ca features to seem iu LV U makA maKe inane aie i u It f possible for br seem iu LV U makA maKe inane aie i u It f possible for br miners to have local plants and n thereby le avoid the bal al' al costly long hauls b by rail For I it has be become be- be come very ver evident that the expense In Incident Incident In- In to handling handing ores under existing systems I is the main impediment to ml ml- fling f the thc e chief hl or die of ot i 5 SUet obstacle to the reopening o n g hundreds of mines mins that have fo for tor years been entirely dormant donant Samuel Newhouse the backer and controller con con- th lt of the e on Fink process declares that tha tho building of local plants i g having Sa a ca capacity ca- ca of from fifth to two hundred tons a day is one of the main objects of his company That Is to say any camp that tha can supply a plant with wih ore os-c can have ha one at its Is very doors Low Cost Possible The Catton people say the same The later latter company claims the advantage o of lower installation cost COt and ad greater ease of transporting Us its plant to geater the point p where h It is to operate af for r It h has hen en no very J There Is a a third prop prop- which has certain advantages over either of the two mentioned and is especially t lg Y Ye designed e tf for the mining caipa nb and thoi sh Ili I not yet ready a for orders e will wil be in a short time There is room for al all these propositions s s not only room but an al urgent rg demand lg because e s their establishment establishment establish establish- st s gl ment near the sources of production will wll 1 save the cost and annoyance of the long haul to what are now the central mar mar- ket We e are aTe going to have ranch munch better beter methods of ot cyaniding certain ores anc and much better beter methods of concentration These Improvements of comparatively re recent recent re- re recent cent origin are designed to diminish the losses incident to milling under existing forms The present loss in concentration Is much greater than is s admitted by mill mil mi operators The tendency of the time is to reduce the waste and augment the sav say ing The improved Is hated to tR r reduce the h cost o of f handling g and make It possible not only only- to treat treat treat- very very low grades gades but to save from 90 to 95 per cent of the values alues The regrettable feature of ot all al the coming improvements Is s that although perfected and ready for trial It will wi take the balance of this year to get et them installed buildings erected machinery machIner constructed etc There is II some ore consolation however in the very ver definite defnie promise that two new markets where Improved forms of smelting willbe will willbe wi be operated will wi if no serious delays oc occur occur oc- oc cur CUI be bE opened this month or early in July Meanwhile we have the assurance from rom a high official of one system of ot railways railways rail rail- rai- rai ways which reaches many of the mining districts that there will wi be no difficulty In n securing lower rates on low grade ores if I the matter mater Is presented by the people of ot the districts and good reasons given why better rates should be grant grant- ed This Is worth orth working for |
