Show UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEN MEM ON U. U S S. S WORK To free ships for the transporting o of t men and supplies to France the United States senate committee on war minerals has assigned through the United States bureau of of mines H H. H W. W Clark and Virgil Miller to find methods of recovering graphite from Alabama sand beds Mr Clark was graduated from the University of Utah in 1917 Mr Miller was graduated from the same college college this year They received a sum of money from the government to carry carryon on original research at the laboratories of the United States bureau bu bureau bu bureau reau of mines at the university At present graphite is shipped from Ceylon India and amounts to over tons annually The sand in certain localities of Alabama contains moderate quantities quantities' of graphite which Clark and Miller have been I trying to extract Blowing the sand with air grinding grinding grinding grind grind- ing and washing in a pebble mill and I Ian an electrostatic electric process have been tried Indications are that a method of separation may be worked out ut Graphite crucibles are used In melting a number of metals and Inmany in inmany inmany many chemical processes |