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Show NUMBER NUMBIR : 50 50Utah's 'I I 'IUtah ' Utah's Utahs Utah ' s Magnesium ShowsGreat Shows ShowsGreat ShowsGreat ' " I Great _ Potential Values - ( From Uah utah ( Depirtmcnt Dep1.rtment Dep1rtment Department . ot of Indus Indus- Industrial Industrial - . trial tnal Development J\ews J ews News \ r ewsRtriew ) Renew Review ) Practically all of the data . bemg being bemgmade beingmade being'made beingmade ' made avillable 3oV'lilable 3oVlilable avzlable ' regarding regardlng magne magnesium magneslum magneslum sium slum by the Utah Department or of ofIndustrial orIndustrial Industrial Development is based on onestimated onestimated onestimated estimated tonnages drived drlved from tIC ac tICcurate accurate accurate curate coring records No officlat official officlatestimate official.estimate officialestimate . . 'made made been'made 'madeI 'madeHoever , ' estimate as to dollar value has been beenmade been.made beenmade been.madeHowever . made I madeHowever However Ho\\ever Ho ever \ an engineci engineel engineer of natIOnal natIOnalre nationalreputation nationalreputation re reputation utatlon has prepared the following followIng follow following ing : figures based on dollar dolJar value valuepurely valuepurely valuepurely purely as a secondary approach to toan ti toan . an understanding of the tremendous tremen tremendous tremendous dous importance of the Thompsoru Thorn Thom psoni pson psoniproject . ' > , project projectThe The following table gives g1Ves the val value value value ue of th0 tho > mineral mmeral content per r acre acreER acreER acreER ER ACREQuantIty ACREQuantity ACRE ACREQuantity Quantity Unit Urnt Pncealue Price Pnce \-alue alue 'value value \ - ' Value13740000 13740000 13 740 000 Ibs $ 22 $3022800 3022800 $3 3 $ 022 SOU 800 57500 57 500 tons 14 60 141 1 41 41a " 000 0005o 0005o 5 5o " 100 tons 27 27.80 2780 . . 80 1.53200 153200 1,532 1532 153200(2.1 1532002.1 15320021 . , 00 00(2i (2) 2 (2i 2i ( ) . ] : plus Ius (3) 3 ( ) 2.947000 2947000 2,947 2947 2,947000(1) 29470001 . , , 000 (1) 1 ( ) ( ) plus (3) 3 ( ) 4.554 4554 4 4,554000 4554000 . , 554 000 Line Lme (1) 1 ( ( I ) gives g1Ves the value of the themagnesium themagnesium themagnesium magnesium in m rn the camallite carnallite It If It its it\ it itere s \ ' ere E're mm d and redu reduced d to the me metalllc metallic metalllc talllc tallic formLine formLine form formLine Line (2) 2 ( ) give giveo gwe . , the value of the- the themagnesl themagnesi the-magnesi the magnesi - - magnesl magnesi un 1m ins content if mined amireduc and andreduc andreduc reduc d to magnesium chloride chloridelake chlorideflake chlorideflake chlorideflakeLine lake flake ! lakeLme flakeLine Line Lme (3) 3 ( ) gives gHes gibes the value of the- the thepotassium thepotassium thepotassium - potassium as a chloride after sep- sep separation separation sep separation - - aration from th tly tho " magnes um brinesThe brines bnnC brinesThe $ The value of the magnesium anu anti anupotassIUm antipotassium anapotassium potassIUm in m this deposit de depends dependsupon dependsupon nds ndsupon upon . the t.he cost of reducing reducmg the m1r mfr m1rerals mfrerals mirerals erals to a marketable product . . Thes- Thes Thesz Thescosts Theszcosts Thesacosts - costs ha have hate \ e no been Vi worked corked ork.ed orked . out outHo outHovever outHovevel Ho\ Ho Hoevel Hovever \ ' evel thealu the valu \alu alu salu \ " ' in various vanous forms formsof formsof formsof of : products roducts are giien gnen green here on a & aper aper per acre has bas bass s rememb rememlY- rememlY rememlYring - > ring that thecost th the thecost cost of production ' irust JI'ust JIust must be deduct deducted deducted deducted I deductI ed ed . from these figures to ha\e ha e hate \ any anyreal anyleal II anyII real eal s gnificance gnlficance gnlficanceTahmg gnificanceTaking gnificanceTaking Taking Tahmg 20 acres as positive I5rov prov proven proven : en oie ore 01 e then tr'e tre ti'e tie the ' ' value1th value withe withchemical \ with \\1th 1th \ . dctiemical e I Ichemical chemical plant and a metal reduc reducmg reducrag reducing mg rag plant on or near the tl'e tle ' prop"rty proprty property prop"rtyOQld propertyaogid propfrtynould " l prop"rtyl \\OQld OQld aogid \ be 2 20 ( ) times $1,44 144 $4,44 444 . $ . $ , , , ; ) ; ) 800 or $91 91 $91086 91086 $ 096 000 000The The value with mth a . chemical theIDlcaI pJant plant pJanton planton planton on or near the property propel'ty propelty ' and mar mar- marhetll1g marketing marketing - - keting hetll1g salts from tho th " brines brineswouldb -wouldb wouldb woul:1b wou11b woul:1 woul1 wou11 - : b 20 times $2 2 $2,947 2947 $ , , 947 000 or $58 58 $ 940 000Vlth 000With 000 000With \ With \Vlth Vlth theso thes " s \ lalues alues m in prospect prospoct ana and anathe andthe andthe the poss pons po billty bllity brlity that U tl e a deposit CO'i- CO'i COi cov- cov CO'iers covers cov covers ' - ers many tin-es tin es tilrcs - - the area proven I iii iiiseems 16se ; se"ms sems seems " ms not only highly possible bue but buehighly buthighly buthighly highly probable that these salts cau cam caube cambe canbe be removed from the ground and andmarket andmarket andmarket market d at a profit profit-The profit The . - . The price of magnesium chIonde chloride chIondeflake chlorideflake chlorideflake flake used in m these calculations IS ISthe isthe isthe the price charged by Do v Chemical ChemicalCompany ChemicalCompany ChemicalCompany Company fob Midland Mich Mlch 1n in ta100 100 pound moisture proof paper paperba"E paperbags paperbags ba"E baE bags . , " The fre ght from Midland MidlandliI1ch MidlandMich MidlandMich l\iI1ch l iI1ch Mich \ to Thompsons Thomjsons Thompson : , , , Utah Is is$3370 is3370 $33 33 $ 70 p-T p T pol per - ' tonTre tonTIa ton tonThe The Tre TI-a TI a - price of potassium chlonde- chlonde chloride chlondeused chlorideused chlorideused - used in m these calculations is the thepnce theprice thepnce pnce price charged by Bonneville Ltd LtdVendover Ltd LtdWendover . , . , , \Vendover Vendover Wendover \ Utah UtahThe UtahThe UtahThe The price pnce of magnesium metal metalUS1d metalused metatustd US1d used : is the theprice th pnce price list hst Fist noted in m the thecurrent thecurrent thecurrent current metal quotations |