Show complex cimpl treatment for ore D A lyon metallurgist in charge of tile tho salt lake city station of the united states state bureau of mine which station is operating cooperating co with tile the university A ty of utah in an endeavor to find ways and methods method of profitably treating tile the low grade and complex ores of the state has list returned from at a two months trip ta to points in tho the mi addle and alid cast east while away mr lyan labi cont conferred erred with witia bureau of bf mines officials in missouri pittsburgh ind washington and also conferred with a number of flotation men along the way As aa a result of these flotation conferences mr air lyon lias has made arrangements for a meeting of men interested in flotation to take place toward ane end of january at some point to be later designated 0 C ralston assistant metallurgist of the united states bureau of mines who has been actively engaged in the experimental flotation work at the university will ay iy y aup n e dupart ment of metallurgical metallurgic at monarch of the lie state of mines abines at the meeting the purpose of the meeting will bo be t to 0 organize the flotation research search rs work so no duplication of effort will be made and that the most press ing problems can be discussed by men of different viewpoints thereby considerably improving meth methods Dds and makine possible a more gener general al lse aae of flotation practices one of the special problems to be taken up will he be tile thu flotation oils the number of flotation m ills starting up has caused a somewhat acute situation in the oil tr market arket as only a few particular kinds of oils are ard adapt adaptable ablO to flotation in this connection the proposition to make a fout proof fuel from utah coals by b a low temperature distillation will meet with new suppo it is said for the reason that the products distilled are especially applicable to flotation and will command higher prices than they have in the ahe i past these particular p products prod acts are tar and creosotes creo which distill out of coal and which form the principal smoke constituents republican |