Show Sharp Phosphate Production Cut For One Year Starts Saturday San Francisco Chemical Company's phosphate plant at Brush Creek will cut back to a minimum production schedule Saturday that will reduce operating crews by half The drastic cut In operating ing effort was announced in ina ina a special release to The Vernal Ver- Ver Vernal nal Express Tuesday after after- afternoon afternoon noon by D L King general manager The number in operating crews will be reduced from 36 to 18 immediately after the turn around vacation period per per- period iod which is scheduled to start Saturday THE REDUCED production sched schedule ule will be in effect for 12 months Mr King said after whIch time it is expect expect- expected expected ed that operations of the Har- Har Harry ry Ratliff Unit No 1 at Brush Creek will return to normal The local unit is now in the middle of its third year of op- op operation operation Mr King said that the move is made necessary by the fact that the firms finns single customer Western Plies Plies- Inc of Garfield Utah has not been able to use the tonnages being produced at atthe atthe the Brush Creek concentrating ing plant and as a result large stockpiles of concen- concen concentrates have been accumulating at Garfield THE GENERAL manager said that this has been the unfortunate trend almost since the concentrator went wenton wenton on stream He disclosed that in the first fertilizer year July I 1 1961 through June 1962 the plant produced and shipped more than tons of concentrates to Garfield In the s second cond fertilizer year July I 1 1952 1892 to June 1963 the ordered tonnage was reduced to slightly tons of concentrates In the coming year with the ton concentrate stockpile at Garfield Western Phosphate officials s are estimating estimating that only tons of concentrates can be produced produced ced and shipped to Garfield THIS REQUIRED l tons per month down from tons per month will result in the drastic cut in operating effort eUort Mr King ex ex- explained Present plans after after- June 30 are to reduce the milling effort from three shifts per day five days a week to two shifts per per day five days per week and the mining effort from three shirts shifts per day five days per week to one shift per day five days per week In the meantime Mr King averred chemical company management will do every every- everything everything thing possible to interest other firms in becoming users of this almost unlimited material mater mater- material ial TO DO THIS he said it will be necessary to invite in in- in interested firms into the mine area for t r the purpose of b build build- building ld ing either a fertilizer facility or an electric furnace install install- alien atlan The absence of low cost transportation that is a rail road will prevent the use of this m in the general market in competition with producing properties located directly on a railroad Mr King explained To emphasize this he saId it can be pointed painted out that San Francisco Chemical Com Coin Company's pony's pany's general sales tI this s year are again the l highest in their producing history that is since 1906 being successively higher each year THE ton cut back from the Brush Creek opera opera- tion operation is a reductIon p pf 33 from last year which was a reduction of 12 from from the the 62 1961 year Despite this the sales of the company will beup be up substantially from the 63 1962 year he said Mr King said that the tem tem- temporary cutback will in Way effect the hauling cc contract with W S Hatch and Co for tor the transportation of one mil anti lion tons of concentrates from 4 Garfield the Brush Creek plant to Gar lo Garr field r Continued on page 5 3 Phosphate ate 1 Continued from from page 1 I Instead this will extend ext nd the complete estimated time to complete the contract About t tans ns have already been haul haul- hauled ed THE COMPANY is dis- dis distressed distressed to have to give this dis discouraging news but feels that it is its responsibility to inform the community that while a temporary cutback has been forced upon Uis this op- op operation operation it is fully expected that it will last but one year after which it will return to normal Mr King said The operation is sound technically and if given sufficient ton ton- tonnage nage economically he said THIS NO I 1 unit is con CO considered to be a pilot plant and the first of a projected plan of six such units with a combined producing capacity of one million tons of concen concen- concentrates per year Mr King eXi ex- ex planned I The company views the un un- un unhappy happy history of the past I three years simply asa as asa a most temporary s setback to the successful future this great deposit will someday en- en enjoy joy Mr King predicted I en-I |