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Show f o'-- 1 Volume Eighty-Fiv- Costs Twenty Cents Tooele, Utah, Thursday, February 21, 1980 e Blasts Rock Town U rrs Number Thirty Eight $19000 Reward Offered For Bomb Vandals t The Tooele mayors office is offering a 11,0(10 reward for information leading , to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the two explosions which caused over $3,000 damage to homes and an LDS building. Federal authorities from the Alcohol, ToImcco and Firearms Bureau have been called in to assist city and county police in the investigation of the Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning blasts. TOOELE POLICE Chief Jesse Petersen said the investigators do have a description of the suspects vehicle, but no arrests have been made. The police chief also said that evidence from the blasts has lieen sent to San Francisco where they are being examined by federal authorities to determine the type and how much of the ex- Tooele County Deputy Ron Edwards searches the area of the Evan Liddiard residence after a bomb splintered a tree and damaged nearby windows Tuesday night. plosive was used. The first explosion was set off at 8:45 Michael Parks, Liddiards next door neighlmr to the south, said he was standing in his front room looking out the window when he noticed a vehicle p.m. Tuesday when a blast went off at 192 East First South. THIS BLAST not only rocked and damaged windows of the Liddiard residence, it also broke windows in five other neighlmring homes. A large tree on the Liddiard property was split at the trunk, and the upper half section of limlis fell in front of the home. Mr. Liddiard and his wife, Brenda, were in the kitchen when the blast oc- the home of Evan Liddiard, curred. "WE WERE very lucky to be where we were at the time, he explained while officers comlcd the area in search of clues minutes after the explosion. "Usually, I would be in the room studying at my desk. If I would have been there, I would have got hit with the glass that popped from the window onto my desk and bedroom floor, he throw something out. "I JUST T(X)K it for a cigarette or something, Mr. Parks said Tuesday night. But the next thing I knew, I was slammed against the wall. He was taken to Tooele Valley Hospital where he was treated for bruises and released. The second blast occurred nearly six hours later at the 1 1th- - 13th- - 1.5th LDS ward building, 180 South Coleman, at 2:30 a.m. This explosion destroyed the plated glass leading to the lobby area, bishops office window, four classroom windows and also two upper level gymnasium windows. No structural damage occurred to the building, but window damage was estimated at near $2,500. County Places Skyline Property Title Clearance On Hold meeting and recommended that they take no action to sell the property. He suggested that the county wait until someone else, such as the city since it has a possible claim to the land, take; action to clear the title and matter is decided in court. ELTON SAID Wednesday, "There d could be a cloud on the title but he that there is no evidence to believe that that is the case. He also said that because the tax sale occurred so long ago and because of the possible cloud on the title, Were not going to offer it for sale. The county commissioners agreed to sign a contract with the Tooele County Division of Human Services, a branch of the state Department of Social Services, to provide care for transient indigents. UNDER THE agreement, individuals who are passing through the county who run out of funds and need help will be able to apply to that office rather than going directly to the county com- The Tooele County Commissioners have decided not to take any action on a request to clear the title to property on Skyline Drive that is part of the land Tooele City exchanged with Little Mountain, Inc. County Attorney Ron Elton ex- plained at the Tuesday meeting that at the beginning of 1933, the property was owned by William. C. and Solomon.Is-- . green and that sometime during that year it was sold to Tooele City. FOR THE part of the year that the Isgreens owned it, tax of $2.39 was assessed on it but the tax was never paid. The city of Tooele is a entity and, consequently, was not responsible for paying the tax. After a four-yeredemption period, the county auditor issued an auditors tax deed in 1938, the property was advertised for sale for delinquent taxes, but was apparently never purchased, Elton said. Because of this, it reverted back to the county. The property is located along Skyline Drive and Upland Avenue and only .215 acres is actually of concern since the rest of the property is in the roadway. DICK SMITH, who is researching the title on the property, said Wednesday that the county could complete the workings of the tax sale by either accepting payment of the tax, accepting payment of the tax plus a penalty charge, or waiving the tax altogether. However, the county attorney said Wednesday that if the county does indeed own the property, the only way it can relinquish it is to declare it surplus property and sell it at fair market value. He advised the commissioners of the possible cloud on the title at Tuesdays ad-de- pt missioners. County Commissioner George initially objected to the contract because the commissioners could not directly control how much money is given is out in aid. "Weve been ultra conservative on this issue and I want to keep it that way, he said. I hate to delegate my responsibility out and then find out Ive got a world of trouble. CHAIRMAN CHARLES Stromberg said, however, that the commissioners would have sufficient control on how the money is used because of the clauses written-intthe agreement that allow the commissioners to terminate it on 30 days notice and that allow them to re o V MlCONOt COPPER . CO FORK WAp Anaconda employees stand before the rock monument they built for the Carr Fork mine. The rock, containing copper, weighs about a ton and the base used seven yards of concrete in its construction. Pictured above are designer Barry Colovich, and builders Ray Wright, Doran Eustance, and Ralph Brown. ' 3 view and set aside the Human Services Divisions actions. I think theyll do a really thorough job, he said, better than we can do, he said. He added that they will require indigents to complete an application form that asks for more than just a name. Buzlanis agreed to support the agreement on the condition that the Division of Human Services provide a monthly expense sheet to the commission. All three commissioners then agreed to the signing of the contract. The county clerk has calculated that the new phone system the county has purchased will save the county $185,765 over the present system during the next twenty years. On Feb. 7, the county accepted a low bid of $36,474 for the equipment and installation of a phone system from Ameri im 1 W M Jew f , 'XM.jrnwtm ! "" ' m (rjr If4Hr ff -i. ' "C Approximately $2,500 damage to windows occurred to the LDS Church located at 180 South Coleman when a bomb went off early Wednesday morning. Volunteer workers had all the windows replaced by 6 p.m. Wednesday. can Telephone and Data, Inc. of Salt Lake City. BIDS were also received from Business Communications Systems for $42,092. from Utah Phone Service, for $40,700, and from Intermountain Communications Corp. for $43,713. Mountain Bell also submitted a bid for a phone system the county could lease but not purchase. County Clerk Dennis Ewing calculated the costs of the various systems including equipment, installation, maintenance and Mountain Bells local line charge. FOR a ten-yeperiod, the system ar proposed by Mountain Bell would cost $158,428, that of AT&D would be $89,034, and B.C.S. would cost $94,652. Utah Phone could provide a phone period system of $93,260 for the and ICC for $109,233. The system that the county presently (Continued on page three) 10-ye-ar Anaconda Gears For Full Production After Working "Bugs Out Of System Now that most of the bugs are out of the system, Anaconda Carr Fork project is gearing up for full production. Manager Art Ditto said that full production of 10,000 tons of ore per day is expected within a year. WEVE TURNED the comer in the materials handling, he said, explaining that the plant has been unable to hoist material because of its water content. Anaconda had been using a temporary system bypassing its underground crusher while it was being constructed. With the crusher and with ore storage facilities, the plant will now have no problem handling oversize ore or high water content. Ditto said. Since the fall when the Carr Fork plant began hauling ore, it has shipped approximately 1000 tons of ore concentrate to the companys refinery in Anaconda, Montana. IN ADDITION to copper, the ore Anaconda is mining includes some gold and silver. The prices of gold and silver have definitely affected the value of the ore, but Ditto declined to say how much crushing system underground has slowed its use. THE MILLING operation was designed for continuous use, he said, and intermittent operation combined with 1.00 TOOELE HIGH AUDITORIUM skumydoki the ore contains. I think we could say its significant, he said. Phil Maynard, senior employee relations administrator, explained that is not separated from other valuable minerals and metals at the Carr Fork operation. The separation occurs at Anacondas Great Falls, Montana refinery and the gold and silver are then sold to a different company altogether for further refining. The price of copper has been fluctuating but is now about $1.30 a pound, Ditto said. This is the price Anaconda anticipated when it planned the Carr Fork plant, he added. THE COPPER content of the first concentrate Anaconda shipped was about 25 percent but the company expects it will reach an average of 28 percent, Ditto said. The expected life of the mine is 20 years but Ditto added that constant research is conducted by Anaconda to expand the life and maintain ore reserves. Mill superintendent Phil Dunstan explained that the above ground crushing and concentrating equipment is fully operational although the temporary 7:30 p.m. Adults 2.00 Students LAcaAKunm c dbAV ' Clerk Figures Savings on New Phone System Friday, Feb. 29 FINAL HOME GAME tmM - IN OTHER action at the meeting, the commissioners voted to return 70 percent of the transient room tax collected in Wendover since the last tax appropriation to the town. As a condition, Buzianis emphasized that the money must be spent by Wendover on promotion and tourist development for Tooele County. n r- ttfK, Saturday 7:30 p.m. Tickets at door cold weather has created problems with parts freezing. Dunstan said that his crews are working out the small problems that any new system encounters. "Its a brand new thing and were going through our first winter. He said only 20,000 tons of ore were milled last month although rated capacity is 10,000 tons per day. But, he added, once Anaconda is in full production, it could have a potential greater than the rated capacity. DUNSTAN EXPLAINED that the milling process, which separates the valuable minerals mined from th e nonvaluable ones, creates what seems to be a paradox: heavier minerals float to the top of the water they are in and lighter ones sink to the bottom. Through four stages of crushing and grinding, the ore is reduced to particles no larger than 31000ths of an inch. In the second step of the milling, actual separation of the valuable from the nonvaluable minerals occurs through a process called froth floatation. A chemical is introduced into the water where the ore particles are which reacts with the surface of the particles. Air is then introduced through agitation of the water and the chemical allows the minute ore particles to cling to air THE VALUABLE mineral particles, which are the only ones the chemical will react with, then float to the surface of the water while the nonvaluable ones sink. A frother is added to the water to prevent the air bubbles from breaking at the surface and allowing the ore particles to sink back into the water, Dunstan explained. The froth with the ore then overflows and continues to a dryer while the waste is eliminated from the system. When it enters the dryer, the ore, which is now called concentrate, has a water content of about 60 percent. Through the two steps of drying, that moisture content is reduced to between 10 and 12 percent. The concentrate is then shipped to Anaconda, Montana, where it is smelted to produce 99.9 percent copper. Phil Maynard explained that the water used in the milling process is recycled and that the process recovers about 60 percent of the water used. Dunstan added, however, that the plant will probably recover 80 percent eventually and that .the only water lost will be through evaporation. The water used comes from existing mountain wells and springs, Maynard said. Weve never drilled any new wells. FOE 164 HAKDYV (MILL February 23 $15.00 par couple Dinner: 9 p.m. Dance: 9 to I o.m. 7-- |