Show £j THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday January 16 1M9 XO the resultant increased yield did not compensate for the cost of hauling the rock Another phosphate source is being developed by the Central Farmers Fertilizer Co a midwest group which is investing $1000000 in the Georgetown area The Anaconda Copper Co operates a tunnel mine north of Soda Springs Another source of a vital element potash is from Bonneville Ltd operating a plant at Wendover Utah for production of potash from the brines of old Lake Bonneville Under a method unique in America Bonneville treats a brine containing 1 it potassium chloride running and through 75 miles of canals ditches to precipitate the salt and evaporate the water This potassium chlorproduces 30 ide the balance eodium chloride The potassium chloride next goes through the refinery where other ingredients are added and then a flotation process proof potassium duces 95 fertilizer low-gra- de Power will be turned into the $4CC3CC3 electric furnace being constructed west of Pocatello by Westvaco Chem- 1 1 ical Co sometime in ApriL This plant will turn the phos pherte shale into vitally needed elements of phosphorous 20 Years Continuous Service New begging equipment at the Simplest Fer- tilLier plant at Pocatello provides faster pack- - aging for product- - Conveyor belts carry bags to waiting freight cars lined up on spur track I ?© T New Resource PUBLIC 7E-3-E UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT Develops W-'- Continued From Page It phorous in the manufacture cf used in the detergents new ‘'soapless’' soaps Officials of West vara at Pocatello are: Gilbert Miller resident manager: E L Spencer resident engineer Claude Davis sunerintendent production Howard Higgins chipf accountant: Bruce Lockwood geologist and Taylor Darden assistant to the superintendent KU-- f: £ 'fi - I - fi -yAsr I super-phosnha- te Batteries for West for the production of antimonial: lead for battery plates It will supply manufacturers in the area and employ 12 to 15 workers when capacity operation is achieved The plant started operating about the middle of December of automotive new western tndustrv became an actuUtah ality in 1943 when' tnthree different concern engaged phases of their manufacture be ran operation These are the Solar Corporation of Ogden which turns cast completed batteries: the Richardson Co of Opden which makes baiterv cases and the Morris P Kirk and Knrs Company Ire of Salt Lake City which produces antimonial lead for battery plates The Solar Corp went into production Oct 1 IMS In one cf the most modem plants in the PRODUCTION nation employing approximately 50 workers and utilizing highly specialized machinery Solar supplies batteries to Western Auto Supply stores in the intermountain area and to the Gamble Store of the midwest Solar obtains its battery cases from the Richardson Co which started production in July Richto ardson distributes case wholesale purchasers and man- th! in pfertproe termountain and Pacific coast areas : COO ‘ & i CALIFORNIA NEVADA UTAH —WYOMING Main Offices SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 245 West 3rd South SAN FRANCISCO CAL 57 Townsend St DENVER COLO 2300 Stout St OGDEN UTAH r - - a 2127 Wall St i :t MAY WE TAKE THIS MEANS TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR HELP AND PATRONAGE AND MAY WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF CONTINUING OUR SERVICE TO YOU IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST? OPTICAL MERCHANDISE CHARLES N Telephone FEHR Manager P 4-43- 61 O Box 208 Kearns Building UTAH SALT LAKE CITY 8 MANCMS UtANCHUs i TmW St $lt tot Ory Ufh SI Ea spent approxiin plant remodel-lnfjfsn- d mately $60 employs approximately &5 'worker Morris P Kirk and Sons Co put $175000 into its Salt Lake plant and equipment- - This 1 a secondary smelting operation which reclaim and refines scrap - Intermountain Territory's Largest Distributor of VJ ILSONTTE and diatomaceous earth two elements plentiful in the west go into the manufacture of these cases Other products particularly cotton lintels are obtained from other sections Richardson rr WESTERN OPTICAL CO 1 cf the country over-acidi- tv eyr COLORADO F ERTTLTZBR IN NEW FIELD :5 v ‘X the I HOSPHATE rock from BorGates Bros property near der Wvo is rolling to the new plant producing Gem state phosphates for Idaho farmers iust constructed at Wendell Ida The product will be triple and market for the plant’s entire production will be among 7000 members of the Idaho Farm bureau Present plans call for mining and shinning 200 tons of the rock daily while Pulverizing emiioment at the plant ha a canaeit v of 400 tons dailv The pulverized rock Is assidulated with phosphoric acid to produce the triple superphosphate Expansion Is the watchword- - Here steelworkers construct addition to the Pocatello plant of Simplot Co a 700x303-foo- t - Sv( ly vital to farmlands in the area around Illinois but unsuitable for usa In the west moves from phosphate beds in the Rear Lake county-wester- n Wyoming area being worked bv the Ran Francisco Chemical Co Rock from these denosits is pulverized producing a concentrate of the highest possible natural phosohate content It is not chemically processed before it is applied to the ground As high as seven carloads a dav is shipped east where is common to the eoil Addition of the pulverized rock thus makes its phosphate immediately available to the crop This method has been tried in the west but in all experiments - 45 ( CmW SI) N St 3rd St Ui Vtfsi Nm4 11 - - Utah Wtf tWr Utofc St L Wok Wk 1 “ "I fT e e - t - A |