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Show TAU.IT UU KICES SALT ,. LEAD, per COFFBB ,OOLD ttNO ' pmui DMEIIEK it 'i b brtM to the nlainr ii,IWl ift) iaieetrlM SittM e m nw wii) siivn . S1LYEK (ht M (cr WE8XIKN MINEBAL BUBVIT A wwm etopMeate )t.Me .; .SMSe Features Mining, Oil, Financial Salt Lake City, Utah, February 12, 1943 .Vol. 14. No.. 7. H f the HMaiBii to b carried Mtk week. Increased Mine Output Aim Of All . U. S. To Be ;Self Sufficient In Strategic Metal Metals Needed To Bring Final than More WASHINGTON manmetallic of pounds 100,000 e ganese, recovered from an area domestic electrolytic by method developed in Bureau of Mines laboratories, have been delivered to the Treasury Departand to the ment for lend-leas- e .United States. mint as another tangible product of the Interior Departments' program for freedeing the United States from sources pendence upon foreign for this strategic mineral, according Lb to . Secretary Harold Ickes, Several shipments" of 99.9 per cent pure manganese from the . Boulder City pilot plant have been sent to Branches of the at Philadelphia and San . mint Francisco. Bureau metallurgists determined that several alloys using manganese possess the physical and chemical properties as a substitute for the required five-cen- t coin heretofore made of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel. The, new coin of. 9. per cent manganese, 35 per' tent silver, and 59 per cent copper closely approximates the old coin hard- R55iappaarancc, and durability; ; and elecuici resistance and is in'coin-operat- acceptable for-used machines. . Some attempts ' have been. made, to substitute less pure managnese but the results have been reported as unsatisfactory. Using its own patented process, the Bureau of Mines for nearly two years has been producing electrolytic managese in a pilot Nev., plant at - Boulder City,while expediting other exploration and research phases in a broad plan designed to. yield sufficient domestic manganese for manufacturing 87,000,000 tons of steel annually. Secretary Ickes stated. Approximately .12 pounds of manganese go into each ton of steel and give it strength and workability. Before Dec. 7 1941, the United States was importing more than 90 per cent of its manganese requirements, chiefly from Russia and India: Since then, however, domestic production has increased slightly and some shipments have been received from abroad The outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 was the signal to speed up the bureaus normal program of manganese research .which already had seen the ' invention and development of the ielectro-lytiprocess for recovering high-purit-y low-gramanganese from ore. 'By authorization of Congress engineers of the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey broadened and intensified their search for domestic mineral deposits containing manganese and other strategic minerals. In the fall of "1940, - an of $2,000,000 was appropriation made available to the bureau for the construction and operation e . of pilot plants to beneficiate manganese ores, to produce metallic manganese from these ores, and to develop manganifer ous deposits. Meeting the urgency of the situation, the bureau since 1939 has engaged In 37 projects for manganese exploration, has com- and still is working on ?leted 34 In some projects, a number of ore deposits were examined. As a result of this explorareserves of tion, the estimate usable manganese ore in the United States have been increased by several million tons. The bureau believes that application of the available processing methods to the known ores can make low-grad- . . , . e - . - - end aad the Wart. $2.00 Year, $1.00, 6 Mos. Manganese Goes To U.S. Mints , mt Utah . . c de -- low-grad- See MANGANESE On Page 4 Accent was an increased production through the mining West and through the nation this week, as more and more it became apparent that the war can be won no faster than the critical metals can be produced for making vital tools with which to fight. While the week was d to all cirtical war work areas through the country In an effort to solve', the manpower shortage, special efforts were be-n- g made in the mining Industry Itself to step up production of he metals for victory. More bills appeared In the Utah Legislature aimed at step-)in- g up mine output, and while the reception which ' they will meet Is uncertain, their introduction serves to mark the attitude which the lawmakers have taken in the face of the critical 48-ho- ur Production at the Utah Copper Companys Magna Mills Is. up, as is that of every working mine and smelter in the West, as the mining industry throws its full weight into the war program. Market Steady In Steel Trade Authorization Needed To Sell Gold Mine Equipment their equipment and file lists DENVER Machines of re- In pair parts owned by gold mines any case where a mine operatin the Rocky Mountain region ing under a grant of relief does which have, been closed under not file the list, the grant may . Steel markets are fairly steady, demand and delivery show- ing little change with billets and large bar rounds tightest of all carbon steel ,products . and shipments on alloy grades much more extended than carbon steels, says . Steel. , . . Applicatlonof :the new 'Controlled Materials Plan is begin- ning to affect methods of applying for steer tonnage. Plate consumers have been advised that their PDX298 forms .will apply to all requirements up to third quarter except for such orders as are covered by production authority allotments bearing numbers under. CMP amendment No. 6. Beginning with applications for April rollings they are adten vised to discontinue the .now used classifications group and instead to identify orders by ..appropriate CMP' claimant agencies. They are advised to continue use of PD169 forms through second quarter but to place all CMP orders under amendment No. 6 first and follow in priority sequence orders for which form 298 have been filed. Details of procedure governof ing PRP units In the period transition to CMP in second quarter have been included in an amendment to. the priorities regulations. This is to assure materials to manufacturers pending. receipt of allotments under CMP by extension into second percentage of ?uarter of a basic authorizations. . . On top ratings small and medium carbon bars, up to about diameter, are available in five to seven weeks. Large rounds are difficult to obtain under 12 weeks and some producers have little to offer before third sheets are quarter. six weeks available within five-tdeliveries some instances and ip are even more . extended, especially where plates are absorbing strip mill capacity. sheets can be promised in seven weeks and galvanized sheets by at least one maker can be promised in seven weeks, though this is better than' the average. Shape deliveries are slightly easier with the average , about six . weeks, though some specifications could be promised In about four weeks. last Steelworks production cent at 98 continued per week of capacity, changes being fractional. Pittsburgh, regained the week, point lost the preceding to 07 per cent,- and- St. Louis advanced 1 point to 93 per cent. point to Chicago lost another 100 per cent because pf ' repair necessity. Wheeling dropped 3 per cent, Buffalo points to 79 2 jioints to 90 and Cleveland point to 91. Rates were War Production Board regulations may not be sold without specific authorization, WPB . Regional Director Leslie AV Miller warned today. Some confusion appears to exist ' on permissible procedures for disposing of this equipment," Mr. Miller said. It is very simple. Order Lr208 Tpecifles that no equipment may be sold from a which was mine closed by 8 operated on or after Sept' 17, without permission . of 1941, WPB. "The order also requires that every such operator send a list of all such equipment on hand to WPB. Such lists must enumerate all machinery and equipment which appears on Schedule A of Order . .Mines now operating under some form, of relief granted under appeal from must also , L-20- , P-56- L-20- 8 be withdrawn and ; operation may be ordered to cease.' Mr. Miller explained that although mines are required to file lists of such equipment with WPB, they are under no obligation to sell or lease. No machinery or equipment from mines affected by however, may be sold, delivered, nor may r delivery be accepted unless specific authorization has been granted by WPB. No person or agency other than WPB can grant this permission, Mr. Miller emphasized, and he cautioned mine operators to disregard advice from any person purporting to have permission to transfer such equipment. Any person wishing to buy or sell equipment In mines closed must write to WPB, by 8 Reference Washington, D. C., for authorization. L-20- 8, - L-20- L-20- 8, . . ch Hot-rolled- - o Cold-finishe- d -- - -- -- See STEEL On Page 2 Bernays Fund Mines Bureau Method Given To NYU Explains Of Mineral . Edward L. Bernays, public Sizing re- lations counsel, has established a Fellowship for Research in Public Relations, it was announced yesterday by Dr. John T. Mad-dedean of the New York University School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance. This $1,000 contribution . will be known as The Edward L. Bernays Public Relations Fellowship for 1943, and is to be awarded to a graduate student for the study of the public attitudes toward business since 1930 as reflected in the press, on the radio, resolutions and actions of the different constituent groups that make up our society labor, religious, farm, social service, government and other groups. Mr. Bernays, In making the business gift, said, American has not always, had that objectivity in its relation to the other constituent groups of Qur country that, it should have had. A study of this kind should present a running picture for- the period of the changing attitudes of the other groups towards what is "business. called commonly Such a study intelligently cai ried on should provide an objective base for the new type of n, - industrialist The study will be supervised by Prof. D. B. Lucas, specialist in business research, who was appointed, by Dean Madden to direct the project Dr. Lucas has secured the cooperation of Alpha Delta Sigma, professional organization of college students in advertising, to aid in the field work of the investigation. . Simple metnods for determining the size of mineral particles to be tested in the laboratory are explained in a recently-publishe- d Bureau of Mines circular prepar- ed especially for persons with little or no previous experience In mineral sizing, Dr. R. R. Sayers, director of the bureau, has announced. The paper deals primarily with the how of sizing to assist the many new laboratory workers who are on the job as the result of the wartime impetus given to mineral dressing and chemical engineering. The publication covers . the units and properties of size, the application of sizing, the methods, and the interpretation of results. References are attached for further study if desired. The methods outlined include wet and dry screening and sedimentation, with directions also given for efficient use of woven brass wire screens. No particular skill Is required except carefulness, patience, and a little arithmetic, according to the author. Analyses may be for extrapolation or to plotted detect errors; or to determine the constants of the materials for tabular comparison. A copy of the Information Circular No. 7224, Directions for Laboratory Mineral Sizing, by John Dasher, assistant chemical engineer, may be obtained with-of out cost from the Bureau Mines, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. ap-lie- need. Senators Lynn S. Richards (D. Salt Lake) and Mitchell Melich (R Grand), the same two. solons who the Mils to restore block leasing to Utahs mining fields, this week Introduced two measures further to increase pro- in face cif 'the manpower shortage by raising the restrictions, for the duration of the war only, contained in the collar to collar law and the statute prohibiting the employment of women in mines In smelters. Under the terms of SB 129, underground miners would be permitted to work eight hours per day at actual mining, instead of counting the time from collar to collar as they must under the present statute. It has been estimated that such a law would allow for an increase to one per man of from one-hal- f full hour per day throughout the state, obviously making for a very substantial increase in production. Authors of the bill pointed out that if the measure passes, it will not allow mine operators ambir trarily to lengthen the working day underground, but will merely open the way to of contracts with the unions to provide legally for a longer day if both sides agreed on the terms. Labor is understood to be cold toward the measure at present, but it appears not impossible that the unions might agree to longer working hours in case the bill passes. SB 130, suspending the law prohibiting women working in mines and smelters, would allow women to . work in smelters and in mines, except underground, and would, its authors claim, release men from a large range of jobs which' could be completely and safely handled by women, the men t.n:uupon becoming available for underground mining and other jobs' which women cannot ; . fill Senate Bills 40, 41 and 42, the block leasing bills which passed the Senate a week ag, were in the hands of the mining' and. smelting committee in the House, but were expected to come out by the first of next week at the latest and are confidently expected to carry a favorable .report and to pass the lower house with little or no opposition., passage of these bills into law would also materially increase metal production. The individual mining com- tames are straining their own fnftenuity and resources In the effort to step up production. Typical is the action of the New park Mining Company, which has pledged to the government to double its production within the next five .month, f , - |