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Show November 16, 1970 OMJ - Page 5 Silver Empire Mines commences mining operations on Idaho silver, gold property of The management Silver Empire Mines announced last week in a letter to stockholders the commencement of mining operations on its properties located at Smiley Creek, Vienna Mining District,. Blaine County, Idaho. . The Company reported that as a result of its exploration program it encountered several areas of mineralization, the last of which was considered to be a commerically mineable ore body. That area contains a quartz vein carrying values averaging over, $14.00 per ton in gold and over 225 ounces per ton in silver. The Company has commenced mining operation on the vein and c plans to continue mining . PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN MINERALS FUND, William L. Nixon, Left, congratulates Delbert F. Wright upon being elected chairman of the Board of Directors of American Minerals Fund, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. American Minerals Fund names Del Wright to board chairmanship American Minerals Fund, Inc., a Salt Lake based oil and natural fund, elected a new Board Chairman and Chief Executive gas Officer. Stepping aside as Chairman of the Board is Joseph T. Bently, who has served in that capacity for the past two years, and who will continue to serve as director on the Board. Elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is Delbert F. Wright. A native of Ogden, Utah, Mr. Wright was an officer in Sperry Milling when it was acquiredby General Mills, Inc., of Minneapolis. He became Western Division Controller and then was a appointed assistant to the president. Later, he became a vice president over administration and employee relations. In 1961, he became a member of the Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc. He has been very active in Boy Scout work and was the first Stake President appointed in Minnesota for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He resigned from General Mills when asked by Church authorities to preside as Temple President over the recently completed Temple in Oakland, California. Mr. Wright has been serving as a management consultant in Walnut Creek, California, since completion of his Temple assignment in Oakland. Announcement of Mr. Wrights appointment was made by the Resident of American Minerals, William L Nixon. According to Mr. Nixon, American Minerals Fund is not quite two years old, with total sales in excess of $7 million dollars. Sales this year are already 112 per cent of 1969, with two important months for a tax shelter security remaining. From the original five employees, American Minerals now has 37 e employees, including 3 attorneys, 3 C.P.A.'s, 11 full-tim- . M.B. A. degrees. American Minerals Fund is a relatively new security, according to Mr. Nixon, formed to develop natural gas and oil properties for a profit. They limit themselves to developmental drilling only, and capital is obtained by selling limited partnerships rather than stock. By being a limited partner, individual investors are entitled to the intangible drilling cost deductions, plus the depletion allowance. Since petroleum supplies 75 of the nation's energy and with demand increasing every year, the future of the industry looks bright. Hickel suggests bonds to finance ecology fight WASHINGTON Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel has suggested the government sell environment bonds to help pay for the fight against pollution, 'ust as it markets savings bonds to lelp pay defense costs. This would be one way every citizen and schod child could participate in the oattle to save the environment, Hickel said in a speech. Hickel also said a worldwide effort to save the environment could be used to bring, the peoples of the world together behind a commong, peaceful goal. The decision to commence mining was made after consultation with the Companys consulting engineer and geologist, and was based on their recommendations. The Company reported that its mining contractor, Earl Waite & Sons of Salmon, Idaho, has been employed to do the mining. Waite has been the Companys mining contractor since the inception of and the haulage tunnel vent air installation of rail, system and timbering. The 2,500 feet of tunnel work consists of a main line of 1,302 feet, an extension to the left of 554 feet, an extension to the right from of 336 feet, and a cross-cu- t the right extension of 310 feet. It is on approximately the right that the cross-cu- t Company is currently mining on a selective basis. The stockholder report further detailed other work completed by the Company including the construction of 250 foot ramp extending from the mine portal, dump area, snow shed, ore bins and equipment storage areas. A spokesman for the Company stated that it has stockpiled sufficient supplies to continue working through the winter with transportation of the mining crews through the use of snowmobiles traveling from the Smiley Creek settlement to the minesite, a distance of about eight miles. The Company intends to stockpile the high-grad- e ore recovered during its winters mining operations for shipment to a smelter next spring when weather permits. Silver Empire Mines, a Utah corporation, was organized in late 1968 for the purpose of exploring mining claims which it leases in the Vienna Mining District. Its claims are part of the old Webfoot Mine which reportedly produced several million dollars of silver and gold in the bonanza days of The Webfoot the mid-1880- s. produced until the 1930s when it closed due to economic conditions causing a depressed market price of silver at that time. Previous workings on the Webfoot include four levels of development. Silver Empires activities constitute the fifth level on the Webfoot. The Company's spokesman stated that Silver Empire plans to continue its exploration on the left extension of the fifth level in search of an ore body known to exist in that vicinity at upper levels of the mine. BuMines center tries technique for sulphur recovery , reduction of pollution A new technique for sulphur recovery and environmental control, worked out by the Interior Departments Bureau of Mines Salt Lake Gty Metallurgy Center, was put into operation last week on a pilot plant basis by Magma Copper Co. at its San Manuel smelter. andor petroleum engineers (3 who hold Ph.D. degrees), and 2 officers with geologists throughout the winter. acuvities on the Companys properties in June of 1969. Waite was the contractor on exploratory excavation work done by the Company consisting of over 2,500 feet of 6 x 8 exploratory The process removes sulfur dioxide from copper smelter exhaust gas and converts it into elemental sulphur. John W. Wise, vice president and general manager of Magma, said hope is that preliminary evaluation tests can be made within three months. - gas, the reaction results in formation of elemental sulfur ;rystals. The Dept, of Metallurgical Newmont Mining Corp. is assisting Magma in the evaluation of several other research projects for the removal of sulfur dioxice from smelter gases, so that the most efficient emission control processes available can be applied to San Manuel. The citrate absorption process is the result of research for feasible air quality control . Operating the pilot plant are Bureau of Mines engineer Dr. H. Richard Beard, Crocker, Dale A. Martin, Sherman L May, William L Nissen and Donald L Webb. Project coordinator is Magma metallurgist Kent Downey. r Counter Ovor-th- o If promising, these may indicate need for a larger and methods for the copper industry and was conducted by bureau engineers Laird Crocker and D'Arcy George, under direction of Joe B. Rosenbaum, research director for the Bureaus Salt Lake Gty Center. Socuritios more elaborate pilot plant. Technology for the control would be freely available to the copper and other industries. i D'Arcy George, project director and supervisory Bureau of Mines laboratory in Salt Lake City, described the process as a gas absorption system using citric add, sodium citrate and hydrogen sulfide. metallurgist of the Specialists In Oils Industrials Mining He estimated that the pilot plant would be treating up to 300 cubic feet of exhaust gas and could produce as much as 700 pounds of sulphur a day. In die process, exhaust gas is taken just before it enters the smokestack, washed thoroughly, and passed through the dtrate solution. 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