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Show ITILORWl DISCOVERY OF WORLD-WIDE INTEREST Production of Blister Copper by Nev Fink Smelting Process Will Revolutionize Rev-olutionize Mining. Salt I.nko City. Suiurdoy night nl 10 o'clock the first pouring of coppei bullion, "bllBter" copper, that wne over mado In a Blnglo procesB fun naco In the world was acrompllshcd at the Kdward Kink plant, at Gai field, near tho Huston Consolidated mill. With nfleeii men on a shift nnd with tho utilization of twenty-five twenty-five horco power of energy nnd n couplo of tons or fuel, nt the outside, tho Kink smelter has demonstrated lis ability to convert Hoston Consolidated Consol-idated concentrates Into copper bullion bul-lion nt tho rato of better than 100 tuiiR a day. This menus u revolution In mining a cheaper production of copper bullion, bul-lion, a greator output In n given time, and tho Installation of a method of treatment that has long been looked forward to. but hardly expected. In an Interview published In tho Salt Lake Herald, Samuel Newhouso, tho millionaire mining man, says: "You ore now nt liberty to say for mo that tho Kink proress of smelling ores Is n demonstrated commercial success. You can make tho statement just as strong ns you like. It will bo hnrd to exaggerate what this statement state-ment means. There Is no question of ltn amounting to a revolution in the art of smelting; It Is a triumph In tho science of metallurgy that must command world-wldo attention. Tho process will bo tho menus of making mining profitable In hundreds of places nnd under Innuniernblo conditions con-ditions whoro nnd under which profit-limiting profit-limiting is now Impossible. "I hnvo waited with as much patience pa-tience as posslblo for tho tests of tho process that would justify me In declaring de-claring myBelf sntlsllcd. I have watched watch-ed tho plant In operation; I hnvo Been It innko splendid high grado copper matto In a row minutes' time, nnd I bnvo listened to each report ns it has been made to mo with nlniost breath-less breath-less anticipation, and It luis been a supremo source of grntincatlon to mo. thnt at no tlmo has the fumnco UboK been nt fault Tor any dolny. In other vords, tho only difficulties thnt havo been encountered havo bcon caused through Imperfections in tho naturally natural-ly crudo appliances tha havo hod to to used in working out tho, mechanical mechani-cal features of tho adaptation ot tho method. And oven theso hnvo presented pre-sented no problem thnt could not bo cvorcomo In a tow minutes to a Tew hours. "Now I am absolutely convinced thnt every claim ot Mr. Fink is to bo moro thnn rcnllzcd In tho actual operation oper-ation ot his process, and 1 am going to organlzo a company that will ex-llolt ex-llolt tho process all over the) mining world. Tho detnllH ot this organization organiza-tion havo not been worked out yot. It may call tor Boparato organizations to care for tho business in different countries nnd In different nelds; aud ono thing ifl certain, no tlmo will bo lost In getting ready for business. I am going to Now York nnd, upon my return, at tho end of the month, I ehnll likely bo ready to tell you moro about my plnns In this respect." |