Show J MINES AND MINING EDITED BY F. F W. W SPRAGUE S VILl V ILL FINI FINK SMELTER CLIP HOOFS OF TRUST Will Wi Be in Reach of the ther S r Producer Says Mr S Newhouse 5 BIG ONES MUST HAVE IT ITS S 0 1 Predicts Another Plant Using 1 Old Process Will Wil Never JJ V e eB B B Built UI It I v f That none of ot the tile now no sm smelting lUng COll com coin COl- COl cS l 1 1 panics recently formed will wl ever er e f b a smelter using the tho processes e S om In lii vogue ogue In the large Jare plants of ot S t the c country wn WaR tho the prediction made Sc last 1st night by Samuel L Why should they he asked when hen for tor tenth one tho In e Investment required require S for tor a n plant using tho old process theyS they S S can build buld a plant which Khali Ihal do better better bet bet- 5 ter work woric worl at an a enormous saving caving o or of S running expenses S J Then the question naturally arose r Wont Won't ont tho to cheapness and nd r r utility of ot the tho ne new process placing l smelting plants plant within reach rench of ot even en S tho small sma producer render custom 4 plants almost unnecessary l That is true truo said sald Mr S Unless it was ns observed the tho trus trust S should hould acquire tho tue Fink process S 4 1 That it I shall shah never nover do t J And nd Mr brought his fist fistS S 1 down don on the the table with wih an athletic S 1 blow 10 when ho said It It Mr 1 Fink tho the t tn inventor who was sitting clono cloRo by 1 unproved approved el tho statement with emphia- emphia I- I 11 I. I to the People 5 There is i not money mone enough In tn tho the countr country to buy tho Fink process proS provided pro pro- S vided it does docs doel what It I no now appears appear S that It I certainly will wi do added addell Mr r S It I belongs s to the people S It I J would be a 0 crime to place It in bands hands whore it would not gIve the tha S people eople the greatest possible benefit r Anyone nono who wants antI to build a 0 smelter ma may use the Fink rink process by paying H r reasonable royalty S. S Why when one looks at the tho Fink S timelier out at nt Garfield Garneld it I seems scorns al- al most a a Bhame lt's lus Its so simple There Thorel r f S nothing to It I except two shaped barrel v furnaces built buit to revolve revolve and and a a few little devices which are arc tho the secret S of r Mr Ir Fink A lar largo large o plant could be V built hullt hult and to tho machinery installed Ini In In- i IS slOe side of 0 90 days It I is so simple in fn S fact tact that I think wo shall have havo ho tho the S machinery all 01 mado right here In Salt SnI S Lake Lle Mr r. r Fink doesn't talk bIe much about I t f. f his 1118 Invention but he be IB is absolutely I confident of ot results Ho tried trIad It out 1 In a small smal model before starting to toI I I i build tho the plant plant nt at Garfield and ho he i S. knows mows what he ho can cari cr do Except that r S. S i. i 10 Ie is getting better beter results in tho the li l 2 I larger plant plat I Ili I II For example In treating ore containing con con- I considerable sulphur In con tho tim u ton OO-ton plant about one ton of ot coal Is required to start the thC process and I the sulphur In the tho ore ore much much of which I ordinarily escapes In the tho the form torm of or flue I does dust does tho the rest at least to the theS I I S j point of producing matte mate running r from 70 7 1 to SO per pcr cent copper Mr Ur rinks Finks e a experiments with wih hits his hlf small man model mool led ed Hilm Im to believe that thai Homo Komo additional i oal would e a to be used to Besso- Besso the tho product product making making blister bUster er But It Jt appears appear now that theS tho the S coal coni will win not bo be required In In m the large Jarge plant Heady for fur ShiNIer Mr Ur Fink has not yet vet ct produced blister bIstel bits blis bIs- bIs ter tel copper in tho Garfield G Garfeld plant But Buthe he Ie believes that he lie will today turn turu turnout S out the lie finished product product His JUs bandh handicap hondl- hondl band handi h cap eop has been In the fec feeding which bocu done by br hand an and conditions condi condl- 4 tons were wera such that tho concentrates S could not bo be fed fee In Into to the furnace fastS fast j S enough He lie now has completed an au k automatic feeder an and with that In InS S operation porton he ho is conn confident dent that he can tt complete tho the with irith fh the theone ther r one no operation In the ordinary smeltIng smelt smelt- lag Ing plant plant of ot today from flom three to five separate treatments of the tc oro ore are required to produce this result resul Mr r. r Fink has been making matte 4 from JO 70 to SO per ncr cent conner cooner the en en- en S tire Ure operation consuming only 20 0 mInutes minutes min mm- S utes from tho the time the tho ore goes Into th furnace In the event that he I could do no more than that with wih tho the great reat saving of fuel tuel and arid labor aready al already 31 a- a ready demonstrated he has a n process process pro pro- cess revolutionary in character It I would permit any oy Io low grade mine of or or or Beaver or county to smelt Its Is ores on tho the ground at at a 0 profit Ono One of the first regular plants to be le built buit b by Mr r. r Newhouse will bo be at his Cactus mine in fn Beaver er Be count county A A. ton OO-ton plant there thoro ho he is confident i will ivill wi effect a saving of or a halt half mU- mU lion lon or more of or dollars over and nd above abo I present earnings S As a matter matl of ot fact the possibilities ties fo the Fink process are almost too stupendous to think about about It I should bo be much cheaper to lo sm smelt l alt all altS al S ores with it Jt than it is now to mill S thc tho milling free kind Mr Fink docs does not commit yet et on the probable ble cost of ot smelting with his process but Mr hr fr believes that it I will wIn bo be 10 done close to BO Be 61 een cents cento tI a ton |