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Show A New Indushy for Southern Utah V-' ' t I v. ! ! r -ttfe$.. y i '- - I View of surface plant of Cougar mine near Milford, which is being opened by Tintic Standard A new lmliniryf.ir souiliwesiern Utah Is now virtually attired as a result of the active developing! policies of the 'J'int U- Standard Mill-Int? Mill-Int? company. The mining company lias inquired in-quired Ihe Cousin- liiilie.'silualed in the Needle KaiiRe of iiioiui tains, southwest of Milford and Is now enRuged in Hie construction of a milling plant for tht production of fluorspar. Development work already performed per-formed at i lie properly has exposed sufficient ore to warrant the construction con-struction of the millins plain which Is designed to treat ion tons of ore per day. The plant Is now neariiiK completion and product Inn should be under way May 1. While deposits of fluorspar have liceii known to exist in l't;th for a niimlier of years, Mie pr.irain of Ihe Tintic Standard Is the first larne scale . devclopim-nl ot this mineral and its v- -1 c m-ii r will maik the addition at another im porlaiil lii tiih'-r to I'tjili's ,in jsi of prodiii'live resources. The Tintic Standard cninpanv up to December 1 0 1 r? had expended sUi::.."f)l y in jiii effort to ht ins successful riourspar production to, I'tah. A total of $1.17.221. TS of this was for (level, ipnient and mill const con-st met Inn c,'is;s. I While much fluorspar Is used in the steel industry and enamels. It i has found expandhiK use as a war mineral in chemicals and frir fusion of other metals and In explosives. |