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Show Attention of mining men nnd met-allmgists met-allmgists throughout the country Is being directed ttowaid Utah because of the woik being done by the department de-partment of MeUUuiglcal Ilricnrch and tho V S Ilureau of Mines at the Unlversliv of Utah on the chloride volltiliznllon piocess, which when completed will make possible com plele extraction fiom low grade ores .of which theie Is a largo (lu.mtlty In .tho state. Tests am now being mad" in commeiclal size furnaces m piovo the smaller laboiatooiy experiments The ih'pRi intent of Metallurgical lle-nich lle-nich was established in 1913; u,0 following year n cooperative agice mont was made with the V s Ilureau or Mines and a building erected on the unheislty caiupiig which piovld ed class iooiiib, offices and l.iboialor Ibh. A mlcioscoplc lnboiutory Is in.ilnlalned for the uso of Utah and other Huieuu of Minos station.) in tin' west Utilization of oil shale Is another problem being worked out nt iho unlverslly laboratories. This, work at the .university Is supervised by Thomas Varloyt metallurgist in, charge of the bureau of mines and. Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, dean gf the school of mines anil englncerlngv , |