| Show SCIENCE AIDS THE MINER F I 1 V ne nes BU I 1 d n vers ty of butak q r f AA 41 V owl 1 V in own vi 13 af D cal su id aci nci T V 11 Z 4 1 ai by S F D rector utah eng exper ment station that the in nes and R REALIZING smelters of utah not only pro vide for employment a large number of people but furnish markets tor for supplies and equip ment whose producers in turn are consumers of agricultural pr pro 0 ducts the utah legislature leg slature in 1913 established the department of mining and metallurgical re search of the engineering eapen ment station at the university of f utah this department has grown to be one ot of the outstanding institutions in its field its staff consists of five men trained in metallurgical science a mechanic and aa a secre tary its plant of research and chemical laboratories a machine shop and considerable scientific and engineering equipment in co operation with the united states bureau of mines it has published more than articles which are in demand throughout the united states and in most foreign coun tries experience has h a s demonstrated that constant research is necessary to improve our mineral products to find better and less expensive methods of making them to find new uses tor for them and to develop sources of raw material cyanide tion flotation chushin and grind ing mine ventilation pyro metal burgy electro metallurgy oe 0 e dressing microscopy and coal in vesti gatlon gation are among the things covered by flotation alone in the develop ment of which the station has played an important part ore bodies in utah at one time con worthless have become heavy producers employment has been provided tor for literally thou sands of persona persons within the state and millions of dollars worth of business has resulted the microscope is proving ex cee useful in helping to solve problems in crushing and grinding flotation etc so beneficial were its accomplishments that seven large utah companies beg nning 0 in 1929 assisted tor for several years in maintaining a cooperative micro laboratory at the station this has been taken over by the university and Is still giving es sentral service studies of utah coals have yielded much valuable information tor for the coal industries research in smelting has been very useful to the local smelters and work in progress in mine ventilation gives promise of appreciably increasing efficiency and lowering costs meanwhile the study of fanda mental principles is not over looked discoveries in physics and chemistry the nature of which no man can predict now may be made with effects by div ng fellowships and de grees in min ng and metallurgy the university helps to carve careers tor for students and provide for corn com banies competent replacements and addit addia ons to their staffs although a large proportion ot of the graduates ol 01 the station find employment in various mines and smelters within the state former fellowship fello hp p men can be found holding important positions in practically every mm min ing region in the world industrial concerns and duals may use the facilities ot of the station it if such facilities are lack ing elsewhere within the state it the work involves fundamental re search likely to extend scientific knowledge or it the results of the work will benefit the mineral in dus bustnes tries of tl e state in general routine assays malusis ma ina lysis and ore tests which would be in compete tion with private business are not accepted the station has undertaken sev eral important commercial lems in cooperation with various companies one of these was the extraction of gold from the tailing dumps at mercur utah prelim inary to t complex material was subjected to roasting first in small quantities and finally in the station stations s large rotary it in with a capacity of one ton per hour silver ore from mexico submit ted by the A S R smelter at el paso texas was also subjected to a series of tests in the large kiln under supervision of three metallurgists from the el paso plant many other big companies throughout the country have used the stat on s equipment to work out difficult problems though it does not do assaying for private applicants the station makes tor for prospectors tree free of charge preliminary microscopy mic c examinations of samples the only requirements for the free service are that the sample must have originated in utah and be accod danied by a general on of the local ty from wh ch eh it came and of the character of the deposit the data thus obtained is to be used as a basis tor for a survey ot of the mineral resources of the state the free microscope mic examination usually is ruffic ent to ne the princ pal minerals in a sample ind whether it is likely to sent commercial value in this way vay prospectors very often are saved the cost of unwarranted bl nd as says and in addition are often ofte enabled to obtain important I 1 in formation which it ie not furni furnished she i by a chemical 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