Show New Industry For pO Utah Iti I New Zinc plant under construction at Tooele Utah Vcr Very little tUe If It any of its ite metallic resources are lost to tho the state of ot Utah Faced with the necessity of treating treating treat treat- ing lower and lower grade ores smelters of or Utah have advanced metallurgy to a point that only a negligible part of or the metallic content content content con con- tent of or the ores now flow to the tailings pond Prior to the tho early twenties much of or the zinc In ores of or Utah was lost lostIn lostin In the smelting processes and flowed flow ed through the plant and Into the tailings pond Not only onh did miners lose the zinc content of or their ores arcs but they were penalized penalize for tor It t. t Naturally this meant much loss to the operators and to the state Early In th the twenties the smelters smelt smelt- ers met this situation with the tho development of or selective flotation At that time the mining Industry j 7 was threatened with virtual extinction extinction tion tron as much of or the hl higher grade ore oro had been mined and c only the thelow thelow thelow low grade zinc lead sulphide ores found on deeper levels of or the mine was available Selective flotation tho the Industry a new Base laase on life as It meant that the tho operator was paid for both lead and zinc Now comes another development de of significance to the state Tho The International Smelting Refining company has worked out a n process s sto to treat the old fb slag dump In Which the lost zinc of former years was stored thereby creating Industry Industry Indus Indus- tr try payrolls and taxes upon a n resource resource re re- ro- ro source that was formerly worth worth- less Coming Comins at this time the now new process process process pro pro- cess Is doubly Important as It will help to furnish urn ish a much needed metal for tor national defense derenze Tho The International which alra already dy pours annu annually Ily Into tho the channels of or 1 idus ry throughout Utah approximately approximately approximately in tha form arm of or orp p payrolls supply pu purchases con can construction Ion railroad fre frei ht bt taxes etc etc- will add s s t to Its Utah operations oIla with wit this plant Tho The plant for the recovery reco of the zinc will cost approximately and Is expected to bo be ready rendy for operation In the fall taU of 1011 After Its Us completion the iho plant will furnish stend steady employment for tor about 35 men |