Show i i I New New Utah Plant V i Adds Addy Needed War W ar Metal r mr i IMN N 4 IL II I I U A worthless slag dump has been converted into a 1 source of a much needed metal of ot war at the Tooele Utah plant of ot the International Smelting Refining company where a new slag treat treat- treatment ment went plant was recently placed In operation The new addition to Internationals International's als al's vast smelting works at Tooele was put into operation In September Septem Septem- ber a month ahead of schedule Most of the bugs in the two months' months operation have been ironed out and about tons dail daily heretofore heretofore heretofore here here- worthless slag is being treated treated treat treat- ed at nt the plant for tor the extraction of the small zinc content that was passed up In previous smelting operations As a result between one and two million pounds of ot zinc per month are being made from the zinc oxide the plant is now turning out zinc out zinc that is ris warmly welcomed In the Industries that manufacture brass bro bronz z steel wire chemicals and other materials that are rapidly being consumed in war Until recent years zinc was the problem child of Utah mining and smelting Prior to the early zinc was lost to the sing slag rump dump and miners were penalized for Its presenCe pre pre- pre presence re sence In their ores With the application application ap ap- I of selective flotation in about 1922 mills began saving the troublesome metal in the low grade sulphide ores of Utah a development development development develop develop- ment that came at a time when the underground mining Industry of ot the state was threatened with extinction ex ex- ex as most of ot the higher grade carbonate ores had been mined Now International has bas combined Its resources initiative and scientific scientific research in an effort to help solve one of the nations nation's knottiest knottiest knottiest knot problems In the present crisis zinc production And here has been added a n huge reserve of ot a avital avital avital vital product Another crowning achievement to add to Utah's progressive smeltIng smelting smelt smelt- Ing Industry which combined forms the greatest non non ferrous smelting center In tho the world Another mighty addition to Utah's contribution In the war Another contribution toward perpetuating I and building permanent industry for Utah one of the first objectives of ot the mining industry I |