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Show SMELTER MAY M BE REOPENED 'JMp " Preparations Underway to f; Resume Operations at I I fc Tooele r H SALT LAKE March 4. Amioi.nce- ment was made yesterday 'ov General L Manager William Wraith tht the In-WM In-WM Jf ternationnl Smelting company is 9 making preparations to resume per- J1 ;itlons at the Tooele plant. The -cale i upon which the actlvlts will bi enr-I enr-I led on will depend largely upon th f -jinount of ore that is co.v; gned I s ml. (1C imeltcr. Mr. Wraith said, g 1 The date of resumption of open-3 open-3 I tions depend.- on a number of f.n -SI" : m according to Mr. Wraith, who R 1 P he could nol an cxacl day I J: f..r the reopening of th pi i I Kow-t4 Kow-t4 . -1 he ventured an oplnior. 'h a about the end of the sprint months sfl J, i he furnaces would be blown in Eyl J When metal low prices.. hlcli JPJ f freight rate and production M -tru. V. '! mining indu try fWM Jtu, operations at the Tooele plant were maintain) d i - long ai quantity and suitable quality ol oi mm 'v, .ould be obtained. For a oonsldera-blc oonsldera-blc time the plant was operated on lBL . "he ore stored In It tock pils Fi- tially, last Jnh, smelting operations tflX ii, - 1 I ;, Ai proMeni the first problem of the 1 I r . omn'any la to build up it st k pi! i .is storage ag.innt emergency This (H will take. It If believed, from 60 t.. H t'O days. Owing to the fact tha; e- ::r p contracts were kept ii. ! -e ' flf uv the ompany during the shitdown M 4 ol Ui plant and also that others 'HJ icq 1 1 i ZmmW nage for operation is believed to be fmWl P, Mining men feel that the reopen- nU ' - ' tno Tooele miii Her if one of F H - :he ni05t encouraging events since the H f1 slump in metal prices a year ago. II e Asidr. from relieving the employment V situation, the beginning of activity at the International plant should fa- iH ' i.ilitatc the DCSUmptlon of mining in IB several Utah properties nov practi- I . colly closed down. ?W9l It is felt that the Utah Coi I 11 ed Mining company ai Bihgha: i, MMrtwl which lias not yet operated Us n: ZWm 7U mill near the Tooele smelter, would be liibb l t, : pro. in :.i the IH '. earl future. Moreover, mines with, .i particular grade oi urc. only a ' f4WM M..all amount of which can be smelt- rK c cd under present conditions probably j : jp will find a market for their product. |