Show A sew low reducing clui thomas miller of salt lake baa has discovered and procured a patent on a flax flux tor for the redaction reduction of ores dres the specifications in bis his application describe it as follows aly flax cc con 11 siets slots of three ingredients namely a calcareous mineral found in the territory of utah common salt and charcoal these ingredients are mixed in about the following ollow lne tiong viz calcareous mineral twenty pounds common salt one pound charca charcoal two pounds these produce the best result when coarsely pulverized and mixed thoroughly together and this compound may be mixed with pounds of the ore to be reduced the mass is submitted to beat heat in an in ordinary furnace arnace and temperature raised to the sm eltine elting point the quantity of flux flax will vary somewhat somewhat with the grade ot of ore but this is a matter within the knowledge and experience of those skilled in the reducing ol 01 ores the proportions given above answer well fo for r it clasine axin I 1 ores of copper containing silver 1 r ani and gold the same proportions substantially ly may be used in reducing iron mineral rock galena and ore containing silver and lead in treating copper ores containing contain ind silver and eold cold withey flux the olag flows off in an unusually liquid for form in and leaves all the metal behind the calcareous mineral referred to as forming one of the constituents of my flax flux is found in two deposits both in utah territory and within a few miles of salt lake like city one of these deposits is northwest from bald said city distant about three and a halt half miles in dry canyon at the intersection ioa of sections 27 and 28 2833 33 and 34 T 1 N it I 1 E the other deposit ia is southeast of said city distant about fire five and one half miles in parley canyon at he the intersection of sections 23 and 24 2425 25 and 20 T 1 B S R I 1 E this mineral Is shown by a careful analysis to contain the following components per cent silica aw 23 17 uma 1 I 1 83 33 17 magnesia carboa ic acid oxide of iron 2971 Aloi 71 77 7 01 manganese Phosphor lo add acid hil 0 aalf W 11 I 1 0 acid a kalles a and ud orinto matter 11 81 TOW 1 he ile claims that by its nse use the cot cost of Sm smelling elting will be greatly reduced A cart was tipped up on the corner I 1 twenty fourth and washington esterday eat erday by a wagon running into the cart car was broken up but no one 7 as a aburt hurt 0 |