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Show New Utah Plant Adds Needed War Metal I . I irr 1 !i si i'iii m , j -'-'- w- iV7 ,r-mMmi i - s A x ' A worthless slag dump has been jonverted into a source of a much deeded metal of war at the Tooele, Utah, plant of the International Smelting & Refining company where a new $150,000 slag treat I ment plant was recently placed in 1 operation. I The new addition to Internation al's vast smelting works at Tooele. I was' put into operation in Septem ber. a month ahead of schedule Most of the bugs in the inital two months' operation have been ironed out and about 400 tons daily here tofore worthless sl-g is being treat ed at the plant for the extraction of the small zinc content that wap passed up in previous smeltinr operations, j As a result between one and two j million pounds of zinc per month I are being made from the zinc oxide the plant is now turning out zinc that is warmly welcomed in the Industries that manufacture brass, bror.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 10 the early 1920s, zinc was lost to the slag dump and miners were penalized for its pre sence in their ores. With the ap plication of selective flotation in about 1922, mill? began saving tht troublesome metal in 'he low grade sulphide ores of Utah: a develop ment that came at a time when the underground mining industry of the state was threatened with ex inction as most of the higher grade carbonate ores had been mined. Now. International has comhinerl ts resources, initiative and sci mtific research in an effort to help lolve one of the nation's "knot iest" problems in the present crisis ,inc production. And here has been added a huge reserve of a vital product. Another crowning achievement to add to Utah's progressive sinHt ing industry. which combined forms the greatest :ion-frrnns smelting center in the world Another mighiy addition to Utah's contribution in the wr. Ano'her contribution toward p?rpetuating and building permanent industry for Utah, one of the first ob.iectiv-s of the mining industry. |
