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Show MtiM Z Sis ' or Trie DIAU STATE iJSOCIAEflS PROCESSES FOIt FLOTATION' OF I'llIK MET.U.S The discovery of processes for the flot :i.t i on of pure minerals and non-miner.-ils which will aid materially in the milling of ores fniiwid in I he Male is announced by I lie Inl ermoii n-lain n-lain Station of tin; United Stales Bureau of .Mines, jn cooporal ion wllh the University of HlaJi school ol Mines and Engineering. Several of tlio processes are being used now in the commercial field. Offices and la horatoi ies of the bureaj are located on the campus of the state school. For some months students have been conducting research work in an eflort to separate minerals by flotation flota-tion processes. These efforts have been very successful and are no.v available to the public: in Bulletins 16 and 17 I epart rnent of Metallurgical Research which may be obtained by writing to the department at the University. Un-iversity. Efforts are being made jnow to determine the relative flota-Ibility flota-Ibility of other substances found in connection with common ores. Accord ins to Thomas Varley, head jof the local station, many very important im-portant discoveries in the mining and .smelting field have been contributed by the department to Utah Industries This department is rated by the government as one of the leading bureaus of the county owing to its location in the largest mining and smelting center in the world. |