| Show mines e building B alding U sit i y of 0 ufah U h p k v y v 11 1512 17 r metallurgical bul ing 4 T I 1 4 74 S F tor utah engineering experiment station tha that t the mines and utah not only prot of arites te r ra tor for a large je 0 f people but furnish ssi tor for supplies UP plies and equip artoe toe producers in turn I 1 Bai og aaers mers of agricultural pro aa the utah legislature in ja the department baiar and M metallurgical re be fa 06 f A a the eng engineering esperi d station nuon at the university of 0 it department has grown to be gj I 1 tie lie outstanding institutions eiseld J field its staff consists of in metallurgical s aa en trained and a secre is i i a mechanic r its ili plant of research and tsal al laboratories oratories hb a machine 1 ui I considerable scientific iMpi peering Kring equip equipment in co a the united states ria tt el mines it has published ft articles which are j mg throughout tho the united li ld si in most foreign coun coull K tance has demonstrated 9 ieM staat research is necessary 0 arote rove our mineral products j tl ti itter balter and less expensive ir is ot of making baking them to find rats 0 for or them an 1 to develop IE s ot of raw material cyanide D c cr us n and grinds lae jime ventilation r amro metallurgy ore ag i microscopy and coal in soba alkon are among the things el flotation alone in the hevelow develop of dahich the station has riu n important ant part ore a in ia utah at one time con ai toothless have become c employment has Hori dei for literally thou r ari bif persons within the state ions ot of dollars worth of as bas resulted a microscope is proving ex in ia helping to solve tebia in crushing and grinding cco ete etc so beneficial were that seven hta M companies beginning Ls isted lor for several years elg a cooperative micro tory at the station ifera been taken over by the and d Is still giving esi itice I 1 ot of utah coals have tech bc valuable information formation ite W industries inaus tries research has aas been very very useful smelters shelters sm elters and work in rt in a nine ventilation gives so 01 aly increasing Si kne MI 11 10 ering costs the study ot funda mental principles is not overlooked discoveries in physics and cheri chemistry bistry the nature of 0 which no man can predict now may be made with effects by giving fellowships and degrees in mining and metallurgy the university helps to carve careers for students and provide for companies competent replacements and additions to their staffs although a large proportion of the graduates of 0 the station find employment in various mines and smelters shelters sm elters within the state former fellowship men can be found holding important positions in practically every mining region in the world industrial concerns concerns and individuals may use the facilities of the station if I 1 such facilities are lacking elsewhere within the state if the work involves fundamental research likely to extend scientific knowledge or it if the results of the work will benefit the mineral industries dus tries of the state in general routine assays essays analysis and aid ore tests which would be in competition with private business are not accepted the station has undertaken several important commercial problems in cooperation with various companies one of these was the extraction detraction of gold from the tailing dumps at mercur utah preliminary t to 0 eya complex material was subjected to roasting first in small quantities and finally in the stations large rotary kiln with a capacity of one ton per hour silver ore from mexico submitted by the A S R smelter at el paso texas was also subjected to a series of tests in the large kiln under supervision of three metallurgists from the el paso plant many other big companies throughout the country have used the stations equipment to work out difficult problems though it does not do assaying tor for private applicants the station makes for prospectors prospector sp tree free of charge preliminary microscopic examinations or of samples the only requirements for the free service are that the sample must have originated in utah and be accompanied by a general description of the locality from which it came and of the character of the deposit the data thus obtained Is to be used as a basis tor for a survey of the mineral resources of the state the free microscopic examination usually is sufficient to determine the principal minerals in a sample and whether it is likely to represent commercial value in this way prospectors very often are saved the cost of unwarranted blind as says and in addition are 0 often f ten enabled to obtain important information which is not furnished by a chemical analysis |
