Show SCIENCE AIDS THE MINER I 1 ur 4 ufah 1114 W P 1 v id T INN q 7 J Y 0 evl Q P nt yv n t 4 r yik V N K v Z OR by S F director utah engineering experiment station that the mines ind and ra REALIZING smelters shelters sm elters of utah not only provide employment for a large number of laople but furnish markets for supplies and equip ment meat whose producers in turn are consumers of agricultural products d the utah le legislature gi slature in 1913 established the department of mining and metallurgical research of the engineering experiment station at the university of utah this department has grown to be one of the outstanding institutions in its field its staff consists of five men trained in metallurgical science a mcc mechanic hanic and a secretary its plant of 0 research and chemical laboratories I 1 a 1 in machine shop and considerable scientific and engin engineering cering equipment in cooperation with the united states bureau of mines it has published more than articles which are in demand throughout the united states and in most foreign countries experience has demonstrated that const constant research is necessary to improve our mineral products to find better and less expensive methods of making teem to find new uses tor for them an to develop sources of raw material t flotation crush cr ln and grinding mine ventilation electro m e metallurgy t a I 1 I 1 u r g y ore dressing microscopy and coal investigation vesti gation are among the things covered by flotation alone in the development of which the station has played an important part ore bodies in utah at one time considered worthless have become heavy producers employment has been provided tor for literally thousands of persons persona within the state and millions of dollars worth of business bu sines has resulted the microscope is proving exceedingly cee useful in helping to solve problems in crushing and grinding flotation etc so beneficial were its accomplishments that seven large laige utah companies beginning in 1929 assisted for several years in maintaining a cooperative microscopic laboratory at the station this has been taken over by the university and is still giving essential service bervice studies of utah coals have yielded much valuable information tor for the coal industries research in smelting smelling sm elting has been very useful to the local smelters shelters sm elters and work in progress in mine ventilation gives promise of appreciably increasing efficiency and lowering costs meanwhile tha study of funda mental principles is not overlooked discoveries in physics and chemistry the nature of 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 tor for companies competent replacements and additions to their stall stags s although a large proportion ot of the graduates of the station f ind find employment in various mines and smelters shelters sm elters within the state former fellowship men can call be found holding important positions in practically every mining region in the world industrial concerns and individuals may use the facilities of tile the station it if such facilities are lacking elsewhere within the state if the work involves fundamental research likely to extend scientific rc 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 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 of gold from the tailing dumps clumps at mercur utah preliminary to t 0 cyanic lation complex luaL eiml als au ibid to roasting first in small quantities and finally in the stations large rotary kiln with a capacity of one os on per hair silver ore from mexico submitted by the A S R smelter at el paso texas was also subjected to a series of te tests ts 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 for private applicants the station makes tor for prospectors free of charge preliminary microscopic examinations of samples the only requirements for the tree 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 ancl nd of the character of 0 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 uli whether ether it is likely to represent commercial value in III this way prospectors very often are saved the cost of unwarranted befu blind as says and in addition are often enabled to obtain important information which is not furnished by a chemical analysis |