The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-23
A BIG PROPOSITION.
A Lixiviation Plant to Cost a
Third of a Million Dollars.
nALT LAKE CAN SECURE 1T.
Lewis s. Kitchener and Captain Bly, Are in
the City for the Purpose Of Starting
Plant for the Reduction of Dry Ores.

Lewis T. Kitchener, of Indiana, and Cap
tain Bly,, of Pennsylvania. who are inter-
ested in the Russell lixiviation process for
the reduction of dry ores. arrived in the
city few days ago and registered at the
knutsford.
The purpose of their visit has been kept
q profound secret, and the smart reporters
OF the enterprising afternoon daily, while
succeeding ia drawing Mr. Kitchener out
for half column on Indiana politics, cid
not succeed in getting word as to his
mission in this city. IL remained for a
HERALD reporter to track up these gentle
men to the Office of the Bullion Beck min
ing company, where politics were brushed
aside and the matter of locating lixiviation
works seriously discussed. The meeting
did not seem TO be in compliance
or any recent arrangement, but rather the
outcome of an extensive correspondence.
After talking over some OF the general
plans. the two Russell men departed for
Lehi accompanied by Mr.. A II. Hyde,
who pointed out the advantage OF some
land near the Utah sugar works for the
erection and operation Of such plant as
the eastern gentlemen proposed. After a
few hours spent a. Lehi and q tour OF the
sugar works, the party departed for
Eureka where Mr.. Hyde escorted the
visitors through the laDrynthian chambers
of the Bullion Beck mine, the great hoist
ing works ana the immense ore houses.
whose contents are 70 be treated by lixivia-
ton, which it is proposed TO erect.
Returning to this city the advantages OF
natural gas were discussed at some length,
and it was generally agreed that Salt Lake
city would be the most central point for
their location, having the advantage CT
closer railroad communication with the
other mining camps Of the territory.
Nothing could be learned last evening as
TO what proposition these gentlemen would
submit. if any, as they we're NOT disposed to
make il public until some minor matters
were settled. All that could be CLEANED
was that they had decided TO erect the
largest Russell lixivisti0n plant in the ter
ritory, and that they were prepared to ex-
pend n its construction S350,000
1t is understood that the men owning the
land at Lehi have made liberal offer in
land and water privileges, together with
other inducements, for their location at
that point.
Mr. Kitchener went to Idaho yesterday
for the purpose of looking up the prospect
of securing ore for treatment from that
state.
There are two Russell plants in this ter
ritory, both OF which are working very sat
isfactory. The Msrssc mill at Park City
and the works at Eureka have been in sue
cessful operation for some time, and there
are similar plants at Aspen and Leadville
Colo.
The lixiviation process uses large quanti-
ties of salt, and this factor VIII give Salt
Lake city natural advantage over COM
peting points, but the prize is worth making
big effort TO secure it.
Mr.. Kitchener is a law partner of w. w.
~ H.
of-Five Dudley. and is himself prominent
Indiana politician.