Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
TOday'S Metal Quotations,

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there would stlll be profit Of about
$4,000 a year on the copper and arsenic
which would nearly erect "A smoke cone
Stunning plant every year. Since the
copperas is q by-pr1duct II could be
sold at a nominal figure and would then
be IN general use IN an the large cities
aa "a disinfoctant which would euor-
mously increase it's sale, or II could
be turned into sulphunc acid and the
iron used as 70 nuN IN the smelters
where 1t Is now paid for nt 10 cents
unit.
SULPHURUS ACID IN Teaching.
a revolution awaits the mining in
dustry whenever sulphuric acid can
be had at 81 per ton. IL is the coming
teaching nuid as well as foundation
element Of nearly all chemical process.
es. The population OF Utah could be
doubled I'm ten years by the general
adoption Of this acid In the reduction
Of ores and in the production Of chem-
icals made from the silver gold. cop-
per lead, arsenic anthony zinc
which our mines produce and much OF
which our smelters waste, and In the
making Of chemicals with sodium,
potassium or magnesium base from
the waters Of Great Salt Lake by
means Of this acid.
IDLE MINES WOULD BECOME
PRODUCTIVE,
There arc thousand mines and
prospects in Utah now idle which
could be made to pay handsome profits
by the use Of sulphurlc acid at 81 per
ton These mines could take all the
acid the smeters could produce ana
then be unsupplled. The production
OF this aclde would not only stop all
damage to crops and health from
smelter smoke but would be worth
more to Utah than a dozen transcon-
tinental railroads, 1t Is good sign
that the smelter men are uWakng 10
the possibilities Of profit I'm this direc-
ton,
OFFERS A SIMPLE SOLUTION
AS to the method Of reducing the
smoke nuisance, Al present there are.
two things that do damage the chief
one is sulphur emitted as a gas Is. o.
the other ts fue dust which contains
large quantities Of arsenic blue W.T.
riol and copperas AZ we'll as insoluhlc
copper and iron which later turn into
blue yitrOl and copperas ON coming
IN contact with sulphur acids Since
both OF these go out of the stacks to-
gether II has been difficult to separate
them hitherto az "a profit because Of
the Corrodlng action OF the gas, but
40 far as abatlng the smoke nuisance
any chemical amateur knows that ms
the gas is soluble in water a simple
spray OF water on the smoke " strong
Nt..st 90 To N
gas ana nuc dust and wash u away,
leaving harmless elments TO go MP the
stack II then remains for the Smet-
ors To take care OF this acid water and
nue dus. as It runs out Of the fluc
chambers. II contains $l2l worth OF
copper per day and probably much
more than that in value of arsenic
This acid can be run over scrap iron
ana thus save the copper but the arr
senic win be lost, and In addition the
LOO tons OF acid must be gotten ria or
each day. II canot be run out ON the
ground as IL would son get down 20 the
Jordan and poison the water II might
he run onto great pile OF limestone,
where II would all be turned into gyp-
sum and neutralized, but market
would have to be found for the gyp-
sum, which would be impossible, The
only other alternative would be either
TO pipe the acid to tho desert fats or
alkali west OF the Jordan, whore II
would be harmless or devise some
method Of freeing the acid from Inn
purlues ana selIIng H. uut t!uuB" an
ms can be done al Pr2nt mere "
cheaper ana better way. II can ne seen
mat the abatement OF the smoke NUS
ance necd not cost hVo Wontu TOT
simple spraying apparatus WINE u lne
me .Smellers had 10 plpe the aot1 70
the lake TO Bet lld or III thert Woulu DE
u saving OF Sl-l a gay ON the copper
alone when Would wen repay inc cost
OF "a pipe llne 70 the axe 80 az me
hrst lne smelters Nould not oe losers
Wh'lG tne community would n' lmlneas,,
1raply Deneutea ny Tue 'n'hs'' ana AT
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