Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-28
Mr.. TRhPAkGEN
ON SHELTER SMOKE
President Of Chemists and Metal
lurgists Assn Discusses Cues.
ton OF Local interest.
EXPERIMENTS IN MONTANA.
We're Very Satisfactory, Yet Elimina-
ton of Every Possibility of Dam.
age IL Difficult

The members of the Western Asso-
citation Of Technical Chemists & Metal
lurgists are holding their second annu-
al session. Last nights meeting was
held In the chemical laboratory Of the
DIVERSITY Of Utah and those present
listened to an interesting address by
President f. w. Traphagen, his theme
being THE Smelter Smoke Problem
which was followed by general dis
cusslon Of the subject
President Traphasen has been en-
ployed for several years by the Ana.
conda Copper Mining company In Mon
tana as an expert on smelter smoke
effccts and therefore displayed ia
miliarlty with his subject and under
his direction an experimental farm
was conducted not far from the smelt-
ers located at Anaconda.
Mr.. Traphagen declared that the
smoke and sulphur fumes emitted
from the smelter stacks viii do a Ger.
tain amount of damage to soil In some
localities, as well as TO crops and live
stock, but not as much as generally
claimed by farmers.
There is no solution for the smelter
smoke problem" continued the speak
er. 'other than arbitration between
the farmer and the shelter operator
The smelter operator must admit this
damage, the farmer must estimate his
losses conservatively and the two fac
lions settle their differences In the best
possible manner"
Notwithstanding this declaration Mr..
Ira hagen stated that In experiments
conducted on the Montana farm re-
ferred to 1t was found that smelter
smoke did not inJure the Montana al
kali soil, and in fact helped 1t; that the
atmosphere about the farm was Of
unusually high quality; that II did not
affect the crops to an alarming degree,
and that the most exacting tests APP
piled to cattle brought no bad results,
Prof. Traphagen stated, however,
that the climatic and soil conditions
peculiar to Montana were to a large
degree responsible for the excellent re-
suits obtained from the experimental
farm, and that In the rich agricultural
sections of Utah aud California the
smelter smoke would unquestonably
injure TO certain degree stock, crops
and soil.
There will be no afternoon session
today, but in the evening there will be
two papers read and discussed Frank
Leonard's on Cyanide Practice on
Boulder County, Colo, Ores" "Y. H.
Gottschalk's paper on Technical Vol
umetric Methods in General" and a
discussion led by H. C, Parmelee on
the determination Of Insoluble Sill
cious Residue"
Saturday will be taken up by visits
to different places. Among other points
the delegates will go to Saltair. Sat
urday evening the formal banquet will
take place at the Commercial club
The organization Is designed for mu-
tual help. Very often a chemist de-
sires the assistance Of the metallur-
gist, while the metallurgist needs the
chemist every day. BY bringing the
two in closer touch by means of these
conventions, the desired conditions 1t Is
hoped will be brought about. Most OF
the delegates are from Colorado and
from other points in the west, Owing
70 the holiday trips and vacations,
many OF the delegates are not here.
making this years meeting smaller
than before.
The big smelling plants OF the Amer
lean Smelling n Refining Co, at Muir
ray. and the United states Smelling
Refining & Mining Co., were visited
today by members of the association.