The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-01-23
A SMILING TRIUMPH.

The commercial success of the
Fink smelling process, as dem
onstrated recently at Garfield,
Utah. is a distinct triumph, and
i, the inventor, Edward Fink, will
occupy a place in history for hav-
ing achieved one of the most
wonderful metallurgical feats of
the age.
His invention has created a
profound sensation in the mining
and metallurgical world, and if
the furnace that bears his name
does what is claimed for it, which
we have no reason to doubt since
Samuel Newhouse has given it
his stamp of approval, it is going
to simply revolutionize ore smelt-
ing practice throughout the
world. Some of the big smelt-
ing concerns operating in the
western states, with millions
upon millions Of dollars invested,
are already beginning to wonder
where they are going to get off
at when the Fink system comes
into general use. The creation
of Mr.. Fink has already caused
them to sit up and take notice,
for it spells an end to the exac-
ton of exorbitant treatment
charges from the producer; who,
in late years, has been the VIC
tim of circumstances which have
forced him to choose between
taking what is left from the
smelter combine after deducting
series of penalties for one thing
or another, or closing down his
mine entirely.
Wchappen to know of many
instances Of this kind, and it was
because Of such practices as this
that the Utah Mine Owners as
ISOLATION came into existence.
This organization succeeded in
arighting some Of the evils com
planned of in the sister state; but
we have in mind one mine in the
Tintic district which is closed
now because the management
cannot obtain, it is declared, fair
treatment.
We have been informed that
ore from Bingham, identical
to that used in the Fink plant
during the recent demonstration,
is treated for a charge of 81 a
ton at the big smelter of the
American Smelling & Refining
company at Garfield, whereas a
fair profit can be made in the
Fink plant on treatment charge
of 80 cents a ton. The expert
mental plant cost about $40, 900,
and has capacity for the treat
ment Of 100 tons Of ore day.
Taking this for a basis, to build
a smelter with capacity to treat
1000 tons day, and equip it
with Fink furnaces, would mean
an expense Of somewhere around
$500, 600; is quite a difference
from the cost Of construct
ing the Americans Garfield
smelter, which is estimated to
have been over S., 600, 900.
Not only can sulphide ores
be treated with ease by the
Fink process, but oxide and car
Donate ores, both copper and
lead, will yield to treatment most
readily when properly fluxed,
necessitating a remarkably small
amount of fuel. The size of the
furnace can be adjusted to any
character Of work, and Mr.. Fink
expects to treat zinc ores just as
successfully as any other class Of
ores.
One Of these Fink smelters,
maybe more than one, is going
to be built here in close range of
Phoebe mines this year. That is
certain, and we have been in
formed from a reliable source
that a plant crpable of treating
at least 200 tons Of ore daily
can be erected at Bullionville at
a cost of anywhere from $40, 900
to SIS, 600; inasmuch as the stack
and fiues of the old Godbe smelt-
er at that place can be utilized
to advantage. No doubt the old
smelter belonging to the Ne
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