Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-12
MacKay Copper Process Co. Secured
Comes From Riverside Cal and Will Establish $4OOOO Laboratory and Testing Station at Laurel Hill For Dem onstratng Process. by Which Copper is Extracted From Ore Without Heat 4

Norwich is to have another industry as the direct result of the -Thermos boom and through the energy and eff forts Of the officers of the Norwich Industrial Improvement corporation. On Tuesday the officials of the Mac Kay Copper Process company decided to locate their office and laboratory on Laurel Hill and to begin at once work OF the necessary building for their purpose.
 Several weeks ago W. H. Seelev of the industrial bureau of the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad noti- ned local business men that the Mac Kay Copper Process company was looking for a location and officials Of the company had been urged to look over Norwich. A number of cities were visited and when D. A. Freeman. vice president of the company, reached Norwich, he was met by Frederic w. Cary and John Eeeies, and shown all the available factory sites as well as the various places of interest about the town.
 Selected Laurel Hill Site.
 Last week Friday, Henry $. Mac Kay, president of the company came to Norwich and selected a site in front of the Mason house on Laurel Hill. with the consent of the building com mittee of the Norwich Industrial Im- provement corporation, but subject to the approval of the American Thermos Bottle company. In order to get prompt action on the proposition, Mr MacKay went to New York Friday night and conferred with MT. Walker, who stat ed that he had plans of a clubhouse for the site chosen, where automobile parties could be entertained. and he requested that some other site ad- joining be selected if suitable.
 Mr. MacKay returned to Norwich with his wife Saturday evening and decided to remain here until the mat ter could be settled definitely. He en- gagged two surveyors from Chandler & Palmer and as he is an engineer himself he spent all of Monday on the Mason property, running lines to de- termine the grades in order to see if the spur track could be extended to other sites along the river fFent As a result, Tuesday afternoon he decided to purchase a tract of land of about an acre, having obtained options on two plots, enc on the Mason estate al the south end of the lot, and the other on the Cegswell property, ad- joining at the north.
 $4oO0o Testing Station.
 In order to hurry along building plans. the MacKay Copper Process company has rented an office in the Shannon building and carpenters were engaged Tuesday afternoon in fitting up the office for use of draftsmen, etc A modern laboratory and office build ing will be under way in a very short time and the necessary machinery and equipment have already been ordered for the building on Laurel Hill, the entire expense there to be about $40, 000 A building something like 40x7C will be built on the hillside, being one story in front, where the office will be and two stories in the rear. The grounds will be nicely graded and 8 show place made of the property.
 The plant will not be a factory in the strict sense. It will be merely a mode demonstration plant The company has perfected a new method of treat ing low grade copper ores chemically and electrically which gives promise of revolutionizing the copper industry of the country The company has beer at work on the process for three years at Riverside, Cal, and has been highly successful, but as all of its prlnctpa customers are located in the east, Il has found it advisable to establish the model plant in New England.
 The plan is to have ore shipped by carload from the west to the new Norwich laboratory. It will here bf tested and the ore extracted. The cop per mine owners nearly all reside il the east. They will visit the labora- tory while the tests are being made and as a result of such visits the Mac Kay Copper Process company expects to obtain contracts for the installation Of it's system in the mines in the west.