Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-12
Can Treat 90 Tons 2 Day.

The Norwich plant will be able to treat only about 30 tons of ore day and will not endeavoF to increase this amount, the plan being to run the Norwich branch for demonstration purposes only. The building will be of cement and very ornamental. The grounds will be laid out attractively and the trees now covering the prem ises will be retained as far as possl ble, and the effect of a park carried out. The idea is to make the place attractive as the visitors will be the millionaire copper magnates of the country and their engineers. It is by bringing to their attention the beauties and advantages of Norwich that great benefit is expected to be received by the location of this demonstration plant here. Also about a dozen expert engineers, chemists and electricians will be employed at large salaries. They will reside here with their fami- lies. The business will not give em- rloyment to many workmen.
 Men of Energy and Personality.
 To secure the location of this lab crateTy in Norwich it has been neces- saIy for the Norwich men to devote considerable time as other cities of fered many facilities not found here.
 
 in a financial way. satisfactory price was offered for the site and an abundance of capital is behind the en- terprise. MT. MacKay. MT. Freeman and H. s. Montgomery are already on lhe ground and others will soon be eln- pioyed. As soon as the plans for the buildings are perfected and contracts let for the same. MT. MacKay will make business trip to Europe where one of his demonstration plants is in successful operation. Those who have met Mir MaeKay and his associates have been impressed by their energy and personality and believe their com ing here will mean an important ac Gaisition to the city and further de- Velopment of the local resources.
 In speaking of the process. Mir. Mae Kay, who is the chief engineer as well as president of the company, a close corporation, with but five or six mem heFs. said that by this process, of " hich he is the inventor, no heat is used in extracting the copper. The present day sRelteF process has been in use since the stone age. By the MaeKay process the ore is crushed to one quarter mesh and extracted by the use of the chemical and the sending of q current of electricity through it. This preeipitates fine commercial cop Fer. It is easier to show the process at a demonstration plant like the enc to be built and more convenient to the copper men in New York and Bos- ton. Ore can be shipped here and demonstration given cheaper than es- tablishing a temporary plant at each mine. When it has been demonstrated what can be deRe, the company makes a contract on a royalty basis for the liant for using the process to be es- tablished at the mines This process in metallurgy bears the same relation to copper that the Bessemer process does to steel, and copper can be se- cured at one-half to one-third the cost Of the other process.
 The laboratory will be the best that can be devised and it will become a permanent testing plant for the United States, Canada, Mexico and South Am erica
 President Macksy to Live Here. Mir. MaeKay will make Norwich his home He is chief engineer of the company in Frankfort, Germany which he will visit in about four weeks. A spur track will be built to the labora- tory for the handling of the ore Mir. MacKay is particularly pleased ! with the location of the plant here, and in speaking of the reasons for decid- ing on Norwich said it was desirable because of it's good railroad facilities, its water facilities are excellent and vessels from South America can bring their loads here if desired, the advan- tage of cheap electricity, good climate, proximity to New York and Boston. and an attractive spot for the plant. It is expected that the plant will be equipped and ready for operation the first of October.