Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-26

cries % nutimony we're double fhe4o
Of tho anthony contcnt % nntlmoninl
lead ores OF domestic origin amelied
IN 1913.
Recovery Of Old Tia rsnportnns Factor
Ia anpply.
There we're no domestic tin osoa
sneltee In the United States IN 1914.
though some TIN concentrates wcro
shipped from Alaska 20 0rea, Britain
for treatment and a small quantity 81
foreign tin ore was smellcd IN New
York, This condition makes second
AIRY tin an important factor In sup
plying domestic consumption. The
secondary tin recovered IN 1914 was
equal 10 4ee per cent OF the tin. ne
metal or az oxide Imported Into the
United states during the year Sec
Ondary tin rec0veFias increased from
tf.70e short tons. valued ~ ti9,3bS,-
go, IN 1911. 10 1901 tons, valued
at sif.30t .gGe. IN 1919 The qunnti-
~ recovered az tin was S.s1l tons and
that IN alloys and chemical conn
pounds less tons. Tile value Of the
recovered tin l. arbi,refy and n has
cd On the yearly aveteSc price given
by the "AmaFican Metal Market"
The recovered tin includes the tin
content 81 products made BY several
plants from TIN scrap. These included
some tin oxide. putty powders, etr,,
hut consisted mainly Of tin chloride.
The production o. these compounds u
calculated az metal and not sepa-
rately stated. IN order to avoid dis
closing confidential information. Az
the products are made from scrap tin
and thus conserve tho primary metal
they are properly regarded as recov-
cred tin. Two forms Of tin chloride
are handled commerclaily-sts
and stannous salts. Stannic chloride
Is usually sold either as a water So
luton. called bichioride OF tin. or az
an anhydrous sirupy liquid. termed
tctraohioride Of tn. and Is used priH
clpnlly In the silk Industry. stan
nous chloride Il sold in the form Of
crystals and r. used In dyelng and ca
leo printing.
Most Of the tin oxide. tetraohlorlde
and other products were made from
clean tln-plate clippings OF from tin
liquors left IN dyeing or weightine
silks. The dry chlorine process was
used 10 recover the tin from the clip.
Plugs Ia some places. In others re-
verberatory furnaces were used TO re.
move the tin coating. and a large
quantity Of tin was recovered la the
form Of tin powder by the electroiy.
tic treatment OF clean scrap, the pow
der being sent 90 secondary smelters
Tho largest recoveries Of tin were
made from the scruff and dresses thai
occur In making tin and terne plate
and amounted 10 over 5000 tons Th'
recovery Of tin from block tin pipe
tin foil. and old tin cans was rela
lively small. Only one firm reported
using old tin containers, from which
the tin and solder we're first sweatet
and the black plate rcmelted to mak'
sash weights. Two years of higl
prices for tn have failed 10 brini
about any increase In the recover!
from used tin cans. and there seems &
be no present prospect Of any conser
walton of the large quantity of ~
ssAs for tin plate. which now find
its way To- the unsIghtly dump pile.
The principal alloys In which sec
ondary tin was recovered were babbit
and other bearing metals, bronze
solder. pewter. and clectrotype meta
The increase of tin IN alloys was SINAI
probably because the high price 10
the metal the last two years has caus
cd the use Of less tin In hearing met
ais and solder.