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Show Ill sulfate industry. Lithium Corporation of America undertook a pilot plant to develop processes for extracting lithium and bromine from the bitterns produced by Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemicals Corporation. Their pilot plant was to utilize an ion- exchange process for further concentrating the lithium solution. However, work has been suspended at that plant. Lithium Minerals presently produced in North Carolina, Nevada, California, and South Dakota are presently used in aluminum smelting ceramics and glass. They are also used in the hypo- chlorite form, as a bleach, and in red pyrotechnics. Lithium also has several potential uses in energy technology. Lithium hydride could be used in fusion ( hydrogen) power schemes. Lithium fuel cells are practical and lithium batteries have potential both as a prime mover for automobiles and for use during periods of peak load at power plants. If lithium were cheaper ( January 1974 price for the metal is $ 8.18 per pound and for the carbonate is $ 0.53 per pound), it would be used as an alloying agent in aluminum and magnesium alloys. Although demands are increasing, prices have remained stable for years. PETROLEUM POSSIBILITIES A series of surface seeps of heavy black oil were first reported before 1900 in the area just south of Rozel Point. The oil contains 14.32 percent sulphur ( Slenz and Eardley, 1956) and sets up like tar in cold weather. Oil exploration in the Rozel Point area started in the early 1900' s. To date, twenty to thirty shallow wells have been drilled in and around |