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Show r# " Utah possess the means of producing sulphuric and hydrochloric ^ cids, which are so improtant to a chemical industrys and with cheap power, nitric acid can be added to the list. With cheap power, the alunite deposits near Marysvale nay become the source of aluminum,,, as well as potash, and magnesium will sooner or later be derived from the brines of the lake on the flats to the West, to reduce magnesium metal from its salts requires 12 to 14 KW hrs per pound of metal, hence a difference of l/ 2# in the cost of power means 6 or 7# P « r ounce in the production of magnesium^ The segregation of magnesium chloride from the brines is a worked out processa Tiers is no place where this phase of the operation can be accomplished as cheaply ras in northwestern TJtahp where the whole thing can be done with a combination of natural evaporation due to the hot, dry climate of the summer and natural refrigeration during the cold winter months « Practically all magnesium metal produced in the country is made electrolytically from magnesium chloride0 Looked at as a magnesium deposit, tha binres of the lake are almost without limit « I?. LIMITING FACTORS; 1 -- turn - t---- A - Water B - Power Water in excess © f our present supply is needed for agricultural expansion, for the sustenance of a larger population mad for cooling purposes for the generation of power by steam ® Cheap industrial power is necessary for the industrial growth outlined. Utah ko'f has plenty of coal but little available watere The Great Salt Lake Diking Project is offered as a means of obtaining this water cheaply*, - 6 - |