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Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, Warm Springs Mountain, Goshen, Utah County, UT

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Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, Warm Springs Mountain, Goshen, Utah County, UT

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Summary

Significance: The Tintic Standard Reduction Mill was the only use of the antiquated Augustin process in the United States during the early 1920s. The Augustin process was an acid-brine chlorodizing and leaching process in which the ore was first roasted with salt, then leached in a strong brine solution, and finally precipitated with copper to recover the silver.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5
Survey number: HAER UT-12
Building/structure dates: 1919- 1921 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002700

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Date

1921 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Raddatz, Emil J
Madge, W C
Antiquated Augustin Process
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Goshen (Utah)39.95301, -111.90077
Google Map of 39.9530088, -111.9007716
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