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i T e s f s of Northern 7 Ontario Fuel Satisfy. ', Legislature ls T o I d l A processing plant to treat lip-i, nitc will be in operation in Northern ' Ontario by next September as part of the Ontario Government's pro- gram for the development of the Onakawana tign.te field. W. G. Nixon (Lib. "rt?mcrkiiminp,), told the Legislators ._\,esterdu,\. The people of the North were patiently wait.. ing for the field to he brought into! production, he said. F L In telling ot the results of sex»: eral tests made with lignite. Mini Nixon said that ttgmte dried under 200 pounds pressure had worked when used in locomotive engine: and in furnaces and stoves in pri- vate houses Some tests had been conducted after lignite had been mixed "Hit coal, and, generally speaking. the results "ere satisfac- tory. The new plant nould process Jignite under 400 pounds pressure. Mr. Nixon told the House. Labora- tory tests had indicated the advisa- hility ot adopting the steam drying process at that pressure rather than It 200 pounds. It was the opinion,' of the experts that results of tests, under the greater pressure would; be even better than those obtained,' to date. I The tests. however, had been made _ with lignite dried at 200 pounds pressure in a drying unit established _ at North Bay. Lignitc trom thenew ' plant would be that much better. _:' The plant. when completed, would , be the only one of its kind on thef continent, Mr Nixon said. Dim-, culties had arisen in the obtaining, of some needed equipment from the § United States, but steady progress) had been made since the Govern.. ment. decided to erect the plant. He: . said a plant with a boiler satis-' factory to the requirements of the) proposed plant had been located at Peterborough. [ Mr. Nixon said it had been sug- gested to him on more than one, occasion that it would be possible:' to fire the lignite seams in thei Onakawana deposit. He intimated! he didn't think this practical. , "The moisture content of the' lignite plus the nature of thei overburden, will, 1.believe, dis-i courage such a process." he said.; adding, that gasification of the lig-i mite might, however, offer a field' for further study. i