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S ww-N ww t If SMELTERS OF UTAH r UTAH I d A. v f T With every condition combining to tomake make 1915 a n most favorable year ear from ergo tho standpoint of ot tho rho smelters of ot tho average amount of ot ore oro treated especially ally copper an antI and J lead cad willbo will wilt willbo bo be neater greater b by far tar than In previous years cars With 1 th exceptionally exceptional high prices s prevailing prevailing- for tho production of oC tho the state It Is predicted will bo be tut t great rent If It not gr greater than tho the production production production pro pro- of t 1913 a notable year and In Inconsequence Inconsequence consequence the amount of oC ore treated I by the smelters will be corresponding corresponding- correspondingly I ly great Sleat Last year car and thus far this year a areat great reat many experiments wore carried out at tho Various smelters In an effort to do awa away with smelter fumes and also to save a n greater reater amount of oC the byproducts As tho result of ot the hl high h the prIces Immense stock pUce plies of oC or ore at one or two of ot the tho smelters arc being rapidly worked up for tor the lead and md copper contents anI and only onh producers producers ers ers of ot carbonate and and siliceous siliceous- ores have preference o a and d find n d ready mar mar- trot r At the ther the American Smelting Refining In Ing Ing- plant at nt Garfield thousands of at dollars have ha been spent In carrying out improvements and at several se new processes have have- been beon worked out with Ith more or less legs success The Tho American American American Ameri Ameri- can plant at nt Murray has been quite Quito successful In a a. new method of ot treating treat treat- luG ing fumes while at the International plant at Tooele the tho company compan continued Its work as usual Salt Lake City Is looked upon as the mining and smelting center of ot the thO west wet as aa ore Is lIS shipped here bare from Nevada California Washington Idaho Oregon Colorado Montana Wyoming and Colo i rado for tor treatment With all of or toe the plants In n operation this year ear a n. a. a large amount of ot oro ore has hns been handled and before tho the year rear comes to an end the they will have bravo a n. record production as groat as that of ot 1913 t Last year car tho the old Yampa plant at BIngham passed out of or existence Up to September 1 1 1910 It was as one of or ofilia orthe the tho most active plants of ot the tho state having been fitted for a a. capacity of ot 1 1200 00 tons of ot ore per day After ACtor the tho property II was closed down the tho machinery ma ma- chiner chinery was wrapped and placed In shape shapo so that operations could be ro- ro at nt nn any time that it would be found convenient con After being Idle for nearl nearly four years ears the property was as sold RaId out In Its entirety and has been dismantled At one time the plant was ns as well wen equipped as any In the state The Yama Tama smelter was owned o by the TIntIc Tintie com om- om pan pany When When When- the Utah Consolidated t d closed its contract with tho the Garfield Smelting SmeltIng- company at Garfield the Yampa was induced to give o up the tho business of or smelting ores and turn turnover turnover turnover over Its contracts to the tho Garfield This resulted In the closing of or the plant I In the matter of at production the of ot this section will this year exceed an any previous record Thus far tar tho smelters have handled close to worth of or metals While the production of ot the state will undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- I ly Iy be greater this year rear the smelter production It Is believed will wm be much greater than the production of ot ores in Utah because of ot the Immense quantities quantities ties of ot ores that are being whipped shipped in from neighboring states This year car It is predicted tho the gold sold copper silver il an anil l lead productions will be bo much greater than an any year ear of ot the past Before BeCore the close of or 91 the metals began to show a n. gradual Improvement improvement im Im- provement wi with th better botter markets and much more Interest In mining These conditions have remained the same Lihus thus far this year ear and aro expected to to 16 continue the same sarno for tor somo time to come In 8 1305 there were ere eight smelters In Utah and during during- that year Yet tho they were with one exception all running The Tho names of ot the plants and their dalI dally daily I capacity are American at l Murray 2000 tons tone per day American at Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field tons per day Independent t nt ht O Ogden den tons per da day Yampa at BIngham I 1200 OO tons per da day United States at Midvale Utah and Eastern at Shem 50 SO and the Majestic at nt Milford which was not in opera opera- tion Their combined capacity was tons tons' per d day These Those have e gradually gradually grad grad- ual dropped out of ot sight Bight with the exception of ot the two American plants and the tho United States plants In 1910 tho the International plant camo came Into ex existence ex- ex and has since continued to operate having a capacity of or 2800 tons per por day A brief historical sketch x of ot the smelting industry in Utah shows that tho the Smelting Refining company compan the oldest t and ind most permanent perma perma- permanent nent of oC tho the smelters of ot the state was waR built about 1569 1869 and though primarily rl- rl manly marily a a. lead refinery was smelting other ores in 1874 ISH This plant was In continuous operation until 1902 when whon I It was replaced by the he Murray plant of at tho American Smelting Refining company compan In 1870 tho ho Wasatch smelter was turning turning- out base bullion while Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan began the works later called tho the In 1872 At this o Bristol and Da Daggett built bunt and operated at BIngham can canyon on the Other Hm smelters were built b by par parties tieR more or less Ius familiar Ct with tho the silver lead smelting smelting- business business- and most of or them found aCt after r an experience ence eneo of ot from ono one to h three years cars that I they wore were losing mone money and so abandoned aban- aban their enterprises As an instance of ot tho lack of ot knowledge of ot smelting In those days there rna may be cited the case of or Waterman a a. two furnace plant thero for tor a month one or theother theother the theother other of ot tho the furnaces was down for tor cutting out Tho The ore are of ot perhaps 10 per cent sill silica en was wan q quite Jito base but but It was suggested that tho they should add Iron ore ore- as aa was done at other works This a accordingly obtained a n. purport purported ll iron ore and ard fortunately for them It was a R. stained Iron rock rocIe Thin ThIll added t to tho the charge solved the tho dICU- dICU culty From 1885 1886 to 1890 of at tho the same twentysix twentysix six ty-six smelters there thero remained in operation Of Ot these four tour none nono are aro In exl existence toda today About 1900 began tho smelting of at copper ores chien chiefly from the tho BIngham district At this this' time there were built the United States the BIngham Consolidated the Yampa and the Utah Consolidated Consolidated In 1906 the works at l l were were constructed co followed b by the tho International in In- Pine canyon canon near Tooele on which work started on December S 8 1908 1905 Tho The plant was completed July uh 24 4 1910 and has hafi since operated |
