Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-14 | Page 6 | Ore Producers Fight Control

1 ORE lORE PRODUCERS FIGHT Control of Smelters b by hy r State Utilities Commission Is Protested Iro Producers of ot ores and customers of or the smelting plants of or the state protest against tho the passage massage of oC tho the bill blU introduced b by b Representative Greenwood which would would place the smelters under uder tho the control of ot the public commission To that end cud a n number of or mining companies and smelting pl plants yesterday presented a petition to o tho the Lc Legislature Tho The petition peti pett- tion lion follows The undersigned producers of oC ores oles in tho the State of oC Utah and customers of or tho smelting plants I within this state respectfully request and urge that the said smelting plants bo be not included within tho the Jurisdiction of or tho the public utilities commission as proposed d In Hou bill No o. o 28 S b by Mr Greenwood Wo We believe e It Jl Is s impracticable to place smelting smelling operations within tho the jurisdiction of the tho public utilities commission commission com com- mission as tho the ores orell of OC this state ar vary so 80 o greatly In character and cost of ot smelting that It la is impossible to standardize stand stand- and regulate charges As the tho oro ore producers b bear ar all costs of C ore treatment tho the proposed Je legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion would entail additional expense to tous tous tous us as producers without giving 1 us any corresponding benefits whatever The petition is signed b by the of ot the following following- Utah Chapter American Mining l Congress Bingham Mines l company compan Chief Chic Consolidated Western Utah Exploration Ea Eagle lo Blue DIlle Bell Yosemite Utah Consolidated Sliver Silver Shield Tall Talisman man Milford Copper South Hecla Quad Metal Lily 11 Standard Grand Central United States Centennial Eureka Bullion fleck Bock Silver King In Consolidated Sliver Silver King Coalition Judge Mining Smelting Daly aty West est Iron Blossom Colorado Consolidated and tho the other Knight properties Kest Keystone no Dov Development Development Develop Develop- lop lop- ment and Columbus Rex Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated