Show p L Beaver Carbonate te Hosting Works YAMPA MINES TO CLOSE DOWN DU Bingham Company Ceases Ce ses Operations at Mine and Smelter Tomorrow All AU mining and smelting operations at atthe atthe atthe the Tintic Mining Development com corn properties at Bingham will wili cease tomorrow and over 40 men will wi be thrown out of ot employment Manager C C W V Sax Saxman Saxman Saxman man has ha posted notices at the properties to that effect and the tho word is out that the closedown is to be indefinite The mine has been producing and the smelter converting into matte between and 00 6 tons of ore per day The difficulty in se securing se securing curing fuel and cars car in which to handle the ore are are given as a the chief reasons for tor the closedown It was stated at the office ottice during the afternoon that no attempt at resumption would be made until the fuel and transportation problems had been fully tuly solved so there is little likelihood that the mines will be open again for tor several months While It Itis I itis is not admitted the belief bellet Is that the price of copper and the dead dea market for that metal have something to do with wih the business The Tho Yampa company is now Installing an aerial tramway between the mines and the smelting smelling works and the capacity of the latter are being increased by the ad addition addition of ot another mother furnace and three thre additional McDougall McDougal roasters It was wa wa said at the offices that this th work would be carried along without lion tion tIona as would also the Installation of ot the I new compressor plant at the mine The closedown closedown to that extent will be b a benefit company rather than tha a detriment wll to the During the past six si months to a year the company has had troubles trouble enough over the fuel question and the transportation transportation tation of ot ores between the mine and smelter smelter smelter ter to bring gray hair into the scalp of ot ofa ofa I Ia a wooden Indian When there was fuel tuel to keep the furnaces running the Cop Copper Copper Copper per Belt road roa could not keep up the sup supply supply Ely ply of at ore and when the ore oro was wa corn com cornis Ing is there was generally a shortage of ot coal and coke Frequent or partial of at the smelter fol followed followed followed lowed and the costs cost of ot operation were correspondingly Increased The grade of the Yampa ores Is such and the develop development develop ment mont of ot the mines has been so systematically carried out that the company is under normal conditions in ina ina ina a position to make copper as cheap as a any company in the country countr but the task of at trying to do business without assur assurance assurance ance anc of ot a a steady fuel supply and plenty of ot cars In which to move the ores to the smelter has become too great and the theman management man gement has decided to wait walt until unU Its It own system of ot carrying crIng ores has been installed and anI until enough fuel to insure a a long run has been accumulated at the te smelting works in Bingham canyon |