| Show american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company s position in relation to utah s industrial magnitude and value by W J oconnor in this article one ne of the series offered by the mining ining Mf review to emphasize the importance and tremendous value of the metal coal and related industries to the prosperity and growth of the state of utah the author gives a clear insight into the operations of the american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company and its stimulating methods of doing business in this field of operation editor HE american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company was T THE organized in 1899 in the state of new jersey for the purpose of doin doing 6 a mining 6 smelting smelling sm elting 6 and refining business this company P proceeded proceeded roce eded to acquire mining 6 properties si sm elting plants and refineries throughout the world and eventually grew into the largest metal corporation in existence in 1902 they built and put into operation the murra murray y plant equipped with eight lead blast furnaces with a capacity of 1200 tons per day for the purpose of treatie treating all lead ores mined in the ca contiguous territory to the salt lake valley this plant has been in continuous operation and at p present resent rec receives aives lead ores from all the utah camps i and from the sur surrounding rounding states in 1904 the guggenheim W J OCONNOR interests investigating the utah copper property decided to assist in financing this company by weans of the purchase of worth of bonds which ill turn gave birth to the erection of the garfield plant of the e american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company which treats the e copper concentrates produced at the utah copper mp anys plant at magna and mostly all the dry siliceous manager of the utah department american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company ore produced in the intermountain region tributary to this plant in the initial stages of the operation of this plant blast furnace practice was followed but today all ores at garfield are smelted smelter with the much more efficient and economical the garfield Garti eld plant has proven one of the most progressive res metallurgical institutions in the world and a great rk many of the important improvements now utilized in copper metallurgy were conceived and perfected at this plant unquestionably this is one of the most up to date efficient and economically operated copper shelters smelters sm sin elters in the world the business of operating a custom ore smelter consists of buying the crude products from the mine smelting smelling sm elting the same and producing a lead or copper bullion which nhi is shipped east to be refined and a saleable leable sa product produced for the fabricator and consumer it also involves the function of being banker as the producer of the ores is paid on the date of delivery and sampling the various smelters shelters sm elters of this company are equipped with automatic mechanical samplers which are absolutely accurate in their operations and in consideration of the care and caution that takes place in the sampling the statement is herewith made that differences in ill ore value per ton have been absolutely eliminated in the operations of their smelters shelters sm elters this company aims to give perfect service to the miner he is at all times welcome to witness the operation of any and all parts of these P plants lants and is cordially received and clearly instructed with details of all these operations how the companas Comp anys mining department functions the company has established a mining department consisting s of a corps of able mining engineers who at all times welcome dekome the presentation of mining prospects and mineral bearing projects the prospector and mining operators are at all times welcome to receive counsel and aan advice lice as to the geological condition of a property and its financing or any other question which may arise ahse this mining department also possesses a field in acquiring for this company properties of merit which they develop and at the present time a considerable number of mining 6 ventures are being 6 thoroughly Z developed where a property is in the preliminary stages z of development aid is given in reasonable smelter rates and all efforts are made to assist in placing this property on a sound producing 6 basis as this smelting smelling sm elting b company realizes that the fundamental basis of the prosperity of the mining industry inures ingres to the benefit of its custom smelting smelling sm elting business for the prospector aid is given in assaying and analyzing his ores his prospect is carefully examined and lie he shutdown of the utah copper company that perm permitted bitted the silver producers of utah to take advantage of this hib aih rh price of silver in one month at this time one of our local mines oj obtained an output of tons of highly siliceous ores and the garfield plant was the only plant in the entire united states that could readily absorb this tonnage b without reducing the tonnage Z of any other producer after the expiration of the pittman act this same plant 1 keenly ecail y realizing the drop in value per ton and the hardship thereby thrust upon the shoulders of the producer willingly reduced their smelting smelling sm elting Z rates so that toda today y siliceous material materi al very low in value can be shipped from utah mines at a profit what has heretofore been said about the howerin lowering 9 of 7 A az AL 10 the almurray plant where the smelling smelting Sm elting of lead silver ores is conducted is given an absolutely impartial and unbiased opinion as to the value or economic importance of his discovery and in that way is helped to develop his meritorious enterprise the efforts and ainis aims of the mining and smelting smelling companies are mutual therefore recent progress resulting in economies of smelting smelling sm elting operations have been voluntarily passed on to the miner in cheaper smelting smelling sm elting rates when the pittman act was in force it was due to the efforts of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining 6 company in Y in in face of the kee keeping pill r r garfield plant operation Y smelting sm ni elting rates on copper ores can be equally and trutha truth 1 applied to lead ores and here again ag ain the economies ed out and the successful lowering of treatment costs h hae been passed on oil to the shipper value of companas Comp anys operations to the state to give one an idea as to the value of the Amer 11 smelting smelling Sm elting refining company operations to the state of 0 utah the following statistics are presented 1 men employed 2 2221 pay roll per ner year tons of charge smelted smelter smelt ed gozs of jo nv au produced of jo ag produced tons 0 of j lead tons of jo copper jang fuel and fluxes sd EZ 1 COl warehouse supplies tons of jo coal purchased I 1 tons of jo noo coke purchased posu v 1 total freight pud paid per nd ca year j the 0 operations of jo the custom lattis smelter IDI have eq ZA been considerably to sider ably improved the ores consigned by the producer mon are air carefully s sampled mechanically and thereby crushed to oi the proper ozis size for the ro asters these I boasters roasters ro 13 eliminate the atil dIns sulphur antI content and then the ore ST is conveyed to 01 furnace pim and smelter smelted smelt ed the X furnace operations produce on a copper matte clr carrying 0 the gold 0 and silver values which iu are was sent to ol the converter dioz aaita where a high grade blister nac copper is prost this application of the flotation oid process ss ui in the treatment of jo the lo 10 ores sa for a while caused an additional burden at 11 the shelters smelters sm elters pue and these difficulties t mainly mechanical mak were 0 successfully solved PUB and today X flotation concentrates salu cause ot no serious stomas impediment in tit their successful operations sv As v an u economic factor tit in the prosperity and industrial welfare of jo the state IUIS of jo utah the various industrial and mining Q enterprises of jo the tle american u smelling smelting Sm elting refining company axe are of JO importance they id provide apao employment for a great number of jo people which tit in turn creates an available purchasing attis power for the various agricultural products produced poad paon tit in utah and for merchandise ij from ulo the gill many hilttu stores pur and institutions of jo salt ilus tel lake D city the mining industry pue and its sj allied sm elting P operations fr tn c JA apr aar 41 n f ae R aej 1179 jurld yn jaddo auoe alg sno adv deuced Z P which in tit turn 1111 11 is S transported east for refining 0 most cr ill the copper doz jd tilya refineries salla zur are located on ito the eastern seaboard lip aue n to their close proximity to oi the eastern metal markets sj he of JO lead 10 ore is S procedure sv as to 01 the all treatment a medhat more complicated the pral lead ore aio if j a sulphide is si meled and roasted c and pu charged tit in a blast furnace with the aj proper amount bullot of jo required pi flux and iod coke and a bullion produced which ST is refined ua in the atil cf east Is I 1 late years the character of the LU material a 1 L I 1 dal received D I 1 A P U at I 1 the 4 smelters sm altus elters sl from the producers has changed pal due to ol the of jo the all flotation oid process ss dau are the backbone of jo input industrial guills welfare they smil provide pk employment for thousands they provide the greatest percentage 0 a of jo cil traffic bijj for the railroads and they provide the qa largest amount of jo state taxes for boj the operation of 30 our 1110 state givis affairs directly plue and indirectly mining st is the most valuable industry invaluable ilsie X to 01 the state plue and ju at C all 11 times sawn must q be carefully j b fostered plue and stimulated by the aill best interests for boj the benefit of JO all interests tit in utah tit in which d policy the PI ay iy LUV american uc smelling smelting Sm elting 9 refining company heartily joins |
