Show 1 TO BUilD THE SMELTER Bingham Copper and Gold Company Lets its Contract CALLS FOR QUARTER MILLION The GIlletteHerzop Company of Minneapolis Gets the Job Keen Competition for the Work Mr O E Wellcr of Boston Make the I Award Competition Presided Over by 3dv W H Nutting Active Construction will Begi at Once the Site is Settled Upon contest for I most spirited After a Plrle 3 which Arer the general olllces of the Bingham and Gold company in this ham Copper the city were the arena and In which talent In the coun i ablest englnccrlner llcnt try was engaged for a week the contract con-tract for the companys new pyrltic I carried oft by smelter was yesterday crrIed oI the Glllcttenerzog Manufacturing of Minneapolis Minn Tho company o Unneapols award was made by Mr O E Yeller of Boston who Is serving the company as treasurer and Col O P Pose the general manager The stakes ore big and the contest between the bidders was as stubborn as ever witnessed over involving no less n Western contract 1nvollnl than 250000 this In addition to orders or-ders for furnaces oC a particular pattern pat-tern that had been previously placed Every Inch of ground a fought In a field that was fairly and impartldlly presided over by Mr W H Nutting I I the companys superintendent of construction con-struction and while there were dteap polntments not n competitor but took his hat of to the adversary when the decision was announced Tho task which Imposed as much upon the representatives rep-resentatives of the company as it exacted ex-acted of those who sought the contract con-tract disposed of active construction of I I the projected plant will begin at onco the site has been definitely settled upon Any number have been tendered The latest and one that commends itself as mote desirable perhaps than Its rivals Is that with which the United States Mining company owner of a large area along the bunks of the West Jordan river has expressed Its willingness tu part l not only l offers every advantage advan-tage but with the United States company com-pany to rear Its proposed plant in the same locality it Is neighborly With tho furnaces of the two In the same locality a new and THRIFTY SMELTER TOWN is at once founded The Idea Is an entertaining en-tertaining one and Messrs Poey and Weller are taking kindly to It Howl How-l there Is no need of haste although Mr Gillette who personally represented repre-sented his linn In the fight for the contract con-tract binds himself to have the struc turo ready 1or the company In live 1 mouths That he will accomplish It I he docs nat for a instant doubL HP has done If before and with the aid of Mr Xutttng who IB conversant with every detail In the undertaking can see tJc no reason fpr slightest delay lie took part In tlfe construction of the Highland Boy smelter and erected for the Cochltl Mining company for which Col Posuy Is the manager thc monster mill at Bland N M On the other hand Mr i Xuttlng superintended the construction I I S of the JBImotalllc smelter at Leadvllle S of which the Bingham company1 plant Is lo be a i counterpart and he has no doubt that the smoke will be belching from time the smelters slacks i on schedule S In the meantime work upon the great L S Bingham ynines that have made this 3 undertaking possible will continue as I S in the past The ore bodies are mas ive they have becn Intelligently S blocked out and with connection between f be-tween the upper workings and main I tunnel completed the outlet for the ores becomes an ideal one Treasurer Wel ler an Manager Posey Is most enthusiastic enthu-siastic over results that have been achieved and with the smelter In operation S ope-ration tH earning of dividends wi S have commenced In the adoption of the pyrltic process the management has hit upon the most economic method I S for HIP treatment of ores of which the companys bonanza Is productive S Again It antagonizes no Interest whatever IS what-ever as Its product can but add to the supply upon whch the custom plants are reliant for steady and continuous operation Indeed the undertaking IH I S it peace with all the neighborhood and none but wish it earliest completion |