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Show I; COST OF UTAH COPPER. I Highland Boy Product Holds the j World's Record at Present. Tho "editor" of a Boston market letter says: "Utah Consolidated is oxpectcd to havo tho extension to it3 smelter com-j com-j pleted about Juno 1st, and will then bo j ablo to increaso itq present output about I 40 per cent. Amalgamated peopla are inclined in-clined to bo enthusiastic over the success J they havo achloved with Utah. They bellevo be-llevo that they are making copper at about the lowest cost maintained by any mining- company in tho world. Two or thrco years ago It was frequently stated that the Utah Consolidated smelter was not properly constructed to permit tho economical extraction of values from Its ores, It using revcrberatory Instead of blast furnaces. In this connection it is interesting to noto that after a thorough investigation of several smelting plants and aftor thrco or four years of experience, experi-ence, It was deoldod to increase the Utah plant by tho Installation of moro furnacos of tho same kind as fhoso already In use." |