Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-07 | Page 6 | Will Hurry Tintic Plant to Completion

HILL MY T1NT8C PLANT TO COMPLETION i Jesse Knight Says Smelter Will 1 Not He Abandoned, but j Erected. i In spite of rumors to the contrary, work on the new Independent smelter at ; Tlntic now being constructed by tho Jesse Knight and aasoclnto interests is being carried forward with nil dispatch, and will bo during tho time bofore spring. This was the assurance given Monday morning by Jesse Knight him- ! self. Mr. Knight was up from Provo on j personal business, and whon asked If I the company was lagging any in the i smelter construction, ho stated with a smile; "We arc going ahead with the plant, rest cnay on that ncoro. and we will as long as wo have any money or tho privilege privi-lege of borrowing money." Mr. Knight stated that development work on tho Iron Blossom, one of his Tlntic properties, was being done as usual, us-ual, but owing to the shutdown of the Color.'ulo, the Crown Point alKo had to 1 cast' up, as the air for the Crown Point came from the Colorado plant. "No work , on the Colorado means no work on the Crown Point," stated Mr. Knight, lie ; states that tho new shaft on the Bock j Tunnel was being sent on down ns usual. Following Mr, Knight's vlr.lt there were ' well-defined reports that tho Colorado ; company, at tho usual directors'' meet- 1 ing on the tenth, will post n dividend of 1 three cents per share. Also that the , Colorado company might enter into n contract with tho American company if possible for Its ores until such time as the Tlntic smelter Is In n. position to treat tho rock from this mine.