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Show 0GDEN SMELTER NOW IN MARKET FOR ORE It was ascertained Thursday that the : Ogdcn Smelting company had succeeded J In financing tho organization, and that active smelting operations would be commenced com-menced as soon as the preparations can 1 be arranged. It was also learned that the company is now In the market for copper ores, and this should afford local lo-cal producers who have been suffering from smelter penalties a market for tho product of their mines. It was stated, ! Thursday, that J. B. Jensen and J, B. t Crltchlow are now actively Identified , with the Ogdcn organization. Geograph- I lcally, the Ogden smelter has an advan- tage over the Salt Lake smelters, for Nevada ores especially. And as tho management was extremely active In the Sagebrush mining camps before Ihu plant was closed, and as It had met with considerable success in the hunt for ores, there Is no reason why the Ogdeh smelter nhould not become a factor in tlie Utah smelting Held. It Is good news for local circles that the owners havo got their second wind after the panic, and that they are now bent mi business. |