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Show South American Ores Are Brought To Utah r i ii i hi , ii nm p i.. ..,.JrTww ' " . ' ' ' K v . , L...,.. . - , , : M. Wallace Woolley, right, of United States Smelting company, show South American ore shipment to customs officials. Reaching far into the high Andes f South America, the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company com-pany scored a triumph for Utah business and industry recently when it brought in for treatment at Its Midvale plant a $250,000 shipment of ore and concentrate. The shipment traveled vio burro, ship and rail from Antofagasta, Chile, to Midvale, Utah, and is the first of a year's contract which the smelting company has made with the South American producer. The lead concentrate is valued at $151.80 per ton and the crude ore $86.76 per ton, a slice of which will find Its way into the hands of Utah labor and into the channels of business. The deal of a year's contract for the ore was closed by M. Wallace Woolley, manager of ore purchasing purchas-ing for the smelting company, and five hundred tons of the same character of ore and concentrate are scheduled to follow for a year or longer. Because the Midvale smelter is the only one in the United States which pays for antimony in ores, the Utah plant had little difficulty in bidding for the South American ore contract inasmuch as the ore contains a high percentage of th metal. This "scoop" for Utah, give credence to the claim that Salt Lake valley Is the world's leading mining and smelting center, and greatly broadens the scope of its activity. For many years ores from all parts of the western United States have been pouring into Utah for treatment as a common occurrence. occur-rence. Every pound of ore that U sent here for treatment means payrolls, pay-rolls, business, industry and a broader market for Utah aricul-tural aricul-tural products. Needless to say, wt must keep this road open. The South American shipment was the largest single lot of foreign ore ever treated at a Utah smelter. The freight from Chile to Los Angeles harbor was between $S and $6.50 per ton, and tha Union Pacific Railroad granted a special rate of $5 per ton to move the product pro-duct from Los Angeles to Midvale. A contract with another large South American producer has Just been signed by the smelting company, com-pany, giving further impetus to the movement which has already been started toward Utah, it is an-nounnced. |