Show UTAH TAH CONTINUES LARGEST NON FERROUS SMELTING CENTER t Ii 5 I IS e P Pr S 4 1 w o S r C 1 fi S 4 S S 5 S e t 4 e J S 'S tJ S I S s If 2 f jr V jik e If I I f r 7 S 4 rf y- y S f irp fI C ft I t 4 t fi fl cI e e t 1 continues to b be the largest X WOrld arld smelting center in the largely du dUff dus to International company Dany activities The 1 In standing of the state was SOlute due fue jeopardy six years ago to the I lead character of available ore for smelting The Inter Inter- Ll a s Smelting 1 lant plant at Tooele closed down lackin lacking lackins an ore determining on dismantling dismantling disman- disman th the Ji Tooele plant of the Inter- Inter c smelting company that decided to make a broad ore survey that was to cover t SUPply V of the territory Q tributary tary I 1 Smelting center J character acter of Jf ore supply and 1 look ok survey Urvey to determine outlook out- out lIe ln j jj for Il future ure ore ere supply July j of 1922 sufficient I l Secured cUred to 1 ore was operation start the Tooele plant plant- In Inn i the on n it its Us minimum scale be e It survey SUl y was got under way y to fC II Continuous one a the he Utah sentence the tle acuteness of lead Cation mining and smelting b k- k as of that time can best besty express expressed ro by y saying as an incon- incon fact that if lf the metal metal- etal Practice of six years pears a ago ere ut back ck sUPPlant Plant into force now to J Dr r cent present P practice ce over 65 of Utah Utah's s lead Production f it its r n nate part of silver ind gOld Would stop that immediately the e Intervening six years' years time OP eal Smelting company have Jt te expanded until now Utah annually by ap ap- which sum out through its Us various ou f I t operations for payroll purchase of and taxes Its various owned and controlled Utah operations operations operations opera opera- i furnish employment to over indirectly in indirectly in- in 2000 men with an equal number directly furnished employment due to its operations MINES EXHAUSTED The economic survey went into the problems of ot ore ore- supply and metallurgical metallurgical metallurgical metal metal- practice At that time the lead mines of Utah were virtually exhausted of devel developed ped ore due to the war and postwar time demands for heavy production with scarcity of labor that had stopped proper development programs Nearly Nearl all of the available labor had been held at ore extraction It was quickly learned that In fu future future fu fu- ture as in past more reliance rellan e could be placed on the three main min mm- mining mining ing districts of Bingham Tintic and Park City as sources of supply supply sup sUp- Bingham Bing fling Bingham that ply than any others Also ham and Park City had virtually exhausted their easily smelted ox oxidIzed oxidized d. d ores and that their product almost al almost at- at most entirely would be a mixed I zinc lead ore that caused high costs I In reduction I Capital for mine development work was not coming into the state determinations had beep been Two major arrived at First a metallurgical advance advance- would have to be developed that would make possible proper dressing before smell smelting ng of a large ore supply for forIt forit forit part of the probable it to be economic Second mine development de development do- do work would have to be speeded up to secure ore tonnage tonnage- Since capital was not coming into the industry this simply meant that smelting companies that wanted to continue their operations' operations Into the future would be compelled to invest invest In Invest in- in mine vest large barge su sums of money in development operations To secure these the two remedies meant expenditure re of large sums sums- of money On the part of f International al Smelting company it me meant pour pouring ur big new capital investment ing a into what tHen appeared to be a defunct plant That company company de decided decided decided de- de by to attempt a rehabilitation expanding Its Its' geological al department was In Increased n creased and the largest cal research depart department ent of any Utah smelting company was started MOSTLY SULPHIDES The metallurgical study developed the fact that most of the available iea lead ores had a heavy zinc content To sulphides and that they were directly smelt such lUch ores required quantities of iron ion ironto addition of large Jarge blast furnace charge for purpose purpose pur pur- to pose poso the of eliminating g the zinc a The he zinc was not recovered and a large part of the high cost smelting 01 op- op was devoted to handling material material ma- ma oration value value- that was economically less This problem was met by dovel- dovel selective flotation for tor cuStom cuS- cuS of operation re re- milling tout tom concentrating the lead and In suited into high grade separately zinc products The high grade STade productS forwarding for for- by smelting reduced costs of JW- JW much warding to blast furnaces a smaller quantity of mat material rial to be smelted to recover the s same 11 quantity quantity quantity quan quan- of I lead cad and eliminated the zinc problem In Ip November r of 1924 International International company started operation ration of a ton cust custom Jm selective flotation flotation flota flota- tion mill at its Tooele plant to mill le zinc lead sulphide ore Success of the enterprise was immediate te and it forecast sucha such nich sweeping change In metallurgical practice at Utah lead smelters that a number of hf other companies followed tho the lead Indicative of tho the v value lue of ot this development it can be stated that it Is extremely doubtful if any Bingham Dingham lea lead mine and half halt of the Park mark City production could successfully successfully success success- fully meet operating costs under present lead prices were it not for this advance of flotation The ThC Tooele null mill has been enlarged by I stages tags until today it mills approximately approximately 1200 tons daily dally of this type ore For the state at large Jarge flotation has resulted in saving much of the tIle zinc from front sulphide ores that previously previously pre pre- had not be been n recovered Utah ml mining ing companies are now re receiving nearly annually from fron such Buch recovered metal However How HOw- additional Income is ever that much smaller than the increase re received received re re- for such ores due to flotation flotation flota flota- eliminating most of th the tho penalty penalty pen pen- tion the plant for getting alty at lead tine zinc out of the way In a a. word this means that Utah lead leod smelting either had bad to supplement Plants with a smelting operation I their for most of flotation mill or og rely d. d their tonnage on ott mines so equipped WORK SPEEDED UP The geological survey turvey determined determined de de- de that exploration work worle would h have ve to be speeded up both at the old mines and in new properties properties prop prop- was met with the same aggressiveness ag ag- ag as as' as had been applied to the metallurgical problem The geological staff of International Smelting Smelting- company was tl tripled in size and made available Without cost to any mining company available wishing its service At the same time this staff combed tho mining areas of the territory for tor likely pros pros- This resulted in n a Utah smelting company for tor the first time in the history of Utah Utah- mining acquiring acquiring ac ac- ac quiring prospects purely on g geology without such properties having a an anore anore ore discovery to go on In Its mining program International took tool over tho the old Highland Boy Doy mine in Bingham in April of 1924 changing the name to Utah Utah- Delaware Mining company For some months it was operated at a a. loss of thousands of ot dollars monthly until the zinc lead-zinc milling operation opera opera- tion Lion got under way the tall fall all followIng following following follow follow- ing its acquisition The force foree of over men who had looked forward forward for for- ward to soon being out of work ex expecting ex cx- the tile mine to close down has had continuous employment since Operation of Utah and Tunnel Tun Tun- nd nel property which adjoins the Utah Delaware mine at Bingham has been financed for several years by loans made to that company by bythe bythe the he International Smelting corn com pany The next mine venture was purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of the North Lily control This property located In Tintic ad adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining the Tintic Standard property prop prop- erty has since been developed Into a big mine that is now producing over 20 0 tons of ore daily dally furnishing fur fur- employment for about men The attitude of the tho International International officials for sound economics is illustrated at the North Lily Usually su th a mine development is followed by the building of its own housing camp at the mine However however How How- ever the tile town of Eureka Eurela a few miles distant already had housing and utilities available The North Lily company contributed to a fund with which to 1 build a good ro road d from Eureka to the mine and the mine force Is transported rt d in buses from Eureka saving the waste of abandonment of many Eureka Eurela homes home and business houses NORTH LILY PROFITABLE While the North Lily proved a profitable exploration such good fortune fortune for for- tune does not attend all exploration efforts International Smelting company spent In exploration exploration exploration tion work w-ork in the Yankee property In without finding ore Then control of the property was acquired ac ae- ae and the mine shut down With further geological disclosures res resin in the district due to the further development work that will be done the Yankee will at some future time undoubtedly be 00 reopened and another another an an- other exploration campaign begun gun gunin In It The Tho North Lily company ac acquired acquired acquired ac- ac nearly complete ownership of the East Tintic Co Coalition proper property ty in Tintic This property is now idl idle but will wm he be explored as the spread of development work from th-a th North Lily area extends toward It I In Park City the International In addition to being a a. minority stockholder stockholder stockholder stock stock- holder In the Park Patk Utah Consolidated i ed Mining company has acquired controlling interest in the tile Park 1 Nelson Nel Nd- I. I I IFan son Fan and Park Premier Premier and and the latter lat 1st- ter tel controls Park Empire Park Jark Cummings and Park re Central mining companies These hlo holdings comprise comprise com corn prise several se thousand acres of land in jn what is believed to be the easterly easter easter- ly extension ot of the Park City bellof belt bell of Development program there is now under underway wa way Although these major problems of the smelting industry are being solved by the International at great expense the economics affected been BO so important that t smelting metUng costs have been materially reduced Utah mine operators have bave been surprised surprised sur sur- with a succession of ore tr treatment treat treat- at ment rate reductions until now new they are the lowest in the history of the Industry in Utah This is a major factor In it being ing possible for many mines to continue successful o operation opera opera- ra S tion There are additional metallurgical problems to solve and there are more mines to bo be found International Interns Interns- Smelting company is committed com corn to a program of or continuing Its research and geological departments departments departments depart depart- ments In this work v COMMUNITY WELFARE RE REIn In community welfare the International International International Inter Inter- national Smelting company has be bein n of great tance With the smelting meltIng plant at Tooele closed down clown that town was stagnant Today it is thriving since the tile company's employment of over 1000 boo men provides the tile living for foi five-eighths five of the population o othe of the county count with its annual payroll of at the smelter and Valley railroad The company com corn pany rany also pays sixth one of the taxes of the count county At the tIle North Lily th the the- employment employ employ- mert ment of an average of aroun around l men with a payroll of over materially helps the town of Eureka Th The Utah Delaware mine and Uta Utah UtaI Metal Tunnel oper operations at Bingham Bingham Bing fling ham with a mine force of men and an annual payroll of over contributes much t to the support of Bingham At Park Parle City the tile force at present is small since development develop develop- ment work is in preliminary stages the payroll there running at the rate of close to fl ft a year ear Should the exploration result in a new mine being op opened ned the town of Heber Hebor and Summit county would be materially ma ma- enriched A summary of oC the ohme of i business business busi busi- ness transacted d b by the 1 International al shows that it annually clears a freight bill ll of close to on onore ore Ore and supplies lIes r mo Into and anti out of the tile smelter and its various mines It annually bu buys s 's between and worth of ot ore mostly front from Utah mine operators opera opera- tors who In ill turn spend the bulk of that money for lor or labor and supplies sup sUP- plies in their own localities I ORE TREATED The Tile Tooele plant now annually treats tons of ore produces tons of lead lend bullion tons of blister copper and tons of zinc concentrates These products contain about ounces of sliver silver In addition to its payroll the smelter b annually re requires requires re re- quires worth of ot supplies including tons of coal nn am and J coke to the tile benefit of the coal mining min mm- ing ng counties of oC the state The railroads haul cars annually annually an an- of freight into and out of the plant to move mOYe the Ore coal coke and supplies In In and the copper and lead bullion and zinc concentrate out Tho The relation of the tIle company compan to the is steadily assuming an increasingly important aspect In Tooele two years ears ago the housIng hous hous- Ing ng situation became acute This was the natural result of a rapid and steady growth in population following the very poor years from 1920 to 1922 when most mast western metallurgical plants lants were either shut down or greatly curtailed In 1926 very few new houses house had been built in the tile town of Tooele for about ten en years and many of the very old houses houles were becoming almost unfit for tor human habitation Yet no local organization or 01 individual would start the new house construe construe- lon tion program which was WaR so badly needed as th they y feared eared for the safey safe safe- ty y of such investments It seemed evident that tIle the International International Inter Intel national Smelting company would have to lead load off in order to give ive others a feeling of confidence in tho the future of the tIlo town A sum of ot 50 was vas made available by the smelting company compan to the International International International Building association an as association association as as- made up of smelting company com corn pan pany employee for or the purpose of starLIng starting a house-building house move move- ment The Tile first step taken by the association was the purchase of a n. desirable piece of or ground about ton ten acres in extent This property was subdivided into sized good-sized lots which were sold to smelter em em- ploys ploy's at low cost This move helped materially to stabilize the price of lots all over Tooele Next thirteen brick houses ran ranging ranging rang rang- ing in jn size from four to seven pe rooms were built for members of the Tooele staff nt tit |