Show Utah Smelters Assume I Important Role ole in State Four Huge Plants Have 1600 Men l Now Employed The Great Salt Lake valley vaHey leads the worlds world's areas in the tonnage of nonferrous or ores treated in smelters and refineries It Is therefore with great pride that that point to this vastly important important important im im- im- im which plays such tsuch guchan an important part In the mining industry in industry industry in- in and in the life of the state through h the thc millions of dollars dollar distrIbuted distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis in the form of wages salaries salaries sal sal- aries and dividends There are now now four great smelting smelting smelting smelt smelt- ing and refining companies operating operating in ing in the valley each maintaining maintaining- a huge plant for the smelting and refining of ores taken from the min mines s of Utah and neighboring states These are the Garfield copper copper copper cop cop- per smelter of the American Smelting Smelting Smelting Smelt Smelt- ing and Ref Refining nin company the Murray lead smelting plant of the same company compan at Murray the Midvale Midvale Mid Mid- vale lead smelting plant of the United States Smelting Refining and Mining company and the thc copper copper copper cop cop- per and lead smelting plant of the International Smelting and RefinIng Refining Refining ing company at International These plants are now in operation and employing approximately 1600 men at work in the various departments depart depart- ments Another plant of the United States State Smelting Refining and Min Min- Mining MinIng ing company at Midvale is now temporarily temporarily tem tem- closed The payrolls of the smelting plants for the fiscal year ending June 30 1934 totaled 1 1 which sum was considerably considerably considerably consider consider- ably augmented in the past year through increased employment to totaling to- to approximately 1500 more men The valley smelters reached the peak in employment in 1918 when persons were employed During During Dur Dur- ing Ipg normal years employment averages averages averages aver aver- ages men The capacities of the several plants plant in treatment of ores and concentrates concentrates concentrates con con- is as follows Garfield plant copper tons International International Inter Inter- national copper tons Murray Murray Mur Mur- ray lead tons Midvale lead lea tons tonJ and International lead tons This means that in the Great Salt Lake valley a to total total total to- to tal of tons of copper ore can be treated in a year and 1614 tons of lead |