Show THOSE NEW W SMELTERS One of the old oldest t smelter teen men was talking to an au interested group croup of mi- mi DiD sing men mea on the tho floor of the stock ex cx I change this morning relative ta t the new now smelting plants that have o no ecu l proposed pro 1110 posed by hy the tile mine mino owners of Utah lie He said id that he lie had been in several evI of tho mining sections of this country Mexico co and md Canada where ind independent pendent smelting plants 11 have been built and that almost invariably after a si few ew months or a i years year's trial at tho smelting business s these plants were abandoned The reason n given for these failures was waR that the lar larg custom smelting citing PlantS planta have considerable difficulty in establishing lishing a new plant and placing it on ona onn n a t paying IJ 18 basis So to mm ninny unforeseen obstacles arise in placing these new plants in commission Tt Jt requires a u great outlay of money and t the tho hn employment employ ment meat of the most skilled rd metallurgists l to ascertain ill alj tho requirements requirements' incidental inci incidental indo inci dental l to In handling h ores ors and getting th thor the tho or ores 9 bedded so flO that a perfect Nt saving of or values alues can be made at tho the lowest treatment treat ment charge chargo o possible ibl Those These difficulties fl arc are not count counted d upon b by the independent ent f smelting companies who have o not had the trial of n a regularly rc established lell concern and md the tho independent smelting shareholders become discouraged with their management and give i e up the pro pro- Expert smelter men arc not easily obtained As an au illustration i it is is pointed pointel out that one of the thc valley alley plants which had been mak making nJ mono money sent to Mon iron on than tana f for r a smelter man Tho The Montana man niaz man had plenty of experience in treating treating treat treat- ing the ores oi of that district but hut when he came to Utah he hc found the tho fluxing a 1 different proposition anti and at the tho end of one ono years Cars trial ho had lost Jost matel for his company New smelter furnaces after being beill completed aro nrc not blown in so easily casily as many people would imagine ne For Por instance i ione one of the American furnaces do down 1 the thc valle valley required just six months to lo get I I the metals boiling After bein being blown in th these sc furnaces sometimes will vilI not nol heat up properly Tho smoldering fires have hayo to be withdrawn rD and tho work of chiseling out the molten metal requires a great t deal of timo and considerable expense After constructing some of or these furnaces at a t considerable outlay of monr money some flaws arc found often that require the rebuilding rebuilding- o of the entire f furnace rn ace When announcing a set act timo limo for start lug ing Df Up un new smelting t plants too often a mistake Js is s mado made in the calculation A plant can not well afford to claim its readiness to accept custom ores until it has b been cn running smoothly for somo some time Even under the tho most skilled ann and experienced management a number of obstacles arise Shareholders become discouraged with this this- condition of af of fairs a after ter an outlay of many thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dollars and refuse to give iYe further further fur fur- ther thor financial support to tho enterprise No argument can be bo made against a the mining industry of Utah requiring more smelters In addition to the heavy henvy tonnage ton I nage of ore that can bo mined and marketed mar mar- from tho the mines of this state alone it is tho the outlet for the ores ore of of Nevada a Idaho Wyoming and arid other countries where metals are aro foun found The smelting business is a profitable indus try still men who arc are contemplating providing the mines with ample amplo facilities tits ties for the treatment of the mineral bearing rock should tako tak-o every overy part o of the tho business into consideration and go 0 over o the tho proposition thoroughly A failure in in any anyone one of ot these proposed smelting concerns will be a drawback to mining and the companies now in inthe inthe inthe the field with plants in in operation will ill ho bo given i en further reason for fixing tho treatment char charges es at a price to to suit their own convenience COD As quickly as an independent smelting company begins to fet get poor results for the sh shipper he I will wil immediately seek seek- seeka a now outlet for his ores even at a higher rale rate of treat treat- II ment mente |