Deseret Evening News | 1904-12-17 | Page 19 | Salt Lake One of the World's First Smelting Centers

I Salt alt L LaKe a One V e of the V World w o 9 s First r i st Smelting g Center so Copper Production Production tion Will Approximate fiftY Million Pounds This Year Y car the t the tho thom min In InIng W ing lug Industry would be In lu n ns III WITHOUT W X bad n a fix ns ne a 1 wagon minus minus nil all Its IU wheels wheel or 01 tm us r AI as A a I railroad train Iraln without nil ah lo to pull pul It U The rho mines of ot this ills state sin with lIh very few tew tho Iho pun purly Y gild Enid producers producer could not operate Pl j I It Pre r not for tor the reduction plants hat me haVe been provided At a 1 coat chat I Ito to the millions of or dollars Toe T two are nr a one on could net very vOry veil Mil do without the other mid ti U good gool oo I many other could not pros proa I well It for tor those r Fr r quite so JO not nor I s i erectly directly applied to 10 mining During tho the past pant tow few yc yours rS remark rk I I progress has Illis boen been made In thu Ih thui I III II building up tip of ot the smelting enterprise i In II Utah Uth In this regard has haa I t Urn been directed principally to tho the Salt halt u take Lake valley where all oil tho the custom 1 Mint ore arc located II OF Wf WE j A few tw conW In ro re roo reF F roots of ot tho the state have pro lIra Ij i j Med l d plants for tor their own on proportion properties ut practically oil nil the wealth produced In tide this mountain commonwealth comM comoa l Hi rough through the tho arteries of at tho the smelters at nt atI I Murray and Junction i considerably moro than 1 I p ed through these avenues last par car ar and nearer will have havo hn vo voi i i ome me Into circulation elro In tho the same way wn when rhea hen the curtain rolls down lown and the tha par ar INI 1001 liar hall panned ed Into hl ur urA A BEEHIVE OF Ol ACTIVITY So Fo active has hils tho the smelting smelling Industry become In tho the Salt Sail Lake valley that t I the ie e farmers who settled In this fertile I Hot ul have raised ral an alarm for t r fear foar their places will be devastated of ot vegetation elation a some Bomo means moans aro are provid provided ed td for far tho the control of ot tho the Increasing volume of et smoke emitted from the tho thet thoS t S ks at the tho several plants This tatter ratter was wall brought to tho the attention of cf f the smelting smelling companies by the tho ho land owners not long ago and while the tho problem Is not one ono altogether easy of ot the tha former farmer hope to find a rem remedy edy 4 for tor the rendition before tho the crops of at r rat year begin their plant life lito Some Homo of ef the tho most noted lIot lI lave have been employed to conduct a I series eerie r rt d investigations Inv of ot tho the trouble and Hue talented gentlemen havo hao been procured only at nt great grant expense to the tho corporations most directly interested interested GREATEST O S I CENTER Salt Sail Lake is rapidly becoming tho the greatest smelting smelling center in tho the world end and niS substantial progress was WI made mado In that direction this thin year All MI of ot tho the plants located hero here have havo spent largo large i urns rums of ot money In providing additional equipment to Increase treatment ca FOUR THOUSAND TONS DAILY The four tour great plants south of ot the city are aro now handling approximately 1000 tons of ot oro ore dally and plans are aro being considered to greatly Increase this amount NEW LEAD PLANT Up to a II very recent date tho the Amen Ameri American can tan Smelting Smelling A Refining company which owns the tho great works work at nt Mur Murray Murray Murray ray was tho only buyer of ot lead ores The rhe other othor the Utah Consolidated toted Consolidated and Unit United i ed States StAtu being equipped with furnaces Intended only for tor tho the treatment of at copper cop copper copper per ores arts During this year roar however the Ins United States company broadened Its Ita sphere of ot usefulness by the tho conn con can construction of at a 0 new now load lead smelter at a II awit acost cost wit approximating a l little over a l half halt million dollars and for tor tho the class claes of at orts ores mentioned Is In tho the market In competition with the tho American Tho The Plant pant has not yet been beon blown In In Intact f tact fact t It Is II not quite completed but will willbe te be early arl In tho the new year Enlargements lave Ilave RIo also been made mado to the tho t o copper smelter smeller which Is le turning out cipper bullion at the tho rate rato of ot about 18 13 iiO pounds annually Tho The load lead i has hos capacity for tor tho the treatment cf ot about bout tons tona of at oro ore dally dailY AN INTERCHANGE OF ORES OnES ORESA A year tr ago ogo tho the American Smelting It company had In contemplation fr far this year the construction of ot a II aPr Pr r r smelting plant to cost cf ot Tho The project would have havo havet ha 0 t I n carried through perhaps had It ft It r t b wen been oi for tor nn an arrangement for tor an nn anI I change of or ores with the Bingham f r The latter hatter having a n aI nI 1 I P reserve of ot lend lead ores In its own r t s II had about concluded to Install a aI aI I 1 t stack slack But Hut Under the arrange arranger r t Into with the tho American t latter Is to receive all nil the tho lead f r 1 the BI q Con mines It Itt ItC t C f t or nr In tho the markets On the ther f r K r hand tho tM American switches a all nil p Ih l upper ores It purchases over to tho the t I plant at Junction w re It undergoes treatment By Uy this i tiT rr T a groat deal has been saved FI to 10 both these concerns in int t ing to 10 keep pace with the tha rapid de des den s n of ot the tho mines In this and ft r stoles for nearly all nil the tho ore orel l in Nevada Novada comes hero for tor re ra reo raa a as RI well as a n 1 good portion of at oft t tonnages yielded by the tho camps of ot Idaho and ond Colorado As it ItI I i the tho American has hI not been com corn comP P Piled fInelt lied to build bund a II complete copper plant and the Bingham Con has hM found no not nor t r easily for tor a 1 lead lend smelter neither H hf h v had to 10 worry worry about where its Ils fluxes es are to como come from tr ln if It the tho supply cons runa short hurtt Both Doth companies however a Juf IV L i iI J i t JV II I y I ii iiI r f f I lw I Iy 1 I I Th I I cb hD 0 p y pG s 1 v y u 0 n t i u I A I Q 1 r 10 t 1 It f f l 1 r i ii K r r 1 i 4 17 k Wh y 1 lj a HEaR aRgAr e COM 5 V r pY rJ It of I II Ij I j f j jre f re ret ref f t f i iP t P t i The Mighty Daily Ore Tonnage of Chief Mining Camps e havo hlo made malic additions to their respective plants CONS COMA NEW IU The hits Inu added new W copper furnaces to its lis equipment bringing the dally dall vapidly capacity up to 10 1000 tons lone of ot otoro ore oro out of ot which copper bullion is I a b bIng be beIng Ing lug produced at the rate mt of ot about 17 11 pounds annually The Amen Ameri American can lute lias added new facilities for the Ih ie re I of or ores other than copper In Increasing cruising creasing Its capacity accordingly It does doos turn out some copper bullion however at nt present about pounds annually UTAH CON Tho The Utah Ulah Consolidated whoso whose hote lung lungham 1 ham mines have continued to 10 perform wonders by Increasing their ore re reserves reserves serves found It expedient to Increase its output and at nt an All expense of at about made such enlargements ns as alhus hog has enabled tho the company to trent treat one halt half as much ore oro In a n day dRY as was ns pos possible possible sible albie n a 1 year ago and Is making copper nt at tho the rato rate of pounds annually TONOPAH AND ORBS onus The discovery of ot and Gold Goldfield field neld In Nevada and the general prosperity pros prosperity which has bus come cone over other othor sec see sections lions of or tho the mining west during tho the past year or m ro through the smelting companies operating In the tho Salt JAko Valley hoe has been heen the mean of ot bring bringing bringing ing many hundreds of ot thousands of ot through Salt Knit Lake hake channels Two years ago San Ban Francisco I had the tide decided advantage In freight rates but through tho the Influences of or loon local open oper operators atone Salt Lake has ha been given nn an even chance with the result that tho the 1 o t l Rt r Ir Where Ores From Utah and other States Are Reduced 1 business front from that section or tho the greater creater portion of at It has hili been turned this way tray wa Through these th Influence Salt BaIt Lake lak business houses hOllies have hao en cn enjoyed enJoyed joyed trade from this quarter but not what they could have had had thoy thoyl been l as N alert as liS the a smelter neller managers In going after new nw business CON EQUIPMENT J The Tune Consolidated Is operating operating ing with five copper furnaces the tha fifth firth one having been installed only during the past few tew weeks kl The Tho converter do de doJ J contains contain two I YO converters of ot extra large laree else and muffin nn unusually large traveling crane eran Br Dr smelting men man this department Is Ie pronounced as being the tho most mOlt complete ns as compared to 10 other plant In the west wt westA A feature In the construction of at tho don Con con smelter worthy worth of at note Is I the big balloon flue fine which collects practically all the valuable duo dust which 18 is collected dally and brought down to the tho press preen after atter pawing passing through this machinery it Is 19 In shape for tor ro The duo 1110 mentioned In Is about yards in length Tho The equipment of ot the smelter has been made automatic u as ne sit possible and H 19 otherwise otherl a story ery modern plant Mr W H II Nutting serves the com corn company company pany pony as nil UK its II smelter II having been bien associated with It almost from Its Inception I I II IN REMINISCENCE HE I The credit of ot having operated the first smelter In Utah Iah t tah has been given by I I II U 1 I r rt J l it I 11 t I n nil il J I m f Ir I hI t a t j rV 1 ut I II I I I t E I A l a i iI iI it I I f t I I various pioneers to the Woodhull Brothers who ho operated a II plant In the TOa TOs 70 s At nt Gordons near tin tie mouth of at Big Cot Cottonwood ton wood canyon canon Their plant plantS was S a crude affair but It served serval the this purpose and probably did as al well ae a any other smelter could In throw those days when the tho science clence of ot metallurgy was wal not ns as well voll understood as II It Is II now As AI Asfar Asfar i itar far tar an as being n a money making proposition lion tion the smelting smelling business buln thin then did not pan out very ery well and most mOlt of ot the nit early day plants built about the time the Woodhull operated theirs were we usual usually ly Iy short lived MILLER MOUNTAIN PLANT PLANTA lI NT NTA A furnace built for the 11 Miller Moun Mountain Mountain tain lain mine In lu American Pork Fork canyon cany n Is I said ald to have IUle made money nor IU its own owner owners er ers era until tho the oro orn pinched when It Il was wa forced to close F JI A built and operated a R small plant near the Warm Springs In III this city elt with wIll eon success surce Later latr he found Stockton a prolific field Buel Duel ft R Date late man built buill a smelter about bout I miles In II east It of at Sandy for the treatment of ot ore ere from Alta Alth AI and about aboul 1870 1876 It WM was leased to o Maher A it Geist who Increased the ca capacity capacity to tons The rile Saturn was wu another of ot the early ear smelters built tor for I Smelters Have Hove Become the Commer Commercial Commercial cial Life Blood of Utah Alta Alia lIa ores This plant was al built buill by John AN W W Kerr Carr a familiar character rb In la mining circles about that time IX IN I AND The smelter was waa AI built In heaver county below the Harrington It A ds Hickory mite mine now owned by the lb Ma Majestic jestic Capper Colter company the Horn Sliver Silver also 1110 built buill a plant lant In Beaver Deaver county count and sad the slag 1 I pile tile I In the tb edge of ot the town lown of ot Frisco II Is still lUll In evidence canyon obtained Is I first smelter In n 1178 1818 when the Out Ill owners owner of ot the tae tb Uck mine mint provided facilities for far reducing the ores or mined mIne from that property That year the Mingo which bloh was w op operated operated entel at Sandy Iud until less Jill than four foul years Ira ago wa was placed pieced In commission OF 01 TUB THE After Ube the Ih Mingo came Clint the Germania at Murray which was AI established by Hillings This wu was w the most mOlt complete plant built up UI to thin this time During the th latter years year of ot IU Its service T R It Jones now at the head had of ot the purchasing department of ot the Unit United United United ed States Mining company served erv the Germanic as M Its III manager Doth Both the Mingo and plants plant were w ab absorbed absorbed b by the American Smelting h Ra Re Refining fining company about live years Jar ago Soon after these deals deal were trade made Ilia de C CW CI Cw I W who had ha been man manager manager manager ager of ot the East Eal Helena IellI smelter came cameo came cameto to o this city to serve pers the lilt American In Inthe Inthe inthe the same puns capacity He still officiate white while hlll Joseph M X I Is I assistant manager and It K D recognised ai at being one of ot the most moat thorough smelting men in the th west I Is I superintendent dent and Is I In m active charge eh of ot the operating department The old Han Hanauer Hanauer I auer smelter the ruins rutna ot of witch till still T I p Jf J Z W r o j J JI I r i ff i I I r rn 1 1 M i n f g 1 n V VV j V t tl tR tI l l 0 A R 1 l I IJ f 1 t tY tI r Y J I c I I I 1 t h i 1 1 n l UNITED U STATES SMELTING WORKS AT BINGHAM JUNCTION e How Smelter Owners are ara Energetically Encl En Enin Engo go aged od in its Solution mark Ui its It location user near Murray wa Will op operated rated crated from 1170 up to about six Ix years eara ago 10 when what It was a blown out for good the property b being purchased by br the tha tb American Other early IRrl day smelter am era worthy worth of tome dome mention The They were wee the dan din built at Went Welt Jordan lu 1871 1818 by New York fork with whom was Will as associated Jacob E K and Simon lemon Hamb i ifer gar fer r Tho The plant treated from r 1 no 0 10 to tt toni ton per day diy and after b lm In corn com million for tor a 1 number numb r of It yean ar Will was sold and 14 abandoned During the i allowing year 1874 1814 as an outgrowth of or the Jot Jor Jordan dan mine Carson CarROll A Boar built the Jordan smelter Later the th i plant was wal operated by L I 1 H K Holden Hold father of A AF AF F Holden the present di dl director db rector of the United States Mates Mining com corn company pan pany The Th property subsequently passed to a French company and Is le now a part of the tile United States elates company do malna at It BI lb Several other plants plante were werA operated among amon them ono one at In Leamington Mu lard county but It proved lu to lit lie a all tall allure allure ure SKEI ING OF or COP J H Attention was wat lint ant paid pileS to capper smelting about 1810 UM when Halt aalt Lair subscribed to a fund Uhl raised no as noa n na asa a bonus bonu for tor the building of or the coppet coppee plant northwest or of the dt city Ity which watt was never operated It was wal tu equipped with expensive machinery but the company became ao so heavily Involved In debt that the lie courts court were called upon to settle natters matter The pawed passed ld Into Inlo the bands handi of at the Lewishon broth ens r rl of ot Now York Now these th noted capitalists have han become heavily