Show Smelting In Utah J. J c A f t. t r h 4 j f a y t f 07 1 r j h 4 4 11 11 L fi 71 r 1 f tV e yf r. r 1 f Y J r t A l I 1 di 2 f df jj 1 r. r if tr- tr 1 r Ji-r f JJ I n 1 6 J J ii r J v w J r. r Jl M 7 t f J r u- u W V. V J tw ti M. M oJ X z kS W r h f v Y e A. A k r 17 If tJ tC z w 7 t J 1 Ji f fO i 4 Oh W lit ti 11 z tY- tY t Zi l' l Iff l 1 I r 1 j w. t-w. t. t s. s t J ft i l v- v I J W r- r rr r 4 i f N 3 1 fl L P. P r 1 M J 7 0 1 i v j 1 L v m t I n 4 fir S J f K gf fi w f Ii aai Bauer Dauer Utah one of Utah's major industrial centers where ores from Utah and other western states meet for reduction Editors Editor's note Inasmuch as ns smelting is one of Utah's leading lending industries a n. series of six articles has been prepared on Smelting in Utah the first of which follows fol fol- fol- fol lows The alchemy of mill and smelter by which metals are released from the crude ore constitutes one of Utah's major industries The states state's smelting industry is represented by plants of the United States Smelting Refining Company Company Company Com Com- pany at Midvale American Smelting Smelting Smelting Smelt Smelt- ing Refining at nt Murray 1 and Garfield International Smelting Smelting Smelt Smelt- in ing and Refining Company at Tooele and Combined Metals Reduction Reduction Reduction Re Re- Company at nt Bauer Lead smelters are located at Murray Midvale 1 and Tooele with copper smelters at Garfield and Tooele These plants together tog with the giant metallurgical twins at Gar- Gar field and Magna the two largest flotation concentrating plants in inthe inthe inthe the world make Utah the worlds world's leading lending smelting center Ores from all over the West Vest and at times foreign n countries are shipped to Utah for concentration and smelt smelt- ing Naturally mining and smelting go together One complements the theother theother theother other an and together they are fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing the battle of increased costs inherent in pr progressively deeper minin mining and lower grade ores both bothof bothof bothof of Which are problems in Utah Smelting has become an in industry industry industry in- in separate from mining During the e early erly days of Utah mining many companies built their own smelting plants with little or no success Custom smelting smelting smelting smelt smelt- ing was the outgrowth of these experiments The second article in this series feries will appear soon in th these se columns |