Show THE OM elii ELTI beij pi tap effla I 1 biml commercial ORE SMELTING CENTER OF UNITED STATES LOCATED IN SALT LAKE COUNTY present investment in plants po power vcr rouses and machinery machiner aggregate thousands of mers men being employed in their operation S SMELTING MELTING salt lake courty county is today the commercial 0 ore oie smalling smelting sm elting alting center of the united states tho th mammoth plants tit at tooele thoele midvale Mid valo murray and garfield now employ an avei voiage a M e of 2470 men and pay them wages of their other run ding expenses taxes and fixed charges annually double that amount amoin it besides the distribution of divi dividends denas and the thrusa thousands lids spent for improve meiba and up to date facilities for reducing ores their pre jnes ent investment in plants power bouses a and n ol 01 machinery aggregates aggra gates TWELVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY I 1 THOUSAND OLLARS DOLLARS D besides theli their large holdings in lands mining claims and mines tife the four plants havo havis s combined treatment capacity of tons daily the latest feature la Is the facility for treating creating low grade lead and zinc crep heretofore una callable val lable this maans reat d I 1 ait f A t b asa rin inow stows TTo wS S M n d jp rort in the union in the product production on of ol 01 load lead ores utah also stands second in production of silver fourth as aa to copper und sixth in gold the tota value vallio of all ores smelted smelter in tills tate state in 1911 has been placed at s the output for 1912 is expected to exceed this amount concentrating STILLS MILLS te many concentrating mills in this abate play a large part in handing the ores from the time ilme they leave the mines most every large mine has its concentrator near by much of mineral output Is of such a arade that it can be treated economically at the smelters shelters sm elters as it comes from the mines prine principal apal among adiong these concentrators in the state are aie the grent great magna alagna and arthur mills of the utah copper company at garfield employing fourteen hundred sixty men the plant of the olio ohio copper company at lark the united states smelling smelting Sm elting company at midvale those ot of the silvor silver king daly west daly judge ontario and garsel 1 i at park city the cyanide mill of the consolidated mercur gold mines company at Aler mercur cur the Dingli arn now haven the redwing and utah itah apex at bangham and that of the south utah mines s company at newhouse there are many other similar plants in tile the various mining dla dis arto 1 arto of the state it is estimated that these mills represent a total investment v of it that they em ploy 2510 men and carry a monthly p syrol 13 ro I 1 of salt lake county takes an enormous toll from this industry most alost of attic output fron from the mines in the state come to tins this county for treatment at the shelters smelters sm elters thence the bullion is shipped eastward for refining THE international the in national tor lonal smelling smelting Sm elting refining corn coni lisny bas completed its splendid new plant alanl near not the largest in ill the state nor the greatest in capacity but modern in every armi arn 1 anent compact thoroughly equipped built on oil economical lines and ides des fined to play a large laige part in the ilio u ture development of the commercial Indu industry itry of the tain tall west IV est its dally daily capacity for copper ores la fifteen hundred tons while the lead furnaces handle five hundred additional tona per ir day adny the mammoth chimney rising L to a height of five hundred ed fifty leet feet and twenty five feet wide at tho top op and all buildings are of brick and steel construction these with i he sm elting equipment cost THREE MILLION DOLLARS tile the company first opened its offices in sat lake city early in 1909 and on april ground was vas broken for I 1 or the alie pa plant ant on july arth 1910 governor william spry lighted I 1 lie first fires under its five furnaces furnace i four of which are now treating copper res ores received arom rom the mines of uenh nevada idaho and montana at present the ores from t the lic bangham district are arc carried over tho the oquirrh range to the plant by aerial aeral tramway the donelo valley valey railroad connects iv wail ih the laks route at a dis of about seven miles milea from froin the smelcer smelter and provides a means of transportation for tonnage L to and from the plant as ag well as passenger service between the smelter and jhc thc th old od and new towns of tooele thoele railroad is owned and operated b bv the smelting smelling sm elting company I 1 THE UNITED STATES C COMPANY 0 the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company 4 op aerated Z extensively in utah it main cairis offices in salt lake opera operates tei the centennial eureka and bullion beck mines in tintic gintic and old jordan galena niagara and telegraph Te graph L mine in bingham two concentrating mill and a huge smelter at midvale utah it also has smelling smelting sm sni elting a and d refi refining plants at needles and kennett call forni a at gr craselli aselli indiana and chrome new jersey tile the united states smelting smelling Sm elting at midvale was completed in 1902 it has cost DOL roil at 0 t and general equipment p iid nt and has a daily capacity of twelve hundred tons tona of lead ores and eighteen hundred tons of copper ores it handles all five of the metal ineal ores taken from ae the mines I 1 es of utah though Us principal al output at present Is ia lead albil the present equipment of the com company at its cone concentrating entreating ent rating mills and in Bm elter delter for saving and sm smelling smelting elting the 1 xeric brenc from tile the complex ores of itt it own and surrounding su I 1 mine j has greatly increased tho ImPort importance ace 0 its plants to the mining industry 0 this hils region this company was waa tin first to erect a complete oi af its smelting smelling sm elting plant and it is now op aerating thirty four blast furnace without aily any smoke or fumes leavin its stack by this system it reco recovers arsenic and several valuable sad s id as products byproducts by AMERICAN SMELTING ELTING SILI AND RE PINING FINING the americal Ameri cai smelling smelting Sm Sul elting and refining ning company begar its operations in utah in 1898 i took over the old germania han hai auer tho ahr ibex smelting smelling Sm elting company 0 leamington leavington Lea and the Pennsyl pennsylvania pants then smelting smelling sm elting doaa ores prin cl ci pally in 1902 th the e present plant at murray was built at a cost of 1 the furnace building powel powei house and storehouse are arc all of brick and steel construction the file plant has a dally capacity of twenty two hundred tons toll s of ore th the eight t blast furn t alies an and d twenty seven roasters asters ro are arc used in treating treatie lead ores lead copper ores sill clour s ores iron iran ore and gold and stiv silver er ores there are five miles of railroad on oil the ground and forty houses bouses belonging to the company in the vicinity of its plant for the use of its employees the big garfield plant of this company treats only copper borei at present handling the entire output of the bingham mines of the utah copper company and does a general commercial smelting smelling sm elting tills this plant was built in 1903 1900 it is also of brick and steel construction and has a dally daily capacity of forty flap hundred tons tile the blast furnn furnaro Ca building is feet long feet wide and 92 feet high it contains faar blast furnaces jur furnaces naces six rev erh oratory 7 awu av u S aiH meaer ne otera of aa IHs is graat L compa compart com J together with its power houses aud and other buildings cover an area of eighty acres |