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Show GARFIELD PLANT TO BE ENLARGED. Huge Smelter Will Be Made One of Largest In World at Early Date. Few people realize the Importance of the Garfield Smelting company's plant on the borders of the Great Salt Lake. When first constructed. It was stated that the capacity of the plant would he l.Ofio tons of ore dallv. After operations had been started. It soon was learned that the capacity of the plant was altogether Inadequate to meet the demands of the customs shippers to this market, and a larger plant was planned. Additions hao been made to the Garfield smelter from lime to time, until today it runs along normally at 3.000 tons of ore, and when a large stock begins to accumulate ac-cumulate the plant capacity Is run up lo 3,o00 tons every' twenty-four hours. A few months ago, after Ihe Utah Topper company had absorbed the Boston Consolidated, U was announced announc-ed that the output from these copper properties would be at least doubled as soon as additional mill equipment could he Installed. In order to m-e the demands that will be made upon the OarfiVld furnaces, plans hae been completed for enlarging this plant. Some new reverberatory furnaces are to be installed, a numher of additions made to the equipment and a new stack to he 350 ffet in height, will bo built at once. This will he one of the highest stacks In the world The old ftack Is 300 fet high, and has an Inside In-side measurement, of forty feet. The new stack will be higher, hut the capacity ca-pacity will be smaller, as the flues are to be about eighteen feet In diameter. diam-eter. Within n year's time the additions planned will he eomple-tod, nnd the Garfield plant will then he one of the largest copper smellers in the world It will he able to produce about 27.r tons of metallic copper each day, or not less than S.00.1 tons a montli. At this rat" 16,000 000 pounds of hlister copper will be produced at Garfield each month In the year, nnd most all of this red metal will come from the mines of Bingham. With the Increase In capacity will come an Increase In the operating forces. I'pward of 2,000 men will be employed, and this will be one of the greatest copper pi'oduclng centers In tho world. |