Show abre iw HOW LEAD MINES FATHERED UTAH SMELTING 4 n w ak va 7 jav tt v evl wo i tin 0 4 al lead smelter s 1 in utah by W H EARDLEY manager midvale plant of united states S R M co OT silver not gold not copper N NOT Is greatest breadwinner its prize product is lead though you may be awed by the tremendous tonnage ot of copper from one camp you will learn from carefully kept statistics that lead has surpassed it by 47 during the 71 years from 1864 to 1935 inclusive tons ot of lead was produced against tons ot of the red metal lead ore cropping from the ground gave the first intimation that this might be a mineral state and lead mining gave birth to the first smelting smelling sm elting operations here it was in deaver beaver county about four miles milea northwest ot of the present site of 0 Miners minersville ville in the year 1858 that the extraction and reduction of 0 the metal began isaac grundy and associates dug some ore from what ahat was called the rollins colllns mine since named the lincoln the lead in III the rock was ideal material for or bullets to shoot indians melting it out was the next task A crude furnace was erected by grundy jesse N smith tarleton lewis and william illiam barton it was the first smelting smelling sm elting plant in utah the ball having started the search tor for lead mines spread soldiers under gen patrick E connor discovered ore in rush valley mining called tor for smelting smelling sm elting almost as fast as mines were found turn furn aces sprang up one of 0 the earliest was built near stockton in 1864 it was purchased by 1 I S waterman in 1871 and Is said to have been operated successfully tor for a number of years also in 1864 a second lead furnace was built at stockton by the rush valley smelting smelling Sm elting co formed by officers at camp douglas that summer and tall fall six other smelting smelling sm elting furnaces were erected in and around stockton some got no further than their trial runs by 1866 ore was being produced in little cottonwood canyon southeast of salt lake and the smelters shelters sm elters followed follow locating usually in the vicinity of the city where water was plentiful lead strikes at bingham further stimulated smelt er building in salt lake valley the first to ship bullion was the plant of woodhull bros in september 1870 from 1870 to 1874 there was an epidemic of new plants and a steady growth in size and efficiency reflecting the development of new lead mines deaver beaver county scene of 0 the first experiment eipers ment came back into the picture with smelters shelters sm elters at shaunty springs and Al galliford alliford liford in the late nineties with better transportation por tation many combinations and consolidations took place fewer and bigger plants were in order mills were built to concentrate low grade ore preparatory to smelting smelling sm elting by 1911 the dozens ot of little plants had bad coagulated into three major smelting smelling sm elting companies the lead smelter ot of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining co was constructed ted at murray in 1902 the plant ot of the united state S R al at midvale in 1902 and that of the international smelting smelling Sm elting co at tooele thoele in 1911 flotation Is now used in the treatment of lead zinc ores by the U S S K R al co the international the combined metals reduction co at bauer and the silver king coalition mill at park city the merging ot of the smaller smelting smelling sm elting companies into larger ones made profitable the production ot of ore theretofore too low grade to mine and smelt and actually increased the demand for or workers this Is confirmed by figures compiled tor for december 1935 it places the number ot of tons ot of ore milled in zinc lead flotation plants at tons ot of charge treated at lead sm shelters smelters imel elters tars tons ot of coke used at lead smelters shelters sm elters tons ot of coal used at lead smelters shelters sm elters 1553 1563 gallons ot of oil used S at lead smelters shelters sm elters teet feet ot of gas used at lead smelters shelters sm elters cost of supplies and equipment used paid railroads for or freight on products received and shipped men on payroll at lead smelters shelters sm elters and lead zinc flotation mills 1387 estimated number of men employed in utah to produce fuel used by lead smelt ers 93 estimated number ot of men employed in utah to produce scrap iron lime sand and lime rock used 45 estimated number ot of men employed la in utah by railroads to handle freight in and out ot of lead smelters shelters sm elters and mills total number of men directly employed in utah to carry on lead smelting smelling sm elting operations 2080 estimated dependents pen dents for each man employed 43 number ot of persons in utah directly dependent upon lead smelt ing assuming that the number employed indirectly to raise foodstuffs stu effs furnish heat light water and amusements manufacture vie fie goods used and transport and distribute the commodities to the workers and their dependent families Is as great as the number directly employed we may say that nearly persons persona in utah depend on the lead Indu industry atry tor for support and this does not include the men employed at the mines to produce the or ore e treated |