Show the story of garfield Garti eld 7 K the garfield smelter which treats approximately one third of nations copper output Is one of count rys leading reduction plants and one 04 greatest industries editors Edl tora notes note this it is the alist st of 0 a serl of ct eight orioles titled the story of ct garfield garfield Garf leia utah situated on the north rth point 0 of the oquirrh range of mountains virtually in the shadow of historic isto lc black rock on the southern shore sh of great salt lake was named utter after james A garfield twentieth president ot of the tha united states essentially a smelter community garfield constitutes one ot of ind industrial communities supported by the us smelling smelting sm elting works ot of the american sm smelling smelting elting I 1 and refining company which today la is pot pouring tring approximately one third ot of the nations copper into the war effort treating production ol of the borlis largest open cut copper mine utah copper together ur with ith other ores the garfield pla plant 11 w t Is one ol of th the e worlds largest copper smelters shelters sm elters organized in 1899 the american ameail smelling smelting Sm elting 9 and ana refining company first erected a smelter at murray utah and then acquired a number ot of smaller smelters shelters sm elters operating in salt lake valley with development ot of the utah copper ore body the Garil garfield eld plant was constructed construct el in 1905 and equipped with six ber atory furnaces turn acea and three copper blast furnaces together with necessary ro asters and copper converters with the advent of 0 notation flotation and the depletion of ct high grade direct copper smelting smelling sm elting res dres copper furnace practice was abandoned in favor ot of smelting smelling sm elting ImprOTe improvement ment in the smelting smelling sm elting practice together with the advent of 0 basic lined converters expanded the production that could be economically treated in a cod copper plant and today the tha eld smelter not only reduces copper concentrates but also handles a large tonnage ot of low grade sulphide hide concentrates and crude sulphide ores to together 9 ether with tonnages ton toa nages ot of sUl clous gold silver ores the tha smooth precision lake operations at garfield causes one to almost overlook the magnitude of 0 the plant and the industry it represents in utah As an example average yearly figures show that tons ot of ore and concentrates are smelted smelter at the garfield and aad murray plants ot of the Ameri american cun smelting smelling Sm elting refining company this tonnage originates originate a in utah colorado u nevada idaho and california bringing utah closer to the west as a smelt ing center in this ore cubic fc act t of at natural gas are consumed A total ol of is paid out irl in wages and salaries to approximately 1200 workers expenditures tor for supplies and equipment amount to and ils is paid to railroads lall roads tor for freight on ores orea and supplies aupp lles succeeding articles in the story ot of garfield series will appear intili publication |