| Show 7 i t or HOW LEAD MINES FATHERED UTAH SMELTING 71 A A M 1 I s 2 t W by W H EARDLEY manager midvale plant of united states S R M co OT silver not gold not copper NOT nis is greatest breadwinner It its prize product Is lead though I 1 you m may ay be awed by the tremendous tonnage ot of copper copper irom from one camp you will learn from rom carefully kept statistics that lead has surpassed it by 47 during the 71 years fiam 1864 to 1935 inclusive tons of 0 lead was produced against tons of the red metal tead lead ore cropping front from the ground gave the first intimation that this might be a mineral state and lead mining gave gave birth to the first smelting smelling sm elting operations here it y was in beaver county about tour four I 1 miles northwest of 0 the present site Y of 0 minersville millersville Miners Millers ville in the year y that the extraction and reduction j of 0 the metal began isaac grundy v and associates dug some ore irom from what was called the rollins kollins mine 1 since named the lincoln the lead 1 in the rock was ideal material lor for f bullets to shoot indians melten melting j it out was the next 1 task A crude crud A furnace was erected by grundy ft J jesse e s 9 e N smith tarleton lewis and WI william am barton it was the first 1 smelting smelling sm elting plant in utah i the ball having started the search for or lead mines spread soldiers finder gen patrick 11 1 1 connor discovered ore in rush valley mining called tor for tinz almost as fast as mines were found fur far aces sprang up one ot of the he par earliest it was wa built near stockton in usg it was purchased by 1 I S waterman la in 1371 and is said eaid to have been oper operated atea successfully sully L lor for a number of 0 years also in 1 15 54 a second lead furnace was built at stockton by the rush N valley ileya smelting smelling Sm elting co ormed formed by officers cerr at camp douglas that summer end fall six other smelting smelling sm elting furnaces were erected in and around stock stocal ton some got no further thau their trial runs I 1 by 1866 ore was being produced lit in little cottonwood canyon southeast of salt lake and the smelters shelters sm elters followed locating usually in the vicinity of the city where water was plentiful lead strikes at ringham bingham further stimulated smelt er building in salt lake valley the first to ship bullion was the plant of woodhull bros in september te 1970 from 1870 to 1874 there was nn an epidemic of new plants and a steady growth in size and efficiency reflecting tile the development of new lead mines beaver county scene of the first experiment came back into the picture with sm smelters smelt elters erg at shaunty springs and milford tord in the late lale nineties with bel bei er ar transportation por tation many combinations and consolidations took place fewer and bigger plants were li in order mills were bu built lit to concentrate low grade ore preparatory tp to smelting sm elting by 1911 the dozens ot of little plants had coagulated into three major smelting smelling sm elting companion the lead smelter of 0 the american smelling smelting Sm elting refining co was wag conducted at murray in 1902 the lant ot of the united state S R il at midvale in 1902 and fiat ot of tle international smelting smelling Sm elting co at tooele thoele in 1911 flotation Is now used lit in the treatment ot of learl leafa anc ores by the U S S R I 1 M co lie international the comb combined ned metals reduction loiL co at bauer and tie silver king coalition ral mill 1 at park city the merging ot of the smaller smelting smelling sm elting companies into lar larger er ones made profitable table the prod c tion alon ot of ore theretofore too 1 I w grade to mine and smelt and aid 2 dually increased the demand f i r tg es t g this Is confirmed by fi figures compiled tor for december it alces pl ces the number ot of tons 0 ore mined milled in zinc lead flotation plants tt lt tons ot of charge treated at lead smelters shelters sm elters tons ot of coke used at lead smelters shelters sm elters i t tons ons ot coal used at lead smelters shelters sm elters 1553 gallons of 0 oil used at lead smelters shelters sm elters leet feet 0 g gas a s 11 4 used at lead smelters shelters sm elters 24 10 0 0 cost of supplies and eq equipment used paid railroads tor for freight on products received 1 and shipped men on payroll at lead smelters shelters sm elters and leado lead o zinc zinc notation flotation mills 1387 estimated number of 0 men empl employed byed in utah to produce fuel used by lead lenra smelt ers 93 estimated number ot of men employed in utah to produce scrap iron lime sand and lime rock used 45 estimated number of 0 men em ii j aloyed in utah by railroads to 1 handle freight in and out of lead I smelters shelters sm elters and mills total number ot of men directly employed in ut utah I 1 ah to carry on lead smelt smelling smelting sm elting I 1 nj operations 2080 estimated dependents pen dents for each man employed 43 number of 0 persons lit in utah dl di dependent upon lead smelt ing assuming that the number employed indirectly to raise foodstuffs furnish heat beat aig light ht water and amusements manufacture tha r goods used and transport and dai distribute the commodities to the workers and their dependent families is as great as the number directly employed we may say the thai nearly persons persona in utah depend on the tha lead emelta smelta sg industry for support and this does not include the men employed it at the tha mines to produce the ore treated |
