Show south ame Ameri americast ican casi ores are brought to utah D ar M T 5 mk M wallace woolley right of united states smelting smelling Sm elting company shows south american ore shipment to customs officials reaching tar far into the high andes of 0 south america the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company scored a triumph for or utah business and industry recently when it brought in tor for treatment at I 1 its ts midvale plant a shipment ol of ore and concentrate the shipment traveled vio burro ship chip and rail from Antof antofagasta agasta chile to midvale utah and is the first ot of a years contract which the smelting smelling sm elting company has mide made with the south american producer the lead concentrate Is valued at per ton and the crude ore per ton a slice ot of which will find its way into the hands of utah labor and into the channels of business the deal of a years contract for the ore was closed by M wallace woolley manager of ore purchasing tor for the smelting smelling sm elting company and five hundred tons of the same character of ore and concentrate are scheduled to follow tor for a year or longer because the midvale smelter is the only one in the united states which pays tor for antimony in ores the utah plant had little difficulty in bidding for the south american ore contract inasmuch as the ore contains a high percentage of the metal this scoop tor for utah gives credence to the claim that salt lake valley is the worlds leading mining and smelting smelling sm elting center and greatly broadens the scope ol of its activity for many years ores from all parts of the western united states have been pouring into utah lor for treatment as a common occurrence every pound of 0 ore that is sent here tor for treatment meins means payrolls business industry and a broader market for utah arioul tural products needless to say we must keep this road open the south american shipment was the largest single lot of 0 foreign ore ever treated at a utah smelter the freight from chile to los angeles harbor was between 5 and per ton and the union pacific railroad granted a special rate of 5 per ton to move the product from los angeles to midvale A contract with another large south american producer has just been signed by the smelting smelling sm elting company giving further impetus to the movement which has already been started toward utah it is an noun need |