Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-25
MINES AND BUSINESS,
p,s,D,ctlYs New Deal Of The Shelters
on The First Of the Year.
-. y,ttard Roads order Tor swiei'
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Items
from various sources.

which the price Of reducing ores viii
90 M from 20 to % per cent. The sug'
eestlon lie that a pool will be formed 10
eject this change. 1t Is known that
,,r n long time the smelters have
neon cutting each other until there Is
iulle or no profit Tor some Of them In
,pnping, but they cannot afford TO
sbut down, because this would entail
tbe loss OF the vast amount " capital
invested. The three Utah smeltors are
crowded closely 10 the wall by the big
smcltcts OF Colorado aud by disCrimi-
nations In railway rates.
Tue effort to form "a pool is directed
10 the opening Of the new year, lot u
lie at that time that contracts are
usually made by the big mine operators
Tor their product for theensuing twelve
months. II no deal Is effected then u
will have 10 20 over, and the rate
cutting will continue. A former
effort In the direction Of a combina-
don failed, butt h said that now all
tho smeltor owners would scoopt such
an Arrangement II made II would
include the three Utah tmcltefs anu
thoss In Denver, Pueblo, Leadvlllc,
Durango aud other place, In tho same
region.
One special feature that the suggested
pool would have to zeal with ~ the
lead ore question, upon watch the pro.
posed removal Of the tariil on lead viii
nave considerable effect. In. the pfticnt
rate Of lead production it h diillcuit
Tor the tmelters to get sufficient lead
ufo ~ enable them 10 collect all the
silver. Because Of this the UtAh mar
kol has been stripped oi III ,rad ores
iUr tue Colorado emoltvrs. Al least Is
Yer cent OF this ore Ia necessary m
each charge, anu the large proportion Of
dry ores MAKE necessary "A heavy dTatt
on the lead PRODUCTION, mOtt Of which,
In Utah, 10 from the Bingham mines.
Bucn mines as the Horn silver have
sufficient lead In their output, M does
bsJ the Bullion Beck, which IL now
running on a body Of leau ore. But
NIX producers like the OutafiU, Daily
aud host Of othVis are short on thus
metal This shortage enables thu lra1
producers 10 have tncit ore reduced by
The tmel,ers at very low hgute.
II tue pool ~ formed upon the pre-
posed feadjuslment Of prices, u will
cause quite "a change IN present rcln-
tons. some Of the smolterb say, how.
ever, that II IN an absolute necessity, or
Il will be only matter vi timv whcn
they viii have 10 close down at pres.
cat hgufes. The principal agitation
iOf the combine comes from the Colo.
tado shelters, their number anu cnla.
UIy being much greater than those Ia
this Territory.
COLOSizAT1oS SCHEME.
Brigham Bug,er. We are informed
that u definite movement h on foot for
an Immediate colonization OF the vast
Bear River canal tract OF n quarter Of
q million acres, lying twelve miles
northwest OF Brigham city, A power
fol company, with several hundred
thousand dollars ready cash al It's back.
has espoufed the scheme. IL guarantees
10 have nuy families on the lands at
crack OF spring. IL also proposes 10 push
10 colonization project 10 vigorously
that VI the expiration Of i've years the
great west canal will bo placed on
laying basis. This means lot OF
tall" rustlng, but We trust the ven
turo will prove gratiiyiDgly successful
one. 10 Is also said that dust on the east
canal Will also be- raised.
ROADS IN MILARD.
For the past four years the people Of
this section aud the travelling public
have been "cTying aloud" for an i'm.
pfovementiu the road betweeH Deserel
aud lngersOl, says the Millafd county
blade. The spring floods bring down
enormous quantities OF soil, which
settles In the bottom OF the river chan.
mel anu along the banks; the taking
out % NO much water for Irrigation,
ahd the o0nsequont drying up OF the
river for short time during tho sum.
mer, permits the Willows 10 NO enCr0ach
on the channel as to force the water
out over the banks Ia places, aud the
result n that the road IL rendered i'm.
pitsable every spring and fall, ntoessi.
lailng large detouts In order 10 avoid
the mud.
All the freight and n great portion Of
The passenger travel 10 Nevada goes
west over this ROAD, anu IL Is a question
Of obiy very short time before the
western part VI this county will enter
suoh vigorous protest as will caugt
some hard thinking In other parts Of
Inc county. Nearly every day some
brWllderod traveller gets STUCK In the
mud hOlue, hud II ish pity that those
VINO are responsible for the condition OF
the Foads westward can not be chucked
ia the mud holes and loft there until
leiofmatlOn would come TO them. A
lew hundred dollars, In labor, judi.
rlously applied In leyying up the river
uAhks would eject the neeIed Improve
ment,
MOTHS.
The Logan Nation says q steam
laundry VIII be- running in that city
"llhln month.
Hewlett Brothers received an order
'oley fora carload Of their goods, In.
GUIDING bpicer, soda water, etc. The
order came from Rock Springs.
Ephraim Enterprises BY next Sat.
,tuAy night the tfsCk-layers OF the
9Ahlele Valley Will reach Mauti aud
ho Temple city viii have the advan-
hBe OF twO railroads. We hope the
leGl move will DO farther extension
south.
Denver SuH Tho threatened coal
war mas been ayerted. A combine has
gt5n arranged by the United, Cltzsus',
GoI9tado and Peoples contemporaries,
@hereby ono sales agent viii control
.he entire output Of tho mines OF tines,
companies In Denver, sui coal 10 *
leg'ri TO Jump 10 - pur ton as soon ~
w atiangements Hre completed. The