The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-24
Reduction Works of One Hundred
Tons Capacity.
PLANS OF BOSTON MEN
NEW PROCESS FOR TREATING
THE ORES.
T. Burton Everett Claims That He
Eas Discovered An Economical
Method of Extraction-Park City
Gold Strike-Mammoth Stockhold-
ers Meet-Tintic Output For Week.

The announcement was made yester-
day by T. Burton Everett, representing
the Boston syndicate which took OPP
tions last spring on a large tract OF
copper claims in the Beaver Lake DIS
trict in Beaver county, that the con-
struction of a 100-ton reduction WORKS
will be under way within the next sixty
DAYS
According to what Mr.. Everett has
to say, the new plant will be erected at
a point on the Beaver river, not Iar
from Smyth's ranch, the first staIon
north of Milford, on the Oregon Short
Line railroad.
The syndicate which Mr.. Everett rep
resents now controls over thirty claims
in the district named, which lnciude
the properties of the Skylark, Beaver
Lake and o. K. Extension Copper Min
ing companies. The properties all pre-
sent a showing of copper ore rarely
found anywhere in the state, so lar as
surface indications are concerned
They are all in the course of develop
ment. and Mr.. Everett asserts that the
showing of ore is sufficient TO justify
the erection of the proposed plant, IL
is the intention to haul the ore down
the mountain and into the valley TO the
location of the works, a distance Oh
about six miles
Mr. Everett has dicovered a. secret
process of treating copper ores, the sue
cess OF which he claims to have fully
demonstrated during the past year upon
the ores of the Beaver Lake and West
Mountain districts. The process beng
a secret, he, Of course. would not ex-
plain it's detailed workings, and even II
he did. he said yesterday, people would
not believe him. But he has made
some very thorough tests of the ores In
commercial quantities, and no matter
how rebelliouS they may be, he asserts
be can extract the higher metals, such
as gold, copper, silver and iron, at COM
parativaly little expense He is satis-
fed that he can treat ores at the loca-
ton of the proposed plant that run no
more than 50 per ton with some profit.
With his new process he cannot save
the values in lead and zinc ores.
The Beaver Lake district ores all
carry values in gold, silver, copper and
iron. Mr.. Everett claims L per cent
copper ore in the district can be treat
ed profitably. Some people viii not be
wiling to believe such an assertion. but
Mr.. Everett says he proposes to demon
strate his ability to do it
Mr.. Everett has conducted some Ia
boratory tests in Salt Lake since his ar
rival from the east about two weeks
ago. From the ore he used he extracted
enough copper to form small bar OF
bullion, which he Shpped ps express
yesterday afternoon to his Boston asso-
ciateS.
If Mr. Everett attains the success ne
claims for it. his process will be a boon
10 the copper camps surrounding Mil
ford. which only await the hand OF
capital to open UP some great produc-
ing mines.
Mr.. Everett returned yesterday from
California and will leave for Boston to-
night, where he goes to complete ar
rangements for the erection of the new
reduction works. He expects TO return
To ITtah some time in February. In the
meantime local representatives will
look after all matters on this end OF
the line. While in California Mr.. Eve
rett engaged the services of a compe-
tent mining engineer and metallurgist
to take charge of the work at the
mines