North Park union., 1901-10-11
s,us,t.r Development

tlonal and religious atmospheres.
s,usitsr Development
It would appear from reports based
upon general Indications, says Henerai
Frank Hall In the Denver Post, that
the business OF milling and smelling
ores Is undergoing changes the ike OF
which have not been witnessed In pre-
yious years. Setting aside the priml-
tive beginnings Mt Georgetown and in
Gilpln county In the period between
1865 and 1870, the first smelling estnD.
lishment to endure was that planted
ut Black Hawk In 1S67-GS. Ten years
later 1t WIS removed to the vicinity OF
Denver, since which time Its fires
haye never gone out. The next was
the Eddy, James & Grant works nj
Leadyllle, soon after the settlement OF
that place in 1850. This concern
having been destroyed by fire. new
plant was erected in Denver, which Is
still In operation.
The Pueblo Smelling and Refining
works We're established by Mather II
Geist in 1880, the Colorado Smelling
works and the Ei.ers in 1888. and the
Philadelphia by Ed. X. Holden and NJ.
Guggenheim In 1888. Sometime lnter
the Holden smelter. now the Globe.
was built in Denver, and two others Ill
Leadyille.
Last year all the smelters in Colo
RADIO except the Philadelphia and the
Argo were absorbed by the American
Smelling and Refining Companyoand
during the current year the Guggen-
helm works have entered the combina-
tion, leaving only the Boston ana COLO
Al, Mountain
Florence. the Boston Gold and Copper
mt Lcadville. and the Buena Vista, In,
dependent. Within the past sixty
days Dir. i. Il. Carpenter has opened
an important pyritic smelter at Golden.
which dsposes of Its matte to the
American Smelling and Ketining COM
pnny.
1t h now currently reported that the
old Omaha and Grant works In Dem
vcr are to be discontinued, and only
the Globe operated here. under tho
policy of concentrating as far rs pos
Sible on Pueblo and the Arkansas
Valley ut Leadville.
The Boston Gold and Copper. former
ly the Loler, Judging from accounts
and consequences, has never been u
profitable investment, and Is now
closed, which makes four smelling
concerns on the dend list in that one
district. But 1t IL pretty well assured
that the site of the old HowisOn works
Mt the foot OF Harrison avenue Is to
be occupied soon by an entirely new
plant for the handling OF low-grade
ores. A new zinc smelter is being
erected nt Canon City, and another Is
projected for Pueblo.
Outside of Denver, the American
Smelling and Refining Company Is
completing an entirely new set OF
stacks, eight In number. near Salt
Lake, to replace the one now in opera
tion there, which will be dismantled.
There are pretty well authenticated
rumOrs that competing plant OF
great dimensions Is to he erected near
Salt Lake. There are other plans In
contemplation for works to compete
with the American Smelling and Re-
filming Company, but we have not been
nble to trace them to any definite
source.
The state of things just outlined sig
nifies vast development of the mining
industry. Even In Gunnison county
two or three local smclters have lately
entered upon vigorous operations and
MS many concentrating mills have
started up In the last few months.
There is n feeling abroad in the land
that the trust concern controlled by
the Guggenheinis will sooner or later
be confronted by stalwart opposition
In Colorado, Utah and some other min-
ing states.
That there Is n decided increase of
production over last year Is beyond
question. New sources of supply are
coming In, railway facilities to accom-
mOdate the outflow are being multi
piled. At Leadville all the principal
mines are connected by branch rapid
transit lines, which has materially re-
duced the cost of transporting the ores
from the shafts to the points of con-
sumption. The entire business Is de
manding and receiving Is rapidly as
practicable the Introduction OF every
economical appliance that can he de
vised In most districts wonderful
advances have been made In this direc-
tion. Certain methods have been revo-
| lutionized mt Leadville and Cripple
Greek within three years and Gilpin Is
equal to either in the matter of cheap
transportation.
Recurring to the smelling business,
1t Is quite evident that some import
ant changes will he made for the bet
terment OF the producer in the next
twelve months. Indeed, they are go
| ing on all the time, but so gradually as
to make no perceptible stir, certainly
nothing of n sensational character.
! The market for ores Is steadily broad
ening and while the miner still pro-
tests against high charges for treat
ment some more economical plan for
handling must be brought into action
before the rates can or will be material
| ly lowered. That our skilled mechan-
les will some day hit upon some new
features whereby the expense OF man.
ipulnting the products Of the mines
can be reduced after their delivery at
| the reduction works is easily concelv-
able.
I One of the necessities OF the situa-
tion growing out of the rapid develop
ment of low-grade mineral which con-
stitutes so large part of nll extensive
mining Is the steady cheapenlng Of the
cost OF handling. II the present works
are unequal to this demand others will
come In to try their hand Mt the prob
lem. We cannot long remain in the old
ruts The better genius of the age Is
directing Its attention to the mining
fields as one of the greatest branches
OF modern endeavor and profit. 1t Is
Idle to suppose that all these efforts
will fail. Some of them will succeed In
bringing out devices whereby the vast
masses of nOn-marketable products In
the present era will be made one of our
greatest sources OF wealth In the f,l-