Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

The new Ontario mill at Park City is
nearing completion.
The outlook Cor smelter and mill
building as can Ne judged by the fore
going, is exceedingly bright.
UTAH's EARLY SHELTERS.
The first record of smelling in Utah
was as far back as 1867 when the
Woodruff brothers built and operated
n small plant IN Alta, but with indif-
ferent success. or course, the machin-
cry was crude h those days and the
furnaces did hot begin to make any
whore near close saving Of values,
Al about the tine the Woodhulla had
their plant i'm oneration another smelt-
ing venture was undertaken near the
site OF the present summer pleasure re-
sort at Brighton and a granite pile
represents the ruins Of the primitive
plant which cab be seen to this day.
In this works an attempt was made to
treat copper as well as lead ores, which
is said to have come from the group
of claims now owned by the Mountain
Lake Copper company, near the divide
of the mountain range at the head Of
Big Cottonwood canyon. Financially
the undertaking did not pan out, and
the smelter's season OF activity was
short.
Three years later, in 1870 a smelter
tvnc oraofad ot ,hA MILAN ,,,i,n Ia, ,,,n,
lean Fork canyon. and is said to have
been the first enterprise Of the kind 10
pay It's way, ana more, in this part OF
the mining regions OF the west. The
property was owned by the AsplnWall
syndicate Of New York The ore treat
ed was high grade, and for some time
as much as 100 tons per day was re-
duced to the bullion state. When the
mine ceased operations the plant was
dsmanted ana became a thing Of the
past.
While Alta was at the height Of It's
early day PROSPERITY a gentleman by
the name OF +, A. Pascoe built and OPP
Grated small plant IN connection with
his lime kllns near the Warm Springs,
He handled all the way from 20 to 80
tons daily and made money Later he
increased the capacity TO 70 tons per
day and stll later. built plant at
Stockton for the treatment OF lead
silver ores, which undertaking also
proved success,
PLANTS WIRE SHORT LIVED.
There were several other plants erect
ed. but most OF them were short lived
The Davenport shelter was the name
Of one built especially to handle the
output OF the Davenport mine, one Of
the producers n Alta during its early
history. This blant was built by Buell.
& Bateman. and was located about 1--WE
miles east Of The present town of Sandy,
near the mouth Of the Little Cotton
wood canyon. II was about 1876 that
Mather & Geist obtained q loase on the
smelter, increased it's capacity to over
200 tons per day and operated It sue
cussfully for n number Of years IN
the same locality the old Saturn smell |
ter was built and run on Alta ore for
about three years when It, too was dis
mantlcd and tpe building torn down.
John w Kern, well known TO local |
mining men ~ those days was tho
builder.
In the early COS the shauntlc smeter
was built In the valley below the Har-
rlngton & HlcRory mine In Beaver |
county. the Hun Silver Mining COM
pany also built one for the treatment |
OF It's high grade silver ores and an old
Stag dump marks It's location In the up
per part Of the town Of Frisco. AZ MIL
ford, one or tive plants were operated
for time. but they were short lived.
BINGHAMS FIRST SHELTER.
In 1878 the Ninnemuc smelter was
erected at the Mouth OF Bingham can
yon to treat ores from the mine bear
Ing that name, A few years afterwards