Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
s2@s Worlds First Smelling Centers.
The Smoke Problem and
How Smelter Owners
are Energetically En-
gagged in its Solution.

the property being purehoacd by the
American.
Other early day meltors are worthy
Of some mention They were the Sher-
dan. bult at West Jordan iu 1873. BY
New York parties with whom was as
ISOLATED Jacob y ana Simon Bamber-
gor Tho plant treated from 100 to 200
tons per day ana after being ln COM
mission for % number Of years was sold
and abandoned During She following
year. 1884, as an ou,growth OF the Jor-
dan mnc Carson 6 Buzzo built the
Jordan mclJor Later the plant was
operated by t. a. Holden father Of A.
H. Holden. Che present managing di-
rector OF the United States Mining COM
pauy The property subsequently passed
to a French company and is now part
of the United States c0mpanys do
mains at Bingham.
Several other plants were operated;
among them one at bennington, Mil
lard county, but e proved TO be fall
ure.
SMELLING OF COPPER ORES
Attention was first paid to copper
smelling about 1890, when Salt La-s
citizens subscribed to a fund raised as
bonus for the building OF the copper
plant northwest Of the city which was
never operated 1t was equipped with
expensive machinery; but the company
became so heavily involved IN debt that
the courts We're called upon TO settle
matters. The properly nnally passed
into the hands OF the lewiston BROTH
ers of New York. Now that these noted
capitalists have become heavily inter.
estcd In Utah mining affairs, lt would
not De surprising II some use Of the
property might be made IN the near
future.
STARTED WITH HIGHLAND BOY.
The development OF the copper La
dustry IN Utah really started with the
construction OF the Highland Boy sme,-
ter, now owned by the Utah Console
dated Mining company, The plant was
built for the treatment Of the ores
from the Highland Boy mine Of Blns-
ham. by Samuel Newhouse and Thomas
Weir. I'm succession came the Bingham
Consolidated. United States, Utah C
Eastern, Majestic and Yampa, which,
with the exception Of the Majestic, are
daily adding to the worlds supply OF
copper The Beaver county plant will
soon be doing It's part, however. The
furnaces viii be blown IN sometime
during the coming year.
SALVATION OF THE PRODUCER.
The introduction OF the modern
plants for the smelling Of ores IN the
Salt Lake valley has been, In many
ways the salvation Of the producer.
This Is particularly true Of the copper
plants for until their advent In re-
cent years the miner Of copper ores
found II largely impossible to market
his product Likewise. the producer
OF other classes Of ores has been the
beneficiary IN the reduction OF treat
ment charges and It Is now possible TO
obtain a profit from low grade ore,
which not very many years ago. would
have resulted in q loss. An this has
been changed and yet there are some
who complain thai the rates are stu
TOO high to meet their appreciation.
While there might be INSTANCES OF this,
there ls disposition on the part OF
the shelter managers TO foster the min
ing Industry by treating the producer
fairly and stand ready to make such
Establishments "a rates as is found eX-
pedent.
REDUCING FREIGHT TARIFFS.
There Is no doubt but that the smet-
ing companies have been Of valued as
slstance to the producer in obtaining
Tor their benefit, and, incidentally
themselves, reductions in charges for
freight tariffs from the transportation
lines radaung In all directions from
this central point.
IL is to their interest 10 help the
miner get a good profit for his ores.
This is what makes business FOR them;
the more ore they treat the larger are
their uroUte
THE MILLS or UTAH.
Another branch Of the industry is the
mulng OF the low grade ores. which.
without going through this process.
would not be made a commercial prod
uct
In this respect the camps are wen
supplied and a very large percentage
OF the ore received at tAe shelters is
IN the form OF concentrate.
Park Cl.y has It's plants, the Local
ton being at the pJly-West, Ontario.
silver King, Comstock and California
mines. Alta has its columbus Con-
soldat,d and Consolidated Alta plants.
Bingham. its Utah Copper, Ohio New
England, Dewey Butteraeld ana others
OF lesser importance, Tintic has good
milling facilities also stockton, Ophir.
and Beaver county with It's great Gao
tus plant The above were equipped
for the concentration Of ores, while
IN the Mercur. Gold Mountain and Park
valley districts are gold mills which do
not rely upon the smeltors for the final
extraction Of the values from the ores.
A number OF new milling plants are
IN contemplation for next year. Bing-
ham viii probably lead In the improve
ments OF this kind. while Beaver county