Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13
Prof Marcus E Jones Advises
Shelter MCn to Consider Some
Chemical Questions
BEFORE BUILDING BIC PLANTS
On the Shores Of Amer iea's Great ln'
land Sea Says the Government
Might Interfere

Noting the progress that IL being
made by the American Smelling and
Refining company towards the erection
OF largo copper amollers near Black
Rock on the south end Of the uront
Salt Lake, Prof, Marcus II, Jones, the
well known chemist and motallurglst
addressed the following communication
10 the News IN which he undertakes
10 point out some Of the dangers that
might arise from the location Of the
proposed plant on the shores OF the
lake Prof, Jones, who has appeared
no a witness against the amcl,ors IN
several DAMAGE cases brought up for
trial IN local courts, says
II In now definitely known that some
or all OF the glnelters are contemplate
ing removing 10 the shores OF the lake
rear Black Rock, Tor the purpose OF
avoiding litigation on the smoke qucs'
tion,
This certainly win be great bcnch
90 Snlt Lake CITY and the valley, os.
pecIaly II the amolters are located
around tho northern end OF the noun
,alns NO that the fumes driven by the
prevailing winds viii be condensed on
tho mountain sides, II WIN not, how
ever do away with all the damage IRON
arsenic, but M bee raising II the only
Industry that win be seriously affected
n win not be 40 had AZ now, In add.
ton, the farms on the eastern side Of
tho Oqulrrhe win IN three years begin
20 show damage TO crops and trees,
80 far the smelters are TO be COM
mended IN their attempt to minimize
the damage they are doing, but there
nro other things which they should
consider carefully before going 90 the
expense of say 100000 In erecting
new plants
10 make this plain let me show who,
they are producing, for n moment. The
Bingham Consolidated IN treating about
800 tons Of ore per day, which goes
about per cent arsenic, Some OF
tho arsenic goes into the Stag, but moro
~ II goes into the air rs sulphido Of ar
senlc, or say tons per day, The Utah
consolidated or Highland Roy, II treat.
ting over $50 tons OF ore per day OF
which about per cent " arsenic or
moro, most Of this goes into the air
M suphdo OF nrcniC or aay 10 .
tons per day, The United states Rmo.
Ter In treating over 400 tons OF ore per
day OF which about per cent IN ar.
senlc. About one'quar,or OF this goes
into the air, and about one.half OF the
rest goes into the Jordan fiom the
graduated Stag, or say 10 IN ~ tons
per day " arsenic M sulphido, So from
these three smcltora alone there ARE
produced about % tons Of arsenic per
day, or say over 90 tons ~ sulphido Of
arsenic per day Now when We know
that three grains Of this VIII XIII any
ordinary animal including mcn We can
zee what menace this arsenic H. IN
addition, these smol,ore are producing
over 1000 tons Of sulphurous acid per
day as fumes and throwing II into the
mir 10 fan on crops and land ana KIN
This, with the iluo dust and arsenic
ARE tho damaging elements that como
from the shelters All the amoltors
produce on an average about per cent
Of nno dust 20 the ton ~ ore treated,
or say ~ tons per day Considerable OF
this IL poisonous especially the copper
ms eulphnto or blue NiirioL and the
iron M aulphatc or copperns, There ~
much arsenic also In the nuc dust,
Now II the gmel,ors are located ON
Tho edge Of the lake fully one.half Of
The arsenic, eulphnrous acid, and nuo
dust viii get into the lake At once and
about onc.half Of the remainder WIN
drain into II later The chemical re-
actions that will take place with tho
waters Of the lake when these elements