The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16
COPPER SHELTER
WILL BE BUILT
American Company Decides on a
3,000-Ton Plant For This Valley.
LOCATION IS NOT DlVULGED
MANAGER c. w. WHITLEY RE
LEASES THE NEWS.

Alive to the demands that are sure to
be made upon il i'm the near future the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany. or that company and its allied in
terests. has definitely decided TO erect
a copper smelling and possibly refining
works in this valley, having an initial
capacity of 5000 tons of ore per day
This was the information released by
Manager Charles w Whitley upon his
return from a months trip to headquar-
tiers at New York yesterday afternoon.
Where the plant viii be located or
what its estimated cost Mr.. Whitley
would not say. declaring that it would
be premature to discuss the location at
this time. That works Of such magni-
tude We're needed and would be built he
thought would cover the important fea-
lures of the undertaking, so far as the
public might be concerned. That the
work would be commenced during the
present season he had no doubt. and his
statement that the baby would have
an initial capacity of 5000 tons left the
impression that il would ultimately be
enlarged TO take care of a much greater
tonnage.
Asked what there was in the report
that his company had been acquiring a
large territory on the west side of the
valley. Mr. Whitley rather guaTdedIy
escaped a direct reply by inquiring
whether any transfers had been record
ed TO his company. and suggesting that
probably his company had been con-
fused with the reported deals made in
the interests of the Utah Copper com
pany.
He was just as guarded when ques-
toned regarding the possible moving
of the present works to another site
He could not tell what might happen in
the future. Much depended upon what
treatment the company received at the
hands Of the residents of the valley in
the vicinity of the present works. He
had read that the farmers were prepar-
ing 70 make move of some kind and
had read Of where they were being
urged to compel the shelters to leave
the valley but otherwise he had no
knowledge of what might. happen. That
his company has no thought Of quit
ting the valley however. was made
plain by his statement that the big cop
per works would find location at some
point i'm it. That point, if the activity
of the past month I'm the line of buying
up ground between Bingham and Black
Rock, ON the shores % the lake count
for what they seem, viii be somewhere
not distant from the 60OO-ton milling
works of the Utah Copper company
and where, according TO the opinion Of
experts. no possible damage can accrue
from the smoke and fumes that viii
issue from the stacks and which will
he a constant notice TO the world that
the copper deposits OF this region are
being made to add millions to the chan
nels of trade.
Mentioning the report that Superfn-
teudeut r. d Rhodes of the cornpany's
present plant was 20 be relieved by W.
w. Norton Of the East Helena works.
Mr. Whitley stated that IL was probable
that other important duties would be
assigned to Mr.. Rhodes. and that the
change did not necessarily mean that
n would be permanent.
Mr. Whitley said that he was glad to
he back TO Utah. Most of the time dur
ing his absence beastly weather pre-
vailed and he felt that there was no eli
mate quite equal TO this.