Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-05-20
IMPORTANT
SHELTER DECISION
Tuited states Supreme Court
CLOSES the KeSwick Smelter
and One May be Installed
Near Tonopah.

The final decision Of the United
States Court closing down the kes
wick smelter owned by the Mountain
Copper Company, IN Shasta county,
Cal is likely to have far reaching
effects, says the Mining and Engi-
neeriug Review. In the first place
il will bring this great industry TO
the shores Of the bay Of san Fran
cisco, and the Fresno Copper Com
many at Clovis will also erect a
smelter in the same locality. The
decision ID the KeswicK case
strengthens the hands Of the Utah
farmers who, if they persist, will
undoubtedly succeed IN closing the
great smelling works which con
tribute SO largely to the prosperity Of
Salt Lake and the adjacent country.
In anticipation Of an adverse de-
cision, the American Smelling and
Refining Company is preparing to
erect immense works ON the shores
of the great salt lake. where the
smoke is not likely to cause trouble
and railroad connection a be Sc
cured by the Luciu cutoff which
crosses the lake. In the meantime,
the market for highly siliciOus ores
such as Tonopah produces is decidedly
limited The ore from the Belmont
mine was being shipped TO keswiek
at the same cost as TO Salt Lake and
the returns were received more
quickly. The management will now
endeavor to ship it TO Everett, San
Francisco or Tacoma, as the Salt
Lake SHELTERS have as much Of this
class of ore as they a treat aud. IN
view Of the probability of being com
PEELED to close down, are not disposed
10 accumulate heavy stocks Of ore,
On the other hand. the American
Smelling aud Refining Company IS
most anxious to install a plant at or
uear Tonopah to treat the enormous
bodies Of lower grade ore on tie
dumps Of the Tonopah, Montana,
Extension and Midway mines, which
amount TO about 10, 600 tons running
from $l2 to $35 per ton and for some
time has had a representative Ia the
camp carefully Investigating the
matter.
The Tounpah Mining Go. is still
experimenting on its ores at Denver
and also with the hypo sulphide proc
ess at the Wedekind mine uear Reno,
and the Montana Tonopah company
is conducting experiments at the
mine aud meeting with great encnut-
auement, by dry crushing, roasting
and cyauiding, In fact, the Amerl
can Smelling and Refining Company
r]ealizes that il it does not make an
attempt to secure this business, the
companies will put in their own reduC'
tion works and it will lose the busi
ness altogether.
That the great smelling trust hat
been reaching out for the business Il
we'll known. 1t is already "A heavy
s~toekholder IN the Touopoh Mining
Co, Tor which lis consulting engineer
Iohu HAYS Hammond, acts in a SINH
bar capacity. Recently it acquired
working option on the Dunlap coppe0
mines. near SodavilEe, and has a larg.
force Of men at work developing tin
property, which contains Immense
bodies Of comparatively low grad,
ore. very desirable as a tiux.
OF course, If a smelter is contem
plated at a convenient point near Il
Tounpah. the question Of fuel has t,
be considered. A short time since
Frank A. Keith, the manager Of til
Ton0pah Mining Co, acquired by pur
chase aud eptious control of owe
Zoo acres If coal land AZ GnaldaIe
g miles from Touop b, and less tina
two miles from the Touopah railroad
A company has been INCORPORATED
called the Nevada Coal Company, an
the PHILADELPHIA capitalists who ar
identified with the Tonopah Mimi
Co., the Belmont and Jim Butte
mines, subscribed for the stock an
active prospecting of the groun
with a diamond drill is proceeding
This is a good coaking coal and wouI
be excellent for smelling if only
sufficient quantity Of 1t eat be deve
oped As Mr.. Keith is q Harmon
man and also the representative
the Guggenheim Exploration Co,
Nevada, il is not improbable that tht
syndicate is also Interested in I'll
coal company. 1t is certain that tt
completion of the broad. gauging
the Tonopah railroad will witness
determined effort to solve the pro
lem of the economical and pfoiitab
reduction Of the low grade ores
Tonopah at or near the camp.