The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
Competition in Custom Smelling
Comes With New United
States Company.
PRODUCERS WILL GET
ALL THE BENEFITS
Engineering and Mining Jour
nal Sees Good Results
From Competition.

Since 1899 The American Smelling and
Refining company has practically had the
monopoly OF tho custom smelling business
In gold and silver ores I'm the United
States. lts only serious competitors have
been the silYcr-lead smelterS Of the Pa
CifC coast, and the Bulbach company Of
Newark. y j., whose radius OF action
has been very small especially in the
case OF the Balbach company. the latter y
business being chiefly the refining OF base
hulllons and one Independent company In
Colorado. During 1905 the Independent
smclterS OF the Pacific coast were elm
mated from the competition through their
acquisition by the American SmelteTS Sc
curlties company. q subsidiary organiza-
lion OF the American Smelling and Re
inning company
Entering Copper Smelling Field
Outside OF the concerns above men
TONED, the only competitors OF the trust
nave been few smclters OF gold and Sill
yer ore. employing copper as the collect
ing agent. These concerns have been
however. Insignificant competitors eX-
cept at Salt Lake City. where their IN
roads have been OF more serious char
actei, although not very damaging be-
cause OF the abundant ore supply trlb-
utary 10 that great smelling center
Smelling with copper as the collecting
agent being considerably cheaper than
smelling with lead. the concerns employ
the advantage on certain classes OF ore
In this connection II Is interesting to re-
mark that the American Smelling and
Rennlng company Ia now going extensive
ly into the copper smelling business at
salt Lake city on its own account
Real Competitor Enters Field,
Competition with the American Smclt-
Ing and Refining company I'm a general
way has been frequently threatened, but
plans toward that end have never gone
much further than prontleSs discussion
II appears now however, that a real com
pctitor. developed from what IL actually
a going concern, Is soon to enter the field.
This T. the United States Mining Smelt-
ing and Refining company, which has
been recently organized I'm Boston to
take over the United States Mining com
Ddny and Its subsidiary enterprises. the
latter including the Mammoth Mining
company OF California. the Richmond Eu-
reka Mining company of Nevada and an
interest In the De Lamar Copper Refining
company OF New Jersey.
Is Well Equipped,
The now company VIII therefore begin
business with a copper refinery near New
York, copper and lead smeltcry in
tab, and a copper smcltcry i'm California
II Is planned however. to erect plants at
other points The success OF the new en-
-crpriso Will depend largely upon the wise
location OF the new plants In this CON
lection II way be mentioned that the De
Lamur Copper Refining company is al
'cady engaged I'm the construction OF a
cad refinery OF 24.GO tons capacIty per
,nnum at East Chicago Ind
Two Elements of Success.
1t may be remarked that the new COM
,any starts with ut least two clements
IF success namely, strong financial re-
sources and the possession Of important
Irc supplies. The latter condition ia
fundamental TO the success OF q custom
melting business under present condl-
Ions II has been thoroughly recognized
~ the managers Of the American Smelt-
ng and Refining company who I'm spite |
II all their efforts To keep control OF the |
BUSINESS by the consolidation or plants |
md the cOnsummatlou OF community of |
interest I'm the lead manufacturing !
branches, have been obliged. or at least |
ave seen TT, 10 embark extensively I'm
he mining business. IT Is now seen more |
md more clearly that the possession OF |
he raw material in the form OF profitabl,
mineral is the true basis OF an Industrial |
METAL enterprise. as was perceived years |
go by some clever iutcllccts, and for this
eaSon the value OF such resources is
teadily increasing