The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
MARVELLOUS PROSPERITY
Of THE UTAH MINER
Conditions of Industry Excellent, and
Every Camp of State Is Thriving
as Never Before.
Lack of Labor Alone at Any Price the Only Drawback to
Greatly Increased Production.
BY L. & cAMOMILE-

at Tintic. A year ago it was thought
possible that zinc smelling works would
be erected in this region. The idea
seems to have been abandoned, how
ever, and for the stated reason that it
is more economical to take ore to where
fuel is cheap than it is to bring fuel
to the ore. As it looks, gas fields will
have 10 be developed in this section
before it will be possible to persuade
men TO engage in the zinc smelling
business out here. The zinc ores from
Utah, from Nevada and from Idaho all
go on TO Colorado and Kansas to be
smolted, though the Western Ore Sep
arating company, with its mill in the
northwestern portion of this city, con-
tinues TO do a lively business in ham
ding zinc ores and middlings from
such plants as that of the Daly-Judge
company.
As a central distributing point for the
internOuntein mining region, Salt Lake
stands pre-enliuent and alone. As
headquarters for operating companies
with properties within a radius of 900
miles, on account of its railroad, tele-
graphic and telephone facilities, and
on account of its market for machinery
and all classes of supplies, it holds a
like position. On account of its rail-
road connections. established ard build
ing, no other point in the west can hold
a candle to il as a point at which 10
market ores and have the same con-
verted into bullion.
The fight of the farmers and ranch
ers of Salt Lake valley against the
smelters has been the only unpleasant
feature of the years business in the
Utah mining and smelling world. And
now that a court decision which is likely
to compel the smelters TO move has
been obtained, those responsible for il
are beginning to figure as to whether
the victory practically won is not worse
than defeat would have been; they are
wondering now if, in reality. they have
not killed the goose that laid the
golden egg"
Many Big Undertakings.
Leaving out of the reckoning what
the great smelling companies may be
compelled to do during the year in the
way of erection OF new plants, great
undertakings in the building line are
sure to be carried through. Not the
least of these is to be the construction
of the 2,0O0-ton milling plant by the
Ohio Copper company and the equip
ment of its mines with mammoth hoist
ing works and power plant.
Then a company has been formed to
build a smelter of 800 to 500 tons ca
pacity in the Tintic district. The same
capitalists have during 1906 erected
smelling plant near Ogden. Great
plants of machinery and possibly mill
Will go up i'm the Deep Creek country
for the benefit of the Western Utah
Copper company. Other mines in the
same region will equip for the future
development and handling of ore
bodies already known TO exist, while a
dozen propositions in Beaver county
will call for additional hundreds of
tons of equipment.
A railroad viii be built to Alta. This
is certain. 1t viii be done If the Co.
Iumbus Consolidated company has to
handle the proposition single-handed
and alone. That much the manage
ment has firmly decided upon and de-
tails are now being figured out.
Machinery and supply houses are
now and have been for months figur-
ing on how the demand for mine. mill
and smelter equipment is going to be
met and every effort is being made by
them TO keep up with the forward rush
OF the western mining industry