Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
Birth Of Garfield, Utah's New Smelter

| .l)1TC II
-nr IL where city shall be
IN nt Words to that effect were
IFa,cn IN the summer OF lsOo'
lsen one afternoon dlstln-
.r, NJ mining and smelling
gus 'el their automobiles over ths
men ,o "a uron which the new town S so OF
gouOa M the western part OF SAT-
dafne.S ,,nty has been brought into ex-
LAKE rns party referred 10 consist
sis,T nonieI Guggcnheim' president Oh
Cd .. o,iean smelling q Refining com
tie A"' C,orles w. whitley, general
pnN og the Utah branch OF that
Dan'se ,,rnorltlon's enterprises, l'afay-
sFe', ,,,ncbet. general manager OF the
eie - consolidated Mining company
XIII = JacK..rg, general manager Of '"'
copper company. and others
lHD occaslon was significant for the
, 80, that it marked the hirth OIL
ci,y one which is destined TO De-
p'" ano nj the most populous ana
V'N ors commercial centers OF TINS
,,, commonwealth 1t VIII Dc 'no
- thousands of wage earners ana
''4' sorliles. Il will have advantages
..,ools and churches; 1t VIII nave
,,lc ears for the accommodation oil
n,.ons which will become part OF
y ,roo, r,llway system of salt Lake
and during the next year faciilr
'", Coz rapid interuban traffic viii be
nod IN addition to the steam SER
n, the san Pedro. Los Angeles *
W. roko and Western Pacific rail-
Oar rapid interurban traffic
NJ, what is TO make Garfield? Or
"a, Is it to become so importah''
,oer ar%o1. Only three words arc
sod IN the answer-the copper
The wonderful development and
Milling results obtained in Bingham
ha real cause OF the bringing INTO
,.r,e of this new town which rs to
,,o suburban to Utah's capital city
!, ereat had become the pressure
,ba American Smelling 4 Refining
r,any TO provide greater facilities
y be treatment Of copper ores ina
orcs barren waste between the IA
UNI old Garfield bathing resort was
l..o1 ara tho site for the new coppef
ssr of the Garfield Smelter COM
~, IAN auxiliary organization) when
eon,pletei within the present year
COST of about $3000,O0O.
no Utah Copper company needed
81, for the reduction Of the vast
s,ses of low grade copper ores or us
wsgbann mine 70 concentrate ANA 1t
t,ss tbe site where It's new plant "
tsIog erected In looked around for Il
~ IN send the ores of the Boston
,tm.olidate1 for the same purpose
samuel Ncwhouse. the president OF that
sanitation. was persuaded to JOIN iho
,sony ALTHOUGH he had selected grouut
n RAN county for mill of large ca
odtv The last two named companies
I'M nrobahly spend 81 100000 IN the
I'M eptcruriscs and. 1t is claimed the
rUroads have expended or VIII eNpen1
4 ,rurs Igain. IA he construction OF
.v roads and euuping them TO meet
,ss demands of the mining companies
,ter ttev BEGIN milling operations ht
Garfield next year,
no facts enumerated I'm the fore
! ,81s have made Garfield possible
VA IS not unlikely that other smelt-
rsrl mills win be built somewhere
,a- ihls town and cause II TO become
An crater All three of the COM
nnies named are equally Interested IN
as t,wrgite and water companies AMI
Msy are striving To make 1t one of the ,
r,ssi places i'm the state. During the
Nd, balf wear many substantial build
III have heen erected. Wooden struc'
r,ss are not allowed. Garfield, with
a yerv short time, should have a
pDulatlon Of 10000 souls
NEW GARFIELD SHELTER.
The Garfield smeltcr, located mt the |
yu,h end Of the Great salt lake, ana |
about 10 miles west of salt Lake CltN |
operated by the Garfield Smelling
cmpany. an auxiliary corporation 10
M American Smelling and REFINING
ampany Ground was broken for II |
/ n Aug. II, 1906, and the production
copnar bullion commenced during |
e last autumn. II was punt eN-
! gsssly for the treatment OF copper
IS, the lead ores going TO the Murray
2nt Of the A. S. & II.
The Garfield Smelling company
8rates a railroad system within us
IN domain. Tracks having been laid
n 70 miles. This mileage consists Of
iie tracks, switches and spurs OF
sandard gage. OF the trackage stat
u 1880 feet is built on wooden
festes. and 100 feet on steel tres |
les The yards at present are con-
ected with the tracks of the Rio
GFende Western and San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake; the former
ONES In 20 the smelter grounds from |
ne east, end the latter from the west |
lhe Rio Grandc has also built about |
y miles ~ road from its Bingham
,nneh line; while the san Pedro |
tund an easy grade 10 the ore bins
above tho smelter from about two |
niles out The maximum curvature |
either ~ these roads does not ex- |
0eq 10 degrees, while the maximum |
sIaqe is not oyer per cent. the |
.leler yards will accommodate about |
wy railroad cars.
me general management Of all the |
nneileao smelling and Refining COM |
gsny properties in Utah is under the |
tsHscuon w Charles w, Whitley, VINO |