The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-19
BIG SHELTER AT GARFIELD

fatigable electric crane is fast assem-
bling tho battery of convertors. and
through this means the heavier ma
terial for the furnaces are being de-
posted at the point where they be-
long. One h3s only to see the enormous
detail of the blast and reverberatory
furnaces to realize that the balance Of
the year, and perhaps longer, will be
employed in bringing these accessories
to usable shape. He who witnesses
what has been done within the past few
months, however, will believe unhesi-
months, however, will believe unhcsitat-
ingly that Superintendent Bennett will
pour out 300 tons of copper yet in Au-
gust, although men may still be seen lay
ing brick inside of such furnaces as are
IN any way nearing completion. Pass
ing from the smelter building towards
the west one sees before him the power
plant, one Of the most complete and
efficient in the West, the blacksmith
is the roasting department, whose bat
terry of sixteen roasters is all in readi
ness for operation. Near it Is the
sampling department, a portion Of the
works that will be placed in commits
sion coincidently with the first fur
mace
Still further to the south, and over
tooniuS 'hO piiub, alo IHo oIc
bins, whose capacity with what addi-
tlons are being made at present, will
be approximately 10000 tons Beside
the ore bins are the tracks of the "Sky
Line" the railroad which will bring
from the clouds Of Bingham to the
shores Of the lake the copper ores
destined to make Of Bingham one of
in the world. For several months these
bins have been filling with ore from
Bingham, and the comfortable surplus
now on hand will provide food for the
furnaces until the railroad from the
Boston Consolidated, Utah Copper and
other mines is completed. From the
vicinity Of the ore bins the best view
Of the huge smoke stack and the fues
leading thereto can be had. 1t can be
said safely that with the $4,000 foot Of
1ues there will be small chance of loss
either by values passing away IN
fumc or dust, or by lawsuits over dam
ages to the vegetation of the surround
ing country,
Garfield is reached from Salt LIKE
City via the San Pedro Route The new
smeltor town., however, IN good timo
will have ample railroad facilities from
all points of the compass for both ores
and passengers. In addition to the
San Pedro, the Rio Grande Western
road IS pulling ores to the bins, and
the Western Pacific tracks already have
reached the town Of Garfield Thus
will be provided several avenues
through which the ores of Utah, Ne
vada, Idaho and California may pour in
liberal measure. In approaching the
mountains towards tho west of Salt
Lake City the concentrating plant of
the Utah Copper company is first seen.
Here is being rushed to completion the
first unit Of 5000 tons capacity, the
completion of which speedily will be
followed by the second unit Of equal
capacity. Between tho Utah Copper
plant and Garfield is the concentrating
plant of the Boston Consolidated COM
pany, which, when completed, will be
capable of handling 5000 tons of ore
each day. The product from these two
mills will provide a greater part of
the food for the Garfield sme)ter
The successful operation OF tho first
furnace of the Garfield plant now IS
only a question of days, and others will
be added to the active list at the
earliest possible moment Like the
e]l-calculated parts of these huge
combinations of machinery will per
form their legitimate functions when
the logical moment arrives, so will
each accessory, whom completed, fall in
line to do its part IN making successful
answer to the calculations OF the
builder.