Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-21
CAMP NEWSPAPER
SEES BLUE FUTURE
Says Highland Boy Smelter is to
Cease Operations
On January /.
IDLE STRETCH MUST FOLLOW.
Between Four and Five Hundred Men
To Gc Laid on Until New
Smcltcr il Built

The Bingham Bulletin tomorrow
viii say. The Highland Boy -meltcr
at West Jordan will cease operations
on Jan. /. in obedience To- the man.
date OF the federal court. and os %
consequence the operations of tho
Utah Consolidated properties In Bling
ham win come to stand-still ok
ccrt ln the remote possibility Of the
company entering into a contract with
Oh, Goldneld smelters.
This means that between four ara
five hundred men will be let out in
Bingham and that the great Highland
BOY smelter, the greatest OF all Bing-
ham. will he iule until the completion
OF new smelling plant on the Tooelc
SIDE OF the range. During this en-
forced shut down a few men VIII BE
kept az work in the Highland Boy io
prosecute development work and for
The driving of the big transportation
tunnel from the present workings 10
the Tooelc valley
PLANS NOT READY.
This Will bring the outlet for the
ores within about two miles Of the
proposed new Highland Boy smeltor
which viii be contested with the mine
workings by an electric line.
Plans for the Utah Con. smeltcr
will be ready by Dec. 10. and work
win commence as soon thereafter as
90 ssible. 10 is not believed that tho
smelter can be completed under
is months and this promises "a long
period Of idlencss for the grestest pro-
Cucing property of Bingham.
CAN HANDLE MORE.
The Utah Con. smelter has a ca-
racity OF about 1000 tons day and
has been running 20 the top limit for
several years Tho smelling plant
consists OF a McD0ugali calciners
and five Wethey calcining furnaces
and II Beyerberatory furnaces. The
plant has q 2O0-foot stack ana the
results produced by the system em-
ployed are excellent turning out t9
per cent blister copper AT am eNcep-
tionally low smelling cost.
The production OF the Highland Boy
mine is about 800. 900 tons annually
with an average yield Of 8 per cent
copper l.3 ounces silver and Of ounce
gold. In 1906 the cost OF the High
land Boy copper was "a little over
cents. but since then the cost OF pro-
auction has been materially reduced.
ana it is said that during the last
year and IN 1907 the cost has been
NO REMEDY KNOWN.
The Highland Boy smelter handles
the product of the Highland Boy mine
exclusively. and as the ores carry an
excess Of sulphur the smoke given OFF
by to stacks is more heavily charged
than that OF any other the valley
smelling plants. The other shelters
have handled custom ores il 30 ...riln
to the Bingham ores, and hr their
mixture have reduced the ,ni.li. Of
sulphur. The United States rI e Zee
Gently installed at cost ~ 900
an immense bag house which was de-
signed TO catch the delotcrious sub
stance and reduce the sulphur in the
smoke 20 below 10 per cent, but the
excess Of sulphur I'M the Highland
Boy smoke BE- so great th1t no known
method has been fHrr' that would
permit the plant 90 operate
within the line SET g., the federal
court Injunction, i. e., below 10 per
cent sulphur
The new smcltar win cost upward
Of 100000, which amount was set
aside from the earnings several
months ago. The old smelter will
probably be dismantled and portions
OF the present plant used In construc.
ton Of the new one.
HAS RECEIVED SO WORD.
Manager RIsquc OF the Utah Consoli-
dated. when seen this afternoon. made
the statement that Doe had as yet Tee
ceived no instructions 90 close the High
land Boy shelter on the first OF The
year or "a any other time OF course.
81 Is the intention 20 obey tho mandate
ol the court ana if 30 IS decrosd that the
plant shall go out of commission. the
fires VIII Doe drawn. But not "a word
Mn Rlsoue declares has como from
the eastern offices OF the company.
changing the present order OF things at
the anplt4r