Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-17
BREAKERS AHEAD
FOR COPPER COS.
Garfield Mills May be Ready Long
Before Railroad Can De-
liver Ore.
CAN'T HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.
Lafayette Hanchett Goes TO Denver 10
Interview Manager Ridgeway
or Rio Grapdc.

That the management OF the big
mining companies who are engaged IN
min construction at Garfield see
breakers ahead for them ~ q ~foregone
conclusion. The trouble rests with
the Rio Grande Western Railroad
company and unless the officials OF
the latter get q more rapid move on
themseives and give their patrons bet
tor seryicc in the way of ore trans
p~ortation from Bingham than they
are now doing the Garfield mills VIII
be completed long before h railroad
company Is in shape TO supply them
with ore.
A We'll known mining man said TO-
day that he would be willing to wager
$1,000 against 81 suit Of clothes that
neither AZ the plants OF the Utah Cop-
per or the Boston CONSOLE
dated Mining company, now going up
at Garfield, would be operated up 10
Their capacity during the present year.
s"The fact is" said he. the railroad
company Is up against just about ny
hard a proposition az 1t ever ackleu
and for the life of me ] don't see how
II Is going to make good, not at ieeSt
Tor some time TO come, even with us
Fecond line into the carnp In opera
ton. 1t cannot begin to take care OF
its present traffic In and out OF Bing-
ham and n very good ILLUSTRATION OF
this Is found In the otah
Copper company which is eper~
ating a mill of 1000 tons daily car
purity In the lower part of the camp
] am told by Manager %Jackling that
during the month of December the
plant was closed a greater portion OF
the time and instead of the railroad
bringing down 10000 tons of ore, the
records show that the mill was sup
piled with only about 5000 tons. J
learned today that conditions have
boon no better this month. and that
Tho plant Is now closed for the want
Of ore. The Boston Consolidated has
experienced the same trouble and in
the place of getting ~ cars OF ore y
day as II should. h average this week
has been no better han three cars.
Other mining companies nave Iaraeu
likewise and | want TO say that the
service the Rio Grande ~ giving It's
Bingham patrons Is about the worst
that ever happened. The Utah Copper
mpa has run al a loss during the
past few months in order to maintain
SIS organization. II would have been
q whole lot better II Manager jack
ling had shut the mill down entirely
two or three months ago. With cop
per ttiIsiE fFAIu - III - fIofA
and unable to get TO market with their
ores. II IS no wonder that mine man
ayers ARE on the verge of fghting
madness
Manager Jackling, when seen, con
tlrmed the statement In h foregoing
regarding Utah Copper. we have
had mighty shabby treatment from
the Rio Grande Railroad company"
declared Mr.. Jackliny, II Will add
to the statement that we nave found
out from experience we cannot de-
pend on what officials of the road say
and this appears to be the case from
the top to the bottom of the roster.
Yhe Rio Grande Western Railroad
company cannot be depended upon for
anything; not at present at least
1t was learned today that the OBJ
ject OF the trip to Denver of Manager
Lafayette Hanehett OF the Boston
Consolidated Mining company is for
no other purpose than TO threash mat
tiers out with General Manager A. C.
Iiidgeway. The mining company Off
cials, it Is said. have been unable to
get but scant satisfaction out OF the
railroad company, so Mr., Hanchett
finally concluded to see what could be
done through a personal interview with
that official. like the Utah Copper
company, the Boston Con. has been
pushing construction work at it's new
Garfield mill with all possible speed.
but Mr.. Hanchett has reached the
conclusion that all this haste Is need
less II II is going to be an impossi-
bility to get sufficient ore to keep the
plant In operation