The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-30

with the exception OF those for Michigan,
which cover the year ending June 80 1904.
The Combined Industry.
According to these statistics, 1O3 estab-
1ishments were reported as engaged IN
the combined industry of copper, lead and
zinc smelling and refining Their com
bined capital was Sl64349,0S6 They en-
ployed q, S53 wage earners, paid S2O0S, 100
in wages, consumed materials costing
1852 72S, $50 and manufactured products to
the value of $45l, 1884.
Copper the Most important.
At the census of 1900 the lead smelling
refining industry was the most important
of the three branches, and copper was
second; but at the census of 1905 the posi-
lions were reversed. At the later census
the copper industry supplied 46S per cent
OF the capital, 40 per- cent of the wage
earners. and 1913 per cent of the value of
products, while the lead industry fur
nished 3SS per cent of the capital, &2 per
cent of the waSe-earners and a. per cent
of the value OF products Ihat the grown
of the copper industry has been greater
than the growth of the lead is partially
due to an increase in the practice OF
smelling the dry ores of the precious met
ais with copper instead of lead ores.
Copper Smelling and Refining.
Copper smelling and refining was the
principal industry of forty establishments,
the combined capital of which was So
S24. $40. These establishments furnished
employment to 12752 wage-earners, paid
SIC, S27, 043 in wages, consumed materials
costing S196, 736, $50 and manufactured prod
ucts to the value of S240, 1S0. nc.
When compared with the figures for
the census of 1900 those for 1905 show de-
crease of 149 per cent IN the number Of
establishments. but an increase of AS per
cent in capital, or 126 per cent in wage
earners. of 26-9 per cent in wages, of 81
per cent in cost of materials, and of 45.S
per cent IN the value of products.
Copper Refined In the East.
The growth of the industry, however.
has not been uniform in the sections east
and west of the Mississippi. The figures
reveal a tendency toward the growth and
concentration of the refining industry in
the eastern territory. In 1900 this terri
tory reported only S6.s per cent of the re-
filming, while in 1895 it reported 9S.S per
cent. The operations of the western es-
adjustments are now confined almost en-
tfrely to smelling, with, in a majority OF
cases. the conversion of the matte into
blister copper. which is electrolytically
refined in the east.
Gold and Silver By-Products.
At the census of 1905 the product of
smelling was valued at SSS, 1874, $50 and that
of refining at Sl49,1l,2l4 The products of
smelling consisted roughly of 5S90O0,00O
pounds of fine copper contents of blister
or anodes, valued at $50 600; 81, 100000
pounds of fine copper contents of matte,
valued at 5000. 900; 2, 600 600 ounces of sill
of gold valued at $1,000, 900. The products
of refining consisted roughly of 934 O0O 600
pounds of ingots. wire, bars, etc, valued
at $4,000 900, 8. 600 600 pounds of blue Wit
riol valued at 81 600 600: Is 100000 ounces of
silver, valued al S16OOO,0 900; and $500
ounces of gold, valued at 100000. Thus
it appears that the product of the precious
metals resulting from smelling and refin-
ing copper is valued at about SO 600 600.
In 1890 the product of the precious metals
resulting from smelling and refining cop
per was little more than S12.0 900.
New Jersey Leads in Refining.
New Jersey is the largest producer of
fined copper, and between 1900 and 1905 il
increased It's production of the total for
the country. OF the 6O2. 595 113 pounds of
ingOts, wire bars, etc, reported in 1900
New Jersey produced &3 per cent, while
of the 933 SOC, 7Oi pounds reported in 1905 it
produced $50 per cent The refining in
dustry in New York also made a great
advance, so that the states of New Jer-
sey and New York reported for 1906 nearly
two-thtrds of the refined copper product
OF the country, Michigan was third and
Maryland fourth.
Lead Smelling and Refining.
Lead smelling and refining was the lead
ing industry of thirty-two establishments.
the aggregate capital of which was S63.-
$3.50. These establishments employed
1913 wage-earners paid s, 874, 691 in wages, |
consumed materials costing S16S, O76. |
and manufactured products valued at
SiS5 S6, S39.
When compared with the corresponding
figures given at the census of 1900, those
Tor 1890 show q decrease OF 1T.9 per cent
In the number OF establishments, of II 5
per cent in capital, and of 9 per cent in
the average number Of wage-earners: but. |
on the other hand, they show an increase
or 90 per cent in total wages, of 17-2 per
cent in cost of materials, and of So per
cent In value of products. The decrease in
the number Of active establishments in
capital invested, number of wage-earners
and general operating expenses has all
been In the west, for establishments east
OF the Mississippi river show increases in
these Items.
Quantity Of Lead.
The products of the lead smelling and
refining industry consisted of 7S3, O60, S36
pounds of lead, valued at $50, 357 eO1: of
2514549 ounces of gold, valued at So, 994,-
4S6: and OF Y. 9S ounces Of silver, val
ued at 81, STA. AS compared with the
corresponding figures for 1900 those for
1905 show an increase in quantity of g. 2
per cent for lead, of "a per cent for gold.
and Of 81 per cent for silver In value lead
increased 20.6 per cent and gold 1.9 per
cent, but silver decreased II per cent
That the development of the precious met
ais did not keep pace with that OF lead