The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-15
SHELTER FIRES
TO Be DRAWN
United States Smelling Com
pany viii Obey Courts Man.
date to the Letter.
A. F. HOLDEN'S STATEMENT
coMPANY'S PATRONS NOTIFIED
TO QUIT SHIPPING.

The plants OF the United States Smelt-
ing. Refining & Mining p at
Bingham Junction, in this valley, are
TO be closed down. Producers who have
contracts with the company have been
notified to cease shipping and, within a
few days, or as soon as it is possible
10 make a proper cleanup of the works,
fires Will be drawn and the plants VIII
become idle until such time as it Is
known definitely what can be done I'M
der the decision of the circuit cours OF
appeals in the smoke nuisance cases.
This Information was released by Man
aging Director A. F. Holden, who
reached here yesterday from Mexico.
While the closing of the works will hit
some of the Tintic and other producers
pretty hard, 1t is hoped that some way
Will present itself for resumption before
long, but the management declares its
intention of obeying absolutely the man.
dates OF the court without any attempt
at evasion or quibbling over technicali-
ties.
Some of the companies known to be
marketing their ores with the United
states p were questioned follow
ing the statement made by Managing Di-
rector Holden, but they had not at that
time received notice that the must quit
shipping and for that reason they had
nothing to say. While everybody has
been wondering how the court decision
was going to affect the valley smelters,
no one expected that operations would
cease Immediately, as it is conceded that
during the winter months no damage can
result from the operation of the plants.
Following Is the statement of the United
states company the publication of which
was authorized by Mr.. Holden:
Company's Statement.
The position of the United States
Smelling company in the matter of smoke
suits is. of course, that it will follow
absolutely the decree of the courts.
Since the suits were filed certain de-
vices have been installed to avoid the
escape OF injurious matter and we do not
believe that the United States plant at
Bingham Junction is now causing ma
teriai damage to vegetation. Neverthe-
less the company is now preparing for
a shutdown of its smelling operations
in the Salt Lake valley.
AT Bingham we shall cease the min
ing of both lead and copper ore. At
the Centeunial-Eurek we are already
shipping a portion of the ore to our
Mammoth works in California, and the
entire product can be smelted there at
little additional cost to the COMPANY.
rms statement, without an understand
ing OF the cost of fluXes. may seem un-
reasonable. but ii is nevertheless a fact
as IRON. which is expensive in Utah. is
without value there.
W have been obliged to notify vari-
Gus ~oduee TO discontinue shipments
or ore TO our Bingham Junction smelt-
ers. We regret the consequences there
OF 70 the mining industry, but necessity
LOT me move Is self-evtdent in view of
present conditions.
"Ihe cessation of smelling operations
IN Salt Lake valley will not materially
aIIect the earnings of the United States
company as It viii be able to treat the
largest portion of its own ores in otbe~
plants. The new Mammoth smelter at
hennett, with a capacity of 1900 tons
per DAY, Will be in partial operation Dec
January" u