Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-04
More Than One Tohusand Men
Have Been Laid OF Dur
ing Past Two Weeks.
CAMP FEELS EFFECTS OF 1T.
valley Smcltcrs Working on smaller
Tonnage tail Con. the
Only Exception.

/ The announcement in Yesterdays
I News 30 the cnect that the Yamra
mine and smciter I'M Bingham would
Doe closed tomorrow came as a great
surprise 90 q good many and Il was
the talk Of m.nine circles today There
is not the slightest doubt about the
Nampa mine being one of the big
propositions OF the camp. but the man
ugcment has been working under such
great difficulties during the past few
months that 10 has not been possible
Co. keep the output o. the mine up 70
normal. Last month the smeltar could
have handled 1000 more tons of orc
than The railroad delivered TO it. ana
operating under such conditions as this
all added 90 the cost of production.
inasmuch as 70 was always necessary
10 Keep the usual force of men on the
pay rolls
OVER THOUSAND LAID OFF.
10 has developed that there has been
"a quiet cur,ailmout going on iu Bling
hem Tor the past two or three weeks
and counting the force that viii De laid
or at The Iampa properties tomorrow.
10 VIII not Dee ovcrst8ting the facts 90
$50. AlINN any n nero from LsNNN LN A.-NN
men retired. The first big reduction
was made by the Boston Consolidated
company when 300 men were served
with notice that their services were
no longer wanted. since then the Sing
ham Consolidated has ceased mining O.
pound or ore from It's Commercial mine.
while the Dalton & Lark output has
been materially Curtailed, the United
States Mining company has stopped
produstiOn from Us Galena mine while
the tonnage coming from the Telegraph
mine amounts 20 only little more than
100 tons a day The New Red Wing is
operating with "a smaller force than
usual. The Utah Consolidated is work.
ing along with the usual vigor how
ever, and Is really handling a larger
tonnage now that % did this time last
year. No word has come from the east
ern offices OF that company 10 indicate
that there win be curtailment there
and probably none viii be. Yet there
is no telling what win happen II these
uncertain copper times continue much
longer. The Ohio Copper company is
TEocoadbls with deFeippnrent work as
usual and IS also operating the old
Winnemuck mill
WORKING on LIGHT TONNAGE.
The Bingham Consolidated smelter is
being operated, according 10 adVices
received from authentic sources, in a
limited way, and &c would be "a safe
guess to say that the output OF copper
from that plant during the month OF
September scarcely came up 70 100000
pounds. The United States plant ala
not handle quite the tonnage Il die
during the previous month, and out az
Garfield. the American Smelling a Re-
filming company IS not running IT'S plant
up TO its capacity by considerable, The
laying of of more than a thousand
men in Bingham is being felt IN that
camp. and residents there are beginning
10 awaken TO the fact there are very
good reasons TO believe that conditions
win not get back TO normal again be-
fore some time next year Some fear
that there win be a general shut down
before the winter is over. This Is a
rcsslmistic view OF the situation. yet
such things are not improbable.
In Park City the strike Of the miners
in the DAILY West DAILY and Ontario
mines. which resulted IN the shutting
down OF those properties. has cast
gloom over the Summit county camp.
Between 400 and 500 men less are en-
ployed in the mines Of Park city than
"a month ago. Tintlc Is the only camp
IN the state where mining operations
have not been curtailed lately.