The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-16
1INTC MAKES BID
FOR SHELTER
Commercial Club of Eureka
Addresses Letter to Mine
Owners Association.

Eureka, Feb. 15.-Tinue is going to
make a strcng bid for an independent
sinelter. The Tintic Commercial club has
sent the following letter to the Utah
Mine Ownera' association:
Eureka, Feb. A. 1goS-To the Utah
Mine Owners association, Salt Lake
CITY, Utah.-Gentlemen: In the selec-
ton of site for an Independent smelteT
the Tintic Commercial club desires TO
call your attention TO the feasibility and
many advantages of the Tintic valley for
the location of such reduction works
Foremost is the fact that there is no
vegetation or farms in this valley
to ruin or devastate with smeter fumes
therefore no litigation 10 follow, with its
harassing results and probable final
close down: and, second, the Tintic dis
trlct, within its own limits produces
sufficient ore, combining all the neces-
sary fluxing qualities. TO run smelter
OF l,J0O tons daily capacity, and when
ever the low grade ores of the district
can be handled at a profit to the pro-
ducer 1t may safely he estimated that
200 or 5000 tons will be the average
daily production OF the Tintio mining dis
trict.
Not only is an Independent smelter
warranted in this vicinity by the heavy
output Of local ores that could always
be depended upon, but when the fact that
immediate railroad transportation over
TWO railroads would be afforded to those
and southern Utah. together with Bing-
ham, Park City and other camps, il is
easily seen that the output named may
be run up to 5000 tons per day. 1t will
also furnish the outlet for all the ores
of the great Deep Creek region. and
that district. il must be remembered, Is
capable of a wonderful production as
soon as the transportation facilities shall
be furnished II.
Speaking Of fluxes. where in Utah, or
elsewhere for that matter. is there an
other district like Tintio? AL varieties
of ores are here-limestOne the iron OK
ides, iron sulphides, lead sulphides and
the highly silicious ores, each variety in
enormous quantities-to make the COM
plete smelter charge, regardless of i'm
poftatiOns from other mining camps. We
have no hesitation in saying that in this
respect Tintic SuFpaSses any other min
ing district in the state and the pecu-
MARY advantage Of this feature to the
smelling industry cannot be overlooked
The expense of transportation of coal
and coke would be much more than off
set by the special advantages of this Ia
VoFable combination Of fluNing ores; be
sides there is no doubt that Tintic would
soon be a common point in all freight
matters were the valley here dotted with
smelters and made what nature evident
" intended II to be-the greatest natural
smelling site in the state of Utah-a fit
companion to the greatest mining camp
in Utah
In this connection we call attention
to and commend the good business JuuS-
ment of Uncle Jesse Knight, one of the
foremost mining operators OF the state,
who is now building an up-tO-date smell
ter in the Tintic valley for the reGuc-
ton of ores from his own mines in this
district and such other custom ores as
its capacity may accommodate. But We
are firmly of the opinion that one smelt-
er will play only a small part in the re-
duction of the vast volumes of ores which
may readily and cheaply be transported
10 Tintic valley.
I'VE. therefore, pledge the Tintic Com
mercial club to secure a suitable site in
Tintic valley for the location of an indie
pendent smeter and will present the same
TO your association should you see fit to
Investigate the merits of this proposition
and bring your smelter where it will be
to the economic advantage of all con-
cerned.
JAMES p. DRISCOLL,
II. +. GEAR.
Il. c. DOTN.
DAN MARTIN.
EDWARD PIKE.
Fl. f. HIGSON.
ID. d. HANKS.
&C. c GRIGGS
&C e HUSH,
SAMUEL MINTYRE. JR.,
COMMITTEE"