The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-22
NEW SHELTER
IS IN THE SWIM
Its Operation Expected to Give
Relief Producers Were Seek
ina in Another Way.

II now seems probable that the indie
pendent shelter movement that has been
jncubating here for several months will be
abandoned Some Of those who had fig
ured in the scheme quite prominently are
now inclined to let It drop and rely for
the relief they have been seeking through
that channel on the new smelling COM
pany that is preparing to build on the
Tooele county site of the Utah Consoi-
idated company.
This new smelling company, II Is said.
IS already out for the business Of the Ohio
Copper company. with every likelihood of
getting It, Other copper-producing inter-
ests in this state are known not to be
autaRonistic 10 the new concern and the
prospects all seem to Indicate that by the
time the company is ready to take ore
and concentrates for treatment the sur
rounding mines will be prepared 10 deliver
anywhere from 2010 TO 300O tons adily.
No one approached on the subject Of the
new company's entry into this field has
had other than kindly expressions to make
and il is noticeable fact that no one has
spoken as though impossible things were
going to be demanded
IAN that we are seeking, said the
manager OF one big concern yesterday, lis
q square deal We all realize that il costs
money to smelt ore ami / think there is
no one unwilling to see a smelling COM
pany make money. The trouble with the
GuggenheimS has been that. whenever
they had things their own way they did
not hesitate to crowd the producer into
a corner and rob him. The moment COM
petition compelled them to relax their hold
they played the part of When the devil
was sick to the extent of not only hurt
ing the competitor, but placing themselves
in an unenviable light with the mining fra
ternity. They played a cinch when they
could and were goody, good. when they
believed Ii served a purpose. Men that
know the business will trust them no
longer, and those who make no profess
sion at understanding the ms and outs of
the smelling game are suspicious all the
time even when they get better rates than
they are legitimately entitled to. The
Guggenheims have played fast and loose
with their patrons until they are now
thoroughly discredited. That is why there
has beer such strong move to secure
RELIEF through works in which the mine
owners should have controlling voice"
The independent smelter movement has
been more pronounced in the ranks of the
producers of lead-silver ores than by the
copper interests With an UNDERSTANDING
however. that the new company will pre-
pare to handle all classes of ore the dis
position is, OF seems to be. to wait and see
what the new company will really do
The miners of Park City of Tintic of
Alta, OF American Fork. of Beaver coun-
". OF the Deep Creek country and of
P1oche have been ready to join hands and
go into the smelling business as a matter
OF SCif-protection. III the new comDarv
shows a disposition to treat them fairly
and If the railroad companies show dis
position TO help out. another twelve or
eighteen months should. and most kelly
viii. give the new company such a home
with producers Of this region that its
works will need to be the biggest in tho
word TO meet the demand of the men who
are able to keep furnaces running and who
are just as capable of closing them down