The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13

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The following article from
gives a brief history of the que
and smelling company and also a
Judge Marshall in dissovling the
The United States Smelling, Rein.
ing g. Mining Company is to be allowed
to reopen and operate its big lead smelt.
ing works at Bingham junction. and
sixty days hence the company expects
to have the first furnace in commission.
and as soon thereafter as possible to
have ne works going at capacity. The
matter was settled by Judge Marshall
in the Federal Court yesterday morning
when he decided to grant the COM
pany's petition for a modification of the
famous smelter smoke injunction that
was secured by the farmers of the val
ley. The decision caused all kinds of
rejoicing in mining and business circles
of this city and, while possibly not all
of the farmers will vie1 the matter in
the same light, it is believed that most
of them will be glad that the matter
has been settled as it has.
The decision means the rehabilitation
of the town of Bingham Junction it
means the employment of not less than
$50 men about the works and the dis.
tribution of $4,000 a month for pay
roll account. IL means. also, that the
smelling company will spend from
s160. 900 to 5000. 900 for repairs and the
betterment of its plant during the next
sixty to ninety days. aud it means that
the miners of this region are not going
TO be at the complete mercy of the
smelling trust. or the American Smelt-
ing g. Refining Company. 1t means
that, within a few weeks, the United
States Company will be ready to open
the gates to its works for the producers
who have contracts with it, and it
means that, as o o as the company can
get squared away again, producers of
all classes Of ore other than ultra cop
per products, will have the same oppor.
tunity to market their products that
they did before the injunction against
all the valley shelters was issued.
Everything Asked for Is Granted
The decision of Judge Marshall was
delivered orally. and it granted all that
the United States Company had asked
for. 1t gavs the company the right to
operate under the restrictions it was
willing to have imposed in its applica.
ton, and granted the privilege of con-
thinning the experiments it has been
making for a long time and those in
contemplation, providing only that, in
case damage was done to the farms.
ranches, etc., the United States Com
pany would be called upon to satisfy
them. This, Judge Marshall intimated.
would not be such a hard matter to
determine, as there was the stipulation
between the farmers and the American
Smelling q Refining Company by
which the latter IA allowed to con-
tinue its lead smelling works in oper-
alton, as a basis to figure from.
Under the terms by which the court
permits the United States Company to
resume, all solid particles. dust and
fumes created in smelling ores must be
prevented from being discharged into
the outer air. and the vapor that escapes
through the stacks must not contain
more than three.fourths of one per cent
of sulphur dioxide gas.
The management OF the United States
Company was naturally elated at the
favorable ending Of the case. and Presi-
dent W. G. Sharp and Managing Direc-
tor A. f. Holden. who have been pres
ent since the matter was taken up for
consideration by the court, pulled out
on the evening train for California,
where they will make an inspection of
the company's Mammoth mines and
smelling works and return a few days
later.
Manager Heintz's Statement
ave are not going to give the farm
ers any ground for further complaint"
said George w. Heintz. general man.
ager of the local plants and mines of
the United States Company, after the
decision had been rendered. "Wedon't
propose to allow anything to escape
from the stacks that will do a penny's
worth of injury to anyone. Plans have
all been prepared and we shall begin
the construction at once of a new con-
verter rooster plant. Like our patented
process of neutralizing the gases and
fumes that enter the bag house to pre-
rem the destruction of the cloth of
which they are constructed. our con-
verter rooster plant is a scheme of u
own that will permit the roasting OF
ores at a much lower temperature than
was possible by the old hand rooster
method, while it will permit Of the di.
version OF all fumes into the bag house
at a temperature that will not en-
danger the destruction of the bags by
fire. Many other improvements are to
be introduced. and when all is done we