Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-27
OGDEN SHELTER
IN OPERATION
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Fires Were KindIed Under One
Copper Furnace
Early Today.
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED.
second Furnace Ready In Two Weeks
Employment for Ono Hun
drcd Men.

There was profound satisfaction cX-
pressed In ogden this morning when
the news was spread about that the
smelter near the Hot springs. nine
miles northwest, was again in opera
ton Fires were kindled under one
copper furnace early in the day FUR
nishing employment FOR AZ least 80 men
and supplying facilities for the treat
ment of l5O tons of ore per day 1t Is
expected that the second furnace Will
be in service within two weeks when
the plant Will handle twice the tom
mage given and work for a half hun
dred more men. Everything is report
ed to have started off satisfactorily
and that General Manager j. b. Jeh-
son was ON hand to give the signal 10
go ahead
The Ogden smelter was built by the
Utah Smelling company at cost OF
about s25000 aud was operated dur
ing the high copper market days oil
last year-unsuccessfullY from imam
cial point of view. but to the contrary
as far as metallurgy goes. The com
pany entered the competitive field with
the American Smelling & Refining,
United States Smelling refining Il Min
ing and Bingham Consolidated MING
& Smelling companies and was unfortu
nate I'm having large tonnage of ore
on had when the October panic came
on and which could not be disposed oi
without entailing heavy loss. Aside
from this, II is declared, that the COM
pany had several Improbable CON
tracts on hand and rather than incur
further losses, the directors decided
To close up shop, at least temporarily
which was done nearly nine months
ago
Some months afterward an option
was given on the property to Willard
r. snyder of this city, who was con
spicuous I'm "A movement to organize
an Independent smelling company. The
proposition met with favor among pro-
ducers for there existed at that time
considerable dissatisfaction at the
treatment accorded by the American
and United States companies over tn,
reimbursement and increase in treat
ment charges The matter was dis
cussed by member of the Utah Nine
owners association and in response e
an invitation from the citizens OF OJ
den that city was visited Business
men of the Junction City gave them
the glad hand of welcome and things
moved along favorably until a meet
ing of farmers was held in the northern
part of Weber county, when opposition
developed. Fearing repetition Of
the experiences of the smelling COM
panies operating In the Salt Lake VAT
ley, the movement fell fiat.
A little later, however, a syndicate
of Salt Lake and Ogden citizens be
gan regulations for a lease and bond
on the plant and succeeded in getting
1t, which was followed by the organiZa-
ton Of the Independent Smelling COM
pany with Matt S. Browning of Og-
den, president, John q. Critchlow of
salt Lake, vice president: Joel Niblcy
Of Salt Lake, secretary and treasurer,
j. b. Jensen of Salt Lake, general man
ager; who, with L. II. Eccles of Ogden
are directors, The company is uum (
a custom business entirely and has SUIT
ilcient ores contracted for from the
camps of Utah, Colorado Nevada, Ida
no and Montana to insure a supply suf-
lcien, to keep the plant running at its
capacity for an indefinite time Since
the closing of the United States and
Bingham Consolidated copper shelters
in the southern end of the salt Lake
valley there has been a lack of facill-
ties to supply the needs of the copper
ore producers of this intermountain re-
gion, The Ogden plant will help to
relieve the situation ana when the cop
per end OF the new Knight plant goes
into commission conditions VIII he stll
further improved. The main offices OF
the Independent company viii be main
tanned at Ogden, but in all probability,
Il branch will be established here for
the convenience of shippers In Utah
and southern Nevada. II. II. Vail, for
merly with the United States COM
uauy IS superintendCnt of the smelter