Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-25
Mine owners MUST
CONTROL SHELTERS

For several years past there has
been a shadow of competition be-
tween the We smelling plants operat-
ing in Salt Lake valley, but, of late
there has been such a perfect under
standing between these concerns that
the ore producer has been almost as
much at the mercy of the buyers as
If there were only one plant for the
treatment of ores in this intermoun-
tain region; and not one of the smell
tiers could honestly be called an in
dependent proposition, free to act as
necessity demanded, and able to give
a fair show to the big as well as little
producers
Quite recently, however, even this
shadow of competition has disappear
ed, four of the five smelling plants
have drawn their fires, and now the
mine owners are up against the real
thing, and the trust has closed upon
them with an iron hand.
Unless mine owners have an I'M
expired contract with this plant, they
can hope for nothing but robbery. No
matter how much his ore is worth he
may thank his stars that the smelteT
does not gobble up the entire con-
signment in the payment of outrage
Gus smelter charges, harsh penalties
and side gratis; and, even then
should be fortunate enough to have
a paltry sum coming to him, he may
have to wait sixty days for what il
due him, while the smelter draws in
terest on his money
In free country such conditions
cannot long continue, and the indica.
lions are that it will not be long
now, before number of independent
smelters will be in operations which
will offer relief to the ore producer
AS a matter of fact, a number oil
such enterprises are now on foot, and
before the closing of the present yeal
it is safe to say that several indepen
dent smelling plants will be in oper
alton in Utah and Nevada; plants
which will give the producers fail
treatment and which will not pla.
into the hands of the trust.
One of these, which should be il
commission early in the spring, thu
knight smelter in Tintic district
Utah, is now in course of construc
tion and when it is in successful op
Grafton it will be God-send to tn,
silver-lead producers of this and tn
, nearby districts. Another PROPOSE
ton of this character is the smelte
to be built by f. Augustus Heinze OF
the west shore Of the Great Sal
Lake
Prominent Salt Lake and Utal
| people will doubtless be identities
with Mr.. Heinze in this enterprise, in
, cluded in the number being ex-Sena
tor Kearns, Hon. David Keith, Hon
John Dern and others. In Nevada
also sIiielter building is on foot in
| number of places. The cost of con
z struction is being inquired into, pro
moters are being consulted and CAPT
; tai is waiting for the signal for in
vestment in number of undertak
: ings of this character.
: The country needs competitio
: in smelling operations as much
, it does along mercantile lines
! When this feature is eliminated
, all pursuits, the big fellows eat u
1.-THE little ones and the progress Q
l business is checked. With independ
ent shelters in commission the meta
!, output of the west would be NOR
t than double what it is today. In
I producer would get more for the out
e put of his mine, and the whole coun
. try would be vastly benefited
1 Salt Lake Mining Review.