The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
PRODUCTION LESSENED..
RESERVES INCREASED
Mines Of State Developed Largely, but Ores
Are Not Shipped to Market
at Low Ebb.
Troubles That Afflicted Business Everywhere Fail to Leave
Impress on Properties of This State.

the work of connecting that site with
the San Pedro and Rio Grande-Western
Pacific systems with a view of treating
not only the ores of the Utah Console
dated company, at Bingham, but with
purpose Of going into direct competi-
ton with all other smelling companies
for the custom trade of this region.
The Tintic Smelling company, the en-
terprise that has been launched by I'm
Gle Jesse Knight and his associates in
the Tintic district, has experienced the
usual difficulties in getting under way,
but the year closes with three lead fur
naceS in commission, a copper furnace
ready to start and another lead stack in
course of construction. The United
States company has proven friendly to
this undertaking by contracting to re-
fine the crude bullion at one of its east
ern plants, and at the same time has
so perfected its own lead smelling
work at Bingham Junction as to be
able to show the world that il is pos
sible to smelt ores without damage to
the surrounding country. Il does not
look as though these concerns were
fearful of the future OF the mining in
dustry.
F. A. Heinze and his crowd has Sc
cured the smelling works at Milford
with a view of placing them in COM
mission early in the year and eventually
building new works, while the expert
ments being made with the Fink pro-
cess of smelling, near the Boston Con-
solidated mill, at Garfield. promises to
so revolutioniZe the business of reduc-
ing ores to bullion that it will soon be
possible for the most isolated of mines
to enjoy individual smelling facilities.
This latter proposition is being tried
out by Samuel Newhouse at his own
expense, because he believes there is
merit in it. Should it fail. no one will
be the loser but Mr.. Newhouse and the
inventor; if it proves successful, the
process viii make millions for its own
ers and make possible the profitable
working of mines innumerable that are
now unable to operate at a profit.
All of these things are being planned
and moved along by calculating. prac-
teal, successful men of affairs, and it is
safe to say that it is their ability to
read the signs of the times that has
prompted them to move. They appre-
ciate the marvellous growth of the coun-
try and they are able to understand
something Of the increased demand for
metals that this growth implies. Other
wise, they would do nothing on these
lines.
Copper Mining and Camp Develop
ments.
The copper mines of the state have
made great strides during the year in
the matter of development and equip
ment, and while production does not in
dictate it, there is not a shadow of doubt
that, had it been considered good busi-
ness. the record of 1907 would easily
have been eclipsed. AS It IS. every mine
is in shape to produce heavily during the
year TO come and new mines are TO be
added to the list. The Ohio Copper
company will. by the middle of the year,
be handling a large tonnage or ore IN
its splendid milling plant at the mouth
of the Mascotte tunnel. while Mountain
Lake company. the mines of Alta, the
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