The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-20
OGDEN SHELTER
TO NEW CROWD
Independent Copper Plant Will
Shortly Be Placed in
Commission.

A number of Salt Lake and Ogden min
ing and smelling men have taken a lease
ana option on the smelling works of the
Utah Smelling company, out of Ogden.
and the Independent Smelling company
mas been organized 20 operate and I'M
dertake the purchase of the works. The
dTucles OF IN corporation filed yesterday
snow that the company is capitalized for
~ snares, par Sl0O each. Matt S. Brown
ING, Leroy Eccles, Joel L. Nibley, John @.
CrltchIoW and J. b. Jensen are the IN
cofpofators, with Matt S. Browning as
president and J. b. Jensen as manager
W men seen during the afternoon Manager
j. h. Jensen said:
, We have every encouragement to be-
IeVe that we can make a success of the
smeltlng business at the plant we have
taheh over. can say that our COM
pdhy mas ample financial backing to prop
erly handle the business, and if the rail-
roads running into Ogden from this di-
IecuOn VIII give us a fair deal | am GER
tam that it will not be long till we shall
nave business enough to Justify the in
Stailatlon of another furnace This we
Know can be secured on short notice OF
course all mines that might give us ton
mage are not willing to undertake pro-
auction at the present price of the met
ais, but when the market gets around 1872
cents know where there is plenty of ore
awaiting US. We have secured the serV-
Ices of Charles Williams, a most cOmpe-
LIT 'AAASAtSi man rum TIE nOIlneTn cOul-
Try, as superintendent, and We shall be
ready 10 blow in, l hope, by the end of
the month. Mr.. Williams is now in the
east, but he viii be here during the COM
ing week. If the business prOspers as
We believe it will do. the chances are all
In favor of the capacity of the plant being
eventually worked up to 1000 tons or more
per day"
There is now more than 5000 tons of ore
at the works awaiting treatment. This ore
was bought by the old company last wear
when the metal was soaring and il soon
became impossible to work at a profit
and The plant, which is declared to have
been first-class metallurgical and me-
chanlcal success, was compelled to close
down. In addition to the ore there is more
than 100 tons lime rock and 200 or 500
tons OF coke at the works, so il will be
an easy matter TO build up the stock and
get under way. The works will get most
Of its ore from the north and west to
start with, and the company already has
contracts that guarantee long run at the
present maximum capacity of $50 tons per
day.
Contracts have also been made that will
give the company a market for its 10 to 10
per cent copper product at the refinery
of the United States Smelling, Refining &
Mining company at Chrome. y. J.. and
this fact indicates that a neighborly feel
ing exists between the United States and
the Independent Smelling company.
Manager Jensen was formerly a field
representative of the American company
and later a field representative of the ore
purchasing department of the United
States company, so he is pretty well post
ed on the subject Of buying ores and
where TO look for them. The new COM
pany promises 10 be a great help 10 the
independent copper ore producers of this
region.