The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-28

'Tooele, the Anaconda of Utah. is the
slogan of the smelter town across the
Oquirrhs since General Manager e. 7.
Mathewson of the International Smelt-
ing & Refining company announced that
the new plant would be operated as lar
as possible With Utah and Montana Ia
Dor. to the exclusion of foreign labor
TOoele people believe that their city IS
destined to become another Anaconda
They say that the ownership of the In
ternational company and the Amalga-
mated company is practically identical,
and they can see no reason why Tooele,
though it has but 100 population now,
should not grow to have the 1900 or 1900
credited to Anaconda since the class OF
labor employed will be the same as in
the Montana smelter town, and the otner
conditions are regarded as favoTing the
Utah city.
The International company's smelter
is to be built in the mouth OF Pine can
yon, which is a little over four miles
eastward from Tooele and just across the
range from Bingham. Between Tooele
station and the Salt Lake Route line
is being built to the smelteT site by the
Toeeie Valley railroad a company sub
sidiary TO the smelling concern. This
line will be about seven miles long 1t
has the rails down for more than half
the distance now and the work of bal
lasting will begin this week The road
runs almost due east its entire length
Two miles from the San Pedro station
IL runs through the DuSfntSS part u Oil
Tooele The road will be operated by
steam for two years. when the motive
power will be changed to electricity
The smelter is tC have an initial ca
pacity of $500 tons, according to the plans
thus far announced It is believed that
this capacity will be increased. although
no announcement has been made to this
effect. Also, so far as known. the plant
will treat copper ores exclusively
though there have been constant rumors
of the intention of the company to put
in lead furnaces In the beginning the
plant will have to handle the ores of the
Utah Consolida ted. which it is already
obligated by contract to handle up to
I 200 tons daily. These will come over
the mountain by aerial tram pending a
decision on the proposition to run tun-
mel three and one-half miles long through
the hill. This TUNNEL on the Pine can
Won side would be 900 feet below the deep
est workings in Bingham. The plant will
also have the ores Of the GirouX anc
other Ely mines. recently bought by the
Cole-Ryan syndicate, which owns the
smelling company
f. P Mathewson, general manager oil
the International company, in a recent
talk to the people of Tooele assured them
that the result of the shelters opera
of Tooele by $500 Mr.. Mathewson's state
ment was accepted as intended TO be 4
/ conservative estimate.
As the desirable part OF Tooele is pretty
provide d place for the new population
that is sure to come and for the many
business houses that will be required tC
cater to their trade. The TOOele I'm
Drovement company, corporation ina
is entirely distinct from the other tive
companies was organized by number Of
Butte capitalists. 1t has since bought 20
acres of ground within the city limits
one hundred and seventy acres of this
ground, which lies just east Of the Older
| Tooele and nearer the smelteT site, mas
been plated and will be sold The
ground undulates gently and will be cas-
iIy drained. But the lots won't be sold il
the ordinary way. A novel method is e
be employed The company has arranged
for an auction sale on April 15 when the
/ lots will be put up, figuratively speaking
and knocked down to the highest bidders
For the sale an excursion viii be run
from Butte to accommodate those who
| believe that Anaconda's marvellous devel-
| opment is to be duplicated, at least to 6
| considerable extent. Upon the arrival oil
! the Butte train In Salt Lake 2 specia
| train will leave over the San Pedro tC
| carry Butteites and Salt Lakers and 9th
| ers who desire to attend. The special vii
/ be the first passenger train to run ove1
/ the line of the Tooele Valley road. Tit
/ excursionists are to be taken right t
/ the scene Of the sale.
While Mr.. Mathewson prophesied 500