The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-15
OHIO COPPER
MILL AND MINE
Sentiment Against Starting
One SeCtiOn-What Visit
to Camp DiSCIOSeS.

An inspection Of the Ohio Copper
company's mines and the big milling
plant now I'm course Of equipment leaves
no room to doubt that the first section
of the mill can be placed in commission
within a few weeks. should the man
aRement so decide The advisabiltty OF
starting it is a debatable question ana
the argument against II IS at least as
strong as that for il. Some of the best
friends the Ohio Copper company has
believe it would be the height Of folly
10 begin the treatment Of ore until the
mill is ready to 90 at its capacity OF
1000 tons a day or better. 1t is argued
that the stock of the company is ncW
selling at a low price; that If sec
ton of the mill was placed IN COM
mission. as IL might easily be before the
end OF next month if things were
crowded. the shrewd and constituencies
bear element in the stock market
would Immediately begin figuring the
costs OF producing copper and show, TO
the satisfaction of the unthinking, that
Ohio could not touch its competitors IN
the Bingham camp. The starting of
one section would advance the price OF
the stock and the figures worked out
on costs would knock the pins out from
under it in 20 time.
Ohio Copper has a good, clean rec
ord to date; no false statements have
ever been issued concerning it and,
while there would be nothing dishonest
in starting the first section of the new
mill as soon as it is ready, it could
hardly prove other than a disappOint-
ment to the friends Of the company who
are anxious to see it begin making cop
per on a footing that will at least par
TALLY Justify a comparison with neigh
bors now i'm shape to handle a heavy
tonnage. IL is pointed out that when
costs of production are honestly figured
every penny disbursed by a company
outside of actual construction COSTS is
chargable against the ore extracted.
against the mineral produced and sold.
There are certain large fixed expenses
that 90 with the conduct of every min
ing company's business and these vary
but little whether a mine is producing
10000 OF 500 tons of ore a day; and if
the Ohio starts 5O0-ton section of its
plant il will be done under the con-
ditions named. though no account of the
difference would be taken by those who
were anxious to show what a costly
proposition it was.
To hold the starting day back until
the entire mill is ready to run would
mean matter of only a few months
providing the financing of the company
was completed and. in the interim, the
mine could be perfectly opened clear
down to the 400-fOOt or MascOtte tun-
mel level and there would hardly be a
limit to the amount of ore that could be
produced daily in practically automatic
fashion and at a cost for mining and
transportation to the mill that viii
compare with the best OF them on the
start and grow cheaper, rather thar
more expensive, as the years go by.
Then" say friends of the company
why not wait little while and start
right"
Milling Plant Beauty.
The milling plant of the Ohio Copper
company is located within a short dis
lance Of the portal of the Mascottt
tunnel through which the ore to feed
il IS to come and which will be de-
livered into the top Of the mill bins
above the main crushing floor, direct
from the mine. The mill building a!
planned I'm the beginning is entirely
completed, as is also the slimes-treat
ing plant. Both great steel structure.
are now ready for the machinery and
equipment and. as has been repeatedly
stated, the mill itself is being mad,
ready for business at a rapid clip
Practically all of the equipment fo
the IlISI seCIlOn Is now IN place dni
it is already possible to get a splendid
idea of what the entire plant will lool
like when all the machinery is set
Electric power will be used Throughout
the mill and separate. motors will b.
employed to handle each department
The crushing viii all he done with tn
conventional jaw rock breakers. roll
and Chilean mills while the separation
win be made by jigs and concentratin,
tables There are convenient autOmati
devices for feeding and distribution o
the ore from the time IL enters the crush
ers until it is discharged in the lowe
portion Of the works in the form O
tailings, concentrates and shines TIL
shines are conveyed in launders to tn
slime-tTeating plant, a few hundred fee
from the main mill building, where Cal
low settlers and other devices are EN-
ployed TO collect the metallic content
Of the material that may have bee
crushed too fine for good separation O
the concentrating tables.
Every floor I'm the main mill buldin
and those I'm the shines plant. as vel
are constructed Of concrete and cemen
laid deep ON the solid ground, Will
every piece OF machinery. CrusheTs
rolls, Chilean mills. concentrating ia
bles. electric motors, etc, are being sc
on massive concrete bases that are a
immOvable as the rock of Gibraltar