The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-03
SHELTER GAINS
ANOTHER POINT
United States Company May
Treat Copper SuIphideS
Under New Ruling.

The bitter fight that has been waged
by the farmers in this valley is prob
ably at an end, at least in so far as
the United States cOmpany's plant is
concerned. Judge John A. Marshall
yesterday morning granted the applica-
ton of the United States company for
further modification OF the injunction
that resulted in the closing of all smelt-
ing operations at Murray and Bingham
Junction. involving the treatment of
copper sulDhide ores. that viii result
in permitting the United States COM
pany TO reopen its copper smelter and
run il at capacity between now and the
end Of the year. The battle that has
been waged has resulted in the final
closing of the old Highland Boy and
Bingham Consolidated plants, while the
Murray lead smeiter and the mammoth
copper and lead works of the United
States company at Bingham Junction
are left in uudisputed possession Of the
field. The outcome of the contest as
reflected in the courts decision yester-
day morning may be counted as a vic
tory for both sides, and both sides, in
the judgment of those COnversant with
the proposition. should be satisfied. Both
of these smelters are or will be equipped
with baghOuses TO filter the fumes and
remove therefrOm all the solid matter.
In the case of the United States com
pany, it has successfully shown that it
can bag all its lead plant gases, whether
from the roasting or blast furnaces,
while the company maintains its ability
to similarly control its copper fumes.
Permits Smelling of Copper.
In the hearing before the United
States court Judge Marshall granted the
petition of the United States Smelling
company and modified the decree on the /
injunction so as to permit the smelteT
TO resume its copper, in addition to its
lead, smelling operations at Bingham
Junction. The smelling company agrees
to construct a copper playhouse and the
necessary fiues and appurtenanCes to
remove all the arsenic and solids. to
neutralize the sulphuric acid so as to
render that element harmless to Vege-
tation, and to emit through its playhouse
only the filtered gases containing not TO
exceed seventy hundTedths of one per
cent in sulphur dioXide This is a met
alluTgiCal and engineering feat nowhere
else attempted. A gas diluted to that
strength, it is alleged by the smelling
company can do no harm, as its re-
search into the question has thoroughly
demonstrated.
Following the decision Of the court. |
George W. Heintz. general manager OF |
the company, was seen and asked to
make a statement He was disinclined
to claim any special victory i'm the mo-
mentous case, though he seemed to feel
that his company had earned the right
to operate its copper plant as a result
of the showing that it had been able to
make during the past year with its lead
smelter, and he contended that there !
hs. NO a.
ing copper fumes than those from lead /
furnaces. He caught Himself, howevc-. |
and said:
Il want to qualify that statement a /
little. Put it that we find it possible to |
filter our copper fumes, operating as the |
United states company shall DO for the /
Anaconda company, in Montana, which /
has had similar troubles to ours. is IN /
able to adopt the system we shall use.
and ] do not want any one who NAV
read your statement to gather the i'm l
preston that, because We are able to /
filter our copper gases, other smeIters
can do So
New Construction.
As soon as the plans Of the new bag
house and fiue system are completed.
viii be started. so the
United States company may be again
smelling copper ores by the first of the
year. The necessary changes and new
win call for an expendi-
ture of approximately $250.OOO and the
employment of a small army Of skilled
workmen and labOrers
The United States company. as IL
now operates. employs an average Of
$50 men daily; with the addition of it's
copper plant operating to capacity, it
viii employ upwards Of 200 men. Its
monthly payroll viii amount to 100000.
and the supplies that viii be necessary