The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-19
UTAH COPPER To
INCREASE OUTPUT
Minor Mill Changes to Bring
Big Results, Says w. B.
Thompson.


That the Utah Copper company, Z
- without awaiting construction OF adj =
~ ditions to its milling plants will, by =
= making certain changes of its pres y
~ ent equipment, actually Increase it's =
~ production about 80 per cent, is in Z
~ formation given out yesterday by w. !
~ Il. Thompson, one OF the New York =
= big interests OF the company, after =
: he had completed two days in :
= Epectson Of the mines and mills at 4
Bingham and Garfield The exact
= nature Of the changes which are be-
= Ing made was not revealed by Mr.. =
~ Thompson. He said however, that =
= the changes-to which he referred as
~ minor changes'-had already been =
= effected in one section OF the Utah =
= mill and that results warranted the
y statement That when all of the sec
= tons of the two big mills had been
treated in like manner they would =
~ be handling 10000 tons o. ore day. +
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Mr.. Thompson said last evening that he
was leaving for the east, after his visit
10 the Utah Copper cOmpany's works,
with the same impression that he had
fentertained ever since he knew of the
property-that Utah Copper is one of the
big copper producers of the United States
the only difference being that the i'm
lpression had been greatly heightened by
the knowledge he had gained upon this
"trip.
''rhe company is now producing at the
EFate OF 100000 pounds of copper
month" said he, land from this time on
ifhe production should be largely in
Loreased. The railroad company for the
kSrough ore that the bins can be kept
Fzuled. The Utah plant is handling an
ayerase OF $500 tons day and the Bos-
Efon plant is handling 200 tons a day.
Changes Increase Capacity.
''nfinor changes of the mill equipment
.ESe being made which will increase the
capacity of the Utah mill to 1900 tons
81 ore a day, and which should enable
me Boston mill TO handle 5000 tons
DAY. The capacity of one section of the
Utah mill has already been increased in
Chat ratio, and the same treatment will
be extended to both mills throughout.
Some time next year the mills combined
Will be handling 10000 tons of ore a day,
Stunning out copper at the rate of Isl. 0O0, 00o
pounds a year. And the yield per ton is
mot placed high TO bring that result.
Giving Utah Copper credit for owner
ship OF one~half of Nevada Consolidated,
She present production of the big COM
pany is at the rate OF 11500o000 pounds
Of copper a year. Which means that, on
d 1871 cent copper market the company's
net earnings is at the rate of 81 a share.
upon the same assumption, after the
mill changes shall have been made, Utah
"copper" will be earning in excess Of Sc
share.
Ore Can't Give Out.
"And o gratifying feature OF the Utah
Copper situation is that production is all
that is required to bring results; one
doesn't have to figure upon the possibility
of the ore giving out Fifty years pro-
duction at almost any rate attainable is
assured. The company is largely increas-
ing its steam shovel operations in antic-
patton of the increased output. 1t has IA
steam shovels in operation at its Bling
ham mines and four more Of the giant ma
chimes have been ordered"
Mr.. Thompson. who is travelling in pri-
waite car, accompanied by Mrs. Thompson
and their daughter, left last night for
home the only additional stop scheduled
being at Rock Springs to take a look at
the Gunn-Quealy coal mines.
r. c. GemmeH, assistant general man
.ager of the Utah Copper company. when
questioned concerning the nature of the
mill changes alluded to by Mr.. Thomp-
son, said that, in the absence OF his chief,
General Manager d. G. lacking, he did
not care TO discuss the subject for publ
cation.