The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-07
Managing Director Holden of
United States Company Gives
Kennel Results.
DUST IS DIFFERENT
FROM LEAD PRODUCT
Copper Smelling Demands More
Bag Space Than in Lead
Treatment.

A F Holden, managing director oi
the United States Smelling. Refining and
Mining company. reached Salt Lake city
Wednesday evening from the cast. MIR
Holden is accompanied by Fred Lyon. as
sistant mana ging director, and they VII
spend a week inspecting the various Utaf
mines and smelling plants OF this or
ganization. From salt Lake they 90 tc
the California possessions OF their com
pany then to Arizona and New Mexico
Mr.. Holden stated TO The Tribune Thurs
day that all the propositions OF the
United States company would be visited
on this annual inspection trip except
those in Old Mexico,
One OF the most important pieces OF
work now being done by the United States
company is the trying ont at kennet
CAL OF the playhouse system OF inter,
Ing gases in copper ore smelling. IL
will be recalled that at the Midvale, Ctah,
Smeltcr of the company is very large
playhouse being utilized in lead sneit-
ing, and il is working SplcndidlN. Re
ports from the cast recently have called
into question the success Of the same
system at Kcnnct.
Mr.. Holden stated that the playhouse
system works as successfully In copper
as In lead smelling. but with the diiicr-
ence that more bag space is necessary
for a given amount OF gas than In lead
per square foot is not equal 10 the Mid
vale plant, The dust is much finer from
the copper furnaces. and TINS dust plugs
up the bags much quicker than In lead
smelling, aecesstatlng greater care and
attention. Where the company expected
TO use the Kennel baGhouse as at pres
ent installed to handle the gases from
four furnaces. and although for a time
the playhouse could take care OF four
yet as practical operating proposition
the existing system can only handle two
furnaces.
Mr.. Holden says tina, the proposition
Is a mechanical one, and must be worked
out. lie emphasizes the successful oper-
alton OF the same system at Midvale
where The company has in operation
eighteen acres OF filter cloth.
AT Needles. the United States com.
panY is installing custom concentrating
plant In addition TO the copper and lead
expect big tonnage TO be developed foI
these plants I'm Mexico the company is
doubling its capacity for the treatmnt
OF the silver and gold orc tonnages, two
mills now being in operation whose ca
pacity shortly win he 100 tons of ore
daily. When asked about the policy ot
his company in regard To the now low
grade. low-cost copper producers. such
as are being rounded out In Arizona ana
New Mexico. Mr.. Holden said that the
company was continually on the lookout
for just such propositions. There is a
special department OF tho United States
company whose purpose Is nothing but
the search for meritorious mining prop
ositions.
When asked regarding the eastern sit
uation, Mr., Holden said that every one
was sitting still and thinking politI-
cally. II is the impression i'm the cast
that the country is TO be swept by the
Democratic party at the coming elec.
tions.
The Democratic party has three splen.
did possible candidates for the presi-
dency," said Mr.. Holden. '"They are
Professor Wilson, Judge Harmon anC
Mayor Gaynor. Such fine material would
be hard 10 duplicate. and il is doubtful
II a finer array OF talent for the place
ever existed in the ranks OF any politl-
cal party"