The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18
NEW MINES ARE
CAUSING CHANGE
Utah Copper and Nevada Con.
Demand More Capacity at
Refneries.
PLANTS OF THIS
COUNTRY INCREASED
Refineries of This Country Get
Smelter Product of the
World.

The Boston News Bureau says that the
refining OF copper in the United States is
for the most part carried on at seven
plants. controlled by the leading selling
Interests or closely identified corpora tons.
The monthly capacity of these rcfinere5
has been increased by moro than 10000.
600 pounds a month during tho past two
years. and whereas they formerly could
treat Sp,o000O0 pounds a month, they
can now turn out from 100, 100000 pounds
OF marks BILE copper
lie Laurel Fill refinery owned by The
Nicholas Copper company Is the largest
plant of It's Kind in the country, II not
in the entire world having capacity for
producing 80 900 900 pounds OF refined cop
per per month, an Increase OF 100000
pounds over the capacity OF two years
ago.
During this period. the Guggenheims
have more than doubled the refining ca
pacity at their two reflncries. located at
Baltimore and Perth Amboys move
made necessary by the extraordinary en-
pansion in production by the Utah Cop
per company and the Nevada Consoli
dated companies. The combined capacity
OF the Two plants Is now 2o.U00,0oO pounds
monthly, all enlargement OF more than
100 per cent.
Fpr the purpose CT showing the ca
racity OF the seven leading rehneries at
the present time and their capacity two
years ago. the following table is pre-
sented pounds refined per month";;
Two
Now. Years Ago.
K2ritan 49,. ........ q 00O. 400 "a 600 900
Boston & Montana 1000 900 900. 600
Nichols Copper Co. $4,000. 900 81 000. 900
Guggenheims BALTIC q
Perth Amboy. N j. 5000, 900 IL ,00o. 900
L. $. Refining Co..
Chrome. N. J...-.. 100000 10000, 900
Ealbach tAmcrican
MetaD ......... 25Oo.o0O $500, 900
Totals 105 non Oo0 80 Onn Dnn
OF the largest copper sellers. Phelps,
Dodge &. Co arc the only interests which
do not own refinery. Their smeltor
product is all treated at the Nichols plant.
The Nichols interests, while doing the
greatest refining business. are not sellers
of copper, but their relations with the
American Metal company are very close
ard the latter agency handles much of
the copper. not sold by the Phelps Dodge
people. which comes from the Nichols re-
tincry,
owned by the United Metals Selling COM
paDy. but was sold To the International
Smelling & Refining company upon the
formation OF the latter corporation.
Calumet .Iccla owns a small refinery
at Buffalo where is treated that portion
of its product which must go through
an clectrolytic process, II is TO this plant
that the Quincy Mining company and one
or two other Michigan mines also ship
some Of their output containing silver
values.
Inc cOmolncd fennery capacity OF the
United States is not being taxed, but the
various plants are in a position TO handle
the larger tonnages which the new mines
now advancing to the productive stage
will contribute when actually ready TO
start operations.
Not only is the copper produced in the
mines OF this country refined at one OF
these plants. but Mexico. Canada, Chile
Peru, Australia. Japanese and African
mines, as well as those situated I'm other
foreign countries. ship their smeltcr pro-
duct and ores here to be put into mar
kctable shape, and much OF this appears
as the refinery production Of the United
states.