The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18
REFiNERIES ADD
MUCH TO OUTPUT
Increase Capacity Twenty Per
Cent to Care for New
Production.

I The refining Of copper in the United
States is for the most part carried on
~ seven plants. controlled by the lead
Ting selling interests or closely idcnti-
ficd corporations. The monthly capac-
ly 81 these refincries has been in
creased by more than 2O.00O.0o0 pounds
"a month during the past two years. and
whereas they formerly could treat So
GOO 900 pounds "a month. they can now
turn ont from 700. 00u. 600 Co 10000. 600
pounds 81 marketable copper. says the
Boston Ncws Bureau.
The Laurel Hiu refinery. owned by
she Nichols Copper company. o. the
largest. plant OF its kind in the country.
pr NOT m the entirc woria. naFlnk "a
capacity for producing 33.0oo.ooO pounds
81 refined copper month, an increase
81 100000 pounds over the capacity Of
During thf- period the GuEgenheims
have more than doubled the refining
capacity at their two rcfinerics located
rt Baltimore and Perth Amhoy, move
made necessary hy the extraordinary
expansion IN production by the Utah
fcopucr company and the Nevada Con
soIidatcd company. The combined ca
pacitv 81 the two plants is now 25.OOO.-
600 pounds monthly. an endorsement Of
more than 100 per cent.
To show the capacity Of the seven
leading refiucries az the present time
and fhrlr capacity two wears ago. the
following table is presented pounds re-
Two Years
Now AGO
Raritan ........... $1,000 900 2toso. 600
BOSTON A. Montana 100000 100000
Nichols copper Co. 33.000.00O 27.OO0.oeO
GuEEcnhe Bal
Amboy. =. -. ss.ooO.ooO 1eoeoooo
chrome, \. ! 80. 100000 io.5oo.OOo
Metal -. 100000 2.5oo.oOC
Total............ios.ooO.ooo. so.ooO. OOc
OF the largest copper sellers. Phelps
.DodEe a Go. are the only interests
which do not own n refinery. Their
emeltcr product Is eli treated at the
Nichols plant. The Nichols interests
while doing the greatest refining busi-
mess. are not sellers Of coppcrs. but
their relations with the American Metal
company are very close. and the latter
agency handles much OF the copper. not
sold by the phelps-podEc people. which
comes from the Nichols refinery.
International owns RarItan.
The Earitan refinery was formerly
owned hy the United states Metals Sell
INK company. but 10 was sold 10 the In
fernational Smelling a. Refining com.
pany upon the formation Of the latter
calumet q HccIa owns a small re-
flncry az Buffalo. where is treated that
hor.ion or ~ produce which must -
tnfouEn an clcctrolytic process. 10 Is
~ this plant that the Quincy MininE
company and one or two other Mich
kan mines also ship some Of their out
PIT containing silver values.
The combined refinery capacity Of the
United States is not being taxed. but
she various plants are I'm a position %
handle the larger fuunages which the
new mines. now advancing 90 the pro-
fuucfiv" stage. will contribute when act
ualIT ready 60 start operations.
Not only T. the copper produced I'm
the mines of this country refined al
these plants. but Mexico. Canada. Chill
Icru. Australian. Japanese and African
mines. as well az those situated IN other
lerelEn countries. ship their smelter
product and ores here TO be put into
marketable shape. and much of this ap-
pear az the refinery production Of the
Uaitcd States.