Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
UTAH SHELTERS AND THEIR
DAILY CAPACITY.

1otnl Capacity ....,.....1 $50
WI TtrH mining at low cbb there
NM was no stop to the increas=
wv ing OF the smelter capacity
of the State of Utah during
the year 1910. The International Smclt-
ing e. refining company completed IL,
plant at Pine canyon, six miles from
Tooele during the year, adding 1000 tons
more capacity to the smeltcrs of Utah
and work was started on the Garfield
plant OF the American Smelling & Re-
filming company to increase It's capacity
TO accommodate the enlarged output OF
the Utah Copper company The work
Of 1910 Will bring the smelling capacity
OF the state up to 1850 tons OF ore n
day With copper at IA cents every
smelter in the state would be running,
almost every conccntrator would be
grinding and mining would quickly
move upward. With the present smelt-
ing capacity there is ample to care for
the ores of the state for some time TO
come.
The latest arrival in Utah is the In
ternational Smelling & Refining COM
~ 1t was built to care for the needs OF
the Utah Consolidated company. The
latter company was obliged to close
down its Highland Boy smelter on ac-
count of an Injunction issued by the
United States court. The plant has
since been dismant!cd and IL greater
part of 1t was used in the construction
of the international.
The smelter situation has at last been
settled so that no further trouble is
expected. The United States plant at
Midvale, on account of its great sue
cess In the care of smeltcr fumes, IL
the only company that remains in the
Salt Lake valley. BY the use of bag
house this company is fast being paid
back for Its trouble in caring for the
fumes by the sale of the by-products
1t gets from the smoke. The American
Smelling e. Refining plant at Murray
has secured sufficient easements from
the farmers to insure it's future. Tho
other American plant on tho south
shore of the Great Salt Lake occupies a
position that does not interfere with
tho farmers and consequently has its
future settled.
NEW oMcLlEts IlIANl.
Before tho international plant start
ed operations it secured easements
from the various farmers of the local
ity so that 1t now has rights which
insurcs 1t against trouble from smelter
fumes. This plant poured its first bills
ter copper on Aug. q and since then
has been increasing the output until it
Is now smelling about 500 tons Of ore
day.
During the year only four of the five
companies running at tho first of the
year continued throughout. The Yam
pm smelter closed down shortly after
tho middle of the year, contracting to
send Its high grade iiuxing ore to the
American Smelling plant Mt Garfield.
This was probably due to tho desire OF
the latter to secure good fluxlng ore
for use mt Its plant In place of the Utah
Consolidated rock which has been di-
rected to the International.
The year 1910 closes with only four out
of the nine smelters in the state in oper-
atlon These smelters are the two
American Smelling & Refining company
plants one at Murray and the other ut
Garfield. the United States plant at
Midvale and the International plant Mt
Pine canyon. At present these plants
nre moro than sufficient to handle tho
ores of the state. Tho Garfield and
Pine canyon plants are handling cop
per ores while the United States plant
and the Murray smclter are devoted to
lead, gold and silver ores.
TOTAL INVESTMENT.
The smelling industry Of Utah repre-
sents an outlay of over $4,000, 900. Tho
International plant has spent close to
$2,000,000. the major part of which has
been distributed in the state of Utah.
Tho outlook for the coming year is
hardly as CHEEKY for the smclters as 1t
has looked, but there is plenty to feel
joyful over. Tho slightest improve
ment would cause the opening OF the
Tintic smelter owned by Jesse Knight
The United States company would pro-
coed to put In n bag house to care for
copper ores Mt It's Midvalc plant Mt Il
cost of s250.000. The Independent plant
at Ogden would be revived to care for
ores from Nevada and Montana, and
the Majestic plant at Milford would DO
opened to take care of the ore at that
district. Any substantial change in
the metal market means n big change
In mining and smelling conditions in
Utah.
UNITED STATES PLANT.
On account OF the slackening UP OF
mining In general during the year the
O
Mining company did not proceed with
the construction of the new bag house
for the treatment of copper ore. It
was tho intention of the company to
spend In the neighborhood of $3.50, 900 IN
the construction OF the bag house to
catch the copper fumes, The plans and
experiments for this We're fully carried
out, but on account OF the scarcity o!
copper ore during the year it was dc.
cided to allow this piece of construction
work to go over for another year,
The Improvement also contemplatcs
the building OF necessary fues to be-
used in conjunction with the bae
house. When finished the nag house
will be equipped with 1000 bags. Thi.
will be but the start on more elaborat,
plans for plant. The 1000 bags will
be arranged In three sections to ncl-
tralize the fumes from the three fur
naces that will he equipped. The plant
has SIX copner furnaces but only three
Will be equipped at first. n section be.
Ing added for each furnace.
The method will be the same as Is now