Mohave County miner., 1910-09-10
Old Shelters at Murray, Utah.

American shelter grinds out its daily output of bullion and matte, are four old dilapidated smelters showing the mark of the wind and snow which have beaten about the old ruins for so many years, but resting serene in their idle ness. The city of Murray always has been popular smelter site and still retains some of it's old time glory in this respect. However, only one smell ter is engaged in the refining of ore, while others have gone long ago.
 The Horn Silver shelter started in the infancy of the town and for long time was mint for the owners. The shelter, situated in the hollow west of Murray, was the only exclusive silver shelter this valley has ever known. Its daily output was considered ex- ceedingly good, but owing to a slack in ore, and general conditions not be- ing up 10 expectations, the shelter finally closed for good.
 Just now there is nothing in evi- dence except a huge smokestack, twisted steel and iron to remind one that the refinery once stood there.
 Along he route Cf the Oregon Short Line, near the extreme northern limits of Murray, are ruins of the Hanauer shelter, also one of the big smelters there in its time. Its career was nev- CT considered prosperous, despite the fact that the pay roll was large, to- gether with the fact that much ore was treated. Following valuable i'm provements and the installation of new machinery, the plant began its un- eventful career. The shelter ran for a number of years, covering a wide area with huge piles of slag and cast off machinery. The property is now owned by the Gordons and is being used for almost anything which comes to the minds of the owners. Little Cottonwood creek wends it's way through the tract of land, and past that old unused shelter, while 9 num- Der of houses have been erected near by and county officials are making use of the slag, but the plant itself is thing of the past.
 The Highland Boy shelter was the next to go. This particular plant was perhaps next to the largest in Salt Lake county. It ran for good many years, enjoying a good output before a damper was put on the works by the farmers whereabouts. The shelter would still be occupying its pedestal of fame had it not been for few farm CTS who owned scanty tracts of lucerne land on the outskirts of the shelter property. The shelter officials were eager to be at peace with the owners of this land and made all kinds of over lures. They installed smoke con- sumer at the big copper refinery, but this did not satisfy the farmers in the least. They kicked, and finally the matter was carried to the courts. where the shelter people were assess ed until they were forced to quit busi- ness there. The farmers kept up their 0ght until the shelter officials gave up the fight Tn disgust.
 A little town sprung up near the Highland Boy, and it was here that more than three hundred families lived. When the big plant closed, many remained, hoping that the smell ter would again begin operations The plant remained inactive, and it was then that the residents began to move to more alluring fields.
 At the present time little remains of the shelter. The big steel structures and even the big smoke stack, from which poured volumes of thick black smoke for so many years, has been torn down. About the space where the refinery once stood are a few old vacant houses. This plant employed more than LOGO men and were the means of building up big portion of the country in that vicinity.
 Enshrouded in its silver surrounding is the old Germania, at one time oper- ated by the American Smelling x Re fning company, now occupying the old site but without it's former activity. | The veteran shelter man, T. R. Jones, | once had charge of the Germania. and such men as Austin, Tucker and many others helped to make it the strong in- dustry at Murray that it used to be.
 When work on the Murray plant on the hill south of the city was started