Deseret Evening News

THE NEW SMELTER.

The Bingham Copper Company Will Blow In One Stack Tomorrow.

After many exasperating delays on account of structural material the Bingham Copper and Gold company has practically completed its new 300-ton smelter at Bingham Junction, the success of which means much for the Bingham camp and a great deal for the prestige of the State. The work is so far completed that the management expects to blow in one stack tomorrow. For this purpose about 8,000 tons of ore are now in the smelter bins. Of this amount, about 2,000 tons came from the Tegora and it largely constitutes the siliceous ore needed to mix with the sulphide ore of Bingham. Some purchases have also been made by the company of Centennial Eureka, Garisa and Columbia ores, so that everything is now in readiness for the test run, which will be in the nature of an experiment, although it is pretty well decided that the plant will work like a charm. Mr. Wigginton, who has lately come from Colorado, says that the Bingham ore is an ideal one for the plant erected and, with a similar assurance from the veteran smelter man, W. H. Nutting, no doubt is felt regarding the result of tomorrow's work. For probably two weeks the management may operate only one stack having a capacity of 100 tons daily. The necessary adjustments and tests can be made just as well with one stack as with three. About 100 men are at present employed at the mine and smelter but this force will be increased to about 250 men as soon as things are in full swing. Meantime until the Copper Belt Railway company's tracks are extended to the mine the output from the Bingham mine will be limited to about 100 tons daily.