Butte Paper - The Tooele Plant of the International Smelting & Refining Co.
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 16
- File Size:
- 1449 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1914
Abstract
The Tooele plant of the Internationa1 Smelting & Refining Co. is situated at the mouth of Pine canyon, Tooele county, Utah. It is connected with the main line of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad by the Tooele Valley railway, and is about 7 miles from Tooele Junction. Fig. 1 is a general view of the plant. The copper plant has been in operation since July, 1910, arid the first blast furnace at the lead plant was blown in on Feb. 29, 1912. The location of the plant was selected on sloping ground with the idea of using gravity to the fullest extent and thus keeping labor at a minimum. Practically the entire plant is constructed of steel, reinforced concrete, and brick. Bingham ores, both lead and copper, are received over the Utah Consolidated Aerial Tramway. The tram buckets, each containing
Citation
APA: (1914) Butte Paper - The Tooele Plant of the International Smelting & Refining Co.
MLA: Butte Paper - The Tooele Plant of the International Smelting & Refining Co.. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1914.