Smelters in Utah, 1854 to Present
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Chronological List
by Wilbur H. Smith
1978
Smelters In Utah, 1854 to Present [1978]
(Combining two chronological lists compiled by Wilbur Smith in 1978, with similar but different index numbers) (Pages 17-23 and 37-41 in original document)
(With notations by Steven Richardson)
(Additional notations from online digital sources by Don Strack)
(X = Salt Lake County)
("Ref." refers to the reference number in Wilbur Smith's "References")
| Smelter | Year | X | Smelter Name |
| 1 | 1854 | Isaac Grundy's Lincoln smelter, San Francisco Mining District, lead bullion for Salt Lake "arsenal" (Ref. 3, 4, 46, 51A, 52, 55, 62A) | |
| 2A | 1850s-1860s | X | Early day Salt Lake Valley lead smelters (Ref. 6, 8, 28A, 29) |
| 2A | 1858 | J. A. Rollins (or) Old Spanish Mine | |
| 3A | 1863 | X | Hawk-Eye smelter, Big Cottonwood |
| 3B | 1864 | Gibson's furnaces, Stockton, Tooele County (Ref. 1, 6, 34A, 37, 48) | |
| 4 | 1864 | Gen. Conner - Waterman smelter, Rush Valley Mining District, Stockton, Utah (Ref. 5, 6, 17, 25, 48, 54, 55, 57, 63, 69) | |
| 5 | 1864 | Lt. Finnery smelter and other soldiers' furnaces (very small), Rush Valley Mining District, Rush Lake, Utah (Ref. 6, 9, 26, 34A, 48, 54, 55, 57, 62a) | |
| 6 | 1864 | Rush Valley Furnace & Smelting Co., Rush Valley Mining District, Rush Lake, Utah (Ref. 43, 48) | |
| 7 | 1864-1866 | Manheim & Johnson, or Stover & Weberling smelter, Rush Valley Mining District, Stockton. Utah (Ref. 6, 43, 48, 54, 57) | |
| 8A | 1865 | Simons, or Knickerbocker & Argenta furnace, Stockton, Tooele County. (Ref. 6) | |
| 8B | 1866 | X | Bruner smelter (Emmaville), Little Cottonwood Dist., Central (Ref. 52, 75) |
| 9 | 1866 | X | Bruner smelters (two, small) Big Cottonwood Dist., Big Cottonwood Canyon, (1st failure) |
| 10 | 1867 | X | Old Telegraph, or Old Jordan smelter, West Mtn. (Bingham) District, Sandy (West Jordan) Utah (Ref. 15, 17, 18, 25, 44, 52A, 73) (a little south of Sheridan mill, Roxie Rich Sandy p.71; 1876-1877, closed Aug. 1880, USGS PP201, p. 74) |
| 11 | 1869-1870 | X | Reese & Hirst, then Woodhull Bros., Big Cottonwood District, Mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon (Ref. 5, 6, 34, 43, 46A, 52, 55, 60, 72) (junction State Street with Big Cottonwood Creek, USGS PP201) |
| 12 | 1869-1870 | X | Winnamuck smelter or Bristol & Daggett, West Mtn. (Bingham) District, Bingham Canyon, Utah (Ref. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 23, 29, 34, 36, 38, 43, 47, 51A, 52A, 53A, 59, 62, 64, 73) |
| 13A | 1870 | X | Colonel Buell's reduction works, at mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, later bought by Flagstaff Co., operated several years (USGS PP201) |
| 13B | 1870-1873 | X | Morgan, to Hanauer smelter (1902), custom, Murray, Utah (largely Park City mines) (Ref. 17, 18, 23, 25, 34, 46, 62, 71, 72) |
| 14 | 1870 | X | Robbins & Co. smelter, or American Hill smelter, Murray, Little Cottonwood Mining Dist., Granite, Utah (Ref. 3, 9, 10, 13, 52, 72) (junction State Street with Little Cottonwood Creek, USGS PP 201) |
| 15A | 1870 | X | Jones & Pardee smelter, Tannersville, Little Cottonwood Canyon (Ref. 5, 6, 23, 43, 52, 55) (Tanner Flat, USGS PP 201); (Construction of Jones & Pardee smelter began on Saturday March 11, 1871; 3-1/2 miles from mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon. - Salt Lake Herald Republican, March 14, 1871); (Jones & Pardee smelting works, five miles up the canyon at the new telegraph station of Tannersville. -- Salt Lake Herald Republican, March 31, 1871); (Jones & Pardee's works commenced operations on Monday July 10, 1871; six miles up the canyon. -- Salt Lake Tribune, July 14, 1871) |
| 15B | 1870 | X | Col. Buell's reduction works, Little Cottonwood Mining Dist., Granite, Utah |
| 16 | 1871 | X | Utah Smelting Co. (Buel & Bateman), West Mountain (Bingham) Mining Dist., Bingham Canyon, Utah (Ref. 5, 8, 9, 13, 18, 23, 36, 38, 46A, 55, 56, 73) |
| 17 | 1871 | X | Wellington smelter, or Monitor, Tannersville, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Little Cottonwood Canyon. (Ref. 9, 65) |
| 18 | 1871 | X | Mountain Chief, or Mingo smelter, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Sandy, Utah (Ref. 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 32, 34, 46, 52, 52A, 72, 73) (Mountain Chief in Little Cottonwood Canyon at Tannersville - Roxie Rich Sandy, p.72) (just south of Saturn, 1873) |
| 19 | 1871 | X | Last Chance smelter (adjoining Mingo works) (1876 leased Emma ores) Little Cottonwood Dist., Sandy, Utah (Ref. 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 34, 43, 52, 52A, 55, 56, 72, 73) (where old Sandy junior high now stands - Roxie Rich Sandy, p.73) (Sandy, where public school was in 1940) |
| 20 | 1871 | Wightman & Co., or Homansville Co. works, or Silver Fork smelter, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Silver Fork, Utah. (Ref. 5, 10, 52, 65) (Big Cottonwood Canyon near mouth of Silver Fork, not far from Kentucky-Utah tunnel - USGS PP 201) | |
| 21 | 1871 | Gen. Connor custom smelter (Great Basin Mining & Smelting Co.), Corinne, Utah, Box Elder County. (Ref. 5, 18, 57, 59, 65) | |
| 22 | 1871 | Pioneer smelter (Walker Bros.) (Waterman & Smith smelter), Stockton or Ophir, Tooele County. (Ref. 5, 9, 15, 16, 17, 23, 43, 54) | |
| 23 | 1871 | Homansville smelting works, or Clarkson, or Wight & Co. (Utah Smelting & Milling Co.), Tintic Mining District, Homansville (near Eureka) Utah, Juab County. (Ref. 5, 8, 27, 42, 43, 58, 65, 69) ("utah smelting & milling" no newspaper reference) | |
| 24 | 1871 | Raymond, or Ophir Hill smelter, Ophir Smelting Co., Ophir City, Tooele County. (Ref. 5, 6, 9, 27, 43) | |
| 25 | 1871 | McIntyre Bros., smelter, or Tintic Mills smelter, or McIntyre Bros., or Alby & Drake, McIntyre Ranch, Diamond City, Tintic Mining District. (Ref. 5, 6, 18, 27, 42, 43, 58, 59, 65, 69) | |
| 26 | 1871 | Horn Silver works (Horn Silver mine) San Francisco Mining Dist. (This an error - the Horn Silver mine was discovered in 1875 and wasn't in production until at least 1876) | |
| 27 | 1871 | St. Louis Consolidated Co., or Woodman works, Clifton Mining District, Gold Hill, Tooele County (Ref. 43, 50, 57) (moved in 1876) | |
| 28 | 1871 | Sultana smelter (Miller Co. mines) American Fork Mining District, Forest City, Utah (Ref. 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 17, 25, 43, 52, 64, 65) | |
| 29 | 1871 | Lucin, or Buel City smelter, Lucin Mining District, Utah-Nevada (Ref. 5, 6, 43) | |
| 30 | 1872 | X | Hanover (Galena) smelter, United States Mining Co. (Ref. 1, 13, 15, 16, 23, 47, 52A, 64) (built 1875 on Jordan River - USGS PP 201) |
| 31 | 1872 | X | Saturn Silver Mining So. smelter (near Mingo smelter), Little Cottonwood Mining District Sandy, Utah (Ref. 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 34, 52, 52A, 64) (May 1872, adjoined Mountain Chief or Mingo works, 1/2 mile south of Utah Central station, later property of Mingo smelter - USGS PP 201) |
| 32 | 1872 | X | Davenport (Jones?) smelter, Little Cottonwood Mining District Granite. (Ref. 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 34, 52, 52A, 64) |
| 33A | 1872 | X | Flagstaff smelter, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Granite, Utah (no Ref.) |
| 33B | 1872 | Parleys Park Monitor smelters, Park City, Summit County. (Ref. 34, 73) | |
| 34 | 1872 | X | Monitor, or Wellington smelter, Little Cottonwood Mining District, mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon |
| 35 | 1872 | X | Germania smelter (custom) Murray, Utah (Ref. 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 32, 36, 38, 46, 52, 70, 72, 73) (within a mile of Wasatch Silver-Lead - USGS PP 201) (Murray, later became ASARCO - Roxie Rich Sandy p. 72) (south of Little Cottonwood Creek) |
| 36 | 1872 | X | Wasatch Silver-Lead works, Murray (Ref. 9, 13, 17, 18, 25, 52, 71, 72, 73) (on Big Cottonwood Creek five miles north of Sandy and seven miles south of Salt Lake City, destroyed by fire in Feb. 1878 - USGS PP 201); (Wasatch Smelting Works - Utah Mining Journal, Aug 24, 1872; Salt Lake Daily Independent, Feb 26, 1878) |
| 37 | 1872 | X | Easton's, or Badger State smelter, Murray, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Murray-Sandy (Ref. 5, 9, 10, 37, 46A) |
| 38 | 1872 | Jacobs smelter, or Lilley & Co., or Martinville smelter, Rush Valley Mining District, Stockton (Ophir, or Hidden Treasure), Jacob City, Ophir, Tooele County. (Ref. 8, 9, 17, 25, 43, 48, 54, 58, 69) | |
| 39 | 1872 | Ophir smelter (no details), Ophir Mining District, Ophir, Utah (no Ref.) | |
| 40 | 1872 | Fawcett, or Faucett smelter, or Abbey & Drake, or Schofield (no details), Ophir Mining District, Ophir, Utah (Ref. 14, 43, 48, 65) | |
| 41 | 1872 | Smith & Windiate smelter (no details), Ophir Mining District, Ophir (Ref. 8, 9, 14, 65) (Same as any or all index numbers 38, 39, 40?) | |
| 42 | 1872 | Sparrow-Hawk smelter (not used), Camp Floyd Mining-District, Mercur, Utah (Ref. 9) | |
| 43 | 1872-1873 | Mammoth, or Copperopilis, Tintic or Eureka, Juab County. (Ref. 13, 27, 42, 43, 53, 69) | |
| 44 | 1872 | Pinto Silver Mining Co. furnace Ohio (Marysvale) Mining District, Bullion City, Utah (Ref. 8) | |
| 45 | 1872 | Gilbertson & Berry's furnace, Clifton Mining District, Gold Hill, Utah (Ref. 8, 9, 43, 45, 55, 65) ("In 1872 Gilbertson & Berry's furnace was built at Clifton to treat the ores from the Gilbertson mine at Gold Hill." - USGS PP 111, p.475) | |
| 45A | 1872 | Register, or Alger works (Ref. [illegible]) | |
| 46A | 1872 | X | Pascoe & Jennings Warm Springs smelter, Salt Lake City |
| 46B | 1872 | Union Iron Works & Foundry, Iron Pinto (Granite Mountain) Mining District (no Ref.) | |
| 47A | 1873 | X | Franklyn reduction works, Horn Silver Mining Co., Murray |
| 47B | 1873 | X | Sheridan Hill smelter, Bingham Junction (Midvale) (Ref. 13, 15, 16, 17A, 23, 52A, 53A, 72, 73) (a little north of Old Jordan) (48th South at power plant) |
| 48 | 1873 | Chicago Silver Mining Co. works, Rush Valley Mining District, Slagtown (Stockton) Utah (Ref. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 25, 43, 48, 54, 57) | |
| 49 | 1873 | Carson & Buzzo smelting works, Rush Valley Mining District Slagtown (Stockton) Utah (Ref. 43, 48, 54) | |
| 50 | 1873 | Shauntie smelter, or Majestic, San Francisco Mining District, Shauntie (Frisco), Beaver County (Ref. 13, 17A, 23, 34, 41, 43, 65, 69) | |
| 51 | 1873 | Lincoln Silver Mining Co. works, Rollins mine, Mineral Range Mining District, Minersville, Utah (Ref. 43) | |
| 52 | 1873 | Riverside Copper Smelter, Beaverlake Mining District (7 mi. N of Milford, Utah (Black Rock), Millard County (Ref. 18, 23, 41, 43) | |
| 53 | 1874 | Crismon-Mammoth smelter, Black Dragon Hollow, Tintic Mining District, Tintic, Juab County (Ref. 17A, 18, 22, 27, 42, 43) | |
| 54 | 1874 | Independent Frisco furnaces (Carbonate, Rattler, Golden, Grampion), San Francisco Mining District, Frisco, Utah (Ref. 43, 65) | |
| 55 | 1874 | Independent Tintic furnaces (Shoebridge, Wyoming, Germania Co., Jackson & Roslin, Utah Silver Mining Co., Richmond, Buel & Bateman), Juab County. (Ref. 6, 27, 45, 46A, 53, 58, 63, 69) | |
| 56 | (open) | ||
| 57 | 1874-1880 | Independent Cottonwood-Park City furnaces (Barbee & Walker, Christie, Starmount), Park City, Summit County (Ref. 18) | |
| 58 | 1874 | Leatham furnaces, Tintic Mining District, Goshen, Utah (Ref. 27, 42, 43) | |
| 59 | 1875 | Troy furnace, San Francisco Mining District (five miles south of Milford (Ref. 23, 43) | |
| 60 | 1875 | X | Carson & Buzzo reduction works, West Jordan, Utah (no Ref.) |
| 61 | 1875 | Grand Gulch, or Mountain Chief (St. George copper furnace), Beaver Dam Mining District, near St. George, Utah, Washington County (Ref. 22, 43, 69) | |
| 62 | 1875-1880 | Ogden custom smelter, Weber Junction, Ogden, Weber County (Ref. 9, 17A) | |
| 63 | 1876 | Latey & Williams smelter, Milford, Beaver County (Ref. 17A, 23, 43) ("Latey & Williams started up their smelter a week since at Milford, Utah, on Horn Silver and others ores and is running nicely." -- Western Mining Gazetteer, January 25, 1876) | |
| 64 | 1879 | Park City smelter (Ontario?), Park City, Summit County, (Ref. 23, 24, 43, 65) | |
| 65 | 1879 | Brooks smelter (old Chicago smelter, leased?), Rush Valley Mining District, Slagtown, Stockton, Tooele County. (Ref. 18) | |
| 66 | 1879 | Frisco Mining & Smelting works San Francisco Mining District Frisco, Utah (Ref. 23, 41, 65) | |
| 67 | 1879 | Joy smelter, Detroit Mining District, Joy, Utah (Drum Mountains), Millard County (Ref. 65) | |
| xx | 1881 | X | Horn Silver, or Franklyn smelter, Murray, Salt Lake County (Ref. 18, 20, 23, 34, 41, 43, 70, 72, 73) |
| 68 | 1880 | Ogden custom smelter, Weber Junction, Ogden, Weber County (no Ref.) | |
| 68 | 1885 | Mountain Chief lead furnace, near St. George on the Virgin River, Washington County (same as #61?) (Ref. 43, 69) | |
| 69 | 1888 | Abraham Hot Springs, or Wyano smelter, Oak Creek Mining District, Oak Creek City, Utah (burned in 1893) (Ref. 43, 62A) (USGS PP 111) | |
| 70 | 1889 | Comet Copper smelter (Cactus mine), Preuss Mining District, near Beaver, Utah, Beaver County (Ref. 41, 43, 71) | |
| 71 | 1889-1899 | Dugway, or Bullionville smelter, Dugway, Juab County. (Ref. 43, 61, 65) | |
| 72 | 1895 | Leamington, or Ibex smelter (replaced Wyano works), Oak Creek Mining District, Leamington, Utah Millard County (Ref. 43) | |
| 73 | 1896 | Crescent Co. furnace, Park City, Summit County (Ref. 43) (no reference in PP 111) | |
| 74 | 1895 | Salt Lake Copper electrolytic works, North Salt Lake, Davis County. (Ref. 43, 71) | |
| 75 | 1899 | Golden Gate roasting plant, Mercur, Tooele County (Ref. 28A) | |
| 76 | 1899 | X | Bingham, or Commercial smelter (Bingham Consolidated, 1907), Bingham Copper & Gold Mining Co., Bingham Junction (Midvale), Utah (Ref. 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 47, 52A, 53A, 60, 66, 73) |
| 77 | 1899 | X | Highland Boy (Utah Consolidated Mining Co.) smelter, near Murray Utah, by Jordan River, enlarged 1903 (Ref. 28, 29, 33, 34, 36, 38, 47, 52A, 60, 66, 72, 73) |
| 78 | 1899 | Independent St. George furnace, Beaver Dam Mining District, near St. George, Washington County (produced 20 tons of blister). (Ref. 43) | |
| 79a | 1899 | Bullionville smelter, Uinta (American Fork) Mining District, Bullionville, Utah, for Dyer group (no Ref.) | |
| 79b | 1899 | Dragon blast furnace, Carbonate, north of Vernal, Uinta County (Ref. 43) | |
| 80 | 1900 | X | United States Mining Co. copper smelter, West Mountain Mining District ores, Bingham Junction (Midvale) Utah (1907) (Ref. 29, 33, 34, 36, 38, 47, 53A, 60, 66, 73) |
| 81 | 1900 | X | Murray, or American (ASARCO) smelter, American Smelting & Refining Co. (1947?) lead-zinc, Murray, Utah (Ref. 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 46, 47, 49, 71, 72) |
| 82 | 1900 | Shem copper smelter (Utah & Eastern Copper Co.), Beaver Dam Mining District, 12 miles north of St. George, Utah (Ref. 34, 43) | |
| 83 | 1901 | Sacramento Roasting & Milling plant, Camp Floyd Mining District, Mercur, Utah, Tooele County (Ref. 43, 59, 65) | |
| 84 | 1902 | Dyer group (Park City Metals Co.) smelter (roasting furnace), Park City Mining District, Park City, Utah (Ref. 43, 65) | |
| 85 | 1902 | X | United States Mining Co., lead-zinc smelter, West Mountain Mining District ores and custom, Midvale, Utah (Ref. 29, 33, 34, 37, 38, 43, 46, 47, 51A, 52A, 53A, 60, 62A, 71, 73) |
| 86A | 1902 | Heinze's Miner's smelter (never built), near Tooele, Tooele County (Ref. 47, 52A) | |
| 86B | 1904 | Black Warrior & Apex mines smelter, Beaver Dam Mining District, 18 miles north of St. George, Utah (no Ref.) | |
| 87A | 1904 | Utah Eastern Copper Co. Majestic smelter, Beaver Dam Mining District, near St. George, Utah (no Ref.) | |
| 87B | 1904 | Majestic smelter, near Frisco and north of Milford, Beaver County (Ref. 29, 33, 34, 41) | |
| 88 | 1904 | X | Yampa smelter, Yampa Mining Co., West Mountain Mining District, Bingham Canyon (Frogtown), Utah (1911) (Ref. 29, 33, 34, 38, 47, 62, 68) |
| 89 | 1906 | X | Garfield smelter (later Utah smelter), American Smelting & Refining Co. (1958), to Kennecott Copper Corp., Garfield Station (Ref. 29, 33, 34, 38, 47, 62, 68) |
| 90 | 1908 | Silver City (Tintic Smelting Co.), smelter, Tintic Mining District, Silver City, Utah, Juab County (Ref. 29, 37, 40, 42, 43, 53, 58, 65) | |
| 91 | 1910 | International copper smelter (Tooele), Utah Consolidated Mining Co. (later National Tunnel & Mines Co.), International (Tooele), Utah (Ref. 39, 46, 51, 52A, 60, 67, 71) | |
| 92A | 1910 | X | Midvale lead-zinc smelter, United States Smelting, Refining, & Mining Co., Midvale, Utah |
| 92B | 1910 | Centennial Eureka smelter, Eureka, Juab County (Ref. 40, 53A) | |
| 93 | 1910 | Independent (Utah Smelting Co.) custom lead smelter, Ogden, Utah (Ref. 29, 37, 43) | |
| 94 | 1912 | International lead smelter (later lead-zinc) West Mountain Mining District, International near Tooele, Tooele County (Ref. 33, 46, 49, 51, 51A, 52A, 62A, 67, 71) | |
| 95A | 1912 | Paymaster mine, small lead-iron smelter, Beaver Dam Mining District (no location) | |
| 95B | 1913 | Ontario chloridizing-roasting plant, Ontario mine, Park City Mining District, Park City, Summit County (Ref. 43) | |
| 96 | 1915 | Knight-Christensen chloridizing-roasting plant, Silver City, Juab County (Ref. 29, 41A, 76) | |
| 97 | 1916 | Tintic Milling Co., Hold-Dern roaster, old Knight smelter (Ref. 29) | |
| 98 | 1924 | Judge electrolytic, Park City, Summit County (Ref. 29, 76) | |
| 99 | 1924 | Harold Mill, Holt-Dern roasting furnace, near Goshen, Juab County (Ref, 29, 76) | |
| 100 | 1942 | International slag treatment plant (zinc fuming smelter), treating old Tooele smelter lead slag and Murray smelter slag (Ref. 39, 67) | |
| 101 | 1978 | X | Kennecott Noranda-type roaster, copper smelter, Garfield (Ref. 77) |
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