The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-13
How Shot IL mudg.

had dim llca that lead was melted
! below; that this moultcn stuff was hauled
TO the top of the tower then dumped down
into the tower below, and then this made
shot. The real process is this: AS pure
lead will not make perfect globulcs. it is
! necessarily "tcmpcrcd," This 'tcmpcr'
is prepared by the addition of ingredients,
OF which arsenic is the luan property. be-
low; run into bars convenient for use, and,
with the pig-lead, hoistcd to the very top of
the tower, where both are melted in proper
proposition together. Mr.. Gates and my
self, back to back, aud very much bumped,
entered the small, but powerful, elevator,
not over three and one half feet by twcnt,,
inches III SIZE, and wen, up, mp, up, with
horrible din roaring all about us. At tho
vc:y top arc two little circular rooms, not
ovcf eight feet in diameter, one about
twelve feet below the other, AMI each con-
tanning two huge kettles in which tho pig
lead aud the ''tcmper' arc melted. In the
busy season these are run at night, and the
lame away up there in the darkness re-
minds one Of signal torches unon towers in
the fcudal days. From one or the other of
the two kettles in both rooms-.as each
room has separate shaft-streams Of shot
are constantly flowing. AT thcboltom of each
Kettle the mo'ltcn stuff pours into square
pans perforated at one side. These pcrfo-
rations are large or small according to the size
OF shot desired, and separate the mass into
distinct, dclicatc, cleaning streams, which
i'll turn, as they come in contact with the
atmosphere, separate into pcrfcc; globUes.
or shot, which arc cooled in their 200 feet
Journey and the water into which they fall
below.
I(IIt
more interesting processes Out of the
shot pit, up through the water, MI endless
belt, with cups attached, carries the wet
shot, depositing it in a huge revolving heat
cd cylinder, where the globulcs are thoro-
ughly dried From this they pass out upon
descending series of slightly inclined ta-
blcs, The lower edge Of each one being few
inches above and distant from the succeed
ipg talhl" guilty" gG"atodmfl}g" Jsei" t,issjs
spaces; but the imperfect shot are forced
along until they reach them, when they fail
into rcccptaclcs, and being rcmoulcn, 20
sorting tnbl ,s the shot are carried to series
of sizing sievcs, with perforated shcet-brass
bottoms. Moved back and forth by machi-
merry, the shot of smaller size pass through
these pcrforations, larger shot of different
sizes, yet the motion of the sicvcs, and from
their weight, gradually sorting themselves
with absolute perfection. From the sorting
scyes the shot pass into polishing barrels,
containing Il preparation, the main constit-
ucnt of which is plumbago, and emerging
from these, FURNISHED like silver, find their
way into repositories in the story below, to
the mouth of each Of which is dciicatcly
adjusted automatic scale, which will dis
clllrec precisely TWENTY-FIVE n0unfa of shOt
into the bags beneath. Each bag is tested,
however, and, after being scwcd up, these
shot, which have arrived at their absolute
perfection Of form and finish, seemingly,
though muc of their own net and volition,
arc ready to be sent forth TO the hunter and
sportsman on their death dealing mission.