Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-12-14
PRACTICAL SHELTERS VIEWS
INTERVIEW WITH g. W. JONES on The REDVC-
TON OF OREs--THE SYSTEM NOT AN En-
PERiMENT-soMETHINGo OF THE METH
obs OF WORKING AND THE COST.

tlemaA who on Saturday night appeared be-
fore the Committee on Reduction Works and
gave his views on the subject of smelling, lare
likely to prove of Invaluable service to the
committee. Hs is thoroughly familiar with
the different processes by which rehellious,
or in fac. any ore may be successfully treated.
| On Sunday he gave representative of the
APPEAL detailed description of the works
| at Salt Lake
TREMENDOUS INDUSTRY.
"The question" said he, ''of erecting re-
dnction works was Erst agitatea in Salt Lake
sition from the Mormons, and the Erst wcrks
put up only had capacity fer handling ten
tons CT rock per day. | had talk with the
owner of the works ct time while examining
his processes He said he would be able
to treat all the ore in the Territory, and in
fact, seemed to fear that perhaps he might
not have enough ore to keep his institution
goiDg. 1t would astonish You to see how ore
cana 10 the surface when those works were
built. 1t came III from what had heretofore
been considered utterly barren districts
Every body seemed 10 have ore to smelt. The
business kept Increasing and nov twenty
furnaces are in full blast night and day, each
reducing from twenty to forty tons daily. As
soon the enterprise became 3 success the
Mormons saw it was no longer policy 10
oppose it and they turned III and built fur
naces as fast as possible, yet there is still
room for more rs the present. capacity Of the
furnaces IS not sufficient to handle more than
one half of the ore and thousands of tons are
sent to Omaha and other points, When [
first began smelling in Utah the ore was
brought one hundred miles ard tho charcoal
seventy five miles, yet it paid. The Salt
Lake furnaces arc smelling ore from Arizona,
Mo. tana and Washington Territory and it
is still piing up On the dumps in such guam
titles that they Will need moro furnaces. |
There is 40 need of ore going past Nevada TO |
be treated in Utah. There is also 10 need Of !
he different towns Of the State getting into 4
;qusbble over the location ef the works. |
Each town can have its own works and still |
here will be more ore brought in sight than
AN be treated.
THE COST OF THs WORKS.
Reporter-In your opinion, would it be
,aIicy to build experimental works, to see if
hc Nevada ores could be reduced
Jones So much money thrown away.
What need is there of experimenting on an
established fact! There are processes nov in
sa by which any ere shat ever existed can
ound which will nst yield ia one of these
sethods. The English method of chrystsl-
,ation, the German method OF population
nd al improved method of collecting the
recious metal on metallic zinc. The smelt-
nc, teaching and analgsmating processes
hich are similar to the above will conquer
ny ore on the coast. The cost of the works
oxplete and capable of treating the ores by
melting or teaching would be about $50 900,
Mt S., 900 might as well be added fs- incl
entails. There will be, Of course, no need
amalgamstins apparatus, as it is already in
ersec. operation OH the Conlstock fox the
!
ense lies in the actual apparatus. so to speak,
treating the ere The building need be
0lhing more than sheds 10 protect the
orkmen, as the heat Of the furnaces will {
ways keep up high temperature in any {
Gather The sheds should be covered with /
eet iron to protect the.a from sparks, how
-cr. Between thirty &nd thirty-fve thou
nd dollars would give the city complete '
orks, which however, might be enlarged |
th the additions CT new furnaces as the IN
lstry grew.
SOMETHING or TIE WRTsopS.
:: Can you give a summary of the methods '
aplcyedE
II hardly knew what you want A scientific
d detailed description would not be COM
etc without every detail was included and
lggams are necessary to give proper idea i
these works. | can only .clve general +
ea, In smelling the metal il simply fused +
great heat, the Stag is drawn off and the Il
Id, silver, copper and lead sink to the bot !
81. Smelling ores need certain proper y
N Of lead to make q fu1, bat if the ore :,
S no lad it can be added, and the lead ;,
slted up can be used over and over sgsn \
III comparatively little loss. It is custom !;
y to make combination of different
nGs Of ores, which, when fused tegsther,
il fu1 well The cost OF reducing ores by S
is method is about twenty dollars ton, and Il