Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-03
THE SHELTER.
Mir. Aaron Mason on Hand With His
 Men.
The SmeIter an Assured Fact--An Inter view with 3Ir. Mason-Nhat
 Will Be Doue

Mr. Aaron Mason arrived m Tucson
 this morning from Florence, and put up
 at the Cosmopolitan hotel To-day noon the CITIZEN reporter met him by
 appointment, and had an interview with him on what is now tine al-prevaili1g topic of conversation. Alr. Mason was
 seated at table examining a pocket
 barometer as the reporter entered and
 saluted.
 "I was not aware" he said, "that Tue
 son had such an elevation till l looked
 at a barometer. see 1t is a little over 1. 2. 400 teeFabov the sea level
 Does this have any effect upon the
 smelter?7 inquired the reporter, fearing
 lest Tucson might be too stuck up Co
 have a smeltes
 "Oh, not at all" replied MT Mason
 with Q laugh, "Ihis little instrument
 always carry with me when I am on the
 mountains 10 know my elevation, just
 out of curiosity"
 ''l am alter some news about tbe
 smeiter," sad the reporter.
 "I have not much Of any statements
 to make to-day in regard to business in one way or another. am looking around myself for tluxts and see what time We wI.l start up and go ahead "Whcn will tine old company meetE' There will be @ meeting of the com pany tomorrow. lt will remain the same. There K cOntrac, that they will ! transfer their stock Co ne, and then We | are ready Go go ahead. 1t will be the same cOmpa.y. but under a different management. 1 give them two out of ! tho i've directors, and wlll keep three | for myself. There will b5 iitJle change ID thls matter
 "How soon, then, will you be ready To start up?'
 As soon as the tux question can be determined l doubted aJ first # you | had plenty of iron here, but there was a gentleman brought me some beautiful 1 specimens to-day from a mine s0uJh Ot here. I am having them assayed this afternoon. IT | am not disappointed l VII have plenty Ot tiuXes. However, l am going Co satisfy myself personally on | that point. l am too O.i miner not to | do that. As soon as sufficient hux ma | terlal can be found l wI.i start the fur uaces. I will remain here and prospect | thoroughly for tluxes. There is ueces-
 sarily some delay in this, but the fur naces will be started.'
 "What wIll be thelr Capacity?' "There wIU be a thIrty-tOn galena ! . | that IS, 1t will handle thirty tons of rock | per day or fory tons with the tiuxes. | Power will also be put 10 at the same ! time for copper shelter. but the latter | will not be attached til. afterwards, but we will buy copper all the same from | the tart. With the smelter there VIII also be the samplIug works and the con | centratmg tables. These last are for | the reduction of ores that t will not pay 1 tbe smelter Co handle
 "In what lots will you purchHse. "Iu any amounts from ten pounds up- wards, and We will pay for gold, silver, ! copper and lead. Other metals wlll be | bought it iu sufficient quantities. I do not know anything GbOut the resources | for tiu1es here, but We will buy anything | iu the way of ore. As ! sad, as soon gs | l find We have sufficient tuXes the samu- ! ling works will be put mp near the fur naces. The ore will be crushed and a
 sample taken out of the pile. If I can ! get forty per cent. of lead ore can work | two tons of free milling ore containing | gold and silver with that" "HHw many men will the smelter en- ! ploy dIrectly:'
 "AbOut fifteen common liborers will ! be required to break rock, feed and l chore. John \. Bowen I have already 1 engaged as my smelter man. Mir. | Fred. A Adams is now with me as millwught. He Will put
 up the shelter and all the machin- ! cry. There will be DO skilled labor re- | quired other than the smelier-man. the
 assayer, and the engineer, tHe remainder ! will be all common lab0rers.'
 "How long will 1t take to erect the smelter:"
 Tt will take about thirty days after | breaking ground tO put up the smelter and have it ready tO operate" "Ihe people have been inpatient of the delay SO far
 "Well, there have been causes for it which do not care Go diyulge, but you can say to the people that the shelter ! has come and will start up l. may be l delayed a little longer than l can help, but not if l can prevent it. i "Where does the Benson smelter pro- cure their haxc,?'
 "Alon the line of the railroad in So- nora. That is great iux field. How- ever, I have no fear atcut the huxes here; but shall satisfy myself person ally about them
 Just then MT. Adams, the miilwright
 of the shelter, stepped in tbe room, and NIT. Mason proposed they should take a ride this afternoon, and the reporter withdrew.
 MT. Mason seemed to bl a man very much in demand on the streets today. 4 great many claim they have noun tains f just such tIXes as Gr. Mason needs; if SO, Tucson viii be happy yet. | Mr. Mason says he has no interest what l ever in the Beuson smelter