The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-01-06
THE GATE CITY smsLTER.
Anew Corporation Takes Charss Of the
Establis hment.
What the Royal Gorge Company Is
Doing for Cafion-


I On Wednesday last a new corporaf;o,.
eonsisting of Messrs. W. r Harp. J. W.
IayIor and J. j. Phelps, under the name Of
tne Royal Gorge Smelling company, tcolS
charge of the old Mallet smelter. in this
city, and began the work OF y thorough
oyerhauling "a RECORD reporter paid a
visit to the works yesterday, and had a
pleasant interview with Mr.. Harp, who i
+ personally experimenting the necr., arr n,
modelling and rebuilding. A large nun,b,r
OF masonS, carpenters and Iaborers. wa
found busily engaged, tearing down nor
tons OF the building, taking out the oiC
hxIviation WORKS, the jacket put in by Nr
Brett, and preparing tor the erection OF
substantial iron and frame structures
which, wher completed, will furnish Canon
, City with sIneiter of goodly dimensions
and L caplcity for reducing from seventy
hve TO LOO tons of ore per day. The floors
OF the upper story OF the present struct-
ufe are oeing raised several feet to piy,
more room below, where the furnaces will
be placed These viii be two in number
out space VIII be provided for the intro.
dnctlon of two more, when occasion NAV
require. Two OF Halleck's superior fi,r-'
mace, each 36x60 inches in size bav- ~
ready been ordered, this pattern being the
same as used by the Grant and other fist
class siiieiteTs- 4 large room is bSiu5 mr..
pared iur the placing of crcshers and
rollers, which VIII be OF the most Improved
pattern The works will be run by a Ief
lie! turbine wheel, forty-eight inches in di
'liiit Ter ine water he'd sivingit ninety-horse
po~er- p. me large steam engine, already in
the works, will be retained as a reserv,.
power, to be brought into immediate use in
any emergency. The Denver & Rio Grand,
company VIII at once throw a douhlo
switch nom its main line on either side OF
the works; one of these to be used in 1e.
iiNering ore, aud the other for the shipment
OF bullion Small tracks viii lie rup
through the srselter, provided witt DUNN
carS, Tor the moving of ore and fuel from
the dump TO the crushe-s rollers and fnr-
naees- The furnace room will be built
Shony OF IRON. and the entire works will
De covered with an iron roof larpe tnn-
lei; supplied with roomy dust chambers
Niii be run from the furnace room to the
base OF the main stack, which wiz be yaisea
o height of seventy-fve feet A tina
10" assay ofhce Will be erected, and the
IRE scales moved so that they can be ms.
ne ra,fnefion OF ore some time IN March
Ie feels confident OF success, and says the
ne product along the Arkansas, arounss
LeaGvilc and ii the Gunutson. is far in
,xcess OF the capacity OF the smeiters 50
:;r erected The firm has plenty of capital
md tl,e sttrtiny OF these works Will open y
lew era for our city, which Is the natural
melting center for the Arkansas valley
The railroad company recognizes this fact,
md makes no discrimination in freight
arifIs between Caion and Pueblo. Cur
,ity possesses every advantage for the loea-
ion OF factories, the making o. pleasant
lomes, the educating of children, and per-
hitting the enjoyment Of the best health.
by numerous precious mineral
deposits, almost ineAhaustible coal fields,
excellent iron and copper mines, broad
acres OF the finest agricultural and pastoral
lands, possessing a superior water power,
the most equahle climate in the west, the
,randest mountain scenery in Colorado,
what is to hinder Canon City from beeom-
ns one of the most prosperous nanufae-
turing towns in the statep We heartily
wish Messrs. Harp, Tayloe and Phelps the
nest eminent success, and trust their en-
terprise may be emulated by Others, until
this valley shall rrsound with the whir of
machinery and the hum OF industry from
one limit OF Fremont county to the other