Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-06-15
PHILADELPHIA SHELTERS,
TWO MORE FURNACES TO BEGIN A
CAMPAIGN SOON.

Probable Daily Output Of the Works
When the Four Furnaces Shall b. IN
Operatiom-A Train Ut BAse Bullion
10 Leave for Omaha Every Other Day
Etc.
The additional buildings which have
been in course Of construction at the
Philadelphia Mining and Smelling
Company's Works at Ketchum, dur
ing the past six weeks, are nearl,
completed. They consist of two
main buildings, the one 200 feet long
by 50 wide, the other 6Ox6O. The
first mentioned is intended as an o e.
house, and is divided into bins or
''beds," in which the various lots of
ore purchased are to be laid and pre-.
pared for the furnaces. These bins
are on each side of the building, and
roadway wide enough for two teams
and their line of loaded trail wagons
to pass extends from end to end of the
building.
The other building, which is really
part of that just mentioned, is to be
furnace house. In it will be erected,
as soon as they are received, the two
new furnaces ordered bv Colonel
Green. They were shipped from
Denver some time ago, and are ex-
pected here any day. AS the solid
masonry foundations are ready, the
huge brick stack is completed. and
the house is prepared for their recep-
ton, the furnaces will be in place
wit lin three days of their receipt, and
will probably be- blown in a dayor
two thereafter. These, in addition to
the two stacks already in operation,
will give the Philadelphia company
smelling capacity of $50 tons per day.
This will not, however, be a net ca.
pacity, but gross one. That is to
say, the total tonnage just stated will
include the iron, lime, charcoal, etc.,
mixed with ore, as we'll as the ore
itself. OF the latter the quantity re-
duced will probably be from 81 to 1870
tons per day, the daily capacity de-
pending upon the character of the
ores-some ores the carbonates, for
Instance, requiring very little Aux,
while Others, such as the "dry" ores,
require a quantity of fux VARYING
from 80 to 200 per cent. of the weight
OF the ore to lie reduced. There are
Now over 1900 tons of ore at the
works awaiting reduction, and an
average of 80 tons is being received
daily. AS the shipping season has
hardly begun, the quantity Of ore
seeking market will increase, rather
than diminish, until the end of the
season, and there is therefore no
probability of the furnaces remaining
Tide from the lack of ore.
The ores of this entire region which
have SO far sought a market, taken
all together, carry an average of 80
per cent. lead and about $50 ounces
Of silver. Two tons Of ore will there.
fore, on an average, make one ton of
bullion. 1t is therefore safe to as
sumo that, even taking the unavoid-
able stoppages into consideration, the
daily output Of the Philadelphia COM
pany's works, when the four furnaces
shall be in operation, will be from 40
to 60 tons Of base bullion. This will
make four to six carloads, and "a train
of eight to twelve cars will therefore
probably then leave HALEY loaded
with bullion for Omaha every other
day.
AS the ore or receiving house will
not furnish storage room for the large
quantity of ore that will surely be re-
ceived, two other buildings, each
lOOx5O feet are projected, and will
be erected at once.
All these buildings, in addition to
the 20 kilns which are constantly con-
verting wood into charcoal, the board
ing houses, assay and business offices,
the wood and lumber flume, etc., and
the necessary yard room for SO or
more teams to move about at once,
require a great deal of room, and the
400 acres which Colonel Green. with
great foresight, took up and fenced