The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-01
SMELLING AND REDUCTION WORKS OF
Utah.

J SMELLING AND REDUCTION WORKS OF
UTAH.
The Germania is the most systemat
ically run smelter in Utah. second Il
none. 1t is situated in South Cotton
wood, seven miles from Salt Lax
City, on the Utah Central and Denve
& Rio Grande Railroads. The smelt
ing works consist of four shaft ano
one reverberstory furnaces. Th'
furnace fumes are conducted
from the stacks in tight iron hues
6x34 feet to a large tight dust cham
Der 25x35 feet and thence by fut
800 feet long to stack 10S fee. high
In addition, the works comprise
everything necessary to produce fln'
silver bars, iitharge and all kinds o
lead, common, refined, white, sheet
pipe, shot and test lead. The latter
is chemically pure. The four stacks
have daily capacity of 40 tons. Re
fning capacity 40 tone. White Lead
capacity 10 tons daily and everything
else in proportion.
Francklyn smelling works are
situated one milo north of tie Ger.
mania. They consist of five shaft
and one reverberstory furnace, capa.
city of $50 tons daily. Those works
are with the Germsnia considered
the best in the country. second to
| none.
The Park City smelter is situated
at Park City, Uintsh district, and
consists Of two ats and one rever-
beratory furnace; capacity 80 tons.
Waterman smelling works, stu.
ated al Rush Lake near Stockton.
They contain two shaft furnaces con.
nected with very efficient conden.
sation chamber. The furnace is a
ound one having at the tuyers di.
ameter Of three feet and four inches.
Height from bottom of hearth to Stag
spout twenty-five inches, TO centre of
tuyers thirty three inches, from tuy-
ers to charge door eleven feet. There
are four water tuyers with three
inch nozzles. The furnaces are nine
feet high from the Stag top to the
charging. Their size is 30x40 inches
in the hearth; above they are wild.
ened by means of fiat bosh to AKA
feet.
Winnemuck smelling works ara
situated in Bingham canyon, on the
terminus of the Bingham Canyon
railroad. They have two reverbera-
tory furnaces; go horse power
steam engine and boiler; one No. 4
and two No. 5 Root blowers; eight
roasting stalls, roasting kiIns and one
duet chamber of iron.
Jordan smelling works are situated
next to the Sheridan Hill smelling
works. They have five shaits and
one reverberatory furnace.
The Hanauer Smelling Works are
situated about one mile north
of the Germania. They have two
shaft and two reverberatory furnaces.
The Mingo Smelling Works are
situated at Sandy, on the Utah Central
and Denver & Rio Grande Railroads.
They have four shat! furnaces.
The Flagstaff Smelling Works are
situated at Sandy. They have four
shaft and one reverberatory furnaces.
water jscketed furnaces are Used.
The Pascoe Smelter is situated at
the northwest side of Salt Lake City
and has one shaft furnace.
In San Francisco District are four
smelling works. The Godbe smelter
with two shaft furnaces; the Camp
bell and Cullen smelter. with three
shaft furnaces; the Williams smelter,
with one shaft furnace; the Shauntie
smelter, with one ehsft furnace.
In American Fork Canyon is the
Sultana smelter, with twenty char
coal kilns, owned by the Miller Mine
and Smelling Company; this smelter
has three shait and one reverberatory
furnaces. The shaft furnaces are of
the Pity pattern, nine feet above the
tuyeres. The section of the hearth
No. is twenty By thirty-six inches.
1t hes six water tuyeres, with two and
one half inch nozzles.
The s;Za of No. 2 and 8 in the
hearth is twenty four by thirty-two
inches. They have four tuyeres each.
All toe furnaces are provided With
the automatic tap.
Next to the smelters are the ssmp-
ling works; capacity 200 tons daily,
owned by ]. G. Conklin; Pioneer
Works, owned by r. Mac
kintosb; Sandy Sampling Works,
owned by Messrs Scott & Anders on.