The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-08-03
100 Doses One Dollar
Converted by Fire.

Converted by Fire,
Syracuse Herald: There is only on
place in the state of New York and onl,
few in the United States where tb,
nnrst graz IS of steel are made. Thi
IRA ie i made wholly from the purcstiro
tAat CAP be made from the celebrated
mines of Scandinavia, aud the material i,
all imported in manufactured iron bars
III is the purest and most expensive tina
can he found in the world. and the stce
produced is such as the dentist uses il
drills of microscopic edges, for it will
mai.ethe delicate springof n c]hronometcr
ihe only place where this Tine and val
liable steel is made in this state is very
properly ia this city, so noted for its
wired Mafuiactories. and the works are
on inc canal about a mile west from Tho
center of the town.
10 lhe visitor the operation is full of
interest as wei as of mystery. Assistant
superintendent Thomas Morris will very
klhdly point out the interesting processes.
'he private gas factory for heating pur.
poses, the converting furnaces. ]roa,ino
Just about as hard as the one in which
h'hg Ncbuchadnezzar failed to onver
~Shiidrack, Mechach and Abetuero and
the hunming from rolls which send long
whltc no steel bars, like streaks of lioht,
ning across n back again over the spa.
clols stone floors. but the mysterious
ioftnltiie ahdchemical processes, he kceps
rocked up securely under his coat. where
s,eelhlakcfs cannot get at them. Even
me ~orhinen do not knoY all the manu-.
secret processes whereby they
seek to turn out steel of IL superior quail.
W which their rivals strive M least IN
equal IL not excel. Herbert B. Halromh
VINO has supervision OF the Sanderson
lhtollefs company in this city, is from
sheffield, England, where his father is
connected with the parent concern. and
me TWO are III frequent communication
regarding the success or failure of every
experiment made to improve the product.
II mas been only for the past few wears
Una any effort has been made in this
state TO turn out this finest grade of steel.
ana 70 do IT workmen were brought from
mo English mills for the more skillful
pefts. When the Norway ironisbrouaht
TO Syracuse, the hlrs are first fed through
an enormous pair of shears with such
splendid, massive jaws as would make
the eyes of a crocodile of The Nile turn
green with envy. They are worked slow
ana VITA precision by one of the steam
eiistufS, ana each time as they come to-
.elher a man ~ charge shovcs one of the
non oars II ltftte further into them. II
makes no difference whether the shears
tus shih ar or aniron baras large as ones
aFra' The speed is Just the same. and the
.NprVrV iron lupyf, i,,,,,, - ..-.I,
ready ior the crucibles.
The crucible used Tor fine steel il ahou,
eighteen inches long, shaped like the
smell OF an egg, about an inch thick and
open at one end TO receive the iron froy-
iaehts with charcoal and then a close fit
ing cover. Thc charcoal is not for com
pustlon and heat, as might be supposed,
Dut me whole secret of steel making is to |
'iu a certain amount OF pure carbon TO !
pure IRON aud his is the process which is
plouS!'t about under intense heat In the
cflcible. The charcoal is the best oh.
,aihaoie' ana even then it must all be
sorted and siited by hand by Il man who
works all day in n Shed for the nurnoso
III ne "oks more like the grimv
stun he handles or n fallrn
angel than like a human he
ing; W hen each crucihle is CHARGED
with forty pounds of material. or in SOM
Eases eighty pounds, II dozen of them are
SET Iato Il furnace, from which one hne
reads 10 a tall chimney and another To In,
Sas mailing apparatus. All being ready
me gas IS turned on aud lighted The com
helng NIL in the furnace. wlere
ne gas aud air first come together. Sol
7'eui - tle neat that the ends of The fire
,ricNs IN me furnace are mclied torether
nc IRON mclis and boils like water and
,ohipihes with the charcoal, while thn
mn crhclbie comes so intensely bol ms
v oe invisible, These crucibles are made I,
rom a prenaration of black lead, and The ,
'potess 81 turning them out so as TO resi,t
icitiir down with their contents is /,
triGt secret.
ffh9n the combination is pcrfec, the
fuciblhs are removed and their contaut.
,irned into molds fo~rmingingots of steel
lese are again heated in furnaces hnt
~ melted pnd then passed between iron
DIS chtied a train. Grooves in Tho nm.
er rolls exactly match those below and
nc heated ingots are passed through. fra
Tger then gradually smaller spaces !
- t'ity are elongated from two feet ia
efhaPS thirty or forty feet. The w,v /
icy shoot about she mill strikes terror IN y
more tlnid visitors, but the %sllillfuI 5
lllefs grasp them at the proper moment {
,i'n 'heiI tonss and pass and catch them t
; we charmer might play with The "
'aaiy snakes. Some of tie inrots are b
'fged under steel hammers which, viii W
IKE lows from a few pounds 10 four I
ms. whoever visits the steel mill shoulJ :,
hiso or her talking outside the hammer "
I'm lhe stontest lungs cannot comncte 9,
itl the energetic hammers and the n~ioceIl
pptoSimates pandemonium or a n%at;onal u
nv OF thunder and Lightning. Il
Tue hhished steel is in neat 10 lsor lors l.
Is packed or bundled for shiplncn, to :,