The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-09

pihatlons OF circumstances which are all
against good work. Acting on the adj
vice of the consulting engineer. and who
also had been the engineer of the former
management, the Wellman Producers
were adopted. The fuel. however, re- !
quires a special producer. -Four Taylor
Producers are being erected and have
others ordered. We believe .hese
Will do satisfactory work.
The gas furnaces work fairly we'll
when supplied with good gas. Experi.
with them leads to the belief that
minor changes of detail will adapt them
better to the smelling Of copper ores.
These changes can be made as each fur
mace has to undergo repairs.
To convey the melted matte from the
reverberatory furnaces to the conyerters.
an electric crane which commands the
lower bay of the building for the whole
length has been put up. This crane has
a capacity of 20 tone.
There are two convcrtrrs. intended
each 70 blow five tons Of matte Ia mir
copper. The original intention was to
mend the Innings If bottoms tuycrc SET
ton only. but II is found that the clay
lining wears much higher than the
,uycrr section, and that practically about
itaIt the converter mas Ia hp refined about
over! tive heats, and consequently one
converter is bclNg rclIu"d Wlrilethc other
one Is running. Ia consequence Of this
two More cOnNurlcrs are needed IN order
to treat all the matte. These have al
ready been ordered. The large charges
OF matte will urOve TO be- more ccOnum
icHl than small charges. as the samc crew
of men will work a large charge as is re-
JuIrcd for Il small one. and i'm Consc
Iuence Of the higher blast pressure the
time will not be much greater. if any.
To furnish water undcr high pressure
there is a duplex intersiiicr by which
water at a pressure Of 40 pounds fur
nishcs a certain amount of water at a
pressure Of 40 pounds for fitting the
converters and The fitting furnaces.
The matte house IS q wooden frame
structure i0xiO feet in size covered with
corrugated iron The crushing machin-
cry consists of a oylJ inch Blackc crush
er. This same Crusher rs also used for
crushing silicious rock for furnace sand.
in connection with "A pair of lOXlG inch
rolls. The same building also contains
the grinding pans for grinding the neces-
Sary materials for the claying Of the
convcrters. 1t also contains bins for
nofnri, In tho s,nnlting bnn;ld;nr
thoro 10 , crnsbino nl.nt n OIL ircb
crusher and IONIC inch rolls for such
ores as do not need concentration but
need exclamation. The bins for storing
eucL rrnshed ore are ARRANGED IN liz
CHARGE INTO the cars which feed the ore
to tho R~ruckner roasting cvI;nder
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