Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-20
HINES, MILLS AND REALTY.
Both S.t5s Ready for SIglil5 ih5
Refinery COllric.
ruE MISEas' :NEw GRIEVANCE.
Roller Mni for M. iloa,au'.--Miscs
STINT Down Real Estate
Items.


OF land.
Everything was arranged IN CON.
ncction with the three lucltious here.
tofofe mentioned. The two on the
west aldo OF the river have been clear
from the first; hut Mr. K'nney'a prop.
oriy IN North Salt Lake required some
settlement before transfer could be
made. For this reason It was mot one
OF the sites rendered by the committee,
but the offer to Mr.. Green WAS made by
Mr.. Kinney hims II.
To-Day, however. MI. Kinney re.
ported 10 the committee that hls Pctut
farm was clear Of all inuumtrancc,
aud ready to DO turned over nj any
time the committee shall dcaignato.
Upon this showing II was accepted,
aud tue formal oller OF the three Bltes
will be maIo NJ the MEETING Of the
trustees.
As MI. Green has already indicated
that his choice Ia tho Nor.n Salt Lake
property, that queation 10 settled.
There arc now TO Issues between the
refinery men and the citizrng Trustees,
but both sides announce themselves as
prepared 10 attend TO tho formal sign.
ing OF the contract, which h
expected 10 take place this evening ut
the latest. A meeting Of the trusteea
has been called to close up tie buti.
mus.
II Is anticipated that work on the
construction OF the refinery VIII begin
Mt once, ~ lie establishment here and
the location OF the works are fully
agreed upon.
Regarding the special process OF the
refinery which In regarded Us one OF
the secrets OF operating, the or at
Falls, Montana, Tribune says: "rho
eleo,rolytic process IL combination
OF chemicals AMI electricity, the first
being the medium, the latter tue agent.
70 the laymau It IL n mystery ard u
marvel. Evou the scientist who plans
the whole thing and puts II into opera.
ton has only a theory as 10 why the
results aru obtained.
"rhe anodos or pigs OF copper are
brought up from the smelter, each
weighing ABOUT 200 pounds. These are
hung IN acid baths, always kept Mt "a
certain temperature. Each tank con.
thins about twenty anodes, which are
thick sheets that extend over two feet
down into the tanks, belhs held In
place by projecting ears which rest on
the sldes OF the tank. They hang
closely together and between them, In
regular succession, are suspended thin
sheets ofpure copper.
"While tho acid aud electric current,
acting together, disinteggate the copper
OF the anodc, eating II away until
nothing remains but the rim that IL
above the surface Of the bath, they
deposit the chemically pure copper on
the adjoining plates, Ignoring or shuu.
Ing tho slime containing all tho other
metals that are In the ores.
"Fine PARTICLES OF copper that have
been released from the Rnode, can be
seen in the act OF arranging them.
selves on the thin sheet, and the
marvel IL that they there Join and
adhere TO each other forming nearly
rs compact n mass as In n sheet oil
rolled or unnealeu copper"
Tho writer In the Tribune described
how Metallurgist Cuulheld caused q
sheet Of copper taken from the bath or
tank to TO sent back and forth anu sub
Jected to rough usage. When iu-
spected, afterwards, there was not u
crack or flaw perceptible on tho plate.
These sheets don't have as smooth
SIDE and edges us those " rolled cop.
per, being somewhat gTanulated and
fringod with beadWofk OF bright
copper. But the surface presents n
brigh. color, Hinged or tinted In u way
not unlike that OF gold crystals.
Manufacture Of sulphate OF copper Ia
also carried ON In connection with the
olectrolytic process.
AT EUREKA.
Word came from Eureka today that
all was quiet there. Tho Bulliou.B
is being operated with ia naw men,
who are not interieted with. There
Ia considerable feeling among TIE
miners, but this Is not unaffected In
any unlawful manner. The feeling
has, however, been slightly In.
creased by the statement that the
Mammoth would resume on April Is.
with non.union men, aud the rumor
that the Centennial Eureka would
soon be operated with the same class Of
employees.
A cauee OF complaint now being
prominently set forth In that OF
the "storepay" busintss. II 10
asserted that n store Ia run In
connection with the management
- not by the company of the
mines, at which the employees are com.
PEELED 10 trade In order to keep their
situations; and further, that excessive
prices are charged for goods obtained
1T that store, thus increasing, In an
unjustifiabls manner theemployes'oOst
ofliving. II this condition exists In the
way claimed, II IL susceptible OF proofs,
anu should be- ventilated anu tho
evil femedled. Tho company deny that
they are u party to anything Of the
kind.
ANOTHER SHUTDOWN.
A dispatch from Telluride, Colo,
announces that, conforming with
communications received from tho
board Of directors Ut Shanghai, Mana.
ger a kers OF the sheridan Console.
dated Issued orders Saturday for the
closing down " tho famous Sheridan
and Mendoza mines for an Indefinite
period. The fires In all the furnaces
were extinguished Mt noon, aud the
mill will cease running as soon
az the present accumulation OF ore
10 treated, which VIII be In u few
days. This action, fraught with oonse-
quences OF such grave Importance, has
not been wholly unnntlcipatei by the
people OF Telluride ~ tho result OF tho
continued depresaion In the price OF
II "A 81 ha.