Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-24
City Councillors Visit aud lnSDsc, tho
Mammoth Works.
OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN june l.
The Whole Plant VIII u, Running IN.
side of rhrcs Months.-Mucli
Ore on the Ground

berger, and inspected the buildings la
process Of erection there. All Of the
councillors were not present on this
occasion, some Of them having paid a
visit previously Tor tho same purpose
Arriving At the place, the party was
met ny Mr. O,t0 Stahlmaun, who is
personally experimenting the WORK Of
construction.
Mt. slahImann hrst conducted the
visitors 20 the ore bins, where several
train loads Of ore have been DUMPED
already, preparatory TO the copper
plant starting up i've weeks hence. a
large proportion u this ote is from the
CuppefOpolis mine at Tintlc, from
which nhipments are being steadily
male. The ore has samples show.
INK NJ high a. 90 per cent
copper, but the average b. seven
per cent copper, ana one ami hall
ounces OF gold anu seven ounces OF
silver 10 the ton. Much OF this ore has
been practically yalueless under the
process Tor working now In vogue, aud
vast quantities u ~ eau be obtained
aud will he OF great value. A. the
| copper plant ore carrying eight per
cent copper, without the precious
metals, eau be made 10 pay for work
lug.
From the ore bins an electric railway
| 10 10 be- constructed 10 tho crusher,
where an elevator viii raise tho tram
| Of cars up 10 the level on which the
crushing, converter AMI delivery il0Ou
are placed, aud from there conducted
10 tue proper departments. In the
/ crushor the machinery h being put IN
plsltlon, Next 10 furnace room
/ where there IRE two blast ami tw1 70.
| vorberating furnaces, with a combined
| capacity oi4ll tons OF ore per day. One
/ at Of these furnaces Is being placed Ia
position, and on the hrst u June will
/ begin operations. In three months the
entire plantf will ,be liuaniug. There
are other buildings Ia course OF eregtion
for furnaoos, etc, which Will be- pre-
pared by that time.
Ia the next building arc placed re-
verherAtofy aud other furnaces, where
! the metal h brought from 90 por cent
| pure 10 0s per cent pure, AMI IL run
| out IN plates, VITA the golu, silver aud
copper ~ combination, preparatory 10
the operations under tins elucIolyuoAl
process. The sulphur, nfssnic, iron
aud other metals all nave been burned
out. This building also contains one
Of the most perfect steam engines ever
brought 10 the West. IL isOi the latest
pattern, 300.horte power, Triple cxpan.
sion, marine type. THIS engine will
start up when work first begins at the
plant.
TIE largest building on the place II
the eleCtrOlytlcal refinery, where, by
the agency Of electricity, tue gOl1,
silver and copper are separated. This
building IA i0s feet long ana 20i feet
wide, aud 10 covered with an iron
double roof IN 10 walls there are used
100000 brick-3bl,OO0 more than iu
tins great sm0krs.ack which has been
erected near by. Tue elcotrllyilcal
building has In it the great ,0JO.horse
power engine which took first prize
AZ the Worlds Fair, and which
was IN operation there In con.
nection with the Westinghouse ex.
hibit. The bolt wheel connected with
II ia2 % feet ia diameter, the belt 10 be
used being i've feet eight inches Wide
aud an inch aud half thick. In the
electTolytiOai building there will be- 400
tanks, aud II Will have "a capacity u ~
tons Of refined copper Ter day exclusive
OF the gold and silver product. The
copper IL deposited on sheets Of white
paper, ami when In plates about halt
an inch thick II Is removed for the
new deposit. Seventeen days are
consumed Ia pfecipitating the
copper before any h removed. or the
~ tons 10 be- produced, 10 tons arc 10
be from the smelteT nj Durango. The
copper plant people can ship from
Durango via Salt Lake, refine here,
and forward the product 20 the Eastern
market 90 cents a ton cheaper tnan the
way II n done now.
on the ore which the refinery can
work on, NJ Stahlmann says tuat at
thp Copper Mountain In Box Elder
the company has In sight enough
orc ranging from 10 to 20 p0r cent
10 keep the plant going six Year,.
There Il no gold or silver In this ore,
40 there Will DO steady purchase Of
that containing those precious metals.
Sinclous ores viii be IN great demand
: at the works, as iuTnaoeF have % be
lined with silica, aud ores Of this class
serve the purpose. Lead ores are not
desirable.
The city councillors ovinced great
! interest in the buildings aud the dos
cripllOns gives, and after taking u
| glance ~ LnN lhthuh VI NNN'A NhllNgn
the Jordan iivoT, and aacuflnlnlng that
tho works were 81 be supplied with
water tanks OF 1000 gallons capacity,
wonded their way TO Town, impressed
! with the TACT that vast amOuut Of
money hau teen expended alrcajy or
J the plant. ItWHs stated that $50, 900 Aau
, been spent on one door alone, the
concrete having TO he put In i've feet
dtrp over the whole surface, because
Tie s9il was no full Of moisture. When
Inc plaut I, running IL viii tako hall a
railnon dollars Wurking capital, indie
. pgndrnt o. the cost OF the plaut,
/ No moullOn was mace by Mr.. Stahl'
! mann o thu g25, 900 tho city promised,
, thoush lt is quite likely that matter
! | will be- brOugh, up at tue Council to-
. night: nur was there any examination
D OF any land which Il was proposed u
: have tho city take In exchange iVl
bonds. Tho councillors merely went
through the plant Of the copper works
and listened to a general explanation OF
/ the various processes anu the
( oapaglty Of tho plant, that they
I might get thorough under
) standing of what was being done. In
: regard 10 tue bonus 10 be paid the
( COPPER plant people, Mr.. BAmoergeT
stated that In addition to the s26,VOO'