Arizona silver belt., 1896-10-22
A COMPLETE SUCCESS
One of the New Furnaces of the Old
 Dominion Copper Co. Blown in.
AN INCREASED PRODUCTION OF
 COPPER ASSURED.


 having an important bearing upon the copper industry of the camp was the starting of the first of the 100-ton furn- aces, recently received by the Old Dominion Copper Mining sS Smelling Company, from the builders, Wm. B. Pollock X Co.,, of Youngstown, Ohio. The new furnace was fired last Sat urday morning, and two hours after ward we visited the smeltcr and were gratiiied to find operations proceeding as smoothly as though it was m old story.
 The furnace is 34x10S inches inside the tuyere line, steel sectional jacketted, two end and two side jackets 80 fanged that the rivet seams are all outside of the furnace.
 The blast is furnished by two No. 3 Root blowers through 23 inch blast pipe entering the furnace from the large hustle pipe, through 14 side tuyeres (seven on each side) and one end tuyere.
 The large crucible rests on founda- tion of slag brick of substantial appear anee, the first slag brick, we believe, to be used in this locality, and which, from time to time, will be employed, where practicable, in construction work around the works.
 The slsg is arranged to flow continu- ously through a home made jacketted slag we'll outside of the tap hole, which latter is bronze water jacket slag tap; later on water jacket slag tap will re- place the water pipe, brick and clay arrangement now used. The slag over flows from the settler into launder, or trough, lined with slag brick, strik- ing iot of cold water, dispensing the slag into granules which are swept down the Hume and out to the creek bottom by the overflowing water from the jackets.
 The continuous slag flow. and cer- taiuly the granulation of the slag, are new and novel features to many per. sons here, and contribute Co the ease and celerity in handling the furnace economically. Although the regular working capacity of the new furnace has not yet been reached, nevertheless it is turning out copper very fast.
 A duplicate of the furnace now in operation is on the ground, and the work of erecting it will begin within few days, to proceed in more leisure ly manner than on the first one. Some slight notifications will be made, as results from the present furnace may indicate as desirable, the management being dosirous to obtain the best re. suits possible.
 In the meanwhile the other vacant space will be occupied by one of the old jackets, winch will be blown in as soon AS the repairs are made, and tbe necessity for which was the cause of the shutdown for day preceding the starting of the new one.
 At the mine the stopes are looking well, and new men have been added to the force as occasion demanded, to pre- pare for the increased output that will ensue after few months.
 Among the unusual and new features is the use of anthracite coal for redu- cling action in the furnace, of which about 25 per cent to the coke is used. The coal comes from New Mexico and the quality is very good.
 A disagreeable duty of the manage ment is the necessity of refusing work to so many applicants. A large num- Der of men seeking work, have been induced to come to Globe by exaggera- ted reports of increased operations by our mining companies. This is to be regretted as the supply of labor in this district is in excess of present require ments. Globe is assured of growing prosperity ard good times, but the i'm provenient will be gradual and some what slow,