Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-02-28
At THE SMECTIR
Superintendent KlepetkO's Report OF
the Work of the B. n M.
Smelter. in 1895.
TO BUILD new MACHINE SHOPS
A Further Increase in the Blast Fur
mace Department Contemplated
This Year.

q the wear at the b. q NJ. smeter, as re
ported by Superintendent Klepetko to
the directors of the company, while con
X ttaining much that has already been re-
4 sported in these columns, will prove in
X ateresting reading to Great Falls people;
VI Gentlemen The following is submit
& ted to you as a report of the operations
carried on at your Great ail4 work,
y during the year 1888. tuldetalis Of all
costs are given in annual tables mailed
you today,
S The following additions have been made
to the plant in the different departments
and all charged to the running expenses
of those departments;
POWER HOUSE,
An addition to the power house has
been built on the west end, to contain
five new No. ConncrRviile blowers, and
also the three old No. Il Roots blowers.
This plant is now in working order. The
shafting which operates the blowers
can be run from the 22l ;, inch turbine
wheels or from the 3O inch turbines
when the latter are relieved from run
ming the elcctrolytic dynamos. This
blowing plant we consider sufficient for
at least five large blast furnaces. a pipe
line Gi inches in diam ter has
been constructed to convey blast
from the blowers to the blast furnace
building.
This blower plant will insure much
more steady running OF blast furnaces.
Heretofore, the blowers were located at
the smelter, and depended on the sm~lter
rope drive for power. We had no char ce
here to expand the blower plant, both
for lack of room and power, hence its
location at the power house. This ad
dition TO the power house has been built
large enough to contain two additional
pumps when they are required.
A new power house has been planned
to contain a pair of horizontal turbines
to drive two Westinghouse generators.
These generators are intended to furnish
additional current for the electroy tic
plant. The excavation for the new tail
race has been begun and the generators
have been ordered.
CoNCENTRAToR.
The improvements in concentrating
machinery outlined in my last report
have been completed and the concen-
traitor is working to our full satisfaction,
and we believe is making better saving
of the mineral contents of the ore than
any similar plant in Montana. This
with our high grade ore, we consider
very satisfactory work. To this close
saving of copper iu the concentrator is
largely due our increased yield of the ore
SHELTER.
We have improved the ventilation of
the smelter building by setting 1G ex-
haust fans yer the reverberatories, put
ting one pair over each furnace These
eject the converter smoke as soon ae it
strikes the roof, and also take away all
sulphur smoke from the everberatories.
We have erected here a plant for
screening the nut and slack coal sending
to the gas producers coal over - of an
inch in size and to the boiler plant all
und@r this size. This has greatly helped
our gas producer work.
We have in contemplation the erection
of modern roasting furnaces to replace
the Brueckner cylinders. We have the
room in the building without disturbing
the Rruockner4. When the plans are
ready they will be submitted for your
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Sou, o nhSo S.Gat'' 'lcreaseu our ola7t
1870 9'nTI,'HR vi raw ore hEd Cun
centrates. We cOntem plate further in
crease the coming year, as we beIipyr
ne.'o' 9"''"R o, 'he copper contents OF
numhpr of o,,nrat,nn, Wv 'i'1 st.;' VIC
view. and in order to lessen the cost Of
handIIng the mafeiIaI for the blast far !
naces, plans have been made for a series |
OF bins back Of the blast furnace build
ing, These Will be supplied from raj
r road cars atand'og on tracks above hem,
The excavation for thfae bins is in
progFess.
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all looking to prevention of waste of
A No s. IIiIes q Jones punch
and shear has been added for the pur
pose Of punching auodes. The capacity
of the refinery has been brought 10 to
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