Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-09-02
12RE CESRIlL0s SHELTER
Certainty Tuab the New Mexican
Prediction of Many Months Ago is
Soon to BE- More Than
Realized.
CONSTRUCTION is In ACTIVE PROGRESS
Description of the Buildings As They
Appear in the Blue Prints-Fault-
less Plans-Part of Machinery
on the Ground.

Many months ago, founding its pre-
diction upon positive assurances from
President Marion Baiue, Secretary D. w
Manley and Treasurer j. H. Vaughn, tn,
NEW MEXICAN affirmed without equivoca
ton that 1897 would witness the erection
and successful operation of fine smelt
ing plant at Cerrillos by the Mary Mining
& Smelling company. Even the mos
incredulous Of all the great army o
doubling Thomases must now acknowl
edge, if he is candid man, that this yer
aeious journal was anything but falls
prophet.
As already fnlly set forth in these col
umns, all the money needed to carry for
ward this notable enterprise was som,
time ago raised by Captain Balue in De
troit and Santa Fe, aud complete so tor
smelling plant of the most improved sor
was thereupon ordered from Fraser
Chalmers in Chicago, with the under
standing that this justly celebrated min
ing machinery firm would furnish tht
plans, supervise the work of construo
tion and placing the machinery, and op
crate the plant for 30 days after it's com
pletion.
Preliminary to this arrangement, Cap
tain Balue had already secured probably
the most desirable site at Cerrillos for his
proposed smelter. Having completed
his financial negotiations and ordered the
machinery, he next consummated ar
engagements with the A., T. & s. F. rail
road company to put in the necessary
sidetracks. Then he invited bids for thu
necessary grading, excavating, stone
work and construction of the buildings
called for in the carefully prepared plans
of Fraser q Chalmers.
Since then the bids have all beer
opened and the contracts definitely award
ed to the lowest resp onsible bidders. TIL
work of grading for the sidetracks ant
excavating for the foundations was let tt
Contractor Hale of Ration, who has TO
several days been actively engaged upol
the work indicated with probably tn
finest outfit of men, teams, and sorRnsr
that ever undertook a similar TASK in tn
territory. -' -
The contract for the stone work wa
let-to A. Centers, another responsible
Ration contractor of recognized expe
rence and energy, and, as was briefly re
marked in the NEW MEXICAN yesterday
the work of constructing the building
was assigned by contract TO Antonio
Windsor of Santa Fe, monuments t.
whose skill and fidelity ss an archltec
and builder are found in nearly every cit
and town in the territory.
Two carloads of the machinery are al
ready on sidetrack at Cerrillos an,
another week will doubtless witness tn
arrival of several carloads more. TIL
work of grading and excavating is rapid
ly progressing and the massive stones fo
the foundations are now being square,
and numbered and expert mechanics will
soon begin the work of placing them il
position. The material needed for III
buildings has been ordered and Con
tractor Windsor expects to begin on hi
part OF the work ia about ten days. II
will employ all the men he can possibl
woek and anticipates being able to com
plete the buildings in 40 days after h
strikes the first hammer.
The buildings will consist of an engin
and boiler house OF ample size; smeite
proper 35x57, the central part where stacl
is located being two stories high; samplin(
works 25x4l and one story high; ore bin
occupying space of 25x60 feet, beside
large bins for coal and coke.
The specifications call for the mos
substantial class of buildings known, thu
heavy frame work being bolted togethe
in the strongest possible manner. Tn
roof of the main building will be sup
ported by II combination trussers, heav,
enough to carry both the roof and tn
weight of the shafting. All the build
ings will be covered with heavy CORFU
gated steel roofing.
The buildings have been so CAREFUL,
located that no ore will be lifted from tn
moment it reaches the samplipg work
until it appears in the form of bullion a
the bottom of the furnace. The fnel AM
fluxing materials will also be mani,
handled by gravity.
The reader will understand that tn
sampling works, as we'll as the ore ant
fuel bins, are located above the smelte
proper, with wagon road above and
railroad below, the latter being so 10
Gated that the bottom of the cars will b.
on level with the feed floor and tn
sampling floor. Another switch will b.
run below the smelter proper to carr,
away the bullion and Stag.
The plant will be SO constructed tina
it's capacity can be readily multiplied
three times. The machinery will includ
two 100 horse power boilers and one 100
horse power engine and every othe
modern appliance needed for perfec
S0ton smelter.
The work of construction will inyolv,
5000 yards of excavation, 800 perch o
stone work, and the use of 100000 feet o
lumber.
Captain Marion Balue, president an,
manager of the Mary Mining & Smelling
company, is entitled to unstinted credi
for his patient and tireless efforts Il
bring about the results above foreshad
owed, and unquestionably his hard worl
and confidence will be richly rewarded.