The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-13
Terms Agreed on for Its Loca-
ton In Seattle.
LARGEST ON THE NORTH COAST.
Local Business Men Arrange for the
Erection of . 4D0-Ton Smelling
Plant and Refinery Here->fse IN
He Furnished and Some stock Sub
scrfbsd-Construeft to Be Com
plefed Nine Months After IL II
secured A Samp1inY Works
Bound to Follow. and Then Sc
attic VIII BE . Great Ore-Buyinx
Center.

Seattle has been selected as THE site Of
the smeiter &c be erected BY the Occidental
Smelling and Refining Company. on GER
tain conditions. which tire committee OF
business men having the matter in charge
expresses no doubt OF being able TO fgiiil.
The arrangement was concluded last even
inr at a conference between ". II. Rera-
tngton. OF Salt Lake. and william Se9ovsr.
OF Portland. representing the smelling
company. ani lion. Thomas Burke and
Hon. John T1eary, representing the city.
With prompsnesz In complying with the
conditions. such as characterizes the peo-
pie OF Seattle wbea they have an oppor-
:unity 10 secure the establishment Of an
industry which will rebound 10 their own
advantage. il rs probable that the plant
wi!i he completed. ready for operation.
II will be no small S.ant. either. for 1t
viii be the largest on the North Pacific
coast, and unlike others, vii! have a re-
nnery attached.
The local committee has offered the COM
yany the choice Of three sites on the water
front. all of which will have connection
with the three main lines OF railroad en-
'erins the city. The citizens of Seattle
viii also be asked 10 subscribe for a small
proportion of the compauy's stock-as.-
sineifef stock never goes begging. They
will not be called upon 10 pay for /; until
the plant Is complete, ready for operation,
and has been approved by committee of
stockholders as according TO contract. II
is also provided that the plant is to he
1A.n "a
subscriptions are placed in escrow al
though IL is likely to be completed in six
months from that date.
The company has 81 COO go capital stock
and was organized by a syndicate of
strong MEN. amply able 10 construct and
succe ssfuily operate a plant of such d.
mansions
The smelling plant will be wha. IS
known as 4oo-ton plant and with feed
floors, roasters. refinery. bedding floors
ore bins, etc. will cover an area of about
seven acres under roof. The site Will
comprise twenty acres OF upland and an
equal area Of tide land to be used ms
dumping ground. The plant viii include
two siGer-lead stacks twenty-six feet
high TO the feed floor. with crueibles for
ty-four inches wide and ii5 inches long
their daily capacity To bee 100 tons each.
There VIII also be- one steel iaeketed cop
per stack of the same dimensions. with a
capacity Of $50 TO 201 tons day In con
nection with II Will be a refinery capable
OF treating twenty-five tons Of lead bull
lion daily.
The roasting plant will include one
large Wethey multiple. rectangular cal
sining furnace. having capacity OF about
nifty tons in twen,y~four hours: four Tx
so-foot reverberatory furnaces and two
Buckner roasting furnaces. These TOAST
ers viii have capacity sufficient to keep
all the stacks supplied
The dust chamber viii be built OF brick
and VIII be 800 feet long and f0xt2 Zee,
square There viii also be five brick
Sinokestacks Oh 10 100 feet high in the
different departments.
Power VIII be furnished hv 4 5Jl-horsp
power CorIiss engine. of high and low
pressure. with condensing plant II
necessary. There win be four return
tubular boilers, twenty feet long and five
feet in diameter There will he a com,
piete electric light plant. with capacity
OF 10 arc ard 800 incandescent lights
complete sampling plant. laboratory
ana double assay oitice VIII also BE- includ-
ed
The buildings will have frames Of tim
Der and roofs OF corrugated iron The ma
terigd 10 b" used i'm construction viii in
ciude about 2.1a.ssn common brick from,
5000 To sip,sn fire brick about co. nt1
feet OF lumber. 100 barrels of cement "a,
barrels Of lime and loo.eo pounds OF IRE
clay. The contract Tor the machinery has
already been iet 20 4. r. 4Ailis 4 Co, Of
Milwaukee
The plant VIII give employment direct
II and indirectly. 10 between aa and 30
ih~u. many az whom must be- highly skill
al. and consequently must he paid good
salaries.
The erection 81 this plant will az nec.s-
sItN require a Fubtic samplluE works. and.
thi@ being the ease ores would naturally
he consigned 10 different hanks and when
sampled aud offered for sale. competitive
htds would probably De- made ~ tha
smelling companies AZ Seattle. Everett
aud Tacoma thus afyording the miners the
opportunity 20 obfaln the largest possible
price The location Of the samplins works
heF" Vii thus tend 10 ceBt.a]tzs the min
crai traffic In Seattle and Will force ali
smelters on the Coast 20 bid on ores from
this point.