El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
VOL. XIX, NO. 172
THE NEW SMELTER
George M. Jacocks Here To
Make Final Arrangements.
COSTLY PLANT

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Will Be Located On the Mesa Between
the White Oaks Railway and
Mount Franklin.
President George M. Jacocks, of the
new Ell Paso smelter company, is in the
city making final arrangements for the
launching of the big ENTERPRISE, of
which he is the head.
Buchanan & Allen have been chosen
as the architects to supervise the con-
struction of the smelter buildings and
they will have the plans, specific cations,
ETC., complete as soon as the firm sup
plying the costly machinery sends q
diagram OF the size and location of the
machinery 10 be covered.
A recent issue of the Journal-Dem-
ocrat Of Albuquerque has the follow
ing e.Mr s crs,a aens,., n.ssanao.
and freight agent of the Ell Paso &
N ortheastern railroad, came in on the
delayed No. from the north yesterday
afternoon.
In conversation with Journal-Dem-
ocrat reporter he said he had just
received q telegram informing him that
the contract had'been signed whereby
1,OOO-ton smelter would be built on the
line of the Ell Paso & Northeastern
road in Ell Psso. and that work would
commence at once. The enterprise is
being backed by New York company
of which G. M. JacOcks is president,
aud which owns some extensive copper
mines in Arizona
SAT present the smelter will treat
only the ores from these mines, but it
is expected that custom work will be
taken in after a few months. The res
son for locating the plant On Ell
Paso & Northeastern is that many
thousands OF dollars can be saved su-
nually by them in fuel, as that road
will soon reach the Salado coal fields,
about the 1st of September it is raid,
when fine grade of coal will be de-
livered in Ell Paso at price much
cheaper than ever before known in
that city. Mr.. -Greig expressed un-
bounded confidence in the JariIla
mining district and says it will be the
greatest in the territory aud that very
soon too.
''The smelter will occupy the tract of
land east and near Mount Franklin
close to the Ell Paso and Northeast
ern."
SHELTER MEN TALK
President Jacocks and Charles G.
Dickinson were seen at the Pierson
today andasked for informa tion concern
ing the new smelter. They said:
I'VE have been offered other sites in
and around Ell Paso but have decided
to take the 100 acre tract near Mount
Franklin, for it is the best. One party
even offered to donate 100 acres but we
would not accept it.
'We are ready to take possession of
the property as soon as the deeds are
delivered and little flaw in the title
obliterated.
1.-THE day the deeds are delivered we
will wire to Frazer and Chalmers to
start the machinery, which is already
complete, paid for and awaiting our in
"The smelter will be oce of the
largest in the country. Our purpose is
to refine the ores from our own mines
at Dragon Summit and if the yield is
not sufficient to keep the smelter eoing
at full capacity we will take all the
outside work we can get.
THAT is all talk about fumes from a
smelter being Injurious to the health
Of the town. With modern applian-
,es and fume cOnden ers it is possble
70 operate smelter in the heart of
city without the least discomfort to
residents.
Cover $500, 200 worth of sore has 81
ready been taken out of our mines and
ready for shipment, so you see we wilt
have plenty to do.
There has been a certain under
of opposition to the smelter en-
strange to say, buS it was
without reason and has about died out.
We propose to assist poor miners in
this rsgion in every possible way to de-
velop their mines and ship their ore
and have no doubt but that the sur
rounding mining country, especially
that north of the city in NewsM eXico,
will be materially benefited.
Stockholders in this company also
own large gold and copper mine in
Nova Scotia and propose to stock it for
81, ZOO, 900 aud erect u smelter thereon.
They have plenty of capital and will
build other smelters as business in
The smelter company is Incorporated
IN Texas, at $500, 900 and has the privil-
ege of issuing stock to twice that
amount. The plaut here will cost fully
1alf million dollars.
Grading Hill Street.
Hill street is now being graded.
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