Arizona republican., 1899-09-25

and its headgate washed away. This
fall is about fifteen feet By a tortu-
Gus route of a mile or two the desired
\ point of view was obtained and a large
negative of the wild scene was taken
and also some smaller ONES.
A railroad has bean butt out to the
camp from the main line d distance Of
mile and a quarter A FaiI'hanl1
scale with a weighing capacity OF no.
900 pounds suitable either fer cars o.
wagons was finished in place today.
The smalter which is being Quilt
begins ait the brew of the hill at the
edge of The railroad and runs down the
bluff several hundred feet. So far as
it is up it is model OF the master me-
chanicS art. The frame fer part o: il
is up complete, the plates are up on tne
part next in advancemeriJ, the stills and
joists in place on another part and the
excavation is nearly finished fcT the
rest of it, The sills are l2X12 and the
plates SKIS with 6x6 uprights and raft
ers. The work has the appearance Ct
standing forever and sustaining ire
mend3uS tests.
Several buildings are in course Of
construction, a wayhcuse is finished,
a dining room and kitchen with sleep
ing apartments is well On the way to
completion. A barn and corral are
also being built and a number Of tents
and small buildings dct the hilltop.
Several cars IF machinery arg On the
grounds ready for use. A telephone
line is being strung across the ccun-
try to 'McCabe. the streets of the town
ere laid off and ths malapai rocks
which cover the hill are being cleared
off The surveys. stakes and grades
-
yet in sight Fifty carpenters, minsrs
and rustlers are a. work al The camp.
From Cecil G. Fenlell general man
ager. much informa ton was obtained
as to the construction work to be done
before the smeiter is ready to run. The
smelter will be 800 feet long and have
an average width of 100 f6et The fur
mace rCom, the frame CT which is up, IS
6Ox6O feet; above this will be the mix
ing room, 110xS0 feet: above this will
be the sampling floor, 120x60 feet. and
above this will be ICw cf bins with
q capacity CT 5000 tons. Down through
the superstrudture of the building will
run a cable elevator with a carrying
capacity Of 10000 pounds. In the
building there will be 1000 feet of
tramway The building will require 4
Quarter of a million fest CT heavy tim
beers and $4,000 feet of lighter ma
terial.
Water will be taken from an intake
fem the Aqua Fra below the sme!te,.
The pump will be run with compressed
air and will havs a capacity CT 10000
gallrns per day The furnace will be
the latest Rectangular water jacket
with many Improvements over others
in use Ii will handle from $50 to 200
tons CT Gre a day. The principal ma
chinsry will consist of a No. Con-
r'ersville blower, a Corliss engine OF
120 horse power, two marine tubular
return boilers, a Blake crusher, an
automatic sampler and Cornish rolls.
The elevator through the top Of tha
building will be used to- lower coke aad
cher material and to raise the copper
matte to the railroad There arg three
cars CT machinery on the spot and SIX
IN the way. J. P. Evans, auditor Of
the Colorado iron Works, is On the
ground experimenting the placing OF
the machinery.
Las fast as the work can be crowded |
the dining rCom ard kitchen will b.: