Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-13
HIGHLAND BOY
SHELTER WORK.
Company Reports Progress in the
Erection Of the Plant.
FISCHER Is INTERVIEWED.
Admiral company Incorporated The
Picnic strike cilaneous
Mining Sews.

The Highland boy smcltcr. IN the VI.
entity of Murray. is progressing 80
nicely that the company erecting II OK
poets 10 have II completed and No oprra-
ton by the month Of June next at the
very latest
This was the Information given
"NeWs' reporter today by George X.
Fischer. the company'H chief engineer.
who very anably consented 10 an inter-
view. although IN the midst u q stack
81 business connected with the vast
project. Mr. Fischer stated that The
buildings completed were tho power.
house. boiler house. main Office aud
shops. while the sampling mill was stili
ia course Of erection. and would be
completed. he thought. inside Of two
weeks. aH would also the main smcitcr
building now being constructed. The
latter IL all steel and u g35 Zee, long.
20 fcct Wide and % feet high. 1t has
t0oooo pounds or iron In Il. and Is COM
plctcd ~ FAR ~ tho rcyorbatoty fur
nnccn and stacks are concerned. The
foundation FOR the main stack. said the
gentleman. viii be ready for the ncccs-
Hary machinery In about two weeks.
This stack II TO be i55 feet high and 10
feet In diameter. and when completed
VIII BE- the biggest west Of the Miasis-
tlppi The tfcHtlc Work ana receiving
bins for the big plant. will be- completed
before the end Of tho month. aud as
machinery arrives from the East II
WIN bc rapidly placed In position ~ az
TO create no unnecessary delay IN COM
plotting the structure from top TO bot
tom.
Mr.. Fischer stated that the company
employs an Eartcru Inspector. who
looks over all the work as u " done by
the contractors. Thus Far. reports have
been NJ the most favorable nature and
there " no reason but 60 believe that
the plants erection viii be- thorough Ia
every detail. In the next 20 days snid
the engineer, upwards 81 "a million
pounds Of machinery. iron, etc, will be
on Its way here from the East. This
VIII consist Of engines, furnaces. and
electrical machinery. the latter forming
n big part OF the inside apparatus. to-
gcthcr with another steel building, con-
Ngftcrs, stack. pumps. condonsers, etc.
all tending TO make the plant modern
In every respect ANA perhaps the best
equipped OF ita kind In the entire coun-
Try.
The rmoitor win have capacity Of
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Highland boy properties viii be- fully
able 20 satisfy. No ore viii b. shipped
In until the machinery II ready for II.
and u Will require perhaps a month to
get things In smooth working order. a.
every part % the apparatus win have
60 be thoroughly tested before a pound
~ ore ~ thrown into ita workings. The
building OF the plant was commenced
the latter part OF last August and has
progressed very satisfactorily. the
weather and all else being greatly In
the companyn favor. To date nearly
thrcc million brick have been laid into
the walls, and those remaining will be
used 10 cover other work on the inside.
The electrical equipment Will be very
large and complete. moro 10. perhaps.
than In any other like plant In the
world. Recently tho company placed a
large order for such apparatus with
the General Electric company. repre-
scented In this city by MIR. Chuhbuck.
and this viii he nllci Immediately. In
the building OF the plant. every labor
saving device imaginable has been pro-
Nided for. and the entire workings will
be run By electricity. The Hmelter win
be n model In every particular and IN
expected 10 accomplish wonderful re-
suits In the handling ~ all ORES going
into the company'H hands for treat
mcnt.