Arizona republican., 1899-06-15

Fry. The weather iii Pennsylvanif
 was extremely disagreeabla. and ii
 Pittsburs the thermometer reeisters.
 as high as 97 degrees in the shade
 which means about 120 degrees O sensible heat--or Arizona heat. The, say 1t is 102 in the shade here today
 but l do not feel the least discomfort;
 III fact, 1 enjoy it. Your summers
 are misunderstood by eastern people
 
 The Black Warrior camp has growr since l was here three weeks ago. Ii
 has expanded into the gulches which
 run into the hi.Isides, and there is .
 Mexican addition to the camp. D. A
 Abrams has caught onto this spirit of | expansion and a growth of copper col l Ored whiskers now adOrnS his rubi- cund features, adding to the dignity Of the office of secretary of the Black Warrior mine. The camp has a la | b0ratory q blacksmith shop in the course of construction and other i'm pr0vements. Col Fleming says that | the teaching and smelling plant will be ready for operation by the middle Of next month. Shipments of ore are being made from the Black Warrior every day, and some other prospects in the Webster gu.ch district are send ing cOnsignments of ore to Silver City with good results.
 
 The teaching plant and mill of the Black Warrior is rapidly assuming form, and by the middle of next month the first production Of copper 2t this new camp will be recorded. The great skeleton of the mill is built and the heavy machinery is now being placed in position. The dimensions of the mill are 130x59 feet, the length of the building being diagonal with the slope of the hill The tramway is now complete and the cars stand on the track ready to begin hauling the ore when the mil is ready to receive it. The end Of the track rests on the sharp pitch of the hill and the highest landing of the mill rests on pane with the track and here are to be placed the ore crusher and connection made so that the cars will take the ore directly to 1t. The ore is dumped Cn an iron screen which allows the finer rock to PaSs below to . chute which takes 1t to roller crushers, and the larger pieces are taken on and fed to the first crusher to join the finer ere in the roller crushers below when the initial process of crushing is complete. There are two Of these roller crushers and when the ore has passed through them the greater portion of it is ready to pass on to the teaching tanks which rest in a single row, thus making the great length Of the building. A bin is provided ba.Cw the roller crushers to | receive the portions of ores which need to be worked over again, and 1 these are elevated and carried back to the crusher. The finer product goes | into cOnveyCr and is taken along a | track which runs over the teaching | tanks and dropped into whatever tank | 1t is desired to fill. There are twelve | of these tanks. They are filled with 1 5ulphuric acid and water and in this i solution the ore receives it's first | progress towards disseveration The | solution is passed from these tanks | -C other tanks below the mill where l scrap iron is precipftated and the acid | turning it's attention to the iron | caves the copper in a more or less favorable state for smelling. The acid | md water is pumped back to he Ised over again and the values in the bottom Of the tank are taken on for he final treatment Of smelting. The ;melter will be a small affair in com )arison with the teaching plant, but | will be of sufficient capacity to give he Black Warrior a large daily pro- Iuction.
 The high grade ore of the Black Warrior will be shipped directly to the eduction works. The tramWay will e extended to large bin which rests n the hillside and here the high grade re will be placed and drawn into wagons for shipment to Silver City. here is a great deal of this character f ore in the product of the Black { Warrior, but it's greatest production is, f course, the lower grade ores which Ti.l pass through the treatment now { for it on the ground. Messrs. Fry, Tustin and Col ney leave Phoenix by special { ain early tomorrow morning