The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
THE SHELTERS OF
SALT LAKE CITY
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entire mass is in a fluid state. The
relative specific gravity of these metals
Is of zinc Z, of iron, 7.21: of lead l36:
Of copper S.607; of silver, 1882; of
gold, 1L724; of anthony. Ga, and
each tries to find its own level in the
pot" The furnace must necessarily
( be constructed to withstand the
sary and it is usually made
with a sheet-iron casing so con-
structed as to allow circulation of wa
( ter around it, making what Is called
the water jacket" furnace. A further
protection is afforded in the lining of
this casing with several thicknesses of
I fire brick. The bottom of the furnace
/ is constructed to form the pot" where
I the metals as melted sink to the bot
/ tom, to be drawn off through an orifica
/ for that purpose into mOlds. Air is in
: troduCed through tuyeres placed around
the sides of the furnace, which may be
/ constructed either square, round or a
/ parailelogram, and the draft is forced
under considerable pressure by blowers
/ of different patterns and classes. all
1 however. producing the same result
| Above the metal pot referred to there
! is another opening through which the
waste material as it acCumulates is
drawn of in the form Of Stag, and if
the separation is complete, as it should
be. the Stag goes TO the dump worth
less so far as concerns its contents Of
| minerals.
It Will be readily comprehended that
IL 1000 tons per day are handled. and
the ore averages no more than So per
ton, which is the minimum as to certain
aga.~se -
quired to carry a stock of materials
for no more than a three months run
is a very great sum; in reality, far
more than 81 100000. The risks are nee
essaTily considerable and the profits
not small. The. owners of smelters are
not unlike other men; they enjoy a lib
eral margin of prolific cover possible
lOss-and they take every precaution
to prevent any loss.
New Million Dollar Plant.
During the past year the American
Smelling & Refining company has been
constructing a new and modern plant
not far away from the old Germania.
The undertaking in itself is the recOg-
milton by experienced men that the To-
cation is one Of relatively large i'm
pOTtance. The expenditure involved will
hardly be less than 81 900 900. 1t is to
have a complete modern equipment for
both lead and copper smelling, and the
buildings as they are taking form and
receiving their equipment Of machinery
indicate the magnitude of the opera
tions they are intended to provide for.
Compared with them the Germania,
which is doing great deal Of work
yet, is but sorry makeShift Of a
smelteT. Every possible application Of
steam and electric power in its opera
ton is being adopted, and the same
force Of men as now employed will be
competent for double the product at
least. Cheaper rates for smelling are
promised when the new plant starts,
and it is anticipated that large ac-
cUmulations of lower grade ores than
have heretofore been profitable to ship
can be handled at prices that will af-
ford a fair profit TO the miner without
involving loss to the smelling COM
Iany.
It is also definitely stated that the
present plant OF the GeTmania is to be
utilized for pyritic copper smelling att
er the new plant goes into commission.
There is, perhaps, no single industry
within the state that distributes year
in and out, so much money, and so
widely, as smelling. The fires never go
four hours in the day and seven days
in the week. The ores handled by
those already IA operation, as shown
by the daily reports Of settlements, are
worth 100000 for the weekly output
making the aggregate for the year
fully $25. 600, 600.
The record of the receipts at the
smelter would of themselves attest the
prosuerity which has actually attended
legitimate mining during the past year.
While the stock exchange has been the
center of a speculat ton that has cap
tured the gullible and has involved
serious loss for many an unfortunate
citizen, the mines themselves have
been yielding Of their treasures in a
most liberal way. The new year will
open with ample smelling facilities for
handling all the increased output that
is promised from the mines, and with
contracts signed and sealed at prices
that will afford a fair margin Of profit
for all concerned.