Cañon City record., 1902-08-21

ming OF an industry which today
places Canon City in the foremost
rank of the industrial world. From
such small start it scarcely seems
possible that in our midst is an indus
try, upon which other sections are de-
pendent.
Eleven years ago DR.. f. L. Bartlett,
of Portland, Maine, came to Colorado
for the purpose of establishing smell
ter, and Canon City, to this day, has
never had reason to regret that this
estimable gentleman looked upon this
section and decided that it was good.
II was the beginning of not only the
most important industry in Canon
City, but was the beginning of lead
and zinc smelling in this section, and
was among the first smelters in the
state of Colorado. From the very
first this enterprise was a success. IT.
really paid from the start. The Bartlett
Zinc Smelter soon forged to the front
and became a necessity for the COM
mon welfare of the mines in a large
portion of Colorado. Though com
parstivly small concern. a. such
things go at present, yet it was mar
ket which the mines in the Leadville
district early appreciated. as ?, 800 tons
of zinc per year We're drawn from that
section and gold and silver values were
paid. This smelter was very success
ful in the Manufacture of a very fine
quality of white paint which always
found ready uakef-
On March /, 1902 the Bartlett Zinc
Smelter was purchased by the United
States Smelling Company. From that
date the entire- plant lias--besn under
going 4 thorough overfrauiiny :. and even
at present the hslfcannot be told. New
energy has been applied; neS build
ings are in process Of erection: new
machinery is being installed; and
more business is constantly being Sc
cured. From the low rooted Mexican
looking buildings, which was the pre-
vailing style of architecture years
ago. this enterprise is rapidly finding
itself in almost entirely new quarters
and equipped with machinery Of the
very latest pattern.
The writer. through the courtesy
OF the manager, Mr.. d G. JscklinG,
had the pleasure of visiting every de-
psrtment of this great smelter. To
give a minute description OF every
thing seen would require many
columns.
Arriving at the Uffice and Isbrstory
building. which has been entirely re
modelled, the result OF which is at
once evident, and glance at the in
terror showed that the remodeling
process had been carried on within
as well as without. Here the mana
ger and his assistants occupy two
handsomely furnished rooms, and
! from all indications the United States
Smelling Company seemed to be do
ing business.
Leaving the offices stop was made
at the lsbratory, where the chemist
was engaged, in the scientific side of
smelling. Not being an authority on
the many branches of smelling il
would be useless to attempt descrip-
tion of the labratory. Plenty of glass
jars, tubes, vials, graduates; some of
them filled with analyzed chemicals,
and others in the process of being fill
ed. WAS proof sufficient that the
chemist had been getting busy"
From the lahrstory visit was
made through the entire smelter. The
fiery furnaces being fed with the crude
ore, separating the different metals;
the lead and zinc, being conducted by
immense fans furnishing volume of
air, 100, 900 cubic feet per minute
through the blowers into the bag
house where the purifying process
really begins. The present bag house
contains so. 90 bags, and is being sup
plemeuted by another now in process
of construction which will also con-
tain 5000 bags. From there the lead
and zinc in pulverized form is again
put into furnaces and comes out
ready for commercial purposes, as
white lead from which paints are
made.
hNeryWere the carpenters are a
work enlarging and erecting new
buildings Besides the present CON
struction work new crushing plant |
and sampling mill will be built
across the tracks. New railroad fa-
oilities will also soon be under way, |
in order to facilitate the handling of
the increased output of this immense
smelter. When all plans have been
completed the capacity of this smelter
will have been trehled. The present