The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-26
MAJESTIC OPERATIONS.
Great Roadway Being Made at New
Smelter and Mines.

Smelter and Mines.
That splendid Roadway is being made
at the new smelling plant OF the Ma
Jestic company, as well as at the com
pany's mines, Is shown In the follow
ing detailed account OF operations. TAX
en- from Fridays Beaver News.
Work on the Majestic smelter is
progressing at most satisfactory rate.
The foundations for the lead furnace.
the big fore hearth, the engine and
power houses are finished and all or the
general foundations will be completed
within a few days. The spur from the
main line OF the Oregon Short Line is
nearly completed and the iron for the
superstructure will soon begin 20 ar
rive. Contracts have been made with
the railroad company for three and
half million pounds of freight, equiva-
lent TO seventy carloads, and this does
not cover near all of the building ma
terial to be used.
THE construction work is OF the
most solid and substantial character
throughout and much massive masonry
work is required. For instance. the
fore hearth, into which is conveyed all
the Stag from the copper furnace, viii
rest upon an immense circular column
OF solid masonry. extending down into
the earth to considerable depth.
The railroad company viii build six
miles OF spurs, including trackage to
the smelter and from the mines. All
Of these spurs viii be built from the
Frisco branch ana II will be a down
grade haul from every mine to the
smelter. The ore will be brought to
the smelter over a spur from the
Frisco line started at point due north
of the smelter. At a point over 700
feet from the smelter this track COM
mences to raise and IL comes in along
the west side Of the building az an ele-
walton Of twenty-six feet above the
ground. Directly underneath the track
viii be the ore bins, OF 1900 tons ca
pacity, so situated that the ore can
be brought directly into the bins. These
bins and the elevated track rest uron
trestle work, with a heavy masonry
foundation, the rock being laid upon a
bed of cement.
THE sampling works will be located
on the west side OF the elevated track
and ore bins. The big pit for the
crusher is now about completed. Adj
joining the sampler will be the hot
blast furnace. The air is fed TO this
furnace from the blower and heated 20
temperature OF 500 or 900 degrees,
and thence conveyed to the smelling
furnace. This hot blast feature is a
new device and effects a saving of one
half in the item of coke, as compared
with the old cold blast process.
"A temporary assay Office has been
built near the smelter and an assayer
from Colorado, who has done Manager
Farish's assay work for years, viii be
placed in charge.
six hundred and forty acres. lying
to the north and west Of the smelter,
have been plated for the new town of
Lewisyille, but it is stated that no lots
win be offered for sale until next
spring. A park is laid out in the CEN
ter of the plat and it is intended that
a handsome school house shall be
erected in the center OF the park. II
is stated that water viii be piped upon
every lot and a complete sewerage sys-
tenn built and every purchaser OF a lot
viii be compelled to connect with the
sewer. Engineer Ayers has general SUI
pervision Of the construction work. with
W. NJ. Wilson as resident engineer in
direct charge.
General Manager Parish reports sat
isfactory conditions at all of the COM
pany's mines. A new gasoline hoist
has Just been installed at the Old Hick-
DRY and the shaft will be sent down as
rapidly as possible. The big working
shaft on the Vicksburg Is also being
sunk at a rapid rate Colonel Parish
Is greatly pleased with the mineral
ogical conditions in this county and
believes il 10 be a rich field, but states
that the development Of the mines will
require much capital"