The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
49, No. - fFg3fIs Is
works while the rest is roasted at Sud-
bury and treated at Sudbury
f Bessemerizing Works. and Furnaces. 81

Oury ana sITGdLcu 0uQUury. Il.
BessemerIzIns Works and Furnaces.
"A copper bessemerizing works is now
under Sconstruction here, the Anal plant
the copper ores, and ssfrom this g. daily
production of from $4,000 to 10000 pounds
of copper is expected during the coming
year. 9s{ $sts
{, The present blast furnace plant consists
of two charcoal stacks each of. a daily
capacitySof $50 tons. No. 1 is so nearly,
ready that fires to dry it will be lighted
within two sweekssand it should be in 5bla st
as soon as ore and fuel can be collected
from the mines and kins It's great ma
chinery is all in place and it's docks are
equipped with the most modern and APP
proved devices for unloading cargoes and
charging the stack. The cost of these
furnaces and their. steel mill has been
more than 81. O0O, 900 and nothing has been
spared to add to their efficiencyain opera
ton. Hulett automatic unloaders are in
readiness for taking the ore from vessels
and patent mixers will be used to receive
the molten iron for the conveEters. There
is no heavy royalty on the mixer in Cana
da The direct process will be- employed
and ore will not get cold from the time
it is put into the furnaceSstacS until it lis
role dout the far end Of the MILL half
a mile off, perfect steel rail. " ...
! Makes Its Own Charcoal.
The charcoal from these furnaces comes
| from the company lands Already fifty six
ovens are running and since beginning work
have been selling coal to Michigan fur
| naces at a profitable figure. They will
| now sell fuel to the furnace here. These
are out in the timber, on the line Of the
| Algoma Central road. and they consume
l~15O cords daily. Here the largest chemi-
| cal plant in America for the carbonization
| of wood is just completed and ready to
commence work as soon as the furnace
REQUIRES it, This plant consumes 100
| cords of wood daily and saves all the
| products of combustion. Connected with
/ it are immense works for the production
! of wood alcohol, tar, acetate of lime etc.
I Covering the company's great land
grant are forests Of pine and hardwoods.
| The former goes to saw mill recently
| completed and now turning out 11O, 600
feet of lumber day, lumber of such a
i character that it sells, mill run, for s23,
duty free, a thousand The pine on this
/ company's grant is Of "a high grade, per-
1 hitting this unusual price. There is IN
saw mills: large amount of waste wood
1t is usually found too expensive to save
and sell this, and costly burning devices
are constructed" for its destruction. Here
at the Sault the pulp and other mills Of
the company require much steam, for dry
, ing and other purposes. ~. ...s.s..-
This saw mill refuse is chopped up, by
great masticators, dropped into railway
cars and carried to the furnaces, where
} it is fed automatically to boilers, thus
2 affording the sawmil an added profit ant
cutting the cost Of fuel in two; as we'll a
1 saving by-product that would in mos
places go to- waste. sss....s. .. -...- III - .
,grhe disposition aofs5this waste wood i
, typical of the character of the industrial
= operation, and Of the care and though
shown in all details, not alone in saw
- milling. but in everything else. Instance
- Of the same character are common here.
a ~ Maple and Birch Utilized. 81
p Along with thes small timbmer an tn
! land grants are splendid specimens O
f ma pie and birch, great trees that it Woul
be a shame to burn for charcoal, or t
h chop up for cheap. uses. To save: .thes
4 and make the best of them, veneer cut
!, ting mill has lust been finished and is nov
= in successful operation. 1t is the first
- it's class in Canada and is a large mil
It's cost was about 100000 and it is es
= timated by the manager that 1t Will ear
= net per year. charging full price for tn
\ timber and the transportation, more tina
v $125,000. ~ .,,'''.
: - These are the chief investments Of thi
company, which Isl Stocked for $50, 0OQ,OO
y !. in preferred and double that amount c
:; common stock. NEhere' are in ,addit1o
Il many smaller industries that are either i
:. successful operation or. almost ready t
- go into use. All these Interests 'e1ie
y Canada, where the land u grants an
.. subsidies of the company compel them
y y. be-, and where the natural resources al
i na loeat ted 2 ,.E9. d.,
W. On the Michigan side OF the Sault" rive
) is the larger power canal of the company
II under the name of the Michigan-Lake Su
= J. perior Power company, whose stock.
n | held by Consolidated. Lake superior. 1
l. the erection Of the canal and its power
y house, which stretches for quarter {
y a mile along the river, six years time an
e Sc 500 900 have, been spent. This can;
e will commence earning the coming sun
| mer when works that have leased lare
i, part of it's water will be ready to operat
. These works are owned by independe1
q companies. who were attracted to tt
V Sault by the inducement Of cheap powe
: Investments Summarized. m.
IS The varied investments for plants. etc
d have been as follows, in round hgure
e Transportation interests, including =,
h miles of the Algoma Central in operation
i and grading for ninety-nine miles NOR
If fifteen miles of the Manitoulin & Mort
If Shore railway in operation, six large ste
1t freight ships, s. three passenger steame
S. and several smaller vessels, total !.
$, So 100000 Blast furnaces, steel mill
d ETC.. 81, SOC, 900; mining properties, 81 100
ID OOO Pulp mills, 100000; ferro- nick
= works, $5OO,OO0; Michigan canal, $6,5OO
'r OOO of which $3,500,000 were secured
IN the sale of bonds on this plant Sa
W mills. buildings, real estate, ETC., apo
" $500 OO0. against which there are BON
i. of, $3.50, 600; materials, tetc.'5: $S'ooo' W
Sc The buildings are steel, concrete ar
le stone.< and many are fireproof, while E
I'd are well-built and most substantial and {
- ma oh IN erv, erI1inment is up-tO-date.