Arizona republican., 1905-08-04
VISITING NEW WORKERS
Prof. Treadwell and Holli.ter Logan
Inspecting Arizona Interest.

probably be in or near the city until
the first of next week. Mr.. Logan is a
son of Walter S. Logan, well known in
financial circles in New York, and is
visiting Arizona for the first time.
Prof. Treadwell has been well known
in Arizona for the the last quarter of
a century, having spent the best part
of his life in mining engineering and
mine promotion. He was in some ca
pacity connected with the Vulture mine
in its early days and was also largely
interested in the early development of
the United Verde mine at Jerome.
Prof TreadwelIs visit this time is
the first in two or three years and he
comes mainly to look over the plant
of the George A. Treadwell Mining Co.
at Mayer big enterprise he and Wal
ter s. Logan were largely interested in
promoting. Mr.. Hollister Logan is a
stakeholder in the company and there
fore has more than a tourists interest
in what he sees in Arizona. Prof.
TreadweIl was also instrumental in the
promotion of the Relief Gold Mining
Co, operating northwest of Phoenix,
though he has not seen the property
since its earliest stages of development.
He and Mr.. Logan will go out to the
mine today and probably return here
Sunday.
Whenever the TreadwelI Mining Co.'S
operations are mentioned. the profess
sor grows enthusiastic andf his face
lights up. He says the company has
passed through a great many dis
Couragements since it's organization
but it has thus far overcome every
thing and he thinks there will be
smooth sailing from now on. In the
first place an oil burning smelter was
built at considerable expense and it
proved a failure for reduction purposes
though it has since been utilized as an
adjunct to the ESQ ton old style fur
mace that has since been constructed
and that is now in successful opera
ton. The trouble with the oil burn
ing furnace was that it got too hot and
not only melted the ore but kept burn
ing the lining out of the furnace. Whe-
Their it will ever be made a perfect
process for ore reduction Mr.. Tread
we'll does not venture an opinion but
he says the plant at Mayer is now be-
ing used mainly for treating the flue
dust, sticking it together so it can be
easily handled and utilized. In that
way the plant is proving itself valu-
able and by no means the big loss that
it was once feared it might be. He
says the company has a world of ore
and is besieged as well by other mine
owners in the country who want to
have their O:e worked there. Some ore
IS being bought but not a large amount
of it yet for the reason that the COM
pany at this time really has more ore
than smelter capacity The company
he says has already spent a million
dollars on the property and proposes
to add another $50 ton furnace to the
plant.
The reduction plant was started up
in May and run a few days but it has
been kept going almost continuously
since the first of June and it is expect
ed it will continue to do so. While the
enterprise has thus far been almost
perpetual outlay he expects the in
come will be magnificent from now on.
The matte now being produced runs
from thirty-fiv to forty per cent in
copper, from one and a half TO two
ounces of gold and from fifty to sixty
ounces of silver. With the capacity OF
the plant doubled if the ore values are
maintained the gold and silver product
will pay the expense of reduction and
the copper will be practically all profit
The ore has been mainly of a sulphide
character and very similar to that OF
the United Verde. Hitherto consider
able of it has required roasting though
just at present they are taking out iron
oxides that mixed with the sulphides
enable their reduction without roast
ing. One trouble they have had hereto
fore has been to keep a supply of coke
on hand but they have now construct
ed more large coke bins and will try
and keep a reserve stock of this fuel
on hand. In the mater of ore the COM
pany has various mines at different
Int IL 6r-ay vii q
mainly from the blackberry mine which
alone, Mr.. TreadweH says, can furnish
ore enough for the smelter.
The entire plant he says is now vel
equipped. not only for smelling but foI
economy of handling from the mine &c
the smelter. the various mines being
some distance away. The company mas
one small narrow gauge road that con-
meets with the Prescott & Eastern and
it recently secured thee new broad
gauge ore cars for use on the z. d Il
in the transferring of it's own ores
These cars are constructed of steel
have a capacity of fifty tons each anc
cost a thousand dollars a piece. They
are switched directly over the ore bins
at the smelter and are dumped auto
maticalIy. They are also loaded au-
tomatfcaIly from bins so much expense
has been saved in this way. The in
stallation of this system recently re
suited in the laying of of the Sixty
men who were formerly employed a.
ore handlers but whose services are NJ
longer REQUIRED The company nov
EMPLOYS approximately a hundred mel
in it's various operations.
There is one feature of the smelling
plant that is rather a novel one and ;
decidedly successful one where it CA
be practically employed as it IS a
Mayer. That is the disposition OF tn
Stag. The old fashioned method is L
wheel the Stag away in pots by ham
or by a small railroad and push it owe
the dump. At the Tceadwel there Is
constant stream of water running un
der the Stag outlet from the furnac
and through a trough to the face -
+l,a d,.y,D This water is only a FEY