Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-16
VAL VERDE SHELTER IS
 BEINGRAPIDLY COMPLETED
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE MEN AT WORK THERE HURRY
 ING WORK ON PLANT.
samplng Works With Capacity of Thousand Tons Per Day Will Be Ready for Business Inside of a Month.

i Our sampling works with a daily capacity of 1000 tons will be ready for | business in about thirty days" said | General Manager C. E. Finney when i asked for something regarding the pro ! gress that is being made at the plant of the Arizona Smelling company al | Val Verde, says the Prescott Herald While the smelting plant will not be | in operation for several months the i opening of the sampling works for | business will have practically the same l effect on the mining industry of this ! country as will the blowing in of the shelter.
 | At the present time there are about ' l25 men at work at Val Verde, most
 of them employed in the building of about two miles of spurs from the
 main line to connect with the principal buildings of the company. Over these lines ore and supplies will be taken in and the bullion brought out.
 The tracks are now being laid and
 inside of the next couple of weeks
 should be completed, anC the efforts
 of the large gang of men turned in oth-
 CT directions to rush through to com
 pletion other divisions of the big S00-
 ton plant that will be built at Val
 Verde
 Foundations for the sampling mill
 have been completed, as well as for
 the ore bins that will be erected by
 Elliott & Drescher under contract.
 They have the ore bins all framed and are only waiting to put them in place.
 la Far the 20C0-horse power plant, the reyer- berators and the roasters. The capac- ity of the roasters is in keeping with the rest of the plant, and is plenty large enough to handle enough ore in advance to keep the smelter constantly supplied.
 Getting machinery on the ground is now the important detail of the work. The apparatus for the sampling mill is already on the ground and ready to te installed as soon as the building is ready for it. The machinery for the power house and the balance of the buildings will be shipped from Min neapolis shortly.
 The engines were shipped August ,, !, and the large boilers are now on the ground awaiting the bases on which they will rest. From this time ma chinery and equipment will be con stantly reaching Val Verde to be un- loaded and set aside and until ready to install.
 Arrangements are being made to have an emergency hospital at Val Verde that will take care of such cases as demand immediate attention. They will be later sent to the hospit- ais in Prescott to be cared for there.
 General Manager Finney states that he has been assured of a big ore sup ply once the smelter is ready to han de t. There is no end to the num- Der of properties that display activity at the present time, each getting ready to send it's product to Val Verde.
 MT. Finney called attention to the fact that there are at the present time a large number of good miners coming to Yavapai county from other states and territories. Good miners will be of great benefit tc the mines of this county. One great fault here is that the ground has never had prO2eT chance in many instances.
 One of the aims of the Arizona Smelting company will be to get quick returns to those from whom they buy ore. It is figured that from ten to fourteen days will be sufficient time in which to take samples of the ore of fered. make the tests and pay the own CT for his product Quick returns such as this will enable the man with a small mine to operate it and get his money right away, not having to wait months for the reward that will crown every honest effort made in shaft or tunnel.