Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-03
OLD DOMINION
 CLOSES YEAR IN
 GOOD CONDITION
OLD DOMINION MINES CLOSES THE YEAR IN COCO CON-
 OPTION.
Three Months More Will See All Sur. face improvements Compiete-Two Furnaces in Continuous Operation

The old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelling company will close the year 1904 in much better condition than it has been at any time in the past. says the Globe Silver Belt. The extensive Improvements undertaken by the company year and a half ago are three-fourths completed and in four months more the heavy construc- ion will be practically ended
 The production of the Old Dominion smelters for the calendar year 1901 will be approximately 15.500 00O pounds of refined copper, which is by l far tho largest output of metal ever mace by the Old Dominion in the his tory of the property.
 There remains to be done a great deal of development work before the | Old Dominion mine will be in shape to | output the large amount of ore that ] will be required to keep th9 smelter running 10 anything like its fuil capa- city. but the extensive ole bodies are there and it is only a question of cper.
 Ing them up. to facilitate the extrac.
 ion of the ore
 The next three or four months should work great improvement in operations and materially reCuce the
 cost of producing copper By that time all thn surface inpro 1 emenJ s
 about the new shaft should be com pleted: also the 3OO-ton conCantratO-
 anc ;he briQuetting machines at the smelter for handling the flue dusc The smelter building iS to be extend
 ~-
 another electric crarc installer ! These additions will enable the compa ny to operate three furnaces.
 The bin capacity above the smeltci
 is being enlarged by extending tn,
 trestle 5A feet which will proyid,
 room for three more bins of a 5oCa
 length 0. 45 feet. These rev. bin will be used in coke Hopper scale 10 be place ed at each ore shute will ei
 feet a great economy. While the mo
 ter train is delivering a charge 10 th.
 furnace the weighing will be cone an,
 there will be no loss of time.
 An important piece of work a5cu . completed is tho converter slag yar1 7Ox17 feet constructed of concrete with a floor of two inch ircn plate ldlu UT DI4Ch- iu1 sag W III DS uuuli , ed on this iron floor. where it will co1 , quickly and be broken up and shol , eled onto a steel apron. from which will fall into the cars below A bullion dump has been finishc : and a scale installed for the weighin
 Of copper. Also change house for tn smelter employees is being constructe !, at the south end ef .he flue-dust chan ? her - The new machine shop building ' about finished but the machinery ha ' not yet been installed.
 Work is progressing on the concel Ftrator. which will be a model in e :. ,ery respect The metal shee;
 from the roof anG walls are being D.
 on, and the Wilfey tables and engir
 to drive the mashinery are being ii a stalled.
 s- At the new shaft the big hoist is b D. ing moved forward 90 feet and abol $ 10 feet to the east
 E.. The pit and foudations of the be y conveyor. rock crushers and rolls ha' a been finishec; also eight steel ore biI r. isouth Of the boiler house.
 l- The arrivals of coke and fuel c it have been liberal and the supplies ( .e hand are large.