Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-09
SHELTERS RUNNING
 0A LOW GRADE ORE
Handling More Ore, the Output Is Less, But High Prices
 Make It Pay.

DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. S.-(Special.) Notwithstanding both the smeIters i- Douglas are consuming more than the normal amount of ore at this time the output of copper for ths Ronth of November was less than for the month of October. The impression that the smelters throughout the coun- try are hurrying production on ac- count of the high price of copper is erroneous. The policy at both the smelters in this city is to put all the low grade ore dumps that are available through the smelters during the reisning high price Of the red metal.
 The production at the Copper Queen smeiter for November amounted to 7,15O.O pounds on copper, more than "a quarter of million dollars less than for the month of October. Be sides the low grade ore smelted at the Queen a large amount of old slag from Bisbee was consumed, this also working to lower the output
 The Queen.
 At the Queen smelter the work is progressing on the addition to the stack which serves the furnaces and conyerters. Eighteen feet of this addi- ton has been put together on top of the great scaffold which is 200 feet high on the east side of the original stack. When the 60-foot addition has been put together 1t will be moved over and set on the main stack; it is expected that a shut down of probably three hours will be required 10 accomplish this task Nine furnaces are now in commission at the Queen smelter. The foundation for the tenth Is now complete and much of the material has been prepared at the smelter machine shops; the jackets for this furnace which were manu- factured at Milwaukee. are now sn- route to Douglas. It was expected that No. 10 furnace would be ready to blow in by the first If the approaching new year. but there has been delay in securing material for its construc- ton.
 When No. 10 has been completed and put in commission then attention win be given to the construction of another new furnace which will have an equal capacity of three of the pres ent ones which require 400 tons of ore for a days feed. The proposed new luIndCe VIII De Dy % 1ect ana VIII require about 1900 tons of ore for a days feed. The smelter building is 10 be extended on the west end to ac- commodare this monster furnace which win be equal to the great fur ftases 2f the Anaconda plant.
 On ihe east end of the smelter building an addition Is being made fol the accommodation of the refining department
 The fuel question Is still serious enc at the Queen. It may be said that this plant Is now deaending or daily arrivals of coal to keep it going, car load of coal now looks to one oi the smelter superintendents as large as the Copper Queen store It requirei about four 30-ton cars of coal to sup ply the Queen for twenty-four hours This 1t will be remembered is tn; amcant required for heating only hal the boilers in use. as three batterie. of boilers are yet heated yoi1 Many important Improvements hay, been made at the Queen during thu past year. Three new blast furnaces each having a capacity of 400 ton
 have been put in commission sine the first of January. besides all tn original five furnaces have been re
 constructed and made larger One ad
 ditional ore pit has been provide Turing the year which increased tn