Arizona republican., 1906-03-16
THE ARIZONA SIMPLIFYING co.


 Smelling Company. at Humboldt, Yav- .apH county. brt fourteen miles from Prescott, marks a. epoch in the his tory Of mining in this county. Most adVantageously situated on the AGua I5ria river. which iEsurcs an abundant supply of water. every condition seems pTOpitiOus 10 t.-@ successful operation of tka plant It's location is in all most the geographical center of one of the most heavily minaralized zones of northern Arizona The tracks of the Prescott C. Eastern railway run di- rectly to the plant. affording unexcell- ed shipping facilities and the economi- cal handling of ore. While $550 Goo has been expended in the erection Of the plant, an even greater sum is pro vided for handling tAe orc stocks to be carried by the company.
 The smelling plants consist of a cop Der smelling works and a lead smeI- ter as we'll The product of the cop per plant will rLn 95 per cent pure copper, while tho same percentage If pure lead will be obtained as re suit of the lead smelling. This bull lion is to be shipped to eastern re- fineries for the separation of the gold, silver and copper
 In addition to the lead and copper SiiltlAt4. d toU lD-l concentration Dla all is operated by the shelter company at the same place.
 The buildings are of steel construc- ton, with concrete foundations. cement floors and brick walls. being entirely fire-proof and thereby avoiding the probability of meeting the fate of the smelter destroyed by fire at that place. two years ago. T:ie water supply is abundant the Agua Fria river passing through the company's property at Humboldt
 The sampling works has a 120O-ton capacity and is equipped with the Nezin automatic samplers.
 Three 1OO-foot Edwards mechanical roasters in the roasting plant handle the ore from hoppers to the calcine cars at the discharge end. without labor The smelling furnaces have a capacity Cf 500 tons while the convert CTS have a daily capacity Of fifty tons of metallic copper
 The Arizona Smelter company's plant is known as a reverberatol.v fur mace plant. The ores of this county are concentrating and suitable for reVerberatory furnaces only Coke is high and oil reasonably cheap and coke cannot be used in rcverberatory furnaces, SO California crude oil is
 
 the furnaces furnishes all power for the plant and for a power scheme for the transmission of the ore from the mines to the smelter. The company is now building for tlis purpose a 15,OOO- volt transmission line to cOnuecs with the De Soto mine. twenty-one miles distant. and the Blue Bird mine four teen miles from the smeiter. The econ omy Of this system will become at once apparent when il is known that no fuel is burned at the mines or smelter ex- cept that used in the furnaces for smelting purposes.
 The power plant is an immense one and consists of four Sterling water tube boilers of a total capacity Of 500 horse power. the steam being gener- ated from the waste heats from the reVerberatOry furnaces. The engines consist of one blowing engine and two 500 horse power generator engines. all or the cross compound condensing type. giving a total capacity Of over l.6OO horse power.
 From the Agua Fria river the pump ing pant can raise 1000, COG gallons of water daily the turbine pumps being driven by electricity; in fact the entire plant is operated by electric power.
 With d daily capacity of 500 tons of
 
 the plant will be in position to handle over 1000 tons daily while a 5OO--on copper blast furnace will be added as the ore tonnage increases. giving the smelter capacity of 1.5O0 tons daily while additional lead furnaces can be added as the ore supply warrants.
 The construction of the plant has been supervised by Cyrus Robinson. who has been identified with the cree ton Of many of the plants Of the American Smelling and Refining com pany in Mexico, at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Utah, Colorado, and Fl Paso Texas. the latter plant having been rebuilt hy him after the fire of 1901
 The Arizona Smelting company was incorporated about one year ago under the laws of New Jersey. MT. John l.. Elliott Of New York, the president of the company. was also its organizer H MT. Elliott is extensively interested in mining and various industrial enter prises of great magnitude. Chas. E. Finney, the vice president and general manager. has attended to all the de- tails of the business in this city. hay ing come here from New York. when ground was broken fori the smelter on July 13 1905. Mr Finney's extensive connection with the great Guggenheim interests are well known and his inti- mate knowledge of the smelting and mining business, gained while general manager at New York for their vast interests. covering two continents. has proven invaluable to aim. Mir Fin ney was member of the operating committee of the American Smelting and Refining company. the committee consisting of three general managers. wAO looked after the interests of twenty-One snelters in various parts of two continents. Resigning his posi- tion MT Finney immediately associated himself with MT. Ben Guggenheim in the Power Mining and Machinery com pany, with New York offices. leaving there to accept the general managers office with the Arizona Smelling com pany in which company he is a heavy stOckhO,der as well.
 MT. Benj. Prince is secretary of the