Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-21
NO INTENTION TO REMOVE rH1
 SldELrEI.
(Frem Fridays Daily.)

way at the properties of the United | verde Copper company, at Jerome, can be taken as prma facie evidence, then there is no intention on the part If | the management to remove the smclter | to Pennington, x. M.. or any place else, and if such intention has ever existed it has been SO carefully guarded | by the master mind which controls the | destinies of the big plant as to be absolutely unknown to those intimately | interested in the operation of the smelt. CT and mines. | The recent supension Of operations at the shelter. to allow of repairs being made. which lasted twelve days, gave rise to a rumor which made the rounds of the Territorial press, that the smelter had caved in so badly as to necessitate it's almost immediate re- moval. By representative of the Journal.Miner it was learned that the recent settling of the smeltsr was hardly sufficient to cause even a tenn. porary shutdown, but that past set
 things and consequent repairs had nc. cessitated a general overnauling of the shelter structure. which took more time than was expected.
 That the shelter. and other build.
 ings on the United Verde properties have settled in the past there is no attempt to deny, and at such times as these occurred temporary repairs were
 made. Eventually tine entire structure
 became out of plumb, caused in part
 by the settings of the past eight years, and the make.sbift repairs made
 at the several times, and it was to
 remedy this, more than on account of any recent settling of the smelter plant that a shut down was ordered while the entire structure was gone over thor.
 oughly.
 The mines never ceased working, and
 when the smeltcr began operations. the
 latter part of last week, 1t was with the
 ore bins full of orc. a sufficient supply
 of coke and coal on hand to last the
 boilers for many days, and the press
 ing into service of new 20.foot furn.
 ancc with capacity of 700 tons,
 which will greatly increase the monthly
 output of the smelter.
 IL was stated by the management
 that a supply of coke was on hand suf. 6cient to warrant the operation of all four furnaces, and the keeping in con. stant use of at least three of them. 4 new. light and airy building,
 which will house the machine shop, the blacksmith shop and the wood work
 ing department, mas just been finished and the old buildings, wherein were formerly located these departments will be at once torn down. New ma chinery. of an expensive nature, moi ' the least of which is one of the finest ? lathcs ever brought to the west, ha' ' been purchased, and is being installed and an immense electric travelin, n crane will be used in the new building '' Other improvements of like nature r. are under way, which would seem I '' direct refutstion of the rumor that th'
 shelter is to bc moved.
 While it is we'll known fact tha . the settling of the earth at the Unite' {. Verde properties places the entire sur T. face workings ip n more or less pro 'f carious position, and it being impos Y siblc to determine to what extent thes I. settings may occur, there is A hope o ?, the part of the management that 1t I' not of sufficient seriousness to warran 'h any plans being made for the remov' IP of the surface buildings to other site C. and it is on the theory that the wor' is is over that the management is no C. acting. which is also indicative of th 'e fact that no intention exists to remo' d. the smclter unless some unforeseen con ,h plieations make this course necessar " Among the miners and others inte is ested it is the concensus of opinion th'
 should something occur to make nece
 sary the removal of the shelter ar " surface buildings the new site won
 bc at or near the mouth of the ne
 tunnel being run into the properii'
 and not in New Mexico.
 ". The tunnel is now in distance tn over l.oO0 feet, and excellent da' at progress is being made.
 CT When asked what the estimated co he of the tunnel was per foot, one in 2 t's thority at the plant said'
 ks "we would not consider the proje pr. feasible were 1t to cost over ego I Ily foot, and am of the opinion that nie will not cost over ki5 per foot.
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