Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
Solving The Smelter Smoke Problem

oral court had already granted tho IN
Junction IN the Godfrey case which
meant the ultimate abandonment ~
every smclter In The valley unless
something was done to get modihca-
ton Of the courts decree. At one time
IT was ten to one wager that the
smclters would have TO so. But about
that time the chemists who had been
working ON the problem reported that
II had been solved. This gave new
hope The farmers and the sucter man
ayers got together and had heart TO
heart talk.
FOR TIE COMMON GOOD,
Their weapons were stacked and they
| decided TO work together for the COM
mon good of the county and state. Mi,
Scoiield explained that II would take
number of months time to get IN
shape 10 harness the dense volume of
smoke but declared; III his company
was given Q little chance Il would be
| done" and, he believed, the farmers
would be very glad to have the Ameri-
| can Smelling & Refining company's
| plant continue TO smelt ore At its Muir
| ray plant. 1t was during some of these
| conferences that the company's plans
| regarding the building of bag house
| we're explained and the promise given
| that II would be ready for operation
| carly In July. Mr.. Scotield has full
| y
I at Murray now stands as e monument
| To the effect that he has kept his word.
| He wanted the members of the COM
| mittee to see the plant before II went
' into commits sion. hence they were given
the opportunity and while they were
on the ground the operation of the plant
was explained 70 them In detail. The
members of the arbitration committee.
which has the matter of settling UP all
claims for damages done I'm the past.
were also present and expressed the
opinion thai al was being done by the
company that could be done.
HOW 1T OPERATES.
For the benefit of those readers OF
| the News" VINO are not as familiar
with the operation of a bag house"
| plant as the members OF the commit
| tee are. IT Is pro badly well 10 state that
the object Of this bag house" is to
| take care of the blast furnace gases
and TO eliminate therefrom. by con-
| densatl0n and alteration, all metals
| which may have been volatilized in the
| furnace and more particularly, arsenic
| and lead.
These gases are drawn through suit
| able tlues by motor driven fan, lux
| 16 feet Cthe largest one installed any
| where In the wesD which forces them
| idtn Il tlue connecting with t'-H lower
| chamber Of the bag house" The size
of these chambers are very r.uch larg-
| or than tire connecting fiuc and the
| gases coming into the under pressure
| of the fan, Immediately expand vol
ume many times that originally occu-
| pied In this fue. This rapid expansion
| results IN very material decrease in
temperature; and in these chambers,
| the temperature is thus reduced to
| point which brings about the condensa-
/ ton of any or all metals, including ar
senic which may have been carried
along In the form OF metallic vapors
The greater part of the solids thus
formed by condensation, are at once
precipitated by gravity onto the floors
of the receiving chambers. The roo.
of these receiving chambers is of sheet
| metal perforated with holes Is inches
in diameter, with suitable fanges rlvted
arount the holes 10 permit of the at
tachment of the cotton filtering bags.
The whole Of the second story OF the
bag house. or all of that portion Of the
lower chambers,is filled with these bags
of the character and dimensions refer
red TO in the foregoing. These bags are