The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-29
NEW SHELTER NEWS.
San Bruno Plant Will Learn Lesson
From Zion q Eyperience


Good progress Is being made in the con
struction OF the copper smclter at san
Bruno, just south OF San Francisco.
These works Will be an important factor
In making san Francisco a motaiufEical
center, for the lead smelter Al Solby may
also be regarded as "a part of the CITY s
industry, says the Miniog and Scientific
Press. Copper orc viii come here from
shasta and MADEIRA couu.ics> in caiitnr- :
mia, and from Alaska: Silici1uG r.atcTiol
from Nevada Will give the required mis-
ture: in addition, the Dairy Farm mine
in Placer county is relied upon for IN
assured supply Of ore This property was
bought bv the Gusgenheims from l.. c.
Trent two years ago, and IL has been
opened mp since then. so that q body
Of copper bearing iron pyrite 1000 feet
long and 30 feet wide has been proved
to depth OF 500 feet. carrying sm-
ficient value In the precious metals and
IN copper TO make exploitation Jronta-
bic. Tho mine is seven miles from Sher~
idan and ten miles from Llncoln. both
stations on the South Pacific railroad
A branch line Is TO he built. and over
II will come the supply OF ore well adapt
cd 10 serve as a base for the silIcous
material OF the precious metal mines
tributary TO San Francisco.
The new smelter AZ san Bruno Is OK
pectcd 10 be in operation at the end OF
the current year II consists OF roasters,
blast furnaces. reverberatorics. and con-
vcrts; the first unit Will have capacity
OF a thousand tons per day. and 1t Will
mess warrants II. The product as IL
comes from the converter will contain 9S
per cent copper; for further refining II
will be sent to New York, which Is the
main distributing point for the metal
n fact rendering it economical TO pay
freight on The small per centage OF i'm
purity in the blister copper. Transport
by rail costs S1i TO Sis per ton, rate
ment by sea not TO mention the saving
of interest on the value OF the copper
while In transit. The freight TO Denver
Is the same as TO New York, an illustra
ton OF the anomalies OF railroad trans
port. due to pooling between railway
companies. We regard this smelling en-
tcrprise as of great Importance In the
development OF industry on the Bay OF
San Francisco,
Nor do VIC fear any injury by reason
ot smelter fume. The engineers Of the
smelter company have had ample warm
Ing from Salt Lake and elsewhere OF
the Importance OF avoiding such trouble
and. in consequence. they are building
a stack sos feet high, the top of which
will be 400 feet above the Bay. Dust
chambers Of unusual size Will be a furth~
er safeguard. In addition. A sulphnric
acid plant will be operated during these
months when the wind blows from the
north, and the effect of this will he TO
entrap the noXious fume and utilize II
in the manufacture OF acid TO be used In
making super phosphate. which. as a fer
tilizer, will find ready market in Cali
forDi5. AS Is generally known, tne pre-
vailing wind is from the west, and il is
only during a few days in the year that
the direction of the air currents is such
as TO carry the smelter smoke where il
could do harm, that Is, If other precau
t!ons were omitted. East OF the smelter
is the broad eXpanse OF the Bay, with
no settlement within fourteen miles. and
it is in that direction that the wind will
bear the smoke nine months In the year.
but southwark are the villas OF BurlIn-
game and San Mateo. where reside many
wealthy people, and 1t Is to protect them
from a possible nuisance that all the pre-
cautions are being taken.
A stitch in time saves nine, and it is
in this spirit that the smoke -condensing
arrangements have been designed. The
result Will be that while a large portion
OF the community is benefited by the
establishment OF a new industry, the 9TH
Will have ground for .,nnulainI