The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

East Helena, Montant; Aguascalientes
and Monterey, Mexico, and Murray and
Garfield. Utah.
This valley was selected as the To-
cation for its largest and most i'm
portant reduction plants for reasons
that are on the surface and appeal 10
any business man. 1t is the point most
accessible to the great mines being
opened up in Utah, Idaho and Nevada
1t is a point at which can be obtained
cheap fuel, an abundant supply of
water, and a point to which can be
transported easily men for the opera
ton of the plans. But most important
of all the considerations is to be in
the center of a large mineral-producing
belt and at a point reached by the
railroads with good transportation ia
cilities.
Has Faith in Utah.
The faith of the company in the per-
manency of the mining industry of this
territory is attested in the magnitude
of The plant just erected at Garfield,
twenty miles west of this city, on the
shores of Great Salt Lake. When the
controversy arose between the smelter
companies and the farmers of the val
ley over the destruction of crops by
by the fumes from the smelters, the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany was quick to see the possible
outcome, and as a result of this fore
sight the Garfield plant was establish
ed. IT the selection of the site for
this great plant the company exercised
laudable judgment In the first place,
il is, close to Salt Lake City. and ulti-
maJaly VIII be connected with this CITY
by an interurban line. In the next
place il is remote from the farming
community. so that the question of
damage to crops from smelter fumes
can never be raised. In the next place
it has good railroad facilities afforded
by tie Rio Grande Western and San
Pedro railroads.
Garfield Plant a Marvel.
The plant is a marvel in its way. II
has a capacity of 100000 tons a year. or
1000 tons every twenty-four hours.
This makes of it the largest copper
smelter in this country, and the largest
except one. in theiWorld Nor is this
all. The plant is so constructed that
its capacity can be practically doubled
without altering in the slightest degree
the original plan. This will be done by
SIMPLY duulAlS dQuillOildl uflilS 10 InOSE
already installed. The plant was start
ed with an installation covering two
blast furnaces, three reverberatories,
four converters and sixteen calciners.
When it is desired to increase the ca
pacity of the plant, all that will be nee
eSsary will be to add to these units.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
plant and the perfection of its construc-
ton may be obtained from an inspec-
ton Of its scheme for disp0sing of the
smoke and fumes from it's furnaces
and converters. Each has an indepen-
dent dust chamber which extends half
a mile from the smelter proper There
these chambers connect with the stack
200 feet high. In the construction of
tie dust chambers and reverberatories,
100000 brick were used.
No expense was spared i'm the equip
ment of this immense plant. Engines.
boilers and electrical appliances in
stalled are the best the market affords.
In addition to these, there are facilities
Tor the eXtinguishment of fires that is
perfect Provision is made for the APP
plication Of 1000 gallons of water per
minute in case Of fire in any depart
ment of the plant. No money has been
wasted, and the best talent obtainable
was brought into requisition in the
~ANNAiNAA VI Nitb Dull ltll8S ana IN the H.
stallation of the machinery. The very
best appliances that money could buy
were used in every case.
Power to Move the World.
The engine rooms and the boiler |
rooms are equipped with the most pow |
erful machines manufactured, and yet
they are so perfectly adjusted that they
work with the precision of a watch. |
Coal is delivered to the boiler by grav- i
ty through seven great pocket chutes. /
These nave combined capacity of 700 I
tons. In addition to the four main
boilers, each of $50 horsepower. there
are waste heat boilers i'm the rover I
heratory furnace building. each
equipped with two $50 horsepower
boilers. The total boiler capacity of i
he plant is now $500 horsepower, pro- |
vision having been made for the in
'tallation Of two additional $50 horse
7Ower boilers and a super heater.
The engine room is not a whit behind /