Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-13
ORC GRANDE HAS NEW SHELTER
 AT LAST
Blowing in of Big Plant Done Amid Celebrating and Re- joicing-Marks Epoch in the History of Camp.

ORoGRANDE. N. Nj. Nov. lz.-- The most important event in the his tory Of this mlnlng district occurred yesterday afternoon when the new smelter of the Southwest smeIt.ns and Refining company blew in This IS the big event for which all of tns citizens of the camp have been eager iy looking forward for the past sey eral months. For several weeks con. sfant rumors have been in the air as to the date of blowing in but neitn, CT the general manager. Mr ]. J. Mur. ray, nor Mir. King. the smelter super. intendsnt, gave out any advance in. formation, presumably because thsy could not themselves tell just when all details could be arranged for the final action There were no ceremo- ies of any kind except the joyous expressions of the citizens
 The arrangements for he blowing in had all been so carefully made that the event proved to be most success ful in every way. A slow fire had been started Monday morning for the purpose of warming up the furnace, but it was not until immediately after the big whistle had souaded at I o'clock yesterday that the actual work of charging the furnace began and the blasts were turned on. Soon the furnace was roaring lilse an old timer and at 3:20 the plugs were pulled and the red metal began pour ing out into the settling reservoirs.
 The officials of the Southwest Smelting and Refining company are as follows: George J. Greene, presl- dent; T. c. Travis, secretary treas urer; J. J. Murray, general manager; K. c. King, shelter superintendent; H. P. Grabill, foreman sampling plant; Albion Bergman, master me chanic; H. Reynolds. chief assayer; 1; c. C. Cockren and J. V. Shirts. as sistant assayers.
 This company is also the largest mine operator of the district. chief among it's properties being the By. Chance, the Lucky and the Mamie Baird. They also own and have on lease numerous other properties which will be developed. The com pany also built and owns the big res eryoir and the pipe line from the Sac ramento river. making this by far the most important company Of the district. Mr J. J. Murray, as gener al superintendent, and Mir E. c. King as smelter superintendent, are boa men of experience in their work and have splendid executive ability and both are thorough business men and pushers.
 The plant is of 500 tons capacity with the exception of the furnace There has so far been installed but one 250 ton furnace, but the other fur mace will be installed as soon as th, ore production of the camp is s3ffi cient to justify the installation an; 1t is now thought that this ~ili D, buet short time.
 The plant is equipped wI%h the most modern machinery nsads ana the plant as whole down to he las detail is one of tae most complete and modern ever constructed in :h' southwest.
 The ore from the smelter will D brought down from the mines by tht way of the railway spur now be:ns operated by a local sSitcn engine This spur runs into t1e hills sbou ltlTtt niiltS- fIOi1 tt-5 siBtli 1 tIELil way runs through Lpcsv Hili ans around the flat abova, connecting with the various mines in the cen tral part of the distric-. The ore i! 1 dumped from the tram cars into tiC ore bins at the head If the spur iron which it is automatically loaded int, the dImn ears and ..Ia il inc smelt CT. After reaching the shelter it al l passes through the sampler whicb/f! entirely automatic and a model of it kind
 Two shifts of thirty men eaca vii be worked, each shift working twel,' ! hours.
 The mining men of the district arr very much encouraged with the' open ing of the smelter and with the up
 ward tendency of copper there seem!
 to be every reason Tor the prediction
 that this is going to make one O | the liveliest camps in the territory The mining facilities are certainl. as good as can befound anywhere 1 With a trunk line of railroad running ! through 0rogrande, with fine loca wagon roads, with the smeiteT no,
 in operation, with good schools ana churches and with a superior class o
 citizens and business men, and final i ly, with the best surface indications
 of any camp in the entire southwes it would be hard to see why thu
 camp should not have very flatte-
 ing future before it.
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