Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-16
NEW FURNACE FOR
THE C0MANCHE
HAS ARRIVED
INCREASED OUTPUT AT
SILVER CITY PLANT
Things Doing in All Sections of
Rich Mining Field Centering
Around Grant County Me-
tropoIiS.
Especial correspondence Morning Journal.

IspeciaI Correspondence Morning Journal
silver city. y. NJ. Aug. l5.-It
is becoming more and more evil
dent every day that Silver City Is soon
fe become the mining and smelling
center of the southwest. The way
ore Is being taken out OF the hundreds
of mines IN the Grant county district
absolutely beats anything In the mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitant. one of
tbe most important developments OF
the past week was the arrival of the
new goo ton furnace for the Co
manche Mining and Smelling COM
many. A big gang of men are now
engaged under Master Mechanic Jack
Elliott in placing it in position and
getting it ready for operation.
The new furnace was designed by j.
NJ CroWders. chief engineer for the
Comanche company. and built by the
El Paso Foundry and Machine COM
many. Of Eel Pase, Texas 1t is 3 1-2X.
IL feet nside measurement. and of the
most modern and approved design.
The silver City Independent says;
The new furnace viii be placed in the
new extension Of the furnace build
ing. where the bottom has been i'm pO-
sition some time awaiting the arrival
Of the water jackets. The tempera-
ture which has to be maintained in "A
mrnace Of this lind must be suffi-
cient to reduce The ores to a liquid
state. A rather curious principle in
physics is utilized in this connection
To a V fuel and power. This princi-
pie is that certain metals when com
bined will melt at a lower temporal
ture than either would If heated sep
arately. Thus by placing in the cru
chile a proper mixture of materials
less fuel IS required than would be
needed 10 melt these same materials
placed in there separately. Ply means
of coke. a powerful blast. and this
proper combination, a temperature OF
1900 degrees brings everything to "a
molten state.
n. f. Ellard. the new general man
ager of the Comanohe Mining and
Smelling company. arrived In silver
City on sundays train. 1t is only re-
Gently that it became generally known
that any change in the management Of
the Comanche company was contem-
plated, but as a matter of fact, Mr..
Laughren and the directorate of the
COMPANY nave bFfi lidhtlE Il NdItlui !
canyas of the United states for some
months in the endeavor to secure a
man competent TO fill the position Of
general manager of the company
When finally their unanimous choice
fell upon Mr.. Ellard the difficulty Of
securing him occupied another lengthy |
period. The company. however. was
go strongly convinced hat in Mr.. FL
I.rI fh.tr IaI fat.f,I e. man a., u-b.pt /
focused the qualities they required.
that they persisted and finally secured
his acceptance.
MIR. Ellard was up to the time he
resigned to come to Silver City gem
eral superintendent of the Cleveland
Clipps Iron company's Gobebic range
properties with headquarters at Iron
wood. Mich. This concern is one Of
immense size. being second only TO
the United states steel. and it in
cluded not only mining. but The trans
porting and smelling of iron ore. Mr..
Ellard was at the head Of this com
pany for six years, during which time
its operations were marked with a
success that reflected much credit
upon his management and placed him
i'm the front of his profession.
Mr.. Ellard was accompanied to the
city by his wife and family. They
ave secured the Sam Sloan property.
which will be remodeled and made
ready for occupancy as soon as pos
sible.
&. J. Laughren. who has been gen
eral manager Of the Comanche COM
pany up TO the present, continues sec
rotary and resident director. and his
influence as a progressive and loyal
citizen will still be a factor In the de-
velopment Of Silver city and Grant
county. At this time a few words i'm
appreciation of what the presence Of a
man of the caliber of Mr.. Laughren
means to a community are not out Of
place. Mr.. Laughren came to silver
city some five years ago. At that
time the mining Of copper or any 9TH
er metal. in fact the whole mining
Industry. was latent. \ few % the
faithful, optimistic pioneers were at
work holding their claims against a
brighter future. but no commercial
mining Of consequence was in prog
ress The old smelter was am ash
heap and one mixed train a day was
sufficient to handle both freight an6
business.
Whitewater Canyon.
Manager c. r, Laughlin. Of tho Ma
uonal Copper Mining company, re-
turned last week from a trip To st.
Louis, where he went to consult with
officers of his company regarding
% number of extensive improvements
Do The company's property in White I
water canyon. Mr.. Laughlin having
succeeded in developing of the
finest properties in an this country.
naturally enjoys the confidence Of the
company 10 the fullest extent, and his
suggestions concerning the necessary
equipment to place this mine among
li- best 81 producers are TO be fol-
i"Ned out in their entirety. The com-
ianf will proceed almost Immediately
with the erection Of a mill and the in
slallation OF the necessary machiuery
roy The working Of the mine and min.
inner extensive and necessary linz