Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-31
AMALGAMATED MAY
 BE BEHIND DEAL
Transfer Has Been Pending For Many DaJs--Middleton Neeotiates Sale.
 Means Much for Yapapai County.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)


 poratc title of the De Soto Mining The Blue Bell mine was pur- chased. and has since been operated by the Arizona Exploration company
 Early in 1907 new holding com. pany was organized with capital stock of sl7.50o,oOo, Co take over all of the capital stock of the Arizona Smclting company, and that of the com. panies above named. with their attend. ant holdings. It's corporate title is the Consolidated Arizona Smcl,ing com panv. When originally organized the directors of the Arizona Smclting company were John l.. Elliott, Arthur Braun and Benjamin Prince of New York. Frank M. Murphy ana Charles r.. Finncy of Prescott. In ihe rcorgan- ila'iou. it is understood that Mr. Fin. ncy and Mir Prince disposed of their belongings, and that l.. Nogclstcin, an eastern millionaire. took large finan- cial interest. becoming vice president. Other new directors were ]. E. Peabody and l.. F. Underwood of New York When thc pool was recently formed three of the directors resigned. which included the two last named.
 Mir. Elliott is in Europe and an op. tion on his stock was secured by cable. He sailed for America on the 2sth inst.
 Some Shelter History.
 When the shelter was built, it was supposed that its facilities were far in advance of the times, and the manage. mcnt were apprchcnsivc that too large a plant had been built. In less than three months they saw their mistake, for the ore came piling in from all oyer the Territory. The building of the shelter stimulated unprecedented activity. Prospects and mines that had lain idle for years were opened up, and soon the shelter was fairly swamp ed with ore. Originally thrty.six stor- age bins of about 5000 tons capacity were built, but these were inadequate and more were provided.
 In the beginning the blast furnace capacity was 10000 tons n month. It was later increased to 15,OOO tons, and now it is planned to enlarge the ca. pacity to 10000 tons. No definite fig. ures have ever been given out as to the value of the ore treated annually, but it Is understood that 1t will approx. innate s4,OOO,OOo.
 Equipment.
 The plant consists of copper rcduc. tion works as we'll ns a concentrating plant of 400 tons capacity.
 The equipment at tine copper reduc. tion works consists of three l0O-foo. improved Edwards mechanical roasters, two l0o-foot reverberatory furnaces and two stands of electrically. operated barrel type converters. The roastcrs have a daily capacity of $50 tons and are provided with oil burners so ad justed as to afford extreme flexibility as regards degree of roast to be given any particular ores. The reverberator. ies, which are also oil-fred, have each n capacity of 45O tons daily, and the matte running from 40 Der cent to 4, per cent here produced is bessemerized in the convertcrs to blister copper 95 per cent to 97 per cent pure.
 There is n compressed air tamping equipment for the convertcrs, and n the converter building there is a 4O ton electric Whiting crane of 6i feet span and l5-ton auxiliary crane.
 At the centrally located power house close by, there are three cross.compound team -jaeketed type of Nordberg en' zines of special design and of an aggre' gate horse power of 1900. One 600 horse power engine powers the two directly attached Connclsvillc blower. which have an air-blast capacity fol the converting of loo tons of matt, daily. The two 50O.horse power ep zines drive the two 4so-volt, 6o-cycle three'phase generators which power the various motors distributed throughout the works--ths plant being electrically operated throughout. A third 800 hors, power unit, consisting of NordberI engine and directly.connected gener. ator, is being added for towering th, mine machinery and aerial tram at th. Blue Bell mine, eighteen miles distant