Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-23

of the American comes the employ.
ment and the happiness of the Mex.
can. 1t is today a happy camp, a
camp where men are sure of their
camp where nov is little possibility
of another shut down. The town is
going ahead all the time, with new
streets being graded and made per
feet, new houses being built both for
homes and to rent, and with new en-
terprises constantly springing up. It
is not the Cananea of the past-in
many ways it never will be-but it is
certainly a more stable Cananea than
was ever dreamed of by he rank and
file. While it was fine that such big
forces of men were employed. and
rather hard that reductions have been
made in the forces, yet it spells great
er permanence. because if the COM
pany makes more money than in the
past land that it is so doing and will
continue is conceded) it is certain 10
operate permanently and to the extent
of the plant after complete instalIR
ton has been effected. 2.
The economies at Cananea have
been universal Where there were
ten men there are not more than six
now; where there were tons of ma
terial there are fewer now, and where
there were tons of ore there are many
tons now There is a material in
crease in the efficiency of the entire
plant and an extremely material less
ening of the costs. While it is i'm
possible to give figures, still one Dy
looking about bit and learning what
was and seeing what is must con
clude that here is a plant at the
maximum of production and the mini
mum of expense. The smeltery mas
seen the greatest expense reduction,
of course. but all the other portions
of the plant have been improved. At
the mine in the manner of production
and getting to the working portions:
at the concentration, by the increase IN
space and power, the concentrating of
machines, the improving of the condl-
ton of the workers; at the receiving
plant by the installation and operat-
ing OF an ore handling device sufficient
for all possible needs of the plant. aud
where many thousand tons of ore may
be handled each day without a man
shoyeling a pound; in the smelteT
proper by the remodeling OF ever e.
sential. The smelling plant indeeC,
under the supervision of Charles F.
Shelby, mas been transformed to a
wonder. There is no patent on il, be
cause it embraces everything good in
smelling practice that has come under
the observation of either Mr.. Shelby
or his assistants. There are to be
eight furnaces in commission and
reVerberatOry 1.-THE latter and four Of
the former already in blast) and it
would probably stump a smelter man
to find complete process of any
character with which he was thorough
ly familiar Thus. the furnaces may
be of a different size than common;
the cOnyerteTs are larger than usual:
the electricity doing ali the heavy
work applied in different manner than
common; the converter lining mixer
be different-in fact. there are limo
vatiOns and yet innovations. but as
they are all based upon exact science
and upon tried operations the plant is
working to the entire satisfaction of
all. The reverberatOry, equipped with
oil-burning devices, is the most eff
cient plant of the kind in operation,
and the fiue dust, formerly sent away
for smelling, is handled in this por-
tion OF the plant at a saving quite
enormous. These things all count ire
mendously In the perfection of a plant
And it is the desire of the force at
Cananea to make the operations at
that camp just as perfect as possible
This is made more likely here than
any camp under the observation of the
writer in many years in mining camps
because of the absolutely perfect man
agement at Cananea DR.. Ricketts,
general manager; David Cole, assist
ant general manager: H. A. Kirk
mine superintendent; Frank Strachan.
superintendent of the concentration:
Charles F. Shelby, superintendent of
the smelter; the chief engineer; the
master mechanic-the entire force
works hand in glove" indeed and
the results Of this close association,
the interminglins Of the ideas of these
men who are masters of their special
line Of work arsseen in an organization
unexcelled in this country. There Isl
not a satisfied man on the lob No
matter who he is, he is continually
poldng about. investigating. trying to-
better the portion of the business Of
which he is In charge, trying TO inaug-I
urate neg system that shall spell
greater efficiency at no more or even
less cost, and never for a minute sit
ting down content TO 'Tet well enough
alone" That's why Cananea is the
success that Il Is today.
The general facts regarding Cana
nea are well known to the public. and
in this STORY" is the preamble OF
others that shall tell exactly what
hey have there: how they are getting
err mere ore at a third the former
cost; reducing It to concentrates in
less time and with fewer men, handl-
Inc Il from concentration to smelter
without the aid Of men, and finally