Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-23

. for less money than any other plant
similarly situated in the entire coun
try. Included in these articles will
| come a detailed description of the
/ flow-sheet, the result of years of op,
! Grating in one of the biggest plants in
/ the United States, and many other
! features that have never before been
| in print anywhere, and which will re-
| veal to even a layman many of the
more important features of actual
! mining.
Just as the train tips over the rast
hill and into Cananea, one sees a
mill-loOking structure standing idle in
the valley, and, of course, he'll ask
what it is. Well, it's a slime treat
ing plant" that won't treat. A number
of years ago a German Of New York
evolved a scientific plan for treating
the Cananea shines that worked like
a charm in the laboratory, and in fact
II ought to have succeeded. He brought
it to Colonel Greene's attention. and
Isthat gentleman, of course, was inter
Tested, because the mine owner always
wants All the values. Well. after a
carefuE Investigation and numerous
successful Bsts, the colonel put up the
money for this plant, and the German
scientist came out and supervised its
erection. No expense was spared, and
every wish of the German was acced-
ed TO so far as it applied 10 the plant
When 1t was finished the shines were
turned into the treating machines
and they wouldn't treat. 1t was a
failure, pure and simple. But it is
understood that the inventor made a
pot Of money out of it, selling the
stock in company he organized prior
to its demonstrating its inability to
do what was claimed. And now the
plant is idle and partially dismantled.
When you get TO Cananea it is but
natural TO go up to the headquarters
where are the offices OF DR.. Ricketts,
and the other heads, and where is the
bank, the store, the smelter, etc.
Truly il is a surprise TO look about
IN that store. It's way OF there d
long distance from the source of sup
ply. in Mexico, too, but if you 90 IN
and ask for most any old thing you
Will surely get ii. They must keep a
big stock, of course, and they do. This
store has many branches. both in
Cananea and throughout the section
and it supplies many other mining
companies, as well as ranchers and
prospecJors. Mr.. George Young, the
audltOr tOr the company, is in charge
OF the mercantile department. and he
keeps the stores going perfectly. It
really is surprise TO note the great
quantity of goods carried.
The city Of Cananea is lighted with
electricity. Up at the concentration is
the switchboard system for the mines.
mills and city. This switchboard was
constructed at the mines by the master
mechanic and the electricians, anG II
Is really one of the finest in the whole
country-a much more perfect switch
board than many cities of 100 900
people can boast. OF course this cleo
trio system at Cananea carries grear
responsibility, and must be quite per
rect Still one might expect TO find
makeshifts there. But he does not.
everything is the very best, and there
lore IS OF the greatest efficiency.
The installing of the fuel oil system
means the greatest saving of all the
economies tnaugurated A quarter of
mile above the main power plant,
and really at the top of the hill, the
OIL cars are run onto special switch.
Down the hill on the opposite side a
little ways is the storage plant. One
100000 gallon storage tank is now
finished and two others are under ~ay.
The 6-inch carrier pipes are run up
TO the middle Of the tank car switch
and here the funnel-shaped top Of the
pipe IS attached, the screw-end of the
connecting pipe in the bottom of the
car removed, and the oil flows BY
gravity out OF the car into the pipe
and down into the storage tanks.
Thence, the oil also flows bv gravity
to the different sections of the plant
using it, The Teverberatory furnace
Is now operating by oil, but presently
the entire plant viii be so. over naif
OF the boilers are fitted already for
fuel oil, and the balance are so nearly
so that this work can be accomplished
N a lew hours. When the whole plant
IS operating by fuel oil there win be
a saving to the company amounting
to hundreds OF thousands of dollars