The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20

What can be accomplished within a
short time when natural conditions are
favorable and when the right men are
behind q proposition VS. demonstrated
uHe day last week to a party of Salt
Lake newspaper men when they made a
visit 10 the new smelter town. Tooele
4 scene of activity greeted their eyes.
Buildings were going up on every hand.
Tents and temporary abodes housed the
labUrers. surveyors, engineers, railroad
Iabarers. contractors We're everywhere
fu evidence Men were excavating here.
building foundations there. No person
was Idle At the smelttr site above the
town was even more hustle than below,
for here is being erected the great smell
ter plant that. when completed, will
cover a square piece OF ground about
1900 by 1900 feet, and cost in the
ueighborhood of $4,OOO.00O.
Two months ago sale of town lots
was held i'm Tooele, Since that time
the TooeIe Valley railroad, between
the Salt Lake station two miles from
To0ele and the smelter plant above the
city. has been completed. the smelter
plant is being built as fast as material
can be carried to the ground; while in
the city hotels, rOOming houses, mercan-
tile establishments, a new theatre, ana
many residences are being rushed to
completion.
The work on the smelter is the most
interesting. Il is situated 500 feet above
the tOwnsite on a strip of ground pc
Culiarly adapted to the purposes. and
is reached by the railroad, which makes
the ascension at a grade of only "a per
cent. The plans for the plant have been
completed with much care All of the
buildings are to be Of steel construction
and equipped with cranes for moving
heavy machinery.
Arrangement Of Buildings.
High UP on the mountainside will be
located the dust chambers, of which
there will be two 160x63 feet in dimen-
sion, and with room for still another
should an emergency arise. Over to the
north from these will be the receiving
bins and below viii be the sampIing
mill, the blast furnace and the roasting
bins. Next viii come the power house.
and below this the smelter building
proper. with the COnverters and fur
naCes. Besides these buildings, there
viii be erected mammoth buildings for
warehouse and shops, boiler and black
smith shops, power house and substa-
ton.
Work on the big power house, which
Is 24GXs4 feet IS going rapidly forward
A temporary substation, 56x3O feet in
dimensions, has already been installed,
but not quite fully equipped. Here the
power is taken from the Telluride power
line and distributed about the plant.
When the plant is in running order
power Will be generated from the waste
heat from the reveTbatOry furnaces.
which viii be sufficient 1t is expected,
for all the power and lighting Of the
plant, as we'll as for furnishing power
and light for the city.
Ground has been broken for the boiler
and blacksmith shops and for the smell
ter building, converters and furnaces.
The latter building will be 400 feet long
and 300 feet wide. and the warehouse
and shops viii be $50 by 70 feet inches. |
To Keep Things Moving.
As many men as can be prohtably
employed on the buildings are now at
work, and more are to be put on when
possible 1t is the plan to keep the
work so arranged that work can be
progressing on all parts of the plant at
once, and it is the intention to have 1t
completed by about the first of the
year
Work on the big stack will be COM
menced in July. Owing to the nature
OF the soil this will require an unusually
large base Of concrete, and it will be
$50 feet in height and % feet in diam
eJer The stack will be located just
above the dust chambers and its height
VIII be sufficient to take the fumes
above the tops Of the mountains. A
feature Of the site is that the general
tendency Of the wind is toward the
mountains and the fumes from the
sme.ter viii be carried over the noun
Jalus away from the town.
The railway line from the San Pedro
station TO the site and the trackage
about the plant will exceed thirteen
miles. Water for the plant will be fur
--sagl from springs in Pine canyon,
taoA OF the site, and is already being
.pel IN a twelve-inch pipe a mile long
To the site, being distributed in smaller
pipes. This water system now has a
.alaclty Of LOO gallons a minute, and
can be greatly enlarged
Inc aerial tramway, by which ores
from the Highland Boy mine at Bing-
nam are to be brought to the smelter
.oi treatment viii be about four miles
i' length. The route for this has been
surveyed. The tramway Is to be built
ls The Utah Consolidated, which owns
me mine, but the smelter people will
GUILD the terminals on its own prop
cry. The contract with the Utah Con-
slt1ated company calls for the compile !
.-- OF the Smelter in time 10 begin |
-aIdllng ores from the Highland Boy
's April 1 Of next year, but the prog
is77 that has already been made on the /
work indicates that the plant will be
ready 20 blow in some time before that !
date
Activity In the Town.
While everything is being rushed at
me smelter site, there is no less ac- |
lNty IN the town. The TOoele In |
glqFement company and the TOoele !
hlllding association are busy showing |
-3ls 10 homeseekers and investors and |
-loslng contracts for buildings. The /
4Ity-one-room hotel. three stories. 75x75 /
,tel on the ground floor. being erected /
9y r. -. McGurrin of this city. is being /
rapidly constructed. The basement and /
Ioundation were completed some time |
ago and work is now progressing on |