The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-04
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
FINK SHELTER is
SAID To Be SUCCESS
Its Operation So Far FuIfiIls Every
Promise Of the Inventor.

The Fink smelter apparently is a
complete success.
| Inc plant built by Samuel New.
mouse 10 try out the new process was
| oio"n IN about II o'clock Friday. The
Irst charge OF ore was placed In the
| furnace yesterday forenoon and the
finished product was TO have been
turned out some time during the
| night, Until the finished product shall
nave been tested and certain caIcula-
! IONS shaii nave been made It can not
De said with absolute certainty that
the new smelter Is a success. but so
lar as could be judged by its opera-
tion yesterday and the day before Il
is likely to do all that its inventor
claims.
no new thing in metallurgy has in
years attracted SO much attention in
the mining world as the Fink smelter
Is at this moment attracting. A mum
per oil prominent smelter men were
yesterday, In company with Mr.. New
mousse witnessing the operation of the
plant, and every one was satisfied
iIom what he saw that ii was a com
plete success
bNotil lDllOn OI IDb DTO-
cess has not yet been given to the
Pubic; 1t is only known that the chief
advantage claimed over the process
ordinarily in use Is in more complete
utilization and control of the heat
units, enecting great saving In fuel
cost and making it possible to operate
a small plant correspondingly as cheap
as large one.
During the first twenty-four hours
tnat the plant was in operation. MIR.
NeWhouse said yesterday, a perfect
"l'lte neat was maintained with the
use oil two tons Of Stacked coal. Dur
ing the afternoon. Mr.. Newhouse said
1urther, he saw the plant operated for
several hours with no fuel used other
tfan the sulphur obtained from the
ore in process OF smelling.
The test that is being given the
plant is the most difficult possible.
1or 1t is being fed with the fine con-
centrates of the Boston Consolidated
porphyry ore, which has given tho
Garfield smelter so much trouble.
Mr.. Fink contends that his furnace
VIII turn out blister copper. Mr..
Newhouse has not yet been convinced
ol TINS. He believes that it may turn
cut matter of good trade; that con.
Verter treatment will yet be required
he does believe, however. that with
10 unforeseen difficulties. its treat
ment Of lead and zinc ores will be per
fect-that even the ores containing
these two metals will be reduced and
tho metals separated with no addit.
tional treatment,
The plant constructed by Mr.. New
house Is intended TO handle 100 tons
OF ore a day. Its cost has been an.
rroXimately $4,000. 1t Is easily Oh.
Grated by fifty horsepower or about
one-ffth the power required for an
ordinary plant of like capacity The
essential part of the smelling appara.
tls is a double reverberatory furnace.
which revolves on four different
speeds. The heat is said 10 be under
perfect control OF the operator, II
can be turned on and off at will. and
The starting after cooling off is ac.
complished with slight waste of fuel
or time.
In the event that 1t does all that
Is claimed for It, the process is. OF
course. most revolutionary in charac-
ter. Almost every producing mine of
consequence should be able to have
It's own smelter.