Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
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auxiliary yrcsrrn plant The smelter IS
about 90 miles from Acoma, the nearest
| railroad point on the Rio Grande West
eIn railroad.
one of the drawbacks at the smelter
i was the water question. 1t was neces-
sary to haul water IL miles up hill to
supply the plant. 1t is declared that
| with copper market around Is cents
this mine and plant can be operated at
a profit. During the year 1904 the COM
pany produced 1,44S,9 pounds of cop
per.
From small smelling plant erected
on the side of q mountain in Bingham
canyon, to treat the ores from the Tin
tic Mining & Development company
mine In the canyon, the Yampa smelter
has continued to enlarge its plant until
it now has a capacity of i.200 tons A
DAY, and is one of the best equipped
plants in the Salt Lake valley. During
the past year no less than $500 900 has
been spent in equipping the plant and
putting 1t In shape.
The smelter has a daily capacity of
l'ooo TO LOO tons of ore and flux, op-
Grating three blast and three reyerbera
tory furnaces. The smelter Is situated
in Bingham canyon not far from the
mouth and on the steep side of a hill.
Although the location is not of the best
1t affords an excellent site to connect
with the tramway from the companies
mine. Tho tramway is about 600
leet long and the ore buckets are
capable of handling 1,50O pounds each.
MANY ON PAYROLL.
AT present the company has 800 men
employed at the mine and an equal
number at the plant. The mine is ono
OF the deepest mining operations I'm
Bingham and at present work Is boino
pushed on the 1.5OO foot level. From the
mine the company Is now securJnc
600 tons of ore day for the plant and
about 200 tons of custom ores are heinz,
handled each day.
Among the companies that are now
supplying a small tonnage to the nlant
are the United States company. the
bingham Mines company. the RecL
lease, the Victor Consolidated and the
Carisa.
In equipment the Yampa miami :,
among the best for its size. 1t embraces
all the customary methods of modern
copper smelting Practise an addition |
belnS converter plant which wac
1908 summer oI
In the roaster building the companv
mas nine S-foot McDougall roasting
furnaces. The calcine from these
roasters drops to q car below ana 10
then taken to the reverberatory. Tho
roaster building and the reverberatorv
are somewhat alike in size ana CON.
'truction, being steel framed with cor
'egated iron sheating, In the building
ire three reverberatory furnaces. No
luxes are used, the Stag being control
ed by the roasting process.
On account of the distance from tbo
to the converter build
ng, 1t is not feasible to carry moIten
matte to 1t. 1t is therefore cast into
nsots' broken by hand and remelted
the blast furnaces. This Is not a
leat disadvantage as the matte to a |
arge extent takes the place of slae
Which 1t Is found advisable to nut into
ii blast furnace charges {
UTILIzES WASTE HEAT
The company has installed in the
aEk OF each furnace a water tube |
oiler. which utilizes tho heat tLot
'ould otherwise have been waete5 ;
'aoh OF these boilers is rated at 500
orsepower and generate steam al a
~ pounds pressure. so it means g
reat saving in the amount of coal to n
an the plant ~ =
me company has an excellentlv
aurppeu ao power plant and well has |,
cen sunk to the water level FROM q
Aich 1t obtains its supply of water q
IT the plant. A flow of $50 eaIlona n
mute Is thus obtained and II Is sur- ~
'lent 10 care for the needs of the com -
sny by condensing and refusing. r
= 10 guard against any shut down at If
~ pant, connection has been mad -
lth the Telluride Power COMPANY anS ~ ~
ON the high tension wires sufiiciont ~
'wer can be secured to run without -
e steam plant.
{. a Pringle, is general manager ~ 10 10
= !, ,,o COMPANY, having assumed his %,
ltles there early in the year II II a. a.
urphy is the smelter superintenda,' oe
tendent ''e super or
One OF the most successful independ. =,