Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-09

ine plant of year ago may look an
 tiquated today, so rapid do some | things come along, so it was not at all
 surprising that Greene Cananea could
 have been improved The change in
 management carried with it the very
 best brans .n the minng world, men ! whole life had been devoted to the il-
 dustry. Very naturally they brought
 with them something in the way of
 ideas, and these have been put into
 practice. the result attending them
 being of highly satisfactory char acter
 His Splendid Organization ! The splendid management of the
 Gresne Cananea company were high, | ly fortunate in being able to secure
 the services of Dr. L. D. Ricketts to
 look after their affairs :n Cananea
 and other points. He unquestionably
 stands at the head in his profession 1 and his work has been a long line of successes. He not cnly possesses rare
 skill in all that goes to make the
 miner. mstallurgist and busness man,
 but he has wonderful powers of or
 ganzation. Thus We find today a
 splendid executive body at Cananea,
 and all working in perfect accord and with great enthusiasm in their respec-
 tive branches Every Saturday night | there is meeting of the heads of the
 various departments at which there is discussion of important topics con
 corning the mining. concentrating. smelting and many other things as
 sociated with such great enterprise as this. These weekly meetings are | looked onward to with much interest | by the members, and each is beating his brains to present something that
 will be of value in the general I scheme. which is the lowering of
 costs and great good has followed this
 friehdly operiEs lp of things, every | n:Vmbsr courting criticism of his par I ticular branch All take pride in l their nplishments. as they have good reason to, the gains having been substantial and permanent with ! the snd not yet reached in this de sired dire ctiOn. The company has ih pr. Ricketts man who does things,
 who has the greatest respect of his | associates and all the people, and who delights in the knowledge that
 he IS appreciated. He has 10 perform much 10 meet the expectations Cr his friends.
 Surface Shows -Ia-- C',@-ucs. One who has net visited the prop er;y fer a year past is attracted by
 the many changes that appear on the
 surface. At the receiving end. where the ores cone from the concentrators
 go directly from mines to blast fur naces, a long line of ore bins having been added to the former number. These bins nave capacity of be- tween 4O00 and 5000 tons, have hop Ter-s heped bottoms from which the charge is automatically released as Ge,ired. the ore going into a shaker feeder mounted on a rail and worked along tne line under the hoppers as desired. This shaker feeder drcps the ores upon a Robins conveying belt, which takes them to thsir des- tination. the bedding yards.
 The ores of these bins are care fully assayed before being sent to the yard, and should they lack in ircn, iAEIlt UT ONutI titllitDNS htiIldIhtu ici perfect operation in the smelter. the omissions are supplied, so that when the beds in the yard are filled they are made up of perfect furnace charge, better mixed than coud be done by hand and needing very little in the way of labor to prepare. The shaker feed car is mounted on carriage astride of the conveyor and with reciprocating pan under it's discharge opening. so placed as to prevent any flow of ore over it unless it is in motion. Its stroke and inclination ara ed!ustable as is also the size of the Itiet of the hopper.
 The Ore Bedding Arrangement.
 The ore bedding yard contains three ore beds, when filled. these be- Ing long. of triangular cross section, and each holding abont S.000 10 10000 i tens oE ore. These beds, as we have stated, are uniform in tneir composition and physical character 'atics through their entire length. l From overhead the automatic travel | ing ere tripper, or shaker. delivers | the ere, iron. lime. etc, in the pro | portions needed for the furnace | charge. effecting very even mix | ture. this work being continued, lay i CT upon layer until the bed is full, i at the bottom to channeIs l upon the sides of the bed founda- l ten through which conveying belts | carry the mixed charge to the furn- aces.
 The ore Is handled from the bed 1 by a travelling bridge, mounted upon [ l track extending longitudinally with he bed, and carrying a reciaiming device in the shape of a huge trian yular drag and scraper, which pulls the ore down the face or front of the pile. and in front of flight of cC..- seyors. plow-shaped. moving over .Tosd steel plafe upon which the ore comes, these flights taking the ore icrcss the bottom and front ct the pile and delivering it through a snort chute upor. the conveying belt, which travels In a trench alongside the pile md below the level of the ore bed. md takes the ore to it's destination. This bridge, with it's retaining ma is operated at will into the