The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-04
NO FUMES NOW
AT DUCkTOWN.
Enormous SuIphuric Acid Plant Completed
Tennessee Copper Company Has Fulfilled Promises
rlade to State--Crops, Vegetation and Forests
Are Found to Be in Good Conditions

city in itself. In the engine room
there are three large engines and
three smaller ones that supply the
power for the different devices. Then
there are two generators, which gem
crate air for the blast furnaces. Then
there are two electric engines which
furnish the electricity for the entire
plant One noticeable thing is that all
the cars used in transporting the ore
to the furnaces and every other mode
of conveyance in the plant proper Is
run by trolleys, power being furnish
ed by the above mentioned engines.
An Immense Plant.
Ore is mixed with some quartz and
some coke and air blown into the bot
tom of it until the two classes Of met
al are separated. The smoke is then
carried away through large conduits
to the chambers, where by the aid Of
steam and water the fumes are con-
verified into an acid and it then goes
through process of purifying, TOT
lengthy to describe.
To give one an idea Of the immensi-
ty of the acid industry, there are
twenty-six tanks so feet wide by so
feet broad by rs feet high and seven
ty-tWo smaller tanks 10 feet broad by
10 feet wide by 10 feet high. The
entire cubic feet service of the cham
Der space at the present time, with
the chambers that are now in the
course of erection, will be chamber
space of 100000 cubic feet. There
are IL miles of railroad In operation
and four mines.
The camp of Copper Hill is equip.
ped with a splendid club house, which
contains a swimming pool, bowling al
ley, pool and billiard room, reading
room, tennis courts and all the con.
veniences Of city club.
Y. M. C. A. for Laborers.
At the Ducktown mines of the com
pany the company has expended S1O,-
600 in the erection of Y. M. G. A.
for the laborers and when completed
it will be a wonderful help.
The industry, right in the center Of
the south, is too wonderful to fifty de-
scribe in so few words. To give an
idea Of it's size the acid plant alone
is as large as twentysthree of the
other largest plants in the south com
bined.
Twenty-Five members of the house
of representatives made the trip.
some Of them being members of the
general judiciary committee and some
of the members of the special Judi.
ciary committee, while some were not
members of either In addition to the
members Of the house of representa-
tives there were several Of the citi-
zens of the surrounding country on
the trip, too:
Investigating Party.
The members of the legislature
were: S. P. Miller Of Ware, s. L.
Drawdy of Clinch, William Butts of
Fannin. John r. Hubbard Of Dawson,
j. ]. Keith Of Meriwether, r. e. Smith
Of Gilmer, 0. 0. Simpson of Gwnnetr,
j. w. Smith Of Walton, A. A. Wood
lift Of Forsyth, William Faircloth of
Johnson. John r. Kendrick of Italia,
ferro, ]. w. Cowan of Rockdale, S. Il.
Ellison of Harris, G.. H. Carswell Of
Wilkinson, j. A. Kelly Of Jasper, A.
s. ]. StoVall OF Ebert, j. A. Hatfield
OF Coffee, R. r. Reaves of McDuffie.
]. Y. Williams Of Madison, B. r. Cor.
dell of Ebert, John T. Bell Of Chero-
kee, Thomas Parker of Decatur, T. r.
Wasden of Charlton. G.. w. oliver Of
Quitman, B. T. Hill of Monroe, ]. T.
Atherton of Pickens, ]. 7. Childs of
Taylor, William Parker of Talbot and
w. c. Stewart of Taylor.
Among the members Of the Duck
town Copper Company who made the
trip were Howard Cornick, associate
attorney, with headquarters at Knox
vile, Tenn, Martin Vogel, general at.
torney, with headquarters in New
York, and Howard F. Wierum, con.
sulting engineer, with headquarters
in New York.
The state of Georgia has accom-
plished all it sought in it's suit in
the supreme court of the United
States. The industry which has grown
out Of that litigation has satisfied all
demands and more, and is now erect
ly benefiting every farmer in the en-.
tire south in its influence on the fer.
tilizer trade, and it is now expected
that the state, having been satisfied
and its requests completely complied
with, that the litigation will now
stop and the suit be dismissed.