Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-04-28
GOOD PROGRESS is BEING
MADE AT NEW SHELTER

! rangemcnts to secure it for the local
/ smclter. The plant is modern in ev-
| cry respect and one of the best makes
on the market Since it left the fac
tory not one part has been unpacked
nor even examined and the guarantee
! to the latest owners
As stated before the main work be
ing done at the plant at the present
time is the preliminary work for the
erection of the buildings. In all So
concrete piers, varying in size and
! height. must be erected, besides the
walls ami foundations. which will be
OF the same material. \ concrete ma
| chime is dtShing out the finished pro
drct As r;nidly as men can handle
II and good progress is being made
with this work.
The Structure. when completed will
be 264 feet long and 100 feet deep
and will be six stories high in front.
Steel. iron and concrete will be the
only materials used. making the
building absolutely fire proof High
mp on the hill to the rear of the
building a line of track will be run
from the main line of the V. & T.
from point near the Santiago Mill.
This line will be used for bringing
in the ore for the plant. Unloaded
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at this point the ore will pass through
the various departments Of the mill
until, when it reaches the ground
floor. il will emerge in the shape of
mat ready for shipment to the East
for final reduction.
Work is to be soon started ON the
tunnel which will carry the stack
through the hill to. the west of the
plant and into a small canyon In
this canyon the huge dust chamber
will be located and the fumes. in
passing through. relieved of all arse
mic therein. BY the use Of steam this
arsenic is prcCipitatcd and retained as
dust In this manner additional rev
cnIc is added and all injury to sur
rounding vegetation iS practically
eliminated
From the dust chamber the stack
again passes into the hill and finally
arises far in the rear 81 the plant to
a height of $50 feet above the top of
the hill In all the stack will be 200
feet in length. The stack from each
unit will enter the same tunnel and
the fumes will undergo the same !
treatment.
Not far from the plant proper. near
the site of the old Merrimac Mill. a !
number of carpentreS are erecting |
the company boarding and lodging |
house to be used by the employees. !
The building will be thoroughly mod |
crn and will contain 20 rooms. Wash |
rooms. with hot and cold water.
reading rooms. bedrooms with iron |
beds and the best OF bedding will be ,
furnished by the company to all en-
ployees. Special quarters for the |
women folk employed are contained /.
in the building and these include bath |
room and lavatory.
For the men employed a large con
cdcte swimming tank will be erected |
near the river. Again nature has !
come TO the assistance of the man |
agement and supplied them with an
excellent hot spring on the opposite |
bank of the river. This water will |
be pipcd to the swimming tank and |
the men will be given one of the fin
est bathing places in the country.
Mr.. Ycrington intends plouehing
up the acreage surrounding the
boarding house as soon as it is com
pletc and planting alfalfa theron.
The soil is excellent for this purpose
and the Improvement will be aopre-
ciated greatly by the men. An abun-
dance of fine we'll water has been Sc
sured near the boarding house md a
large tank will be placed on the hill
to the rear and kept filled by means
of a windmill on the we'll.
The water for the cement work at
the smeltcr site is at present supplied
by pipe line of 1000 feet and pump
and gasoline engine at the river.
This will be used temporarily until
the construction of a pipe line from
the old Brunswick dam is completed
when the water question will be solv-
ed once and for all
Nearly forty men are at present
employed at the smelter. Two dol
lars and fifty cents day is the wage
scale to common laborers and
CHARGE Of Is cents for hoard As