Weekly journal-miner., 1910-02-09
RECONSTRUCTION OF HUMBOLDT SMEL TER

chanical and scientific value to the
 company. The water is obtained from
 a reservoir, which at the present level
 contains about one and one-half mill
 ion gallons of water. It is located
 in Chaparral Gulch, just west of the
 plant. The water is piped to two
 large tanks, one with a capacity of
 100000 gallons, and the other, which
 is used entirely for culinary pur-
 poses, has a capacity of 25,000 gal
 Ions. The tanks are so placed that
 they secure a powerful gravity head,
 and are connected by a line of pipes
 and laterals, with all buildings on the
 ground. The water is filtered upon
 its arrival at the power house, the
 last building it supplies in the ser
 ies, and is then sent back to the tank through a three hundred foot tunnel It enters this tunnel boiling hot, but is cooled before leaving by passing through a series of 12-ineh pipes, so raised from the ground as to allow a strong current of air to pass all around it.
 It is claimed for the plant by those officials now on the ground that from an economic standpoint, there is not another plant in the territory, more conveniently arranged.
 A mammoth warehouse, well stock ed with all manner of bolts, iron, belting, electrical appliances, and everything needful for the compile tion of the plant, was built when the company took over the property.
 There is at the present time, ap- proximately 5O.OOO tons of ore on the ground, ready for smelting, and the company is daily making contracts for large quantities of ore from all parts of the territory.
 Chief Engineer Center stated that | while he was not certain as to just ] when the plant would be ready to re- sume active operations it is hoped | that everything will be in readiness by the middle of March.
 The working force at the smelter about 15O men, but this force will shortly be augmented by additional help of all kinds. No saloons are to be allowed on the smelter grounds, nor on any of the controlled by them. |
 Much credit is due Superintendent Bennetts and Engineer Center for the masterly way in which they have rounded into shape heretofore poor y arranged smelting plant. MT. Ben netts, in speaking of the force at present employed there, said: "I .' have had charge of a great number ,f smelling plants in my time, and they were located in all parts of the world, from Australia to the Klon- lyke, but I have never in my experi- enee, met with a better, or more oval force of men in all the depart nents of the plant, than have here with me now. I am only hoping that hose men who must of necessity be ( for work here in the near t future, will show the same loyal ' ipirit as those now here. We have ( lad to combat from the very outset, light here in Humboldt, a spirit of ikeptieism and doubt, which I doubt lot has been engendered in the hearts if the people hereabouts by their experience with those formerly con- leeted with the management of this 'lant. We hope, however, soon to ,e able to remove this feeling from he minds of everyone that we mean nything but good, strict, legitimate business. That is our motto, and we re bending every effort to put things n shape to begin smelting in the near ' uture. That is what this plant is ' ,eing built for, and nothing else''