Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1910-04-27
nRLrER TURNS OUT BULLION.
(rroa wsAl-sosy's -,


per bullion wss ready for shipment
from the smclter Of the Consolidated
Arizona Smelling company at Hum.
eoldt, which was blown 10 on sstus.
day afternoon, and which has since
been under steady operation day and
night. This was tie report brought
yesterday by T. u. Campbell, Who
paid a visit Of inspection to the big
r1snt, and to enter into q contract
Tor the handing OF the lime copper
sres from the jerome Verde Copper
eomRny, Of which <ntetprise he 10
Nc general manager. In addition to
considering his eompsny's isssrssts,
MI. Campbell states that through the
courtesy Of u. II. Bennetts, general
superintendent Of the smelter, snd
Assistant Superintendent Center he
was extended the privilege Of in.
specting the plant.
He Gas decidedly yell pleased eth
The facilities for the rapid hsndlins
81 the product, the utility Of every
piece Of ussehiuery, e the SYSTEM Pfc
vsihng In the various departments,
snd the contrast In principle with
the mechanical appliances at the old
plant were . revelation.
One important feature attached to
the vast works was the absence Of
the shovel brigade, which has bess
supplsnted by the modern methods
Of automatic mechanical devices.
Mr.. Campbell states that the new
35o-ton jacket wss In operation asd
running as satisfactorily 10 IL In ser.
vice for several months. Its work
Was excellent, in short, attesting to
the care and prscticsbility Of ito cor.
struction. II was handling oil glasses
Of ore on hand, without reference to
any particular property. The range
Of the ore origin was from all mines
in the northern part Of the Terri.
tory.
The convcrtcrs were beng made
ready while he was on the ground,
and judging from the amount Of
matte in the settler car load Of
bullion vas ready for the market.
Work was being rushed on the two
severborstory furnaces, snd IL was
expected that those will be ready
In from sixty to ninety days. Each
one. will have = capacity Of 800 tons
daily.
In the water supply system for the
plant a wonderful and vitality imporv
tant improvement Is noticeable In the
distribution Of IL throughout the op.
Grating zone Of the smelter. Under
former conditions Il was necessary
to pump from the Aqua Fris and
when high water came, at different
seasons Of the rainy months, the plant
was seriously affected in running.
The new source Of supply comes
from a large we'll in Chsparral Gulch,
1900 feet distant, which Is pumped
into a 100000 gallon tank on the
hill above tho smelter, and from
which point IL has a gravity flow to
all parts Of the works. Another in.
teresting fact IL that after the water
is heated through circulating around
the big jacket, it IS then gravitsted
through q system Of pipe lines and
tunnel, emptying into = hugo pond,
from which point 1t 10 pumped back
through the system again, thereby
cooling it and conserving the sup
ply.
The old water plsat has been abol
ished on the Aqua Fria, and by the
removal Of the mechanical fixtures
Of the old plant IN excellent alag
dump is efested. The distance from
the tracks to the bottom Of the
canyon is 200 feet, which obviatei
annoyance and disposes Of the slas
effectively.
| Mr.. Campbell was decidedly i'm
pressed with the means Of convey
ance Of the haulage system in vogue
through the introduction Of an end
less cable and hopper cars, by which
process the ores are delivered direc
from the ore bins, located under tn
railroad tracks, and into the hoppe
ears. These are conducted from tina
! point to the sampler over an over
head trestle. Every fifth ear I
emptied and the remaining four ar
taken direct to the smelter suppl.
ore bins and automatically dumped
u At no time Is the ore shoveled no
handled by hand. Three men eonsti
tute the force employed in the worl
of handling seventy-two tons of or
per hour by this method.
In the sampling min that depart
ment has been amplined In its OF
Grafton. II Is now done with cas-