Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
trouble. The south shore of Great Salt
Lake offered this advantage.
COULD DOUBLE CAPACITY.


The arrangement was made so that
double the capacity could be secured
within II short time. In carrying out
this plan the company has enlarged
the space for the McDougal furnaces.
With these new additions completed 1t
is believed that more than 5000 tons Of
ore IL day can be smelted at the plant.
The management of the Utah end OF
the Americana Smelling &. Refining conf
pany is in the hands of Charles w.
Whitley who has held the position for
several years. 1t is greatly due to his
ability that the company has grown
and prospered.
The American Smelling &; Refining
company Is n Guggenhcim interest and
Is one of the largest companies of its
kind in the world. 1t owns many mines
and smeltcrs throughout the United
States and Mexico.
THE INTERNATIONAL PLANT.
The finishing of the international
plant mt Pine canyon was one of the
big achievements of the year In the
smelling industry. 1t Is now handling
Utah Consolidated and South Utah
Mines and Shelters ores.
The first work on the plant was
started on Dec. S. 1905 Thirteen months
after the railroad from tho Salt Lake
reached the smeltcr site, the plant
started operations This was within
the contract date. The smelter was
also built within the appropriation and
1t started without a change or n hitch
of any kind beyond the adjustment of
machinery. The first furnace was
started by Gov. William Spry on July
q, 1910. The first Stag was dumped
| on Aug. 10.
Nh, al r,1l ant lie al oil a a
mouth OF Pine canyon, Tooele county
| Tho company owns a square mile of
| territory surrounding the plant. The
| reduction works have been SO laid out
| that they can be increased in size as
necessity requires, until the smelter
| would have II capacity of 10000 tons
day Every detail has been made to
| answer to the greatest number of pur-
| poses. All the machinery Is run by
| electricity. not Il scrap of wood Is used
| that could be avoided and all the build
| ings are of corrugated iron. Gravity Is
| put into service as far rs possible and
| belt convcYorS and all other devices of
| tho latest pattern give no room for Il
| barrow and shovel brigade. As near
MS possible. the plant works automati-
| cally, from the receiving of the ores ut
| the tramway to the converter. ladlc and
mods.
MATERIAL IN PLANT.
Tho building Of the plant required
| $500 tons of steel. 5000 tons of which
| came from the Highland BOY plant.
Steam shovels and teams excavatcd
2O0OOo yards of dirt for the buildings,
100000 brick were required for the
| smokc stack alone, which is $50 feet
| high, and 10000 yards of plain and re-
| intorccd concrete We're used In putting
| In the magnificent power house and
other buildings and foundations.
Unlike many plants the entire Pine
| Canyon smetcr Is under cover. From
| the covered terminal OF the tramwny
| the ore drops down to n car run by
electricity This runs over Il scale which
| automatically punches tho record In a
card, The ores then go to the bins
| which have capacity of 10000 tons.
The samp!ing mill automatically
| takes out sample of the ore and the
rock after running over trommels
! screens, crushers and rolls passes to n
| belt conveycr and starts for the 32
| McDougal ronsters. Tho mill Is cap
able of handling 10000 tons OF ore a
| day
| The convcyor bolt has an automatic
| scale that weighs every % feet Of
| pet mat passes over It. This belt
handles all the orc run to the roasters
Whllo II separate belt runs TO each
eight roaStcrs.
lheFe are i've furnaces in the rever-