Gilpin observer., 1910-02-03
NORTH AMERICAN SHELTER.
The Golden Plant Will Soon be in
the Field for the Purchase Of Gill
pin County ores.

Colorado miners will, very shortly,
have another smelter bidding for the
treatment Of their ores and this sec
tion should feel the beneficial effect
of this new condition. The North Am
erican Smelter & Mines company, the
two million dollar concern organized
last summer, will in the near future
blow in its big copper smelter at Col
den on the main line of the Colorado
& Southern, sixteen miles west Of
Denver. The plant has a capacity Of
700 tons daily, and it is believed that
the North American company will
have no difficulty in running the
plant at it's full capacity.
H. A. Riedel, the well known Den
yer mining man and financier. is vice
president and general manager of the
North American company. He has
surrounded himself with the very best
technical talent obtainable and it
would appear that the North Ameri-
can company is to be a permanent
factor in the mining and smelling
business of the West and more es-
pecially Colorado. AS the head Of it's
smelling department the North Am
erican company has been fortunate
in securing the services of Col. Geo.
G. Vivian. veteran in the smelling
business who can point to a long
series of successes commencing with
his arrival in Colorado in 1872, from
Swansea, Wales, where for genera
tions his ancestors had been engag-
ed in the smelling business. Col. vi
Wan is well and favorably known in
Colorado. He recently resigned his
position as head of the Jesse Knight
accept the management of the Golden
smelter. He will have an excellent as
sistant in James w. Meyers, who has
for long period held important posi-
tions in the smelters of this country
and abroad
The North American company is a
mining company as well as a smelt-
ing company. It's mining department
is in charge of J. II. Robson who is
consulting mining engineer. Mr.. Robe
son has been mining in Colorado for
thirty years and has an intimate
knowledge of practically every min
ing district in the state. His more
recent successes were at the Dives
Pelican property near Georgetown in
Clear Creek county and at the Snug
gler- Union property in the San Juan.
He also spent several months Of his
time at Cobalt. Canada. for big New
York interests putting the celebrat-
ed Kerr Lake mine in shape for a
long period of production. The North
American company owns a big min
ing property in Clear Creek county
and it is from this property. already
opened up through extensive deep
tunnel workings, that the company
will derive good portion Of its ores
for the smelter. This ore supply will
be supplemented with gold-silver-cop-
per ores from the different mining
camps. The company has adopted n
broad operating system and its min
ing department will add to the COM
pany's holdings as properties are pre-
sented, securing these mines under
bond and lease or through purchase.
The smelter in Golden has been
completely overhauled during the past
few months and some $25 900 expend
ed in improvements and labor saving
devices such as belt conveyors. buc-
ket elevators. new boilers, Stag loco
motives and complete electrical equip
ment. The company expects to have
the most up-to-date plant in the West
and be In a position to offer the oper-
ators and miners the best possible