The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-20
Utah Boosters Witness a Novel
Performance at Interna-
tiOnal Smelter.
PLANT Is TO BE ONE OF
GREATEST IN THE WORLD
Excursionists Pass Through
Zion in Afternoon and De-
part for the North.
BY A. F. PHILIPS.
Special TO The Tribune.


TOOELE, Utah, May 19.-Two hun
dred men and women did something
here today that has never before been
done in the United States-in fact,
IN the world These men and women
| added another thing to tho many won
ders of the state which Utahns will tell
to the people of the world. These men
and women with heads uncovered stood
In a giant chimney and to the music
or band of twenty five pieces sang
the national anthem. Such q thing
could not happen anywhere else than
IN Utah IN this wonderful state In which
we live, and over which 100 members
Of the Commercial club OF Salt Lake
nave lourneyed for four days talking
Win the people Of this community and
w>th TINT one working up an enthu
slasm among them to holp exploit the
state-to LET the people Of the world
know what there is in Utah.
After these 200 people sang Gamer
lca IN this giant chimney which an
sWered for huge megaphone and trans
mltted the music to those residing upon
other planets, tho information was i'm
parted that the chimney or stack was
500 feet in height, the highest smelter
stack III the world; that IL was thirty
five feet IN diameter at the base and
tWenty-eight feet at the top; that
great wagon drawn by twelve horses
could he driven inside this stack and
turn around with ease; that there were
two and quarter million brick required
to build it; tnat If one man only had
been employed In laying these brick
that 700 working days or two years
time would have been required to com
plete 1T; and that the draft is so great
that 1T would almost pull a man through
the flume with which it is connected.
More Interesting Figures.
This great stack, which can be seen
for miles, has been constructed BY the
international Smelling and Refining
company for the great plant which il
is now constructing here and the first
furnaces will be In blast on July l.
II was learned while these boosters for
Utah, these business men Of Salt Lake
and number of boosters from Toocle
were being shown over the plant that
100000 brick was used in the con.
struction Of the plant; that 10000
sacks OF cement, each sack containing
10 pounds or 17,S50,000 tons were re-
duired; that 5000 ions of steel or To-
100000 pounds were used; that there is
an aerial tramway four miles long with
n capacity of 100 tons per hour; thai
the foundation of the plant the units
now built means in the end the greatest
smelter plant IN the world; that the
plant cost $2000,000 and that in its
construction whenever ii was possible
to procure Utah material that material
was used.
II was also learned during this trip
through tins great plant that there will
be employed when the furnaces aro fred
July l, at least $50 men, every one Of
whom where possb will be Utah men,
American labor. 1t was likewise learned
that the company has paid 10 per cent
or 100000 for easement on $4,000 acres
of land valued at Sl,0o0,o00.
Fourth Day of Excursion.
1t was the fourth day Of the boosters
excursion from Salt Lake, and the
boosters were guests, for tho time. of
the International Smelling and Refining
company, whose plant is located four
end one-half miles east of this. Tooele,
City, on the bench OF the Oquirrh range
Of mountains. overlooking the Tooele
valley, and from which point magnii-
cent panorama Of nature can be seen.
In the boarding house n splendid dinner
was served, to which 200 hungry guests
did ample justice. after which the party
was shown over the great plant, In The
Tribune of May IL appeared lengthy
description of this plant, hence brief
description is only necessary now
The rumes win be carried away through
the giant stack heretofore mentioned, the
blast furnace is ifty-one feet long and
nfty-six inches wide and q main fue
1900 feet in length Will conduct the fumes
from the convcrters and blast furnaces
land Boy mine will bo smelted here as
Hlso all ores from the GirouN mine at
ELY. New. The plant has an initial
pacity OF 1000 tons daily and tho, ores
lt. lgrhl md ina NN-iII Ian
brought from the mine by aerial tram
way,
The sampling mill is built in conjunc-
ton with the crushing plant. and ore
from either can be thrown onto tho con-
veyors and sent to the roasters of blast
furnace ore bins, From these bins the
hoppers by means OF another system OF
and cross ss-conveyors. The
roastcrs are regular l6-foot McDougall
furnaces, arranged in TWO units OF six
teen each. placed In rows OF eight.
The gases from the roasters go through
a dust chamber. l20 feet wide. 40 feet
necessary TO employ any friction wires
)r bags in addition TO this scheme OF
lust deposition. ny means Of settling In
an increased volume. The roasted ore. or
,alclnes. is trammed to the rcvcrberatory
scales and then To the furnace hoppers
n cars of the u. G. electric Industrial
system,
For Reverberatories.
There are FIVE revcrberatories These
furnaces are l02 feet long ~ feet wide
II the clear and arc patterned after the
atest Anaconda designs. At either end
II The rcverbc cratory building arc two
ines Of railroad tracks At the skim
ming door end and seventeen feet below
he hearth OF the furnace. an ash and
lag tunnel OF reinforced concrete,
with The tracks OF the Indus
rlat system. will serve as outlet for
shes and Stag. which Will be conveyed
o the canyons on either side Of The site
Through the tunnel Will he hauled the
urnace dust and the boiicr-f flue dust