El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21

and Arizona. Each furnace will have
a capacity of from $50 to 800 tons a
day.
The copper matte produced from these
furnaces and from the copper blast
furnaces will be treated in two basic
conyerters, which have a capacity OF
100 tons each per day each Of which
will produce 40 or so tons per day Of
blister copper.
In connection with these new fur
naces are required additional boilers.
a large blowing engine, an extensive
installation of roasters for preparing
the ore for the reverberatory furnaces,
copper casting plant, flue chambers
for saving the dust from the furnaces
operations, several thousand feet Of
new tracks, etc.
There are now exactly 800 men at
work at the local smelter, 80 more than
the average number employed, and the
output is steadily Increasing.
With the receipt of the ores from the
Ray properties and the Chino mines
in New Mexico, the local plant will be
kept busy at all times smelling copper
concentrates, this having been the pur-
pose of the construction OF the ne
furnaces.
The Consolidated Kansas City Smelt-
ing & Refining company owns and di
IecLly operates the I'll 1dSO plduC-l0VU
acres, 10 furnaces, 49,, 600 tons annual
smelling capacity. Every share of the
capital stock of this company is owned
by the American Smelling & Refining
company.
smeIters.
The company owns the following 9TH
er smelters:
At Denver. Colo: The Grant plant
occupies 120 acres Of land within the
city limits, but Is not now being oper-
ated and has been virtually dismant1ed.
The Globe plant occupies $50 acres just
outside the city limits It has seven
furnaces, with an annual smelling ca
pacity of $4,000 tons.
At Pueblo. Colo: The Pueblo plant
100 acres, seven furnaces, 32s. 900 tons
annual smelling capacity. The Eilers
plant-S0 acres, six furnaces, 2e5, 900
tons annual smelling capacity.
At Durango Colo: The Durango
plant-2O0 acres, $4,000 tons anne-.
smelling capacity
At Leadville. Colo: The Arkansas
Valley plant-2O0 acres, 10 furnaces,
100000 tons annual smelling capacity.
Near Salt Lake City, Utah: The
Murray plant so acres, eight furnaces,
$4,000 tons annual smelling capacity.
Near Helena, Mont: The East He
lena plant-250 acres, four furnaces.
235. 900 tons annual smelling capacity
At Monterey, --ex.: The Monterey
plant-S00 acres, 10 furnaces. 100000
tons annual smelling capacity.
At Aguascalientes, Mex: The Aguas-
calientes plant-300 acres. 10 furnaces,
720, 900 tons annual smelling capacity.
At Chihuahua, Mex: The chihuahua
plant-200 acres, three furnaces, 1885,
600 tons annual smelling capacity.
At Chicago, H.: The National plant,
six acres, two furnaces, $4,000 tons an
nual smelling capacity.
At Maurer, n. J.: The Perth Amboy
plant-40 acres. three furnaces, 100000
tons annual smelling capacity.
Refinerfes.
At Chicago, H.: The National plant,
with a capacity of $4,000 tons Of re-
fined lead and 100000 ounces of re-
fined silver and gold
At Maurer. n. J.: The Perth Amboy
plant. with a capacity of $4,000 tons Of
refined lead, 5000 tons of refined cop
per and 36.O0o,00O ounces of refined
silver and gold
In addition. the company operates at
Omaha, Neb., a smelling and refining
plant with two, furnaces having an an
nual smelling capacity Of $4,000 tons
while the refining plant has a capacity
Of $4,000 tons Of refined lead, SO ,0OO,-