The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-03-11
RUSHING WORK
ON Big SMfLTfR

The Mason Valley news of Saturday
publishes the following concerning the
the big smeIter now being built about
three miles northeast of Wabuska:
A visit to the smeltry grounds at
this time is well worth the trip not
w~ithstanding the fact is at once appar-
ent that the lack of material is serious
ly retarding the construction. A much
larger force of men could be handled
to decide advantage were it possible
to get delivery Of the timbers and
other material required.
The excellent class Of construction
maintained at every point is worthy
of comment; where the work is not
massive and in most cases it is so, a
layman cannot but note the exceeding
care in detail and the general appear
ance Of permancy, in which it is pos
sible to read the future of the Mason
district in ore treatment. Not for to-
day, nor tomorrow, but for generations
of productive mining is the foundation
being placed in building operations on
at Thompson.
A great deal is now accomplished
for instance, the great cement pits for
the sampling works are ready to re-
ceive the machinery; the massive walls
received a last carload Of cement mix
ture a week ago, and the concrete
crew moved Sunday to the site of the
main smeltry buildings where the foun-
dations are now going in.
The ore pins are completed. They
are 300 feet long, contain 100000 feet
of dimension lumber, and have a capa.
city of many thousand tons. Tomorrow
the Copper Belt crew will begin laying
the third, or upper yard tract which
climbs a hill in order to get a level
with the top of the ore bins. Between
the hill and the ore bins there will be
high tressel and the track is wanted
for delivering tressel timbers to the
site. The tressel passes over the samp-
ling works, into which one car of ore
will be dumped automatically while
another car is being automatically
loaded by elevators from the crushers
in the bottom of the sampling works.
Everything is to be automatie-even
the charging scales to be located on
the scale tracks parallel with the ore
bins.
At a high point on the hill is the
reservoir for domestic purposes, now
completed. 1t will be supplied from
the hot springs, more than a mile to
the east, the water system including
the town of Thompson, is installed.
Higher up the Hill a large cement
reservoir is being constructed; this
will supply the works and furnish a
fire protection for the Gown. A fall of
more than one hundred feet gives an
enormous water pressure. The big
reservoir will be supplied from the
well now being sunk at the point of
the hill, a half mile south of the entire
works.
The machine shop is completed to
the working point, and only awaits a
power line to begin operations. This
feature of the smeltery is a model of
the kind, and represents a fortune In
cost. Almost everk kind of tool and
machine is there, including travelling
crane and massive lathes. A railroad
track runs into the building, and the
engines and ears used will be repaired
and rebuilt at home, in all emergen-
cies. The master mechanic, Mr.. Nesbit,
has arrived to take charge of these
shops. He comes from a similar enter
at Bingham, Utah.