El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-03
MINING NEWS
To BEGIN WORK ON NEW SHELTER
At Oh LAS soon, SAYS GREENWAY

The main building will be 16S by BOO
feet In it Will be located two blast
! furnaces, four reverberatOry furnaces,
six cOnverters and the cOnverters Stag
and copper casting department. The
main building will be new throughout
save in one or two minor and unimpor-
tant details.
Two blast furnaces As inches by 40
feet will be installed. Each charge Of
ore and coke viii be accurately weighed
before going into the furnaces by a
system OF charge cars which VIII be
resting directly upon scales. The
charge cars will be moved from the
scales to the furnace doors by a small
electric motor The blast furnaces are
elevated above converter plant so that
matte from the settlers will run direct
ly to the converters in launders. The
Stag VIII be carried away by stag cars
running on tracks underneath
A large steel dust chamber, so feet
by lao feet by 30 feet high, Will be
provided and will have ample capacity
to settle blast furnace dust and con-
verter dust as the gases pass through
Four ReverberatOrtes.
-Four reverberatOries viii be installed
having hearths Is feet by 80 feet, leav-
ing foundation space for a fifth furnace.
Zach furnace viii be equipped with a
waste heat boiler Of 100 horsepower ca
pacity and space be provided for econ
Omlzers. Furnaces viii be charged from
calcine cars running directly overhead.
and conveyed by cranes to the convert
ers. The Stag viii be skinned directly
into large stag pots running on tracks
underneath and just in front Of the
furnaces.
The main aisle Of the converter de-
partment will be 55 feet wide and will
De equipped with two 40 ton electric
travelling cranes. Six vertical convert
ers of the Great Falls type viii be in
stalled al the start \ casting aisle
will be provided, to be equipped with
the cranes IN the old smelter. These
viii be used for casting copper and
converter Stag and for crushing and
handling secOndaries, etc.
A steel chimney IS feet in diameter
and $50 feet in height, lined with sill
cious brick will be erected. The flUes
VIII be short. The reVerberatoTy flue
viii be larger than VIII be necessary
for mere conveying of gas to the chin
ney because this viii allow Of dust be-
ing precipitated in the flue- To &C
c0mplish this the flue will be built up
on columns with a. hopper bottom with
chutes so that the dust may be collect
ed in cars which viii run on a track
directly underneath.
VIII smeIt 25OO Tons Daily.
The plant viii smelt $500 tons of ore
daily, but for the present little more
blast furnace OF converter air capaci-
ty will be needed. Another steam tur-
bine unit a duplicate of the present
one and another motor generator set
VIII De ms LdIl6Q- Inc estimates include
a cooling tower for the power house
and furnaces.
To haul Stag calcines, flUe dust, etc,
two 1S-tOn electric locomotives and six
220 cubic feet Stag cars will be re-
quired
But little alteration will be made in
the shops, although a few necessary
tools viii be installed, being necessary
In construction Of the new plant and
making repairs during operation of the
com pleted plant
The offices Of the superintendent and
clerical force will be combined and en-
Iarged. A new fire proof warehouse
will be constructed steel for which viii
be obtained from the old smelter build
ing, which will be demolished. A fire
proof oil house. equipped with the Bow
ser system Of pumps will be constructed.