Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-02

srade "a Stack coal aad insure ample
boiler capacity for all anticipated
needs 40 well a. a minimum censump-
ton Of coal and labor charge. AID.
paratua for the removal OF ashes haa
been ordered Green sucron ash
handling systeInl and preparations are
now Ia progress for It's erection. The
boiler room costs FOR sho generaticn
Of steam VIII be brought down 10 a
minimum. The smoke stack Ia OF the
self supporting type. built OF steel. ~
feet IN diametur. and erected on q
reinforced concrete base, its total
height being los feet Three conn
pound duplex boiler feed water pumps
OF the outside packed plunger tyne,
together with necessary feed-wnter
heaters are provided.
Engine Generator Equipment. The
equipment Of the electrical generation
plant consists OF three NOrdburg don-
bic expansion engines. operating at
zoe r. y. ~, The high pressure cyl
inder "a "a inches ii diameter. the low
pressure go inches IN diameter, stroke
as inches, The generator Is an Allis
Chalmers, mounted on the crank
shaft Of 1850 XIV. output and Of the
3 phase. so cycle type. generating at
$50 volts fun equipment or aux
iliaries for running condensing IL pro-
vlded. tho Circulating pump equip
ment being IN duplicate For fur
nishlng power 10 santa RITA ana the
various sub-stations the current "
stepped W to $4,000 volts, ateD-down
transformers being provided az the
points OF use, The entire plant "a pro-
vlded with the best Of apparatus with
view 60 economy OF operation ana
low power cost.
Plant Buliding.---The machine shops
are placed IN iiuc with the coucen-
traitor to the south and at the most
, convenient place Cor the handling OF
the heavy machinery from the mill
for repair. bv Ihe Industrial railway.
the town " Hurley lying back ON the
mesa. ana to lhe west of the crude
ore bins rhe carpenter shOp lies ia
tho north 0t the eoncentfator build.
ing and within a convenient distance
of the railroad tracks. the entire ar
rangemont Of lhe plant buildings be-
ing compact and convenient for an
purposes.
The crude ore bins ana coarse
crushing plant form one structure. the
rude orc bins havlng a capacity OF
Approximately 5000 toms 0f crude
ore. Tho coarso crushing plant has
boon desiEuod 20 permit % dupii-
cate sat of machinery being Installed
II necessary al a future time. The
present equipment consists OF one No.
eyratory crusher and one set OF az
x2e inch Garfield rolls, the rolls
woihgng l75.o0o pounds, together
with the necessary elevator, eonveyoFn
and grlzzlien The crude ore bins are
equipped with cOnvcyor belts and au-
tomato feeders. the bins being 800
feet long by 30 feet wide, and cDrry-
ing two lines ct tracks.
The coarse crushing plant b con-
nected with the fno ore bins OF the
mill section by an inclined conveyOr
is4 feet long between the cdeea 81
tho buildings. the total length Of the
conycyor being approximately 1895
feet between centers.
Riiu Bailding The min building is
"a steel structure on concrete f0unda-
tions enclosed with salyaulzod iron.
The floors are reinforced concrete.
Each section OF the mill "a 30 feet
wide hy sii feet long, between ceR-
ters of the extreme column lines. The
total size of the nve sections viii be
$50 feet wide by sii feet long
The fine ore bins are round steel
tanks with reinforced bottoms. there
helng two 90 each section Each bin
has capacity Of 1900 tons. approxi-
matoly There belns 1000 tons storage
Ia each section. Each bin Ia equipped
with two feeders ana one eonveyor
belt AZ the heaA of tho Inclined
tonyeyor. az rs discharge. there 10
being Installed an automatic sampler
FOR taking of me head sample after
ihe ore las been crushed IN the
eoarse-crushlng plant The head SAM