Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-22
SWANSEA SHELTER
ON PAYING BASIS
IS REPORT RECEIVED
Reconstruction of Freak
Smelter Built hy George
Mitchell and Now Con
forms with Modern Smelt-
ING Methods.
MINERAL EXHIBITS
URGED AT FAIR

PHOENIX, Jan. 21.-We are In
formed that the shelter at Swansea.
IS now on a successful basis, ana Is
said 10 be producing 100000 pounds
Of copper a month. However. most
Ct this is from custom ores.
The smclter was an extraordinar.
freak designed by George Mitchell
and the design was absolutely con.
trary TO successful smelling expert
ence. It's hood was a square cham
Der as big as a four room cottage and
az variance with all smelling practice
' z was larger at the top, instead OF
icing narrow for the purpose OF
mpinging the heat upon the charge
However, the smelter has undergone
reconstruction and Is now more IL
conformity with common smeltfna
practice
II is evidently the purpose of the
present company ard MANAGEMENT 10
make the buildings successful. (The
REORGANIZATION of the comnany was
EOticed in our columns last week.
The present management started in
with great many drawbacks and i'm
pediments 10 overcome. The plant
had to undergo a radical reconstruc-
fiOn besides the additions that were
required Then the portion OF the
nine thar was supposed to supply
are was cayed and no ore could be
extracted. We are only too glad to
chronicle the overcoming of these
difficulties. The disappearing is
done BY two conVerters, recently In
stalled and the matte is handled by
an electric crane of forty tons capaci
". An addition to the plant now I'M
der construction is a reysrberafory
furnace 19x10S feet in dimensions. be.
sides other minor improvements
A Mineral Exhibit.
Although it Iay appear a littIC
premature. iaE't it time we began to
hostir ourselves to make a creditable
exhibition of Arizoua's mineral pro,
auctions at the worlds fair. We have
lust two years TO prepare and il is
not too long 10 arrange for and pre-
pare the exhibition we ought to have.
1t would be seen by the eyes OF the
whole world and our productions
would be amazing not only 20 mining
people but the public in general. The
- hibition OF the Copper Queens col
lection OF ores would be a revelation.
But We want every county and every
district TeDresepted and not only
showing the productions OF the com,
ron metals, but ibe rarer metals as
well and we have quite a few OF
these If the legislature is going to
do anything, the subject should be
taken in hand this next session; min
iatH-es of our big mines and smelt.
ers would be most interesting. How
would just one days production OF
one of our copper miutes look piled
up The majority could scarcely
credit such an exhibition 70 be only
one days production. We might
have q miniature mine IN operation
and a smelteT. with conyerters and
a production OF copper ingots One
OF the gold mines might have small
stamp mill and snow their yellow
metal productions. Probably Gold
ROADS, Tom Reed or Oatman Co,
would consent to do this United
Verde Copper Queen and Calumet &
Arizona might furnish the copper
plant Another suggestion would be
copper concentration. The Miami
might he asked 10 do this. Then
there IS she Clifton and Morenci com
panies VINO would no doubt help with
practical Illustrations and there are
maay other phases OF the subject
that might be taken up. But how
are We going 10 start and carry il
cut. The legislature surely ought to
take the t3itiatiye For cur state TO
10 rightly represented, world mean
great deal in pFese1fia- its import
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