The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24
termed after the mighty ~ork~ n
Great Falls. Montana

In building his smelter thc en-
neers had to contend vlth difficult
ties unknown before. No ONE rad
ever constructed a snueltST At 1900
feet above the sea, and he experts
said that furnaces could not he run
at that -ltitude. They claimed thai
the air was 80 rare that you would
have to blow through the fire several
times - much air pr minute IS =
usually done in order - secure he
oxygen sufficient for the reaction.
Nevertheless. the syndicate determln-
ed 10 try il. They got the best men
they could find and put up the build
tnSS- But the furnaces would not
work and n engineer after another
came here and left, throwing NJ his
hands in despair. At last there VAS a
man from Mexico who had passed
through Missouri and had To he
shown. He said ne did not believe
that the figures old The real story.
re was an old smeiter man aud he
said the furnaces did not sound right.
He began by taking OF all the guagcs
and putting the blasts in such i Way
that ne got the right sound H.. then
started TO working and. 10 the plant
did its work.
Up to that time il looked a. though
these mines, which had already cost
tens of millions. would fail. The
Ndpit1iLSlS Hodt'u III money IKE
water. ana they had poured in SO
much that they could not let 90. Since
that discovery their fight has been
successful and il is now a proposition
which pays exceedingly we'll. As soon
"a they discovered the secret OF the
smelling they got an expert engineer.
named Frank hlepetko, VINO had been
connected with the Guggenheirns, and
who had built. | think, the Smelter At
Great Falls, Mont, 1t was he who
planned the great buildings here N
made them successful lie introduced
new inventions and put in treatments
that are especially fitted for these
mines and works high up on the roof
Of the world. one OF the curious
things used is called the cindering
machine. This takes the fine ore and
turns il into Il coke 50 that il can be
easily smiled.
But | wish | could take You through
this great working monument Of
: American industry that has been
= created away out here on the top Of
= the Andes | should like to show YOU
|, our men directing the work and boss
,, ms the mines. ! Woul show You the
o., lore as it flies over an American rail
: ~oad and We could watch it as il roll
. from the ears TO the furnaces. W.
: might even open the furnace door:
and see the crimson copper hlaZins
! within. We would feel flames tina
are sever times hotter than thos'
= through which Meshach, Shadracl
and Abednego walked ana later on il
- the converterS We could watch III
20 liquid gold eTnptied by = ~seNenty-tol
= crane, worked from above. We cOul'
- see the golden sulphur flying of int
- the air, and tho iron Stag runnin
- away while the pure copper, SilVe
- and gold flowed into the mOlds. "
"a could see the metal change in colo
-. as it cooled and watch the roun
" blocks Of 900 pounds AS they yer
loaded on to the airs TO be shipped I
'e the States.
IN [ spent thc better part ~ a day
10 the Smelter, and il made me fe'
e proud that ] was an American horl
The output of the works. a. | HAY
eT said, is now more than 100000
pounds CT matte every month, and tin;
n means 1000 600 pounds of cope
is silver and gold. It is equal 10 MOI
at han $4,000 pounds every day OF
y, more than 5000 pounds every hour
the day and the night. Sunday ar
eo wee days al the year through.
Ill FRANK c.. CARPENTER
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