The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-23
OHIO ZINC co. TO
FIRE FURNACES
SUNDAY EVE
(From Fridays Daily.)


The Ohio Zinc company which has
practically completed the first unit
Of it's plant on the location Of the
former F. & c. c. shops. will be pro
ducing zinc oxide within ten days
The twelve huge furnaces win be
fired for the first time Sunday night
and the first charge will probably be
shoveied in by the following Sunday.
The operating personnel Of the
company will be Mr.. A b. Augustine.
superintendent. MIR. F. b Thomas.
Mr.. r s. Fitch. chemist and engi-
neer and Mr.. W. X. Thomas, cashier.
The Whetherili Process of extract
ing zinc oxide Will be used and the
plant was especially designed with
this in view. This process has been
in general use for many years and
ample tests have proven II the most
successful for producing zinc oxide.
This material is used for the manufac-
ture of paint and rubber products
which makes a good field for this
company either in peace times or In
war.
The making of rubber tires utilizes
very large proportion OF the zinc
oxide produced and the fact that there
are only about eight plants OF the kind
in the country. with the demand for
the material constantly growing. gives
to this concern splendid market pros
poets for the future. Akron. Ohio.
where $4,000 tons are used each yea:
makes a good market and Detroit is
another one.
Tie raw materials have been CON
tracted 20 that there will be no draw
backs from this source. The ore
comes from the Leadville district and
the coal which 10 an anthracite dust
comes from the Crested Butte field.
Several cars of ore have already been
shoveled into the bins and 1000 tons
OF coal are at hand. The ore bins
have a storage capacity of 1000 tons
and they will be filled up as rapidly
as possible SO as &c insure an ade-
quate supply at all times.
The plant which consists of packing
plant, crusher and sampling mill. fur
naces and bag house. was built along
the most modern lines with every fea-
ture for the efficient handling OF the
raw materials and the finished pro-
ducts fully utilized. In fact. Mr.. Aug
ustine, who had complete direction
of the construction. worked out some
features that are new and distinctive.
The plant of course. will run night
and day with several shifts to keep
the work going. Fifty tons OF ore
and IS tons of coal in q mixed charge
will be used each day and the fur
nsces will be charged every six hours.
Using 20% ore. the production will
be ten ton a day. About rs men will
be employed at the start.
Unlike most sme'ters this plant Will
give OF no smoke. no delete.ious
fumes and no Objectionable smell of
any kind The fumes will carry the
matter which ls the most valuable
and the zinc oxide will be collected
by the process which goes on In the
bag house.
Only one unit has as yet been built
but It Is planned to stnrt the construc-
tion OF another unit in the near fu-
ture.
The Ohio Zinc company is a stable
organization. is well financed and is
entering the field because 1t feels
there Is an opportunity for such a
plant The men who make up the
company have excellent regulations
for reliability. experience and good
business dealing and their three or
four months residence in Canon City
bears out amply all that has heen
said for them. The company isn't
much for publicity. n fact. 1t frowns
upon II and is only allowing this news
story because 1t feels the people OF
Canon City have a right to know some
thing about It's plant and method Of
operation.
Messrs. Thomas. Augustine and
Fitch havo very kindly feeling to-
ward Canon City and its people and
appreciate the way they have been
treated since coming here. Their
opinion is that Canon City Is an ideal
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