Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-05
IRETURINC KSANACONDA STACK
 WILL SEEK RICHES ADDS ID EFFICIENCY HIN MEXICAN RILLSSAVES PROPERTY

DO 4nCuA.s Jdu- f.-1OulDleIlOn of the gigantic stack of the AnacOnda Copper Mining company at it's Washoe reduction works at AnacOnda, Mont. which is the tallest chimney in the world by more than a dozen feet and with it's other dimensions immensely greater than it's nearest rivals, calls attention to the company's elaborate smoke and fume-treating plant which is part Of the S2,0O0,OOO stack and Hue improvement program designed to add about l per cent to the WashOe plants recovery of metals and to re- move any possible danger of damage from fumes in the surrounding farm ing country
 The recovery of arsenic will form one of the big features of the plant Conducted through a vast flue system from the furnaces the smoke will pass into chambers where will hang III miles of chains. electrified by a high tension current. All the metal par tieles in the gas are electrified by con tact as they pass through the links. and are violently repelled to be at tracted by great plates between which the chains are suspended. these plates being grounded to form a negative pole. When the plates have become thickly coated the circulation will be diverted, the current shut off and the accumulations will drop into hOppers from which they will be carried 10 a special reverberatory furnace for treating. The gases from these furn- aces will pass to a new arsenic plant for precipitation before returning to the main Hue system.
 From the base of the old Washoe stack, which stands nearby, the lower part of which will be retained as part of the Hue when the structure is Tazed, the extension system passes in a double structure between the two sections of the smoke treaters with ground dimensions of 110 by BIO feet. each containing two units. There are 20 chambers through which the gases will be diverted through sort of shut ter valve, and whence they will emerge to pass out through the big stack after the electrical separation.
 The capacity per minute of the smoke treaters aud the stack will be 3,000,000 cubic feet of hot gas mixed with 1.0O0,000 feet of cooling air.
 The exact height of the new stack officially is given as 5S5 feet l 1-2 inches with the outside diameter at the base S6 feet. the inside diameter 75 feet four inches and the inside diameter at the top 60 feet. with the walls at the base five feet four inches thick and gradually tapering toward the top
 The action of the directors of the Consolidated in declaring the usual dividend was just as much of a surprise to Wall street as was the reduction in the dividend of the Anaconda Copper company on Tues day Following the cut in the Ana conda's distribution it was the general that similar action would be taken by the Inspiration directors. and one wager is reported to have been made in the financial district that the Inspiration dividend would be reduced to s1 per share.
 That the position of the Inspiration is different from other pro ducers. however. is indicated by the statement made by an official after the meeting. This fact had not been understood in any quarter. and the announcement came as com plete surprise. especially that part Of it which showed that the company had a large accumulated surplus for divi- dend purposes.
 Of course. with the company mere ly confining it's operations to mining the copper ore. and not handling smelling and refining. it can be seen that large amount of money is not needed to carry on the business. Com panies like the Anaconda require large amount of money as in many cases the copper is not paid for until it is actually in the hands of con sumers.
 It requires from 90 to i20 days to mine ore and put it through the va rious processes until it becomes mar ketable refined copper. so that long time elapses before many companies receive any money for their metal. This is true also with concerns that have a surplus on hand, and the differ ence in the position of the Inspiration company permitted the directors to continue the dividend