The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-07-30
NEW REFINERY AND NEW SULPHUR|C
 ACID PLANT
Most Important News In The Min ing Field That Has Broken In The Miami District In Several
 Years Made Public Today

Miamf@The most important news in the mining field that has broken in the. Miami district in several years came today with the announce ment that the International Smelling Company will in the near future build both complete refinery and 8 sulphuric acid plant in connection with the International Shelter of Miami, treating the ores of the Inspi, ration Consolidated Copper Co.,, and the Miami Copper Co.,, as well as custom ores from various sources. The farreaching importance of this announcement to the Miami district from an economic viewpoint can scarcely be over estimated. It will mean the construction Of large plants for the refining of the copper matte that heretofore has been shipped to refineries on the eastern seaboard; :; and another plant for the manufac- ture of sulphnric acid from the sn,elt- CT fumes and fir r,n tine sulphur con tenet of the matte that has heretofore gone to the eastern relneries. With the completion of the plants, it will mean the employment of hundreds of additional sorkmen for their opera ton, with the corresponding increase in population and growth of the dis trict.
 The building of these new plants is in the line of modern evolution in the shelter industry, and in fact, in all industry, to fully develop the pos abilities for the recovery and utili- zation of by-products in connection with the parent industry. Already large orders for structural building steel for the new plants have been placed with the steel foundries. The plans contemplate the refining of the copper output of the Old Dominion Copper Company of Globe in the new refinery as well as the product of the Inspiration and Miami Copper com panies. The output of sulphuric acid will be shipped to great powder factory near Benson, Ariz. where it will be utilized in the r1asiIfd acture Of dynamite by new corporation which will in the near future erect plant at that place. c. B. Mills formerly general manager of the In spiration Copper Co.,. is president oi the powder manufacturing corpora ton, which it is undrstood, is an as sociation of the copper producers oi Arizona who will in the future manu fracture the dynamite used in theil mines from the sulphuric acid output
 of their own smelters.
 Following the erection of the In spiration Consolidated Leaching plan vast amounts of the byproduct, sul phuric> acid will be used for this pur { pose While not generally known 1T 1 this district, it is a matter of record that the Inspiration developed satis factory teaching treatment of thei7 oxidized ores and are now completing | plans for the installation of this new
 mill. Miami Copper O., is also work ing on various teaching processes ant
 will undoubtedly use the acid iron this new plant as source of theil leachng acids.
 The importance of this announce
 ment to the district can best be under
 stood, when it is stated that the pay ] rolls of the new refinery, acid ant | teaching plants will equal that of ; 1 producing copper mine so their cons truction is really equivalent in i'm | portance to the district to the placin, on producing basis of big new [ copper property.