Gunnison news-champion., 1924-05-16

] = +lEE Gal4y. each bundle ties 10
I bales. or 4I25OO bales Of hay daily
We also manufacture wire gates OF
many designs, wgven wire fences Of
$50 different specifications. for rab-
bits. chickens. pigs cattle, horses.
deer. etc Also barbei wire Of POI
different speeifications-paintesi, al
yzniEsd. hog. cattle, etc
In 4 good year we produce 5000
tons This runs one rod 10 a pound.
Our yearly production, therefore, to-
tals = 900 900 rods. or 225 900 miles
or enough 70 reach nine times around
the world
In tacks. We make all kinds, shapes.
and sizes. both single and double
pointed. Various staples are made at
a rate of $50 ter minute and we make
$500 different specifcations in nails.
The smallest Is 3-I5 inches long;
I Ia0476 are required for pound. They
are made by machine at the rate Of
500 n minute.
The largest spike weighs pa 10 the
n. 4 machine makes them at the rate
Of $50 per minute. The largest sire is
used mainly on waryes and by copper
mining companies IN underground
heavy timber work. Among the mon.
interesting Of the different kinds of
nails that We make are the following,
Our blusd nails are made by heat
ing them 10 T20 degrees. This makes
them hygienic. They are shipped in
uaper-lined kegs. When carpenters
and lathcrs hold them in their mouths.
they do rot make the mouth sore
/ Cement coated-sold 20 Sunkist
{ orange packers. In 1920 we sold
.aFl s.#.-L E-Et
f keg makes 1000 boxes, or a total If
/ 2s, ,7s5 900 boxes from 1920 sales.
The By-Product Coke Plant
There are two processes for making
cokc-,he bee hive and the by-product.
/ The by-pFoduct method was first used
. IN the L. (. in 1896, and has progress
ed 80 rapidly tha, last year this meth
Oh produced eighty per cent Of all the
I coke made in the L. $ Our by-pro-
I duct plant consumes 250O tons Of raw
I coal daily, or a total of SO cars Of Is
tons each daily. We first wash the
coal and in 50 doing u tons loses 1.
a ton in washing. From one ton OF
coal by the by-products method, we Sc
cure: 7-l0 tons Of coke. IL 500 cubic
feet OF gas, 25 pounds ammonium sui
phate, 80 gallons ammonia liquor. 10
EaAtoiT tAff " - saiipIs llpilI OIL, ~
gallon bcnEol = gallon toluol, u gal
Ion Xylol, i gallon refined solven,
napthalene. \ pound napthalene.
Almost all our coal Is used for fuel
In our blast furnace to reduce iron ore
TO pig iron-the cleaner the coal, the
better the pig iron. We produce 1000
tons of coke daily, or $4,000 tons
yearly. We sell from 10000 TO no.
600 tons OF coke annually TO foundries.
smelteIs and sugar refineries.
Almost all our coke is used for fuel
fornia where it is used as fertilizer
for orange, lemon, grape fruit and
other citrus trees. We also sell guam
titles of II TO the Hawaiian Islands,
Java and Japan, where it is used as
fertilizer for sugar cane. A four-foot
vein of coal contains enough ammonia
sulphate to keep the ground above it
well fertilized for 500 years, If proper
lly applied.
Ammonia liquor is extracted from
Is secured. We produce 100000 gal
Ions OF ammonia liquor daily.
We produce 10000 gallons of tar
daily. The tar and 50es of the gas
from one ton of coal will produce
1 tflouHu iuti 10 MAKE one Ton OF steet.
34S compounds can be made from tar
alone, and from tar and its compounds
$500 different preparations can be
made. We burn most of our tar for
fuel in our open-hearth furnaces.
Benzol, when treated one way, pro-
duces dyes; treated in another way,
il produces explosives. II also Yields
phenol or carbolic acid, and from car
| - ~. Il
photograph records. All American
J made perfamery comes from benzol.
The higher grades of perfumeries are
imported from Italy, China, Germany
and France. Some benzol Is used in
the rubber industry and some as dry
cleaner. Most of our benzol goes into
motor fuel. It has from 1875 to 20Ts
more power than gasoline, per gallon.
Toluol, when treated one way, pro-
duces dyes; treated in another way, it
I produces saccharine, 500 times sweet
er than sugar. Treated still another
way, produces explosives used in some
cannon shells. Tri-Nitro-Toluol, or
1T. N. T., is extracted from toluol.
i During the war our by-products coke
plant turned out enough T. N. T. daily
I to charge 1000 5-millimeter shells.
tudt NituC pot -PAoudehs NohS
j plant held third place in the nation
i for the recovery Of T. N. T.
i Xyiol, treated one way, produces
paints, printing inks and shoe polish.
Treated in another way, it produces
E"kummel OIL" used for relieving baby
collie 1t also produces soap. Treat
ed still another way, produces the
high grade explosives used in depth
bombs for sinking battle ships and
other ocean-going vessels.
Napthalene is used for making moth
balls.
i Concerning Markets
1 Our wire mills products are sold in
the territory extending from the Miss
ouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and
from Canada to Mexico. Occasion
ally orders go into both Canada and
Moxic0 side from, rails only 1SC<