The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-31
Tried to Get Old Works.

When Urquhart recovered from the 1917-191S years.
he tried twice, in 1921 and 1926 to obtain concession
his old works He at that time, broadly limited that
without his cultured help and experience these works
could not be restored. He knew of course, that his
agents, the retreat of Kochak had done all they
could to destroy the works But the example of Kara
bash heroic page in the history of the restoration of
Soviet economy: it worked exceently without Urquhar
Karabash is now one of the main copper-smelting
works in the Urals Step by step having to re-
store those parts of it, which wrecked by Urquharts
agents. One by the mines being restored, fur
naces for smelling copper are being put into notion
three months ago the reverberaory furnace for smet
ing copper dust and foreign substances restored
The Kyshtmsk electric refining works. which before the
refined Urquharts copper land this refining includes
the separation of gold and silver of which the copper of
the Urals contains high percentage) refined in the
course of the last year. 7340 tons of Soviet copper
1870 more than before the
Urquhart Annoyed.
But it is only the excellent work of hs" factories
that nfuriates Urquhart The most painful thing for
him is the fact that instead of the old limited company
the present monOpOsts of the production of copper in
the Uras (and of the whole U. s. S. R) the workers
who used to work in his factories in the form of the
Soviet Government. More than this: In addition to the
existing works, huge Soviet Bogomoov copper-smelt-
ing works is being built in the Uras which will smelt
10000 tons yearly This factory is not being built on
the Urquhart pattern. If anyone looking over his
factories and the living quarters of this Administration
and highly qualified technical staff had asked Urquhart
"But where will the workers lve?" he would probably
nave cOHslueTeu maunan Une question OF homes
for workers worried him. But in the construction
of the Bogomoov works. the first thought has been given
to the workers homes Last year 600 thousand roubes
were spent use-buildng, and this year one million
will be spent Forty houses already completed in
GLIDING several large communal houses" The cooper
ative buildings, the school, hospital club and communal
dining rooms are also finished
Health of Workers to BE Safeguarded.
The smelling of copper in the new factories will be
carried on by means of burning sulphur, ORE whereby
sulphur gases will be given off. In Karabash, built by
Urquhart these gases poisoned the population for
eral miles around. But in the Bogomolov works, they
will be collected for the production Of suphuric acid
And rest assured that the representatives Of the
Defence Of Labor, who in Urquhart days had to wink
at much that went otherwise the factories would
have been closed DOWN. will it that the health of
the workers in the new factories is safeguarded.
The Bogomolov works the last word in technique
the builders having studied the construction of American
coppersmelting works. Ore COKE and other materials
essential to smelling will be supplied continuously by
means Of the conveyor.
Very three of the works in the Urals will have an
output of 2l500 tons Of black copper To cope with this
increased output the Kyshtmsk works will be enlarged
and electric refining works opened in Sverdovsl
The one-tme slaves Of Urquhart, without his "cul-
tured assistance have managed only TO restore but
to develop the output and development Of copper the
Urals.