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Show :r from dig cotton-woou. cotton-woou. , , Chica ia! Cwrcipondence of tlie Hirald. . terrible n tlie MoiuitalUB.-The Re lor SCVe ail Work or the Ilftwkeye COUOtlCf ig ami Smelting Company- State. Uulllou. .ilUcellaneoiiH OVCr J0 one of v lvili.k, Big Cottonwood Dist., "'f' October 2, 1S71. 0 iing the summit to-day from the iarmcre id district, I found that the Gres st itorm had quenched the fires rapidly javc lately been destroying vast under a s of timber throughout this densely on both sides of the Wasatch, The inl c exception of a small patch of reportc timbered ground near the thing b take a half century to re-supply i of timber caused by these lires, limber is scarce and tho demand onstantly on tho increase, the it penalty of tho law should be not cx out without mercy to the each reis who lire the woods. It was Jition cat difficulty that this town was from destruction, and residents iy that there is no doubt but that ods were maliciously set on lire. ( VWKEVE 3IILLINU AND K.MKLT- A 0 INCi COMPANY .TtinVr1 heir reduction works located in '' lie. At present the company )nly one furnace in operation, iy arc preparing to erect another, iightman, the superintendent, pUK lonatructiug the works substan- in all necessary rcsccts, has d the too common mistake in -r)OU enterprises, of indulging iu It yi i and ornamental cxtravagan- oi'iosii The blast furnace is a model of uical construction and has been ifully running for a week upon ora the Kichmond mine at Sil- QE rk. As it works well and tho at Lifa 'building it was comparatively a short description may provo rest to thoso contemplating tho $X n of furnaces. The base of tho o for a height of four feet is cir- Xj w ind is inclosed by a cast iron whitoi work (manufactured in Salt llbout 1 :ity) which also supports the up- ono'bri ortion of tho furnace and il. Sav. tack. This frame-work con- rowarti columns resting upon and fTT d by iron plates and held to- J r by rods, and is an improvement tho old style of stone pillars con- i by arches, in malting it convent- r) repair or renew the base of the CO 30. From tho top of this frame-and frame-and supported by it, a tube of iron, lined with lire-brick, reach- , the food gate, and tho upper ' ion is simply a smoke stack, body of tho furnaco within iron frame is built of Qre-f Qre-f adobes, and the wall is about Vfl I teen inches thick; tho depth of IVI I bath below tho slag plug is teen inches, and tho enlire depth Af(J1 jo furnace below tho feed gate is ecu feet. Tho slag furnace is one n ai ie "good old kind, ' built of stone, ,Uj cheap, and yet it answers purpose for which it was intended, company slag thoir galena ore, fcToci work the richer oro raw. The on obtained is very rich, reaching tt t t lueof $700 por ton. Ililjl co-operative smelling cstabiisu-t cstabiisu-t is about to be erected here so I n formed. ; ossrs. Scwell & Co. are still burn- -jj i large amouut of coal for smelting loses. They have a contract to ish the Knglish company at Ding- . canon with 25,000 bushels. K E iic residents of this district say o they will make a determined tto keep open the road down the iti during the winter. Yours, p'o |