Show LODER SMELTER AT NELSON enterprise hart calif the grading for the new smelter at nelson eldorado canyon is completed and work is now being pushed on the boarding house and other necessary buildings its capacity will be fifty tons and is the first gas smelter to be erected in nevada being the invention of john S loder of reno air compressors and machine drills for mine operation are also being put in this smelter is being built and the machinery furnished by the smith booth usher company of los angeles george bennett being the engineer in charge of construction the smelter equipment will consist of two fifty horsepower st marys gas engines one ten horsepower lambert gas engine three stack compressors two of which are and one fifty ton loder furnace gas generators and compressors two small air compressors one high pressure triplex pump and several smaller pumps the smelter complete is tty ti cost in the neighborhood of in addition to the treatment of the ores of the santa barbara company the plant is also intended for custom work and when it is in successful operation it will be of great benefit to the district at large |