Show THE CLARA CONS SMELTER arizona enterprise starting out with fine prospects for the future special correspondence los angeles gala cala may 10 word has just been received here that the smelter of the clara consolidated gold copper mining 1 company has been blown in and that this company has now taken a position w th the other large producers of copper in the united states the smelting smelling sm elting plant of the clara consolidated soli dated is one of the most modern in the united states every practical laborsaving labor saving device known today having been utilized in its construction the plant consists of a ton bast furnace and a converter plant capable of producing forty five tons of copper mining per day the converter build ing is of structural steel and is equipped with a 50 ton traveling crane the handling of ore from the mines to the works is all done with electric power to attain the above results it has been necessary to expend a vast amount of money and energy when the clara con sol dated took over the properties embraced in the present ownership very little more than prospect work had been done upon the various claims mr george mitchell the president and general manager of the company a man of lifelong ex presence ence in the copper world however recognized the value of the properties and with his characteristic energy began their development at this period in the companas comp anys history the mines were twenty five miles distant by wagon road from the nearest railroad station so that all materials had to be handled by wagon it being necessary even to handle water for the camp supply in tanks a distance of approximately five miles at the very earliest opportunity the company installed a inch ginch G 6 water line from the B ll 11 williams river with large storage tanks situated about the camp this pipe lice flue furnishes a daily supply of gallons of water besides the 6 inch line there is an auxiliary 3 inch line for emergencies As s the development of the properties increased in importance and the necessity for a large smelter became imperative the company turned its resources toward the construction of a broad gauge railroad from bouse station on what is called the parker cutoff cut off to its camp in swansea the construction st of the railroad was rapidly pushed to completion and on the of february this year was finished into swansea with a spur track up to the smelter ste site which enabled the company to handle its heavy machinery machinery by rail to the point of installation besides the construction of the railroad and the smelting smelling sm elting plant and the development of the mines on a large scale the compa company has also erected substantial build ings for the housing of employees office purposes store and warehouse build buildings in fact has built a small town so that were there are now over a thousand people who are comfortably provided for in every day all dwellings are supplied L with running water and electric lights and mr mitchell has built for his own use a magnificent residence which is equipped with every convenience of a modern city home when it is condi considered dered that all of these enterprises have been carried forward to their present state of comp eltion within a period of eighteen months and under the adverse conditions wh which ch had to be overcome the development of the alara consolidated soli dated to a producing basis establishes a new record in copper mining tae large tonnage of ore already developed and the facilities for handling it that have been installed taken in conjunction with the copper and gold values of the ore mean that the clara consolidated has assumed an important position in the copper world |