Show THE MASON VALEY SMELTER times yerington nev the mason valley smelter blew in last saturday january 6 1912 this is the news the people of this district have been waiting to hear for several months past it is the best beat news that we have been able to chronicle for a long time the ton unit of the smelter was fired up some two weeks ago zini and copper ore from the nevada douglas and other properties began to pile up in the smelter bins at that time but it was not until last saturday that the first charge of ore went into the furnace the plant is running perfectly and there have been no hitches or delays since the red metal began to pour out of the furnace this is phenomenal and speaks loudly for the efficient construction of the plant under the of mr jules le barthe the construction of the plant began about fifteen months ago and when completed to the capacity of 1000 tons per day will have cost close to the present capacity of the plant is tons per day but it is expected that the second furnace will be ready for business inside of thirty days from now at the present time the smelter is being fed by tons of ore a day from the ne vada douglas about the same amount from the mason valley and a few tons of custom ore but there will be a great amount of custom ore in the near future the hauling of the ore from the two big mines is taxing the motive power of the nevada copper D belt elt road to its full capacity and the company is now looking for another engine there are in the neighborhood of men employed at the smelter from to at the nevada douglas mine about 60 at the mason alason valley mine and tram with more going on daily and about 25 on the copper belt road this will make a good substantial pay roll in the district and it will grow larger rather than smaller the ore being sent to the from the nevada douglas will average between 6 and 7 per cent copper the mason valley bre ore is said to average 4 to 5 per cent but we believe killgo will go much higher while small bunches of custom ore will run from 10 to 50 per cent surely the district is on the verge of the most prosperous times it has ever experienced A feeling of assurance and contentment prevails and throughout the district renewed activity is being displayed in developing ve numerous promising prospects |