Show VETA COLORADO MINING SMELTER COMPANY the veta colorado mining smelter company located near parral mexico is about to commence operations and to meet the demands of its new mill has installed a very large amount of electric generators and motors the first electrical installation which was to equip the mines was placed place d first and comprised a two hundred kilowatt generator with exciter switchboard transformers etc etc in the generating station also two 75 and one 50 horsepower horse power motors for hoisting at the mine as well as six pump motors two of horsepower horse power capacity each for operating station pumps and one 40 horsepower motor etc this first generator is operated bya by a hamilton corliss tandem compound engine subsequently three additional kilowatt generators were installed with a corresponding number of exciters excite rs switchboard and lightning protection apparatus etc this additional generator capacity was necessary to supply power for the large number of motors which have been necessary to operate the new mill and cyanide plant in all over forty motors are used in connection with the milling and cyanide work totaling about 1000 horse power capacity this in connection with the former electric equipment purchased for the mine makes in all over fifty motors totaling between 1500 and 2 horse power all of the electric apparatus is from the westinghouse electric manufacturing company of pittsburg pa who are represented in mexico by the cla cia Ingen iera im por y atista S A sues of G 0 braniff with all of the machinery installed and in full operation this plant will be one of the largest and most modern in every respect A very complete lighting system has also been installed the compania campania Com pania industrial mexicans mexicana Alexi cana of chihuahua contracted with the veta colorado people for much of its mill machinery and co construction work mr air bernard mcdonald is general manager |