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Show ! m IMS VAST COPPEBjESOUBCES Mines ftt Chuquicamata Are Being Developed on Gigantic Scale. BIG REFINING PLANT Company Is Said to Have in Sight 200.000,000 Tons of Copper Ore. cry bnef paper co "tr:i.. orern-::rs orern-::rs of the Ch: Fp!o:ut!on company At i'-a.-iifiM. E. A. C. Smith, chief irro'ilhirsist of the oompa nv, l es but - i shot l:is:iht it: to th inline ns'.ty of V?. r.-ir.es or yh-int. The ooinranv Is said u hiv over ;.0.'.'(iS -,1 tons of or in .-'.sh:. say thf Vinltis a nl Engineer! ns W.rli. The '. tsi unit of the plant now building w.U !uv a dAily capacity of li0V tons. electrolyte- rer'iucry will have a fa-ra.ity fa-ra.ity of alv.:! "Ih'.c'.hi pounds of copper wr .isv, j Te oe he r.lve! bv jtnf shovels. : 7 ? o-e wi!; he :!.i::?;ior;fJ to tbe miil. '.stAn: arv.it two a::.! a half miles from :f r.'ine. in artdard American s.i'.ise ri'.:-v'.i cars of slviv to:? capacitv each. a::.'.:: h! :re rhir.t, the ore wi" :irst ras ' - h cv-:;torv cr .:?K-rs. thence t.rvu-h 4"-i.ich Svr.or.s d'.c ornshers a:;d t.r.A. : t -rc-nth G.i : I eld rolls until a rr ts or-: M.:r-t-.i cf atxvit j-ir.-'h mesh. J 7 ore w it b- carr.ed on ror.fMi,' be.-s f r m tr-.e crushing phmt, stter --aiii-I T-'.'Ti to te :-:ch::;; ai. Kaon of t.;e I !? .-"v." vai has the follow.:-.; d::r.e-i-- :rr feet w :he. I-."1 fee! Ions and 16 I eh. The !.-hh:; vm?. six in num- br. ..'. he r.H. ei e:ul to end. Nearly Automatic. The tel t il e '. : e r . r. t 1 ; ore f rrt m the :r.?'- :'sr.'. '! . e d .-har-re 1 into the iv:rie vd'.s wi::. he a:,l an el--tr:.' trsve.Lrir rr:.ic? $r Ar.r.:r.$ an i traveller i t r;:re ie:.-:;h -'f the ira l-.m: i.ir.ks. T re he-.i &v.:i w ashei re--!'.i'.:e w:!l i-e rs : v o.: : r o r.-. the 1 e a c 1 : t n c tanks b y a :;-:or. era? b.'.-ke: tr-.iv-'.in.c on a;i ur.-V:i..r. ur.-V:i..r. ':r:-:.ce &:: aher ..'v.ri:nc. ni f cf"" ere-i or'o a oonveyir.s t'lt to- .;T:i: to t.e taii-r.cs d.ir:? ' 7- '.-.kr are ":e.:. h::'.l: of heavily r--;;;r: L'or..rete. ari whl h lined vr'th --5V0 arrr-a": :j ir.-he. h!:k. T'Ms t.inJt : r - h.is ?-er: r. ex sope i r--v the V-.l- -i c a s; ecially refine-I Tr:ri- oJ. ?.?r '"?.; r-.lx'ure. to whlh 15 arfdeJ cr.'"'-iJ. - , a r s ;r t-ai:: Pr.. i:- Nr.'.rr. of the 'earhirc tarks .e so h : t : o " w : " ! he re rr. o '' r1."! t h r- i: c " r.:r.i '.x-'r:h orerirss ey:ai.v rii?.r:b'-tr rii?.r:b'-tr er t a :-. . A rV..r-'r -"Ttn1., :.-.r.-;::.-g ?f t".1 Iayrs ci two-inrh r'aj-.ks sr.''-. a layer of t. - r - - : t r-afirpr te'.ween. t-.11 he .rr.r'O' e h This filter-boTtorr. w i! r:e.i f:r In.he? aho'. e the t otto:n Icf -.e tar.k F-r the rrair. Oh.:r;on ctrc'ilts. nr;' zrA s:x".?r.-:r. h .ei.-iir.t iron 7:re w.Ii he ::?d. Open boot hor:zo-.taI c n:nfi:pil rT.ps. "T-i :e cf tyr ;"e:al. "t:i be used for r ,rr.p.r.; the "f-'o ht-rs. The p-mi? vrh' hve a ca-?.::ty of -rMhic feet rr..:.:e. ele'.ai-r.e to a heisrt nf sixty Ir. the !ea:hire riant the cvrle of or-re-v.iire approx: rr-at'y six days, of tIv ?h one will t.e o:'-pie-i in Mre ire tar", two da;."s :n lra-''r.ir.s. t-ro ; ays 1 r. a -; r z a r.-i ra i n ; r. 5 a n i ere ijay in f -s : r a r c i r s . The solutions w:ll he for.-i'jcte to the lea re tanks by crravity from nine so-!u'.:cr. so-!u'.:cr. sor?.re ta-Vs r'.a above the ei:r..z The oirrienirns of The? sol jti:n stcr se ta r.k a'e a follo'A ? : tapk.i !J bv lc."' by 130 feet; sever. ta-l-:s 12 by TO by l-1? feet. Gravity Is Utilized. T'o the 5ror.? solution tcr.k the so-! so-! ".'JU'T' -?:'. flow h v era v::y tiiro-. ah ' he ! ce-'hlortr.atir.e rlsr;. corslsthne of tw-t---! or.e Th:rty-f:o: !;-? by f n:r-foot ir;de di-a"r:erer di-a"r:erer revolvi-. teel drum? ! i r.e-1 w-.t h ar-he-!T.are. These dr-i-y.s wiii be half , t f -11 h f shot coy-- Fr n m t h ? e d r j ni 5 -re cr ta.-.ire 'h.e cup'rns ch!o- r:"e ir; ;us7en :r,. !11 -?,r.v,- to ?even F'orr T .&-rTs rrae -"f concrete i.r.e-i w. t!i r"as";-: acP'""ilt. Te clear so1., t -on o'er-c' o'er-c' -r:-z v.-: ; : t ra -e i by era v : t y t o t h e eTtroi ;.T.:- ref r.ery. while the t hi "-kere-1 o;:'.rn: corid. together with ar);r"tx:-rrateiy ar);r"tx:-rrateiy 1 per cent of the original S'jhi-:'C' S'jhi-:'C' wi" ? r i':fir r,re---c'?". 7 -p 1 1 e r -r ; v t i c r e f; n e ry w 1 1 r n n h t cf ' - "' t-olyt'r trinhp t h foli-- win? ' Tr. 'cr: Nineteen feet lone1. thr-- ; t.i !r.-he fo.ir feet ten ln'-hes. I .:e-P- T - ey w" II '" e mari e of concrete. .---.t -;:- rra-fl- r;ha it. anl w!:i he i thro-:s'" the ff-.Of. ha, ir.sr in-peio:; 'es ;r le r.ath an: a con' re; wors--- 'a ' vr .r1 her,ea h t'ne row rtf ta rk- - ' ;i : ' ' 1 j u e will he of concrete a n I |