Show the story 0 of fG garfield fearfield Z Z liquid copper here molten metal Is being drawn from the ber atory furnace at garfield one of the many process in to metal edito note this is the third of a series erle ol 01 f ight eight m id titled tho the story of ct garfield fidd the garfield smelter Is one 0 of the tales state a large consumers ot of natural 6 9 a a 8 consume consuming tig approximately cubic feet yearly this Is enough gas to supply a fair sized city with it its domestic requirements and Is used largely in the furnace the furnace Is the me leeond cond major step in the process of 0 smelting smelling sm elting after the concentrates and a nd ore charge is subjected to a roasting asting rD operation the material that la Is produced la Is then sent to a gas fired euniace having a temperature of from 2200 to 2809 degrees fahrenheit As the charge melts the copper iron and sulphur combine to form a heavy liquid which settles to the bottom while the gangue waste mo materials torm form a slag which floats on top the slag is drawn off and poured into round cone like cars and transported to the slag dump where it la is discharged over the dump the copper iron product which Is called cop copper per matte Is drawn off the tha f aur r nace and transferred to the copper converters this transfer from the to the con converser conver verler jer Is interesting to watch the tha red molten metal la is drawn out ut into a small ditch not unlike a drainage ditch which Is lined with silica atter after traveling about 60 50 feet in this ditch the stream its way into a huge ladle the ladle Is then picked up by a huge overhead crane and dumped into the converter all through this process so s skilled killed workers move quickly and surely to their various tasks american smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company employs over 1000 men at the garfield plant and they have distinguished themselves by having won the army navy coveted K E award tor for their remarkable record in keeping up the flow ot of metal into the war program the tha fourth article to in this series will be published latey latel in these columns |