SMELTING THE IRON SAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2452, 7 October 1876, Page 3

SMELTING THE IRON SAND.

Tj«K ioitoMogia a copy of ttio telegrams forwarded by tho Chairman of tho Company (Mr. I), Amlcrwo) ty> Mr. T. Wellington :~ s " '''! >„ , , . ■^i 3w Plymouth, September 25. ThtfiMs vijoroflVo tappinga up to 7 o'clock, this tro¥H((jgV tfliothr^o last \yora an Irnprovoin^'oh'each'Vthor. 1 The only difficulty wan tho metal cooling ' b'oloro getting" into tho mould;) .Several pigs wore/ however, formed. About two tons of metal -were run. JSeing oattafled of the eococw; nil; parties havo agreed to stop tho.ohnrgjn£, aodblovv oi^t, n;ul ; clcnr tho {hmdc6. 1 Iltiavd oh Friday morning, »nd wlllbririg afewbawwUh mo."-I); Anonmon/ , TPhe'Prefcj Agdhoy'a corrcupondont In Noiv Plymouth sent the- foUowinff tclcgrum, which ha» appeared in nil tho pupore throughout tho Colony : — • . ,f! ',»• i , Naw Piymoiitli, September 2fi. Tho ntncltlnoiof tho Iron sand.lH on all hands admitted td bo « kuce'eaa'so far as cohcerhft tho running of tho inetdt. . Since tho first tapping tho metal Jmabconrun aevonior eight times. Ycflterday tho gontjomon who had, gono guarantee for Bmitll rtltliciiMr, Anderson to be relieved jErpm rqeponßib,!!!^'. npw tlfat ,tbolr, objeofcifhd'beenf 'giirned' iff proving that ttio : sand could bo Bmeltcil/' |TI)oy considered that tho company obpdld now proceed, with tho worlc.' Mr I .' Afldorßoh declined, rto that those who guaranteed notified thiit thoy should withdraw, and Htnith gaVo orders. for tho furnaco to bo blown out.' "JChcy hfo'kow omptying tho furnace,;aod nfc each M»ppln# tbp'inotal^low»! nh freely aaMdidafc first. Thero wcro hundred* dt thb workfl'oh Sftiiday ! «bd yesterday to wltncsfl.thrf tapping of the fnrnnco. Tho pJga of iron woigh- nlwut OOlbs. each, and havo tboT>rsrnd.' r tf ,Z.'171.,C6; pUroJron Kartd" on each, JBvcryono hero i« very excited over 4h*'toflLrt'« ;/*>', '" ■ ' ' ' • CohiiWflfltltig 66 thb nbovo, tho Wdllln^ton' ffikititig (Port dayk-^There la ho d6ubt whatover of tho fact that tho onthuslanm, cnrno»t' ; nc(«,nnd determined perseverance pf Mr. K. M. Smith havi/r^KuUeu iri hia complcie'flhcccsa in nniolting tho Tnrnnnki. Iron (snml. Tho Idler telegraroß pubHehedftbjsiovonjqg show that tho smelting hnn been fairly and fully accomplished, and that Uip man^ who, through good and throtigh ' hail report; 'has 'over been Btnunch to tho a«8Crtlofl " that he could aocompli«h<tfie work/Hi^ 1 tibW completely fulfilled biH pledge Everybody in satisfied that up.fdthiapolnt'th'crb^hAtt'lJobn complete' «!iocchs, and iMr. Bmith in therefore entitled to tho fullest hoWr'ftrirfoVcdit. 1 I'M thu nucccHf) of the undertaking, in re commercial and financial point ot'viovfr, bn/< still to be proved. Wjill it pay to manufAptur/| iron in thin sway ? That in a question ,whlch|Cannptj bo doflnitoly answered untif the cost of tho recent process and tho vnluc of tho jron produced have been definitely agcortaincd. ' frqr ycara pant wo hftvo pe intently siippbrtcd 'tbo^fTort» mado 1 to utilise jthii? irop Band,., nud. wq. wotyld fain hope that tho time hfta now come when It will bo shown that theno- efforts ;h?vo not been fruitlcM. Past experience,, howpvor, has made ti*i«Bß fcan^tiino fhavl Kt firkt, nild wo* übftil rc«' servo our opinion until furthor 'data aro forthcoming." ({ 'A A .A Vi i/iiT 'Anil X.'j i /I '\ I