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E VIII. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORlNIN\G, JUNE 19. 1891. NUMBER 160
& MOUiANA SMELTER
nd Interesting Information
t Thin Great Smelting
Plant.
pleted This Year at a Cost
e and a half Million
Dollars.
to he Erected to Reduce
melter Product to Pure
Copper.
on of the Smelter, Concentra
Stack, Flue, Water Power.
Etc. - A Mammoth
Enterprise.
y of Men to be Employed
Railroulad Irons Will be
~ . Kept Hot.
s Contends That the Tireat
r Smeltere Most of
ecessity be Built at
g reat Falls.
Falls is destined to be distinct
smelting and manufacturing city.
rese in this direction has al
n made in the location here of I
e silver-lead smelter of the
melting company (in successful
n) and of the great copper smel
the Boston & Montana company.
advanced in construction. In I
n to these the Butte & Boston 1
cided to locate its new smelter.
is to be a mammoth one, at this
and it is a matter of but a short 1
until work on this third plant will
progress.
PARTI(''I AR5 AHOUT THE v1MEI.TER.
Enowing the interest generally taken
f aRL-Ne: readers in the progress of
on the great B. & M. smelter, a
ntative of this paper secured from
1. O. Parsons, consulting engineer of
mpany. the following data regard
is important enterprise:
ork on the smelter was commenced
une of last year, and H. Kirkendall
began on their grading contract
e plant in July. At present the
g is all completed. the masonry
oun(lations for the sme-lter and con
ator are tinished. needed outer
gi~idin rg have been erected, the river is
ed by a splendid suspension bridge,
of the machinery is on the ground
the work generally is in such a for
state as to insure its speedy com
n.
THE BMrEIN'rER HUII,DINl.
e smelter will be an iron building,
t long by 225 feet in width, and
cover nearly two and a half acres of
nd. It will he constructed wholly
n and consequently will be fire
. As an indication of the magni
of this structure we can say that it
contain upward of 200 tons of iron
is large enough to demand the pres
in the city today of representatives
the largest brdge and iron firms in the
ntry, who are bidding on the work of
pplymg the material and constructing
e building. This smelter will be thor
ghly equipped with all the machinery
d appliances necessary for handling
tons of ore a day.
It is safe to say the machinery will he
motion and furnaces lighted before
a close of 1891. From the first day the
ter is started 500 tons of ore will be
. ad daily, but all general arrange
t. have been made for treating
a this number of tons, and as soon
first section has been completed
.rk on the extension of the plant will
n, and before many months the com
pany will be ready to handle 1,000 tons
of ore every day of the year. This
means the employment directly in
and about the smelter of several hun
dred men and indirectly in the transpor
tation of ores between butte and Great
Falls and the production and transporta
tion of coal, limestone, sand, clay, fluxes,
etc., of hundreds more. To move 1,000
tons of ore every day from the company's
mines at Butte to this city means at
least sixty cars going each way or from
eight to twelve trains on the constant
move. If no other cause operated, this
traffic of itself would compel the Great
Northern company to build extensive
railroad shops here. They simply can
not avoid it.
WILL BUILD A REFINERY.
The first product of the smelter will be
copper matte which will carry about sixty
per cent. copper. As soon as it is posei
ble to construct a refinery and procure
the necessary machinery, this matte will
be refined here and reduced to 100 per
cent. or pure copper. At no other place
in the west is the process of reduc
tion carried to this limit, and Great Falls
is specially fortunate in having in such
a marked degree all the factors essential
for the suceesful refiniag of copper, and.
ultimately of its manuficture into the
ordinary articles of commerce. The mag
nitude of the smelting plant necessitates
a refinery on the same mammoth scale.
The process to be employed is known as
the electrolytic, and the tremendous
water power developed at Black Eagle
falls renders the success of the process a
certainty. This important branch of the
B. & M's enterprise will be undertaken
as soon as the smelter proper is in opera
tion.
THE C( NCENTRATOR.
The concentrator building is well un
der way. It is to be a frame structure,
130x225 feet in dimensions and will con
tain upwards of 800,000 feet of lumber,
all of which is now on the ground. The
foundations are finished and Contractor
Grant is pushing the frame work rapidly,
so that within six weeks the building
will be completed. The building, shaft
ing and all general arrangements are for
a concentrator of 900 tons capacity
(which corresponds with a 1,000 tonssmel
ter) and the actual machinery is on the
grounds for 000 tons, daily. With the
great abundance of water at hand the
company has been prompted to put in
every possible appliance for carrying the
percentage of saving to the highest point
yet reached. The concentrator will be
supplied with a large number of crush
ers, rollers, hydraulic separaters, jigs, re
crushers, round tables, Flrue Vanners,
settling tanks, and every appliance pos
sible to carry the savings to a high per
centage. The enormous amount of free
water at the command of the company
has induced them to undertake this
large expenditure to bring about thee
desired results. It is confidently ex
pected that when these works are run
ning it will be fully demonstrated that
the miners of Montana can not afford to
reduce their ores at any other place.
However, the company expect to be so
overloaded with their own work that they
cannot entertain the idea of doing cus
tom work. But the field will be open
for others. The company will purchase
as offered rich silver smelting ores.
HOW IT WI.L BE IDONE.
The general process of smelting will
consist of drying, calcining, smelting in l
the latest type of gas furnaces to t
matte anti pig copper, refining to in. 1,
got and finally refining by the electrolytic bi
process, producing from the Montana tr
ores generally known as very base, a pro- ri
duct equal to the very best Lake Supo- ci
rior brands. The facilities of the Boston tc
& Montana company for carrying out hi
this process will be as complete and eco- vi
nomical as any the world knows. ai
THE STACK AND FLUE.
The great stack which the company is tl
constructing, and which could be com- cl
pleted in ten days of good weather, will at
be 150 feet in height from its base, and a
not less than 500 feet above the river. It t
is twenty feet in diameter on the inside, t
and 1.00(x,000 brick will go into its con
struction. The stack is connected with a
the smelter by a double flue, each com
partment being ten feet square. The 0
flue is 1000 feet long. All smoke from q
the smelter passes through the flue and t
stack and is discharged 500 feet above
the river. So Great F'alls will never be M
troubled fronm this smelter with the P
"smoke nuisance." The long flue while
conducting the obnoxious gases to the
stack also serves as a condenser. It is
cleaned about once a year, and the com
pany expect to get fifty per cent. of its
cost every year. Provision has been
made in the stack for additional flues.
TIIE WATER POWER.
A canal 400 feet long and 55 feet wide
capable of supplying over 10.000 horse
power. conducts the water from the danm
to the ,ower house. This canal is nearly
completed. The pen stocks and gate tinm
bers are on the ground and will be put in t
place at once. Contracts for five of the I
latest u proved type of horizontal wheels
have been let an it will not be long until
the water power is ready to "turn on."
The live wheels will develop 2,500 horse
power, needed for the immediate neces
sities 1f the works, but others may be
added as the work progresses, provision I
having already been made for over 10,000 1
horse power.
Some idea of the magnitude of this op
eration may be formed when it is known
that the pumpe alone to supply water to
the concentrator will pump daily 7,500.
000 gallons of water, which is equal to
thirty times the amount of water con
sumnd by the city of Great Falls in the
same time.
OTHER K DETAILS.
The works will be thoroughly lighted
by electricity and being connected with I
the city by electric railway will prove a
special attraction to travelers and tour
ists. Permanent machine repair shops, I
such as are necessary to maintain repairs
of the enormous plant, will when estab
lished, give employment to a large num
ber of skilled workmen. Additional of
fices, boarding houses, etc., will also be
erected, but workmen who desire to do
so can live in the city, as the electric cars
will take them to and from the works at
the proper hours. From the beginning
the company will use over 100 tons a day
of Sand Coulee coal, the consumption of
which will be increased as the capacity
of the works is extended.
COIf T OF THE WORKaI.
Mr. Parsons places the cost of the
plant, when ready for operation in
December next, at $1.5100,0)), and its en
largement and the building of the re
finery the succeeding year will involve
the expenditure of an equal sum.
MUST COME TO GREAT FALILS.
Said Mr. Parsons, in concluding his
review of the great smelter: "When
these works are completed and in opera
tion there will be no trouble in showing
that the copper ores of Montana cannot
be successfully and economically smelted
Y and retined elsewhere. Those having
- old plants may run them for a time, but
a the great smelters of the state will be at
1 tracted to Great Falls as the needle is to
r the magnet. A parallel case is that of
e the Grant smelter, formerly of Leadville.
When it was burned down the proprie
Stor went to Denver and built the largest
f lead smelter in the world. Great Falls,
1 with its magniticent water power and
a cheap fuel, is to Butte what Denver is to
a Leadville. Think of this: The one item of
1- the yearly replacement of pipes in a
small concentrat t utte, due to foul
e. water, will pay 6 per cent on the ceost of
Sa well equipped concentrator at Great
5 Falls."
e Mr. Parsons predicts that before half
a a decade has passed smelter stacks will
a be numerous on the banks of the Mi
n souri river near this city.
THE IIEN'ON OROUP.
H,m. T. M. Collins Interviewed-A Great
Camp, Its Rich Mines and Wonder
tul Prospects.
Learning that the president of the,
First National bank had just returned
from a trip to Neihart, a TasiBun repre
sentative dropped in the bank yesterday
to interview him. Mr. Collins discussed
the prospects of the great camp in his
usual business-like way.
"I understand you are just from Nei
hart, Mr. Collins," said the scribe. "How
is the camp?"
"Well, yes" was the answer, "I have
been to Neihart and think I gave the
camp a thorough examination. Its pros
pects are excellent. In every portion
,eople are working their claims and the
eeper they go the better seems to be
the showing."
"I suppose there are any number of
tine mines?"
"There are at least a dozen that will
prove equal to any in the state. Through
out the showing is an exceptionally tine
one."
"Dl)oubtless you can, by some individ
ual example, give the TaIBUN,:'s readers
an idea of the development work?"
"Well, take the old Benton group.
You know this is now called the Mon
tana Gold, Silver, Platinum and Tellu
rium Mining company. This grup of
mines is at the head of Snow creek and
was, as all miners know, the first loca
tion in this section. It may therefore be
properly termed the key to the situation.
It is an excellently located group and
consists of seven claims, all assaying
rich in gold and silver."
"What development work has been
done? Quite extensive, is it?"
"Yes, it is quite extensive. It is a nat
ural tunnel site. A tunnel is now in
about 500 feet, extending 400 feet below
the surface. This it is proposed to run
1,000 feet further, making it 1600 feet
below the surface. One hundred feet
from the mouth of the tunnel one of the
richest veins of ore in the state was
crossed. The rich streak runs from four
to twenty-four inches in width and shows
high-grade ore all the way. Along this
vein levels have been run over 400 feet
and no break has been discovered. Also
a winze has been sunk sixty feet and
from this a level run over 200 feet and
the vein everywhere retains its uniform
character. That, I guess, is about the
amount of development done. You can
see it is considerable." From assays and
working tests the ore will average $400
to the ton in gold and silver. About one
third is gold. A conservative estimate
will place the amount of ore in eight at
1,500 tons, worth about $800,000. The
ore is easily mined, the only timber re
quired being of an inexpensive charac
ter. The work thus far has been done
by twenty or thirty men, who have been
working for a year past. Its entire ex
pense has been met by the small amount
of ore shipped, and there is even money
in the treasury from the same source.
And {yet the work is all development."
"W'hat are the prospects of the
mines?"
"(Good. One vein I have already toldl
you of. Within 40 feet of the face of the
tunnel, the company expect to strike
another vein in about a month and in
:100 feet yet another is looked for. Judg
ing from surface indication, both of these
are even richer than the vein at present
being developed.' r
"What is the character of the ore""
"It contains gold. silver, platinum and
tellurium. The two latter, however, we
have not as yet been able to do anything
with. Both are valuable metals though
and are found in paying quantities."
"What ore have you ready for ship
ment ".
"There are two carloads of high grade
ore in the ore house, on which the com
pany expect to realize $10,000 and from
1i30 to 200 tons of other ore which will
probably bring $20,000."
"Then the Benton group is a gtood
one?"
"Within a year, it will prove a world
beater."
"What can you say for Neihart?"
"Neihart is thriving, I would not be
surprised if in a yea; it had 5i.000 people
and a tributary population of twice that
number. It will be without a rival save
Butte. Building is going on at a mar
velous rate, even for a booming mining
town, and real estate- well, of course.
the real estate is all right."
"What will all this do for Great Falls?"
",Wonders. The Neihart smelting will
be done here and we will furnish her
with all her gemn ral supplies."
"How are the other mines?
"All flourishing. The Cornucopia is 1
doing well. On development it will
probably prove to be of the same char
acter of ore as the Ienton group.
"Anything more of interest'"
"I believe not."'
THE ('ITY'S WATER LPPI'i.Y.
Excellent in qualilty and Abundant il
Quantity-Thirteen Miles of Pipe
Now Laid.
Great Falls may easily Iboast of the
finest waterworks in Montana. The
water is drawn from the Missouri river
about a mile above Sun river. At this
place the plant of the company is also
ocated. The plant is an exceptionally
fine one, costing about $1:t.l,(). The
pump has a capacity of two and a half
million gallons per day.
The city is well supplied with water.
The two mains are Iaid on Third and
Ninth avenues north. The entire pipe
laid amounts to about thirteen imilesand
in size it runs from six to twelve inches
in diameter. There are 3'.i caps on the
mains. Of the thirteen miles now laid.
three were put in this year, costing on
an average about $7,500 per mile. When
the work on which the company is now
engaged is finished, there will be 136
hydrants. To complete this labor forty
men are now working for the company.
The large business done by the com
pany cannot better be shown than by
the statement that on last month it had
513 consumers.
Additions to the already long line of
ipe are being built constantly to meet
he wants ot people in the outskirts.
Should the council decide that the Hus
ton & Montana and West Great Falls
additions must have water, about tive
| and a halt miles more will be built.
The company is capitalized at $1t~(0,I1O0.
Its president Is E. G. Maclay and the
general manager is E. W. King.
MARRIAGE OF GEN. SCHOflELIO ,
ti
rhe Battle-.arl'red Warrior Weds a ri
Vair Hawkeye Maid at the
City of Kenknk.
MISS GEORGIA KILSOURNE, THE BRIDE.
Private and Public Receptions and
'eneral Hand-Shaklng the or
der of the Day.
Dr. Eastman. a Full-Illooded Sioux
Indian Marries the Authoress, e
Mi s Goodale.
AlARHIAO" OF .ElN. nCHOIFIElD.
At the Age of OHe Weas a Fair Daughter
of lwsa at Keokuk.
Kso'vaK. Ia., June 18.- The marriage
of Gen. John M. Schofleld, commander- I
in-chief of the army of the United States,
to Miss Georgia Kilbourne of this city
was solemnized at St. John's Episcopal
church here at high noon today. The
officiating clergyman being R. C. Mc
Illwaine, rector of the church, assisted
by Bishop Perry. Since the announce
ment of the general's engagement to the
fair daughter of the Hawkeye state
about the first of the present month.
nothming else has been the topic
of conversation in the social
circles of Keokuk. As far as
consistent with the high rank of General
Schofield and the social prominence of
his bride, today's wedding was devoid of
display, the only military features being
the appearance of the general and his
staff in full uniform. Only intimate
friends end relatives of the contracting
parties witnessed the ceremony, which
was performed according to the beauti
ful Episcopal ritual.
A special train bearing the wedding
party arrived at the new union depot
shortly after 8 o'clock this morning and
was met by a citizens' reception com
mittee and escorted to the Hotel
Keokuk amid the waving of flags
and martial music. The city was hand
somely decorated for the occasion, the
national colors predominating. At 10
minutes to 12 o'clock the wedding party
left the house of Miss Kilbourne's
mother. Arriving at the door six ushers
preceded the party down the aisle.
Wagner's bridal chorus from Lohengrin
was played during the march down the
aisle. Mrs. Kilbourne, mother of the
bride guae her away. During the cere
mony th: organist played the prayer of
Elizabet from Tanheuser.
Immediately after the ceremony, the
wedding party repaired to the residence
of the bride's mother, where a reception
was given to invited guests. A sumptuous
repast was served. After the reception
at the mansion there was a general re
ception by Gen. Scholield at the Hotel
Keokuk, and thousands of old soldiers
and citizens shook hands with him. The
general had expressed a desire to meet
his old comrades in this city, many of
whom were in his brigade during the
war. A rec-eption was given under the
auspices iof Torrence post. (G. A. R1., and
everybody was invited. A pleasant feat
ure of the occasion was the special invi
tation to school children and young
people extended by the general to come
and shake hands with him. Four
to five hundred children, each carrying a
small flag were presented in addition to
the veterans and citizens. The bride
and groom were determined not to ex
hibit the presents which were numerous
and costly. Congratulatory telegrams
were also withheld. Late this afternoon
General Schotleld and bride together
with Lieutenants]Andrews and Biliss left
on a special car for San Francisco and
western points.
.IN INTEIRETING WEDI INGi.
.t .itnu llndlan Phylscian nurries a Well
Known Authoress.
N.w YoKn, June 18. A wedding of
more than ordinary interest was cole
Irated at the Church of the Ascension.
Tenth street and Ffth avenue, at noon
today. The bride was Miss Elaine
(oodale, the well known author who is
government inspector of Indian schools in
North and South Dakota. and the bride
groom was Dr. Charles Alexander East
man, an Indian of the Sioux tribe. IDr.
Eastman is government physican at the
Pine Ridge agency.
CONI)ENNED TELEOGHAMS.
The Hungarian harvest average and
Austrian is inferior.
The Gordon Cunnmming suit costs were
Belt, of the Indian oflice. has left
Washington for San Francisco on official
business.
The Chicago trades unionists will ask
the president's support in eight hours on
the world's fair.
The new Guatemalean cabinet is se
lected.
A baloon accident at Laville. France,
caused three deaths.
President Harrison and family have
gone to Cape May cottage.
Charles Francis Adams thinks an
Alaskan railway would pay in the future.
The particulars of a mine disaster at
Catorce. Metico, indicate a large death,
a list of fifteen bodies already being re
covered.
Herman Krueger was killed in a stone
crusher at Gary, Ill.
Victor Newcomb, a prominent Wall
street broker, has been placed in private
insane asylum.
Col. Compton, U. S. A., will be court
martialed for negligence in connection
with the Walls Walla lynching.
Governor Pattlion vetoed the Penn
sylvania compulsory education bill.
ihe -ias In-Kilraln right.
N.:w YORK, June 18.---Jere Dunn, ref
eree in the Slavin-Kilrain glove fight
nade his decision tonight. He awards
the tight to Slavin and declares that Kil
ain was not knocked out. Bets that he
rould not be knocked out in ten rounds
because the winner is declared after less
than 10 rounds had been contested.
Dunn says that Timekeeper Daly
made an unfortunate mistake after the
gong got out of order by not calling out
from his watch by which he was timing
seconds that elapsed when Kilrain was
down in the ninth round. He
then states that he considers
himself officially at fault in not keep
ing eyes toward the centre of the ring at
that time in order to see for himself how
quickly Kilrain got up. He explains the
fact that his back was toward Kilrain by
saying that he felt it his duty on account
or Slavin's method of fighting to watch
the tight to prevent him from fouling.
Dunn says Slavin always showed a de
sire to go in and slug Kilrain the instant
he arose from falling down. The referee
puts himself on record as being against
such tactics, and says he would have de
cided against Slavin had he committed
the act In the ninth round.
Gala Day at Fargo.
FAito, N. D., June 18.-This has been
the best day of the firemen's tournament
and visitors have numbered from 18,000
to 20,000. The championship hose race
was won by the Yerxa's of Fargo, time
twenty-eight seconds, thus smashing the
world's record.
A STRONG, WZLL FOUNDED FIRM.
A Business Whieh Founded on sonund
Finanelal Methods has Thrived and
tirown Till its Proportions
are the Pride of the
City.
Long years of continued prosperity, a
irge business and safe returns surely
ugur well for any firm. Men who set
le in a city. grow up with, rejoice in its p
prosperity and steadily build up a busi- a
ices. founded on commercial honesty and n
air dealing, are entitled to the respect d
*nd -atronage of the community in ri
which they live. Such a firm is that of S
&urphy, Maclay & Co. These gentle- iI
men first opened their doors to Great
'ails on November -2d. 1884. Recogniz- ,
ag that (Great Falls was the coming me- p
ropolis of the State they moved the a
nain store from Benton to this place in
.888.
The firm at present is located on the
orner of Second street and Central ave
mue. It occupies a double room and its
ize and appearance together with the
arge crowd of patrons constantly stream
ng in and out of its doors can not fail u
o attract the attention of every passer by. a
The firm conduct a general wholesale
tnd retail business in groceries and hard
sare. Their grocery stock is one of the I
3est. if not the best. in all Montana. It
s complete in every particular, and the (
itock, constantly kept on hand, isohlairge
that orders of any size 'an be attended
to. Among the various features which
he firmn gives attention to may be men
tioned the celebrated Leistikow i.'tr.r
This and the Pillsbury. which is alsoi
handled, are the best brands of
tour sohl in the market. The
Stilwell haums and bacen are
also known to every detler and the
general trade will find them a very su
perior article. There is no better place
in Montana for wool growers. stocknini-m
and the general trade to deal than in
Great Falls. and Murphy. Maclay & io.
ask only a call to convince all that their
gtxods are excellent and their prices rock
iottom.
The hardware line is equally complete.
It includes everything which might he
expected to be found in a hardware store.
tirst class in every particular. Shelf and
heavy hardware alike are to be found of
the most unexceptional quality and in
quantities suitable to a wholesale
establishment. Probably at no place in
the state can .o, complete an outfit in
iron rtoting be secured as this firm
keeps. They sell the Baker perfect barb
wire and anyone wishing figures on this
kind of work will find the lowest at
Murphy, Maclay & Co's. Another wire
which they handle is termed tile Enter
prise barb wire. Wire rope and fittings
are kept in the test qualities and in
large quantities.
Sportsmen will inevitubly miss it by
going elsewhere. The fishing tackle.
which this tirm is showing is of the most
modern character. Their guns aret the
latest improved to e founld andti they
sell amununition at bed ric'k prices.
The sttock of queenswtare. crownware.
and crockery is best to select from in the
city. It is not only well assorted but is
of the very finest "quality and is sold at
prices that no one not buying in large
lots can relach.
A complete stock of plumbing anti
stcami-titting gtsdts is also kept in hand.
That which has already been sold in tlhe
city is a sufficient warrant for its supe
rior quality.
There is one thing that sheep men
anti w(ool men in particular should re
member Murphy. Maclay & Co. buy in
large lots ant at first hand. This has
two advantages. The stock to select
from is large and being purchased at low
rates can likewise he sold very low.
Their figures on large lots will always Lb
found far lower than any others in the
city and their goods of the finest kind
and quality.
The retail department, as is indeed the
entire store. is in charge of competent
and courteous clerks, who understand
their business thoroughly. The force is
a large one, and by this means large
orders can be put up with a celerity that
is as surprising as it is pleasing to one
accustomed to long waits.
To sum up. the business is well man
aged, is conducted on a cash basis so
t no cash customer has scmietxly
else's lose made up on him, is run on a
wholesale basise. and the firm agree to
furnish the best goods at the lowest
prices in the city
John Foote and two dauehters were
drowned at Peterboro, Ont.
It is said President Hippolite has not
been shot.
Bar silver t98-4.
THE ELECTRltc LIGHT CO.MPANY.
Extennive EPprrltions of the iBoton a
Great Fatll Electric Light and
Power Company.
The Boston & Great Falls Ellectric
Light and Power company commenced
operation in September of last year with
one fifty-light are dynamo and one small
engine. In November a '50-light incan
descent dynamo and another engine was
added. It being the intention to use
water power as soon as available, the
temporary power house was located on
the bluff at Black Eagle falls.
As the demand for light increased ad
ditional boilers, engines and dynamos
were added, the plant of the Great Falls
Electric Light and Gas company pur
chased, pole lines extended, and other
additions made until now this company
operates 1,100 incandescent lights, with a
capacity of 1,200 more; 110 arc lamps,
with a capacity of 40 more; there being
about 30 miles of wire already in their
pole lines.
The power station still occupies the
first temporary building, to which sev
eral additions have been made; the steam
plant consisting of four boilers and five
engines, with a total capacity of 3.5
horse power.
Last fall work was begun on the new
power house, which is located on the
river bank, just below the dam. A
heavy retaining wall of stone was erected
which will form the base of the north
wall of the building, the size of which is
165x64 feet, built entirely of stone and
fire proof. Work was suspended during
the winter, but about a month ago the
machinery, turbines, penstock, etc., were
all ordered and will begin to arrive in
about six weeks. Meanwhile, the pres
ent extremely high water is the only ob
stacle to active work on the building.
The interior arrangement of the station
is to be most complete, the plant calling
for the most improved machinery and
methods.
The company have contracted for and
will at once put in position turbine
wheels of 600-horse power capacity, with
penstocks for 400-horse power more and
arrangements for 1,000-horse power as
needed. This 000-horse power will drive
four arc dynamos, two 1,300-light incan
descent dynamos and two 80-horse power
railway generators, the latter for the'
Street Railway company. The company
is rapidly extending its lines throughout
the city, material in the shape of poles,
wire, etc., being on hand and a large
force of workmen putting the same In
position.
SWEEPNTAKEN MINING ('OMPANY.
Ilforllnatlo About some altuable Prop
p#rty on the Lost Fork of
the. Judith.
The Sweepstakes mine, says the
Neihart Herald, is situated at the head
of the Lpst Fork of the Judith river,
about twelve miles south of Neihart.
There are four claims in the group. The
plrties interested. Faris I bson. T. E.
Collins. Erick 0. Burghe. Frank Pottle.
Otto F. Shoenfelt and D. Willis James
of New York. have lately incorporated
the Sweepstake into a mining company.
with 4k(W.l(.0 shares, at a par value of 8l
each. '' 5.(N1 shares being placed in the
treasury for working the mrine. The
Swecepstake nine was discovered last
July and contains some of the richest
ire ever found in the Belt mountains.
The ore body is in a contact between
magnesia, lime and a line miileral bear
ing porphyry. Jlust below the contact a
space of groundt aboiut 12 feet square was
stripped about three and one-half feet be
low the surface and from 20 to '2 tons of
rich ore were taken out.pieces ranging in
weight from one-half to .2s I0 pounds,
and placed on the dump. where it might
be seen tIy those visiting the mine.
The foillwing assays were obtained
frim thie ore in silver and lead:
SFlver ......t2(onnoee Io , ......lpm. r eent
ailver ......uN4 touncit , i e,-i ..... ,.3 pter catelt
biler .... . 1l52 oulr e, lI.- ......:i.t per cent
Slilver ...... 14t ounicr i AL-.l....... U .U per cent
Silver ...... 2mOOune,.s i Lead ....... 5.0 per cent
The ore is very easily smelted. Mr.
Pottle showed us aeverial samples of
Sweepst;ake bullion smelted in a frying
pan on an open iamp fire. These sam
ples of bullion assayed respectively in
silver 877. 0.t5 and 1.i)W ounces.
The owners of this property have had
a crew of men working all winter driving
a tunnel to cut the contact at a consid
erable depth. All the preliminary work
has been done. and under the new or
ganization a crew of imen will continue
to drive the tunnel toward the contact.
Sinking on the ore tJalv and develop
ment will bi, pushed rapH:dly forward and
we may expect to see a bonanza when
the conltract is reacheld.
iI. Willis James. a manr times millimon
airie of New York. has I,urchasteld at block
of 10.1551 shares of tlhis stock.
THE EI.IECTIIC lti.Ai.WAV .
Partirulrm.' of This Iltportant i'iLnt-Four
Mile-i of Extrtusionl Thi Sesonl.
The (;reat Falls Streemt railway last
year built four and one-halr miles of
street railway of heavy "T" and girder
rail. connecting the Union depot with
thie Black Eagle Falls and Boston &
Montana works. A steam dununy was
used until March 13. Since then the
line has been operated by the Thomson
lHouston electric system. the power for
the same being obtained from the same
source as that of the Electric Light co.m
pany.
The company now bhave five motor cars
in operation. with two open trail care for
special occasions. A large car-house is
now under construction at Black Eagle
Falls. A pavilion for the use of visitors
to the dam has been completed. This
pavilion is situated on the bluff over
moking the falls and dam and commands
a fine view both up and down the river
and the immense works of the smelter op
posite.
An extension of four miles is contem
plated this season and orders are daily
expected to commence work on the same.
In connection with their Electric Light
company the company is building a
power station at the dam which will be
a model building, fitted with all modern
improvements, deriving its power from
turbine wheels in connection with the
great dam.