Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-25
special Meeting Of the Trustees or the
f. M. NJ. and 8. COMPANY.

Al special meeting OF the Eastern Mon
tana Mining and Smelling Company, hel,
at the office of the Secretary. J. ID. Nc
: Canaan, October sd. 1877. Lester S. Will
son. President. in the chair. the annual re
port of c. A. Darlington was read, and OF
=, motion accepted and placed on file.
On motion. Mr.. Darlington was request
ed 10 make and furnish to the next meet
ing complete inventory of the Company
property and condition of the same. The
President appointed Walter Coopera com.
mii."o Of one TO notify Mr.. Darlington OF
tie Trustees request.
On motion. an assessment of p cents Der
share was levied to meet the Indebtedness
OF completing the works and other neces-
sary expenditures preparatory to and max
ing the RIM. Mr.. +. ID. Ferguson was duly
elected to collect the assessment.
The Chair authorized the Purchasing
Committee a Committee to examine and
audit all accounts.
The President appointed Matt.W. Alder
son to draft resolutions. expressing the
feeling OF the Trustees in regard to the
work done this season. etc. etc. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the resolutions:
WHEREAS. The operations of the East
ern Montana Mining and Smelling Com
pany are suspended for the season, and the
Trustees are fully aware of the many diff
clitlcs encountered and the dangerous DO
sitlOn IN which the employees of the com
panv were placed during the summer; there
fore be it
Resolred, That we tender our hearty
thanks to one and all OF the EMPLOYEES of
property Of the company while the Nez
Perces were in the immediate vicinity and
on either side of them. thus saving the
property from destruction.
Resoired, That we tender our thanks TO
the employees for having brought the works
TO completion and making Successful run.
The NEE ting was then adjourned to Nov.
"a. p. M. at which time the regular an
nnal meeting will be held. officers and trus-
tees elected for the ensuing year and such
other business transacted as may come be-
fore it.
The following is Superintendent Darling
tons report:
To the Board Of Trustees Of the Eastern
Montana Mining and Smelling Co.:
In my last report, one year ago. l gave
he amount Of work done up to that time.
Since then we have completed the upper
story of the main building. 1t is in two
lpartments with two seperate roOfs-the ,
'ack Tor charge ROOM is 3Ox4O feet inside
md the front room 25X4O feet. The charge
Dom has a double floor and the roof is
louble roof Of wEipsawed lumber. We
ave made and set up a wooden case and
'enstOck for the Is II inch Turbine wheel
nd all the necessary machinery to attach .
ne power TO the blower. The machinery
vas complete in every particular and an !,
wered all that was required of it. We
lade wagon road to the top of Miller !,
fountain. distance of two miles. over
'hich one yoke Of cattle was able take the
'agon up and draw down 1000 pounds to :
load. 1t covers most of the principal
lines OF the company. The getting out,
lcking and hauling Of the ores from the :
treet lode cost in the neighbOrhood of '.
4.5O per ton: from the National Park and u
ncle sam. $3.50; the Alta Montana. $3.50, III
I'd from the Fisher lode $lOper ton. The ="
on ore cost $40 per ton. There were IS :,
ms of galena and So tons Of carbonate :
re delivered at the works; there were also VI
tons Ofiron used. The labor of the run
'st about $1,000; the roasting and hand
ng of the galena ores about $500 per ton.
e reduced 50 tons of ore and moulded % et
ms of bullion. We burned about 1890 I'll
lshels of charcoal. The total cost of the g
IN is not tar from $1.S5O.OO. W
In addition to the above, we represented
the company's property not mentioned i'm
'ove, consisting of the Iron, Fire-Clay G
Id Alta California lodes. bc
c. A. DARLINGTON, w
Superintendent. V,