Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-08-29
Glendale.
Its Location, BuildingD, Furnaces,
Re0neries, Leachimg Works. Stamp
Mills. Mines, BuaEsOn Shipments,
Number ~ Men Employed,
IT, E.
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.

al and the Hecla Consolidated Mining &c
IL pany's works, We omitted to mention
ne fact that for some time the company, I'm
ie the immediate and efficient supervision
Ir its superintendent-Mr. Armstrong
a been cupelling or refining their silver b.
= ion produced during the winter months,
III during the periods when transportati
5. could not he obtained for the crude b,
$ ion; and Mr.. Armstrong is now prepari
ID to prosecute this branch of business OF
'e much more accurate and extensive pl
o than heretofore. This he is doing by t
J. erection of two large refineries, with
IS pacity OF fifteen to twenty tons each; o
+ of these cnpels he is constructing of fl
+ brick with some valuable improvement
e on the usual plans, the other, water jac
- ct cupel refinery, is made OF double plat
; of heavy boiler iron, put together in sc
tons, and with space or chamber, pe
I haps. four inches between the plaits
water.
While looking at this curious laborator
MIR. Armstrong humorously remarked tn
he was still afoat-a firm believer in Il
liquid element, and was literally runnir
everything on water. This we found ,
be not only figuratively, but literally tr,
for intoxicating liquors, on the ground
are strictly prohibited, while even the fu
, naces are made more productive and pr
vented from performing any foolish antic
by permanent water bath. The mods
operandi or peculiar advantages of this al
rangement, however, We will not attemr
to describe. In this connection we ar
tempted to relate little story" which i
told at the expense of Mr.. Armstrong:
One day he happened to stumble upol
flask OF whisky, carefully slowed ava.
among some sacks of Ore-or ore sacks
This he placed carefully in his coat poke
and Immediately started out on voyag,
Of discovery-which, by the way. was AZ
frlitless as the search for Sir John Frank.
lin or the North Pole-for knowing it was
strictly against the rules to bring liquor
on the ground, the owner Of the aforesaid
flask OF 20, be joyfur' was nowhere to be
found. Next day one of the employees
met Hibernian. who was also ut work
for the company, when the following dia-
lOgue took place:
LIST Employee-"Pat, did you see Arm
strong yesterlay?' ,-..,
Pat-'I did,"
LIST Em-''Did you see the flask of whis-
ky he was carrying in his coat pocket:'
Pat-''I did not; but, 'on me sowl,
thought Misther Armstrong ,oas aithe,'
drunk or chrasy."'
The joke, being too good to keep, soon
reached Mr.. Armstrong; ears. who appre-
GATES and enjoys good thing too wen to
wen once think OF s9ppressingit. But this
ioes not take us to The mines in the Trap
Der District, although its recital assisted
materially in relieving the effects of the ter
ible jolt.ng we got on the actual trip.
AS before stated, the mines are situated
bout nine miles from the works, and, al
hough the road is not over or across any
ange of mountains, it is through as rough
country as can be well imagined; every
ale OF it has been made at great expense.
We estimate that ten thousand dollars
ould hardly cover the cost of construc-
on. and the ground is of such nature that
Re road requires and receives constant re-
airs. About "ne-half the distance is also
such steep grade that an empty wagon
almost load for team. going up. We
'de up behind span of large American
orses. and although there were but four
en- in the wagon, the driver had to let the .
'rses stop frequently to breathe. The !
mpany pay four and halt dollars per :
n for hauling quartz from the mines to ,
e works and charge the haulers 20 cents r
r ton for necessary expenses of repairing y
road. The road is thus kept in very y
cd repair the year round. AS we slow +
but surely approached the head of the q
len and the mines, We began to feel quite "
hange in the atmosphere. The mir be- y
ne cooler. more rarified and, we thought, 9:
tie exhilerating; no wonder, for we were o
ormed that in travelling these few miles a,
following the course Of the stream we
actually gained an elevation If 5000 II
t. Lyons City, small town just below N
foot of the mountain in which the nj
ncipal mines are located, is $3.50 feet m
we the level of the sea, Glendale is 500
high and the mines must run from a.
70 to l,50o feet still above Lyons City. h.
hat the mines range actually from 1900 81,
O,0OO feet above the sea level. Tie n,
W, Of course, falls quite deep in this ta
altitude; the summers are necessarily IN
short. as was evidenced by the large to
IS of snow near by, and yet those mines No
successfully worked both winter and ,lu
'mer. ,
s We approached the face Of the bald, III.
te mountain, in which the mines are ar,
ated, our attention was called to several IL
looking projections, jutting out and co,
erfng almost like huge swallows nest, the
arent!y, to the overhanging rocks. ed
Sc we found to be quite extensive cee
iings used as boarding houses and wa
ping rooms for the miners. and ore chs
'es and buildings over the hosting no
ks of the various drifts and tunnels. an,
most ingenious contrivances are used ,u
owering the ores from the mouths Of tho
e tunnels, distance of 500 to 1000 feet nor
le base OF the mountain. A tramway, WI
ore accurately speaking, a boatway, is h.
tructed of round poles, safely anchor mai
the solid rock, and small boats or ms
J, with a capacity Of 500 to 1000 lbs. owe
e, are built, adjusted and placed there and
''Iich are lowered and raised by means L.
rope. pul)y and brake, and they dart N
I'd down the face of the mountain with and
loads Of precious freight with the We of I
and grace of a weavers' shuttle, and n-n,
pass each other in the centre of the ,n,e
way as il endowed with an infallfble sevo
ct. The advantages Of these odd a At,
ng vehicles is. they answer the pur- and
winter as well as summer, 6,cti
ng successfully over the deepest snow. whe
ther Duncan suggested that We take svo
~ u'e mountain 20 !ne mines IN one ploy
eo Oo"'s' S"u VIC cOuiO only excuse with