The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-31
LETTER FROM GLENDALE.
The Hecla Works as EniarSed-GrOwth
Of Glendale Marriage Of II Prominent
Citizen.
Editor Butte MINER:

Editor Butte MINER:
The new furnace was fired up on the goth
and made a run of three days, doing some
very pretty work. The stopping was caused
by one of the upper water Jackets running
short of water and then getting red hot and
while IN that condition filled again with
water, thereby bursting it. The claim was
made that a section of the water jacket could
be taken out while the furnace was running,
but l see the furnace had to be shut down to
take this one out. There are five water jack
cts in tile lower part, standing OH a stone
foundation and surrounding that is a solid
cast iron guard, placed about six inches from
the jacket. That space is flied with sand
and clay ta,nped down to q solid mass. There
are eleven water jackets in the upper part.
They rest on the lower jackets and in these
are located the tuyeres, of which there are
seven, three on each side and one in the rear.
The brick portion of the structure is sustained
by four cast iron columns, on which rests a
cast iron frame to sustain the brick work of
which there are thirteen feet. The inside is
lined with Mount Savage fire brick from the
state of Virginia. From stack of furnace to
the stack at foot of the hill there are zoo feet
of sheet-iron pipe, the diameter of said pipe
being five feet. The pipe enters the fue
chambers at foot of hill. From there the
brick stack ascends the side of the mountain
for 203 feet and then rises from the ground
about Is feet, looking like a locomotive at
rest with its smoke lazily curling upward.
The company have bridged the creek for the
support of tie pipe and have covered the
same. The flue dust is made into brick by
using 6 per cent. of lime with it and after
drying it is again fed to the furnace. The
tlue dust contains from 80 to 40 or. of silver
to the ton. Each of the furnaces has its own
blast furnace separate blower.
This furnace uses daily $4,000 pounds of
ore and $4,000 pounds of fuxes making
therefrom from 1900 to $4,000 pounds Of
crude bullion and copper matte. The daily
yield of both furnaces is about 10000 pounds
OF bullion. The main floor in the charge
room is now divided into two compartments
and each furnace has its bins for ore, lime
rock, etc. The iron ore and limerick are
brought to these bins by an elevated railroad
and dumped into their own proper bin. The
two latter tiuxes are first crushed by the large,
new Blake crnsher and then loaded in cars
and taken from thence to the elevator and
). hoisled to the aforesaid railroad. The com.
. pany have now q magnificent system of fire
9 works, having no less than nine fire plug
connected with the main water pipe and they
. ,ro oh l,natal nrtSiha IF any hnilJipue A
each lydrant there is a drinking cup attached
for the benefit of the workmen.
s Our town is still growing; more people
Q coming and consequently more new building
going up. Probate Judge, A. F. Sears, ha
e been here. Last week he sold upwards o
100 lots. The school fund of this dIstric
\ will eventually receive about $500 from thes
V sales. The one thing most needed here is
hall. There is no place where a public meet
e ing can be held except at the school house o
r at some saloon.
e Last evening John Cannovan was marie,
to Miss Mary Wintermantle, of Reno, Nevada
n The ceremony was performed by Fathe
Kelleher, of Virginia City. After the servl
d ces were over and the congratulations wer
A made, the magnificent presents given to tn
high Contracting parties by their numerou
If friends were duly examined and then tn
Ie call cam for supper and about 200 guests So
% down to a royal feast. o h Cannovan GU
did himself wien he la this feast prepared
,r 1t was far ahead of anything gotten up i
s. this town before. SAM.
GLENDALE, Aug. 25, 1880.