The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-24
LETTER FROM WICKES.
nah,1iIdinu of the Alta-Mon-
tana Works and Other
Enterprises.
From an Occasional Correspondent.

From an Occasional Correspondent.
The $4,000 insurance on the Aita-Montana
Company's works, as Wiekes, lately de-
stroyed by fire, has been se.sled to The SAILS
faction OF all par. es aud 100 men are at pres
ent employed in building the new works that
will cost $500 600 berore anyre.urns a-e made
10 the company. Excavations and FONDA
ito as are being made for twenty-stamp Dry
crushing mill and six amaigamaoing pans.
Water concentrators are to be used, six cylin-
ders, nine roasters and two water,jacket fur-
naces of 20 and 40 tons capacity. Ihese
latter, and three cylinders, were not much
injured by the fire, and some of the machin-
cry Is being repaired for use again. Two
reservoirs, - feet by fourteen feet, and IL
feet deep, have been quarried out OF the
rocks above the works, the water being
brought in bitches from two creeks that
unite at this point, and are intended to serve
in case of fire as well as to supply the works.
A new company office, and carpenter and
blacksmith shop have been built Large
company stables are under way. A tramway
| is to be built across the street from the bar to
| facilitate the delivery of ore and wood.
Murphy & Neil have a contract for 7,Oot
| cords of wood.
Charcoal il being received at the rate of ,00(
bushels per day, and half million will be
stored before they stop. Experience taught
them not to depend on getting this article
hauled in winter. Twenty four-horse teams
are brought into daily requisition for this
| business
| Ore is accommodating on the dumps, bronsh
In from the Alta and Comet mines.
The Legal Tender mine, owned by this
company, although known by another name
is being put in order to be worked, and every
thing augurs well under the ever watchfu
and skillful superintendent of fl. +. Brown
and Chas Sterret. 1t is expected the works
will be running in sixty days.
THE GREGORY.
The new concentrators at the Gregory min
are nearly finished and will be running in
few days They have several thousand ton
of ore on the dumps. Adjoining the coneen
traitor smelter is being built consisting o
one round low water jacket furnace, 80 ton
capacity, with two large roasters to do tn
work of one furnace. As soon as this
built another furnace will be commenced an
"a space will be left for third. Challenger
improved Blake crushers are to be used an
Cornish rollers. Everything is so arrange
that after the ore leaves the cars brougE
from the mine on the tramway, it will b
moved to all parts of the building by Inachir
cry. These works, when finished, will be tn
most complete of any in all the Territories
| "a, int lnpf aud 10
pected back from the East in few day
This company wants 100000 bushels of cha
. coal by fall and timber is plentiful close b.
PLACER DITCH.
A water ditch fifteen miles long is Just b
ing finished from Beaver creek to the ric
placer diggings near Hdg'em and close
p, Indian creek. The ditch is four feet wide
the bottom six feet on top and seventee
inches deep.
A SIMPLE ARRAsTRA.
, Mr.. Pashly, near Radersburgh, has ju
made a simple arrastra that our Bear guile
y, friends will do well to copy. 1t consists of
, 5-foot wheel, around which is galvanize
=, iron band with cups riveted on to it n fo'
apart and by q inches in size, on which a
r hydraulic is made to play through Zinc
, nozzle, with about 40 inches of water and
4O-foot pressure 1t has perpendicular sha
turning 15.foot drum over g-foot arast
c bed, with four heavy drag stones. He hrS
l contract to crush ore for So per ton ami
E pays $40 week tor water When asked no
he made Ii pay, he said: Z" / have only
, clean it up and feed ii with ton of roo
| | every twelve hours, and the balance of Il
dav am gentleman of leisure"
/ leave here for the Cornet mine and Bias
+ district More anon. w. III.
wIoKEs, June 18th, 1881. -