The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-05-18
THE ANACONDA SHELTERS.
LOCATED ON WARM SPRINGS CREEK,
DEER LODGE COUNTY.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MINES AND
WORKS.

WORKS.
The Warm Springs Works to Cost $500, 900,
Employ 200 Men and ship 400
Tons Daily.
The Anaconda Company, of Butte, is COM
posed of J. B. Haggin, George Hearst and
Lloyd Tevis, of San Francisco. They are the
wealtlLest, most enterprising and successful
gold and silver miners in the United States,
If not in the world. They are represented in
Mouta IN by Marcus DAILY, the first man who
had the knowledge, the nerve and the money
behind him to do deep mining in Montana,
and to whose success in developing the Alice
mine is due, in great measure, the prosper
ity of Butte and mining interests in Mon
tana. Mr.. DAILY is general superintendent of
the Anaconda company This company owns
in Butte
THE ANACONDA MINE,
| which was purchased in 1882 from c. Y. Lar
able, Mike Hickey and Marcus Daily. 1t is
developed to a depth of GOO feet. At 200,
300, 400, COO and COO feet it has levels extend
ing 800 fest from the shaft, with numerous
1 cross-cuts. On the three last named levels
the lead shows an average width of twenty
five feet in all the workings, carrying gener-
ally a low grade of copper ore, with occa-
| sional lunches Of very rich ore. These rich
| punches, of which 1000 tons have been taken
| out, average 30 per cent. copper. This is
sacked and shipped TO Swansea, Wales, for
| reduction. OF second-class ore, there have
been taken out 1000 tons, which are now on
ha Inna Mt
On the Anaconda are the largest hosting
works on the Pacific coast, outside Of Vir-
ginia City. These have a double engine
3oxs0, five feet stroke; double-decker cages;
No 10 air-compresser; machine shops, etc.
The machinery and buildings cost $40, OOO
| The hosting capacity is $50 tons per day
The company also own
THE ST. LAWRENCE NINE,
An extension of the Anaconda, purchased of
Marcus Daily and c. X. Larabie. 1t has a
shaft o69 feet deep. Two levels are opened,
and cross-cuts made show an average vein of
fifteen feet Of copper ore similar to the Ana
conda, with less frst-class ore, but averaging
% per cent. copper. About 1000 tons of this
ore has been taken out and is yet all on the
dump. The hosting works on the st. Law
renee are superior to those on the Anaconda,
and the machinery is a duplicate of that
already mentioned.
In addition to the machinery now on the
st. Lawrence, the company will put on it
this fall double-line, 1250-horse power, L.
inch column, Cornish Pump capable of
throwing water from a depth of 1900 feet. |
The pump will cost $500, 900, and is adequate |
10 keep both mines clear of water to the depth |
stated. |
In these mines, there are employed go |
miners, and the average daily output is 200 |
tons. This can be increased as circumstances |
require. These low grade copper ores can
not be successfully and economically reduced |
here. The works at Baltimore or Swansea |
offer better facilities for profitable treatment
But freight on the low grade ores to these |
points eats up their value, and it is necessary |
10 successfully mine and reduce them to dis |
pose here of portion of the extraneous |
matter and bring the shipping ores up to a |
higher per cent For this purpose the Ana
conda company some months since decided |
to erect extensive Smelling Works In or near
Butte, and
THE MATTER OF LOCATION
of the same became an important considera-
ton to be determined, after thorough and /
careful examination, on strict business prin-
oipios. Butte offered some advantages, prin-
cipal among which were those of having the
mines and smelters in close proximity, but
there was the insuperable disadvantage of an
inadequate and unreliable supply of water,
the absence of suitable fuxes, scarcity of
wood, etc.
The Mouth Of Blackfoot and Lower Warm
Springs Creek were examined, but, while
they had good water power the available
grounds were too limited, the haul from
Butte was too long, ami the location was not
deemed advantageous.
The Big Hole valley, above wunderlchs,
was considered with more favor. There was
ample scope of cheap lands and plenty of
timber and wood up the river. But it neces-
STATED haul of all ores across the Main
Range, and the Big Hole water is wild in the
spring.
UPPER WARM SPRINGS CREEK,
in Deer Lodge Valley, just where it de-
bouches from the jaws of the canon, at
tracted early attention. The area of obtain
able lands; the fine supply of water, summer
and winter, tempered nv hot springs so it
never freezes, and its tributaries sheltered by
forests that protect against food or drouth;
the plentiful deposits of limestone and iron
ore for fiuxes in the vicinity; isolation in
desirable locality where the works will do
little or no damage; short haul for ores over
a road that will never be INSTRUCTED, and |
perhaps, accessibility to both the u. F. and
N. 7. railroads, were among the advantages
that finally determined in favor of the Warm |
Springs location, and there the smelters will
be built. Several months ago the company
began az
THE PURCHASE OF LANDS
in that vicinity, employing as their agent
for the purpose Morgan Evans, ESQ,
than whom no better could have
been selected This was done before
the location was determined upon
and the instructions were, "Pay every man
whose farm you wish and who wishes to sell
a liberal price therefor" In pursuance of q
this Mr.. Evans acquired for the Company {
some 5000 acres of land at a cost of over $780,
900. This land is all in a solid body and takes 1
all the farms in the vicinity. The Company 8
could put all their works on ten acres of s
SEouHa, OUT III hai anObheF OBJECT In view.
These smelters in few years destroy all q
vegetation la their immediate vicinity. IL
the Company owns all the cultivable land to I
be Injured, no damage can occur to any other !
person by reason Of the smelters. 1t is also 9
to dump all the tailings on lands Q
bought for that purpose, so that they shall l
not injure farmers below. Beside, it is to the I
interest of the Company to protect the forests Y
on the head Of Warm Springs creek which .
will in turn protect their water supply. Hav-
ing the mouth of the canon in their possess '
sion, they will see that, while settlers have 8
free access to timber for their needs, no spec Q
ulative spoliation shall strip the stream of its c
forests. These were the objects in acquiring a
SO large an area Of land.
THE SHELTERS TO BE ERECTED II
win be commenced within thirty days, and 1t h
is anticipated will be concentrating by octo-
Der l, 1888. The capacity of the works to be =
put up now win be 800 tons per day, with the V
object of hereafter increasing it. 1t is pro- 4
posed to build ~ or IL calcining furnaces, 10 1,
or ~ reverberatory furnaces for smelling and v
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