The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-12
ANACONDA.
Active Operations at the Smell
ter--Increasing Demand for
LabOrers.
General Notes and Personal Men
ton.

Special Correspondence of the MINER.
ANACONDA, Sept. 5, 1885.
Since Butte is fast becoming a sub
urb Of this thriving community, il
may be of some interest to your citi
ems to read something of u dOings
and evidences of permanent prosper
ity. The work upon the smeIter is
being pressed forward as fast as mel
and material will permit. Two hun.
dred and twenty men comprise the
working force at present but the de-
mand for laborer, almost daily in
creases. A visit to the location of the
works ia we'll worth time and effort.
High up TIE hillside a gang of men
are digging the trenches for the fOun
datinn walls of an ore house of 1900
ton capacity. Upon a terrace below
the earth and gravel is being re-
moved for the walls Of another part
of the building. Sill farther down
the incline a large swarm of
masOns are erecting the calcin
ing furnaces and below are
the gra ,ers leveling a large
tract for the immense concentration.
The foundation walls are specimens
vi llS iva 0ClCl vi wa "l1oAS o'ANS"
ture, and in order to give n some
idea of their extent we will state that
one of them is 700 feet long, or v
times the width of Broadway, is 20
feet long, 6 feet wide 1T the base and
3 feet wide at the top and built of
solid masonry. Near the concentrate
site the carpenters ar preparing the
frame work of the buildings, while
their %neighbors, the br~ick-inakers,
are preparing immense kilns for the
fire process. Some 800 yards from
the GEEK a tunnel for the mill race Is
being driven right under the fOunda-
ton of the smelter proper, and it af-
fords considerable interest to the
curious observer. The materials re-
moved in the work of excavation are
chiefly small houlders and pebbles
such as are common to Warm Spring
Creek and its tributaries. These
pebbles are nicely polished and
exhibit undoubied proof that
they once adorned the bed of
s'me swiftly flowing stream. The
ditch which conducts the water to the
smelter is nearing completiou. It is
completely lined with matched lum-
Der and seems admirably suited to the
end in view. Several roads to the
works are lined with teams loaded
with rock for foundation walls and
blacksmith shops resound with the
blows of their occupants sharpening
drill and pick, while the foremen of
the various branches of labor are
guiding their parts of the enterprise
to rapid conclusions. Some anxious
sinner may desire to know how long |
it will take to complete the smeiter
and make it in readiness tor business.
Our reply to such is, "1f anybody
asks you tell them you don't know"
The town itself is rapidly assuming
respectable proportions. Supt. Nc
Caskeli is building a fine brick resi-
dence of city size and style, cottages
are 10 be seen springing up rap
idly on all the residence streets.
Ross Clark will move into his
brick store when he gets ready and
Falligin will take possession of his
new prick meat market as o 10 as he
contractors will let him. Business Is
fairly prosperous. Nearly every
branch of trade Of trade has its rep
resentatives. Justice holds secret
communion with Judge Waterbury
and Sheriff Dickinson. We hope to
have schools and CT urches, without
debts. shall be our crowning glory.
Pay day is at hand, and no disturb
ance nor surprises except the gurgle
Of beer and the settlement OF honest
debts, come to change the course Of
life at ANACONDA.