The Mineral argus., 1884-11-20
Ready for BuSineSsl
The NJ. r. C.'s Smelter Works
will Soon be Fired Up.
Reduce your Dump to Bullion.

was then located at White ulphur
Springs and previously in charge of
the smelting works at Barker, was en-
gagged by the trustees of the Maiden
Reduction Co. to superv Sc the erection
OF the building and placing of the
machinery of their works. AS is now
proven the securing of the services of
one SO thoroughly versed in mining
machinery and geology, practical as
well as theoretical, was indeed fortun
ate tor a company organized, stocked
and subscribed to by the people gener-
ally of this vicinity, knowing as they
did but little of the magnitude of the
work they had undertaken or the re-
quisite knowledge essential to the
carrying of the enterprise to a success
tul issue; yet their faith in the result
was paramount, and as fortune would
have 1t, a man, whose services are in
demand in every portion of the mineral
deposit of America, after a careful ex-
animation of the mineral properties Of
the Judith mountains, concluded to
take hold of the enterprise and see it
carried to completion, believing as
Prof. Foss has since expressed himself
that a smelter in this district cannot
but prove lucrative investment.
1t can be truthfully said that the
Maiden Reduction Co. was the out
growth Of worn out patience of the
miners and citizens of this section.
Since the discovery Of mineral here
the cry has been swat for capital"
and kept up until, by degrees, it was
realized that capital was waiting to
have miners prove by development the
pernanency OF the m6Iraf deposit
Development could not be carried on
without funds, and money could not
be had by miners with no other reli-
ance for a livelihood than 'cuhing a
drill, unless a market could be made
for their ore; and for this purpose in
the main, as well as to sh W their faith
by deed, this company was organized
and mas now reached a stage where it
is ready to begin operations-reduc-
ing ore to bullion-thus furnishing a
home market to all miners who desire
to develop their property, thereby de
monstrating its permanency and value.
You have waited for capital and it
came not Now that you have a home
market make II permanent institution
by assisting it in getting under way.
To do this all that is necessary is to
turn over your ore and await returns.
Do not stand here idly waiting
For some greater work to do,
Fortune is a lazy goddess,
She viii never come to yoG,
Unless you take advantage of every
opportunity placed within your reach.
In short, if the mine e-owners of this
and Cone Butte districts will act gen
erously towards the Smelter company,
they will have reason to congratulate
themselves in very short time.
THE REDUCTION WORKS
Are situated about one-third of mile
below town, in Warm Springs gulch. !
The machinery arrived here on Sept. |
18th, while Prof. Foss began the con-
struction of the building about one
month later. The structure is 28x A, |
two stories high, the plans for which |
we're furnished by Fraser q Chalmers, |
oy whom all the machinery was manu- |
'actured. On the ground floor is sta
Toned the 3O-hurse power boiler and |
20-horse power engine-the engine be-
ng placed upon stone foundation 10
'eet deep by wide-a No. 3 Baker
blower that is equal in volume to sup
Jlying air to "A potion smelter, and the /
yater-jacket, while on the upper floor
) the Blake crusher, with capacity of /
30 tons per diam, and can be so regu-
ated as to crush or to any degree of |
ineness required. On this floor the
,res are mixed and fed with the fuel
nto the furnace.
Last week fires were built under the
roller and the machinery put in motion
worked TO n charm, there
,eing nothing defective in the manu-
acture or putting up.
Prof. Foss has been employed for
he past Is years in putting up and op-
rating mining machinery manufac-
ured by Fraser Il Chalmers, and in all
his time he never knew them to make
single error in plans or put in poor
ct of machinery. These WORKS are
10 exception.
The office is just below the mill and
hen completed viii he equipped with