Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-13
TEE ALICE MILL FIRE.
Damage Principally in the Roof-The
Machinery Uninjured.

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Yesterday afternoon at a quarter to 1
hre broke out in the Alice new mill, near th
hopper at the east end. Carpenters hay
been at work there for some time and hal
just finished the new work in the east haI
oil the mill at noon, and everything wa
ready to start up again. Roaster.mal
Rowell Chapman was the first to notice tn
hre and gave the alarm to the engineer. Tn
whistles Immediately summoned the mel
to the rescue, half the shift in the west ha
OF the mill being away for dinner at thl
time. The fire must have started anon,
some shavings near the hopper, thoughhov
NO one was able to say definitely. i
quickly communicated to the roof and th,
new woodwork and made considerable,
Roadway before the hose company got tc
work. Six streams of the AEc6 Fire Co
were not long in making their attachment
to the plugs and one of the Moulton.
THE FIRST HOSE
to play on the fire was from No. 2 plug ol
the Alice. All the fremen did admirable
service, their efforts being only slightly re.
tarded by the burstingo OF a couple OF hose
which was soon replaced. There was a
plentiful supply of water, and by 3 O'Clock
the last ~vestiges of the flames were out.
superintendent Hall was active in directing
the Efforts OF the men, and got one of his
eyes badly singed. The fire was chiefly COZ.
lined to the roof. but the interior wood
work about the cooling floor, the battery
door and the rock floor is charred. and
will have to be renewed. The roof OF the
pan door is untouched, but the roof of the
battery, rock, dryer and cooling floors at
The east end OF the mill is burned out en-
tirely. The fire communicated to the
tramway trestle by which the ore is con-
veyed to the mill, and a good deal OF it is
burned and otherwise destroyed. The
MACHINERY Is UNTOUCHED
with the exception of some of the belts
and the pulley of battery No. IL. The
west end OF the mill continued running as
though nothing were the matter. The east
end, where the fire was, had been under re-
pair and the stamps were all out of the
The settling pans and amalga-
majors continued at work without inter-
mission while the fire was at it's worst. A
good deal OF assistance a rendered by
outsiders, some Mountain View men help
ing to pull down the trestle and preventing
the fire from communicating to other
buildings. Superintendent Hall estimates
the loss at $4,000 at least,
while Others place the estimate
from $4,000 up. There were some
escapes from injury while the
trestle was being pulled down, the timbers
falling in dangerous proximity to the ex-
men below. One man got hurt in the
back by a board falling on him, although
was warned to get out OF the way. The
light wires through the building
we're injured and will have to be replaced.
The mill has been running with intermis-
for eight years December next. 1t
will nave to suspend until the tramway at
any rate is rebuilt, though the destruction
Of the roof will
CAUSE NO INTERRUPTION,
the ore can be again fed to the mill.
The ore in three of the batteries is spoiled
oy water, but that can be easily remedied.
The principal part of the insurance on the
mill is in n Salt Lake sgercy, but Mantle &
have the following insurance here:
81, 900 each in the Etna, American Fire,
commercial Union, insurance Co. of North
America, Pennsylvania, Phenix, Queen and
1T. Paul So, 800 each in the Liberty, Union
If New Zealand, German American and
california; 81, 500 in the London and Lam
Superintendent Hall telegraphed
he particulars to the Walker Brothers as
Don as. the fire Wi subIued Two of the
fire companies got TO the fire about
lalf an hour after it had started, but were
to be OF any service. as they could
lot effect an attachment to the Alice plugs
wing to their couplings being too large.