Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-11-20

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power by September /, and to accomplish
that result they cannot lose any time
Mr.. Tanning, the eminent hydraulic en-
gineer, has been wired and will doubt
less be here in few days to begin oper-
ations. I expect that not less than 150
men will be employed this fall and win
ter on the dam, which will be model of
its kind, with solid cut stone masonry to
back its great mass Of timbers."
"Will the dam be built Immediately at
the falls ?" -.m.
"No, 1t will be about 200 feet above the
falls, but we still get the full benefit Of
all the fall there is, as the water will be
conducted from the dam about 1900 feet
in an iron pipe nine feet in diameter,
whence will come our source Of power
LOCATION OF THE sMELTER.
Mr.. Parsons said the smelter would be
located about opposite the Black Eagle
falls. That will be the nucleus Of the
works. The cencentrator will be situated
just above the smelter and both may be
enlarged at will-extending the smelter
down the stream and the concentrator up
stream. The capacity Of the works to
start with will be 500 tons daily but this
will be increased within the next year to
probably four times that number Of tons.
It is the intention to close down the smell
ter at Butte and reduce all their ores
here. .@
.H RAILROAD EXTENSIONS. "
The Manitoba railroad will build five
tracks from the main line to
the smelter, distance Of about
two miles, One Of these will be con-
structed at once 50 as to afford facilities
for hauling material for both the dam and
smelter. This work will be undertaken
Immediately and pushed to early com
pletion.
OTHER DETAILS. ".
Mr.. @. 0. Parsons will have full charge
of tile work Of construction Of the smell
ter and will return here in few days
from Butte to assume the task. He has
secured an office in the Dunn block, the
one recently occupied by the police mag
istrate and city council. Mr.. Henry
Prentiss Jr., late of Minneapolis, who
went to Butte today with the party, will
be his assistant, aud it is not unlikely that
G. E. Ingersoll, who is we'll known here,
will he the company's civil engineer.
The concentrator and smelter will be built
adjacent to the river bank, with other
buildings farther up on the hill. These
will include storage building, boarding
and bunk houses, an extensive shop,
offices, some residences, etc. When com
pleted the smelter and surrounding struc-
lures will present in the distance the
appearance Of full fledged city. 1t will
be supplied with perfect water system
and every department will be lighted by
In factit will be the model
smelter of the United States, supplied
with all the latest appliances and conven-
iances for the cheap and successful re-
duction of copper ores. 1t is the inten,
tion Of the company to add Refinery, so
that they can refine their own copper
product but this will not be undertaken
until the smelter is completed.
THEY BELIEVE IN THE TOWN.
"Have the members Of the company
bought property here?" inquired the re-
porter. ~ -42.
"As individuals some of them have"
answered Mr.. Bigelow. "Some of us have
invested good many thousand dollars in
outside property here and we are likely
to quadruple our holdings. We believe
in Great Falls. We did not come here
for the benefit Of the town, but because
we found such advantages and facilities
as we were in quest Of. However, now
that our smelter is located here we ex-
pect to become identified with your city
and may be Of some benefit in advancing
its interests. We have every confidence
in the future growth and prosperity Of
Great Falls and will be found working
with your citizens to promote those ends.'
The gentlemen seemed highly elated