The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-06-29
A NEW ENTERPRISE,
The Park Coal and Coke Company's New


Plant
The properties OF this company are sit
uated at what is now known as "Horr,"
f1ourjshing town on the upper Yellow
stone, about two miles below Cinnabar.
Having been repeatedly invited to take
a look at the works and mines, and being
promised square meal while in pursuit
Of knowledge, which last is always a
powerful inducement, we took a flying
trip and made few notes. AS the com
pany is composed largely Of Livingston
men, and is backed by Livingston capi-
tai, it IS Of more than ordinary local in
terest to our readers, and we have taken
pains to get reliable data as to the pres.
ent condition of the property and it's fu-
ture prospects. These who have made
the trip up the Park branch in times
past can reedily recall the slow time and
rough rail that made life pleasant on the
trip. On this occasion we got aboard
with all due preparations for long siege
and prepared to endure the tedium of
the trip, While we were lighting the
first match we went whirling up through
the oenyon and so astonished were all of
the crowd that the match went out and
we only got breath when we made ten
ocCoAu sup dt h1lsOiH. "A Low MOmenGS
later Emigrant Peak came waltzing
around on the left in a very indecorus
way and we pulled up at F'ridley's, Won
dering what had broken loose. OF course
from sheer force Of habit we had to get
out to shake and sample. doe" had
just shook when the cry Of 'allaboard'
startled us and the rush for the already
moving train was a sample Of what a
lazy man can do when he is pushed. The
track of the Branch has been thorough
ly overhauled and is so smooth by com
parison that it seems to be first class,
and the time now is equal to the best on
the main line. At II Las we are at Horr
and ready for the square "handout" that
had been promised.
The town makes very creditable
showing for it's age and now consists of
something over fifty neat white cottages
for the workmen and management, with
the necessary warehouses, etc. The
ovens, of which twenty will be burning
by the 1st fully, are situated along the
base of the hill just above the town and
present a fine appearance. They are
what is known as 'bank ovens" and are
combination of rock and brick, the
lower portion being built of fire rock and
the crowns being of brick shipped from
Pennsylvania for that purpose. The
work seems to be first class and has been
laid up under the personal supervision
of Mr.. John Pisor, who has followed the
business of erecting ovens in the coke
regions-of Pennsylvania for years and is
master in the business. When com
pleted the plant will consist of forty
ovens, each twelve feet in diameter, and
requiring over 100 tons of coal per day.
Coal bunkers are being erected with a
capacity of supplying fifty ovens, the
probable size of the plant within a year.
The ovens, however, are not the real
foundation of the plant, for without coal
they are useless toys. So often have we
heard that there was not enough coal on
the property to base a coke plant upon
that it was with no small degree
of reluctance We pulled our coats
and prepared to climb as a matter
of courtesy to the management. The
following is as correct a description of
what we saw as was possible to make in
the time at our disposal. The various
openings are described in the order they
were visited, without regard to the num-
bers designated on the mine plats
Close to the base of the hill we went
in on No. l. This entry is now in over
about A inches thick. This coal is quite
hard, a very clean, bright article that
shows good, bright, hard coke in an open
fire that has been made on the outside
Of the pit. In this vein, and dividing
the coal, is 14-inch strata of excellent
fire clay that has been used in the con-
struction of the ovens. This vein is YER
tical at this point, and there is about $50
feet of ground to work between the low
er entry and the next one above. No. 2
is on the same vein as No. l and has
been driven in over 600 feet. In this
vein Or opening rooms have been turned
and about 10000 tons of coal mined out,
leaving about as much more to be mined
before reaching the surface or groupings
No. is on the next vein above and is in
$50 feet, showing about % feet of clean
coal all the way. This is also a vertical
vein, and between No. 3 and No. 4 there
is 100 feet to be mined out. No on the
same vein is in $50 feet and is worked in
rooms on the long wall plan. The coal
in this vein is free from slate or other
rock and is very fine coking COAL Up
over the first high bluff of rocks No. 6
has been driven in on feet of good coal
200 feet MOI, higher up and in the
main mountain, is in 45O feet and has a
cross entry IS feet back in the mountain.
The coal opened here is probably the
best on the property, being perfectly free
from rock or other foreign substances,
and averaging nearly 4 feet thick in
clean, bright coal Following around
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