The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-10
THE MINES OF MONTANA.
The Anaconda Company Making Ex-
tensive Additions to It's I'm
mense Smelling Plant.
The Business Of That Company
During the Month Of
May.


Il has often been stated that the Ana
sonda oompany's mining and smelling in.
terests represent an investment Of six mil
lion dollars. This is an enormous sum of
money, yet it has given to Montana the
most extensive copper and silver mining
works in the world. And the great enter.
prise of this great company, though meet
ing occasionly with disastrous set-backs by
unfortunate accidents, still continues.
phoenix like tho big smelter at Carroll has
arisen from it's ashes to the more durable
structure of iron and the announcement is
now made of still greater additions to this
plant. An idea of the business of this COM
pany and what is going on at Anaconda
may be CLEANED from the following taken
from the Standard:
''The iron smelter at Carroll is about to
receive an addition which will be 800 feet
long and los feet wide. The annex will
Brueckner furnaces which have already
been ordered as an addition to the present
plant. This will give total of 96 Brueck-
ners at the lower works. To take care of
these new brick stack will be built on the
crest Of the hill back of the lower works.
Il will be the fourth of the stacks erected by
side diameter of Is feet, it will be noticea-
bly, larger than either of those that now
carry the smelter smoke away from the city
and out over the valley. In preliminary
way the new work calls for II 600 perches of
rock work and for the laying of 100000
bricks. The grading for this annex to the
Carroll smelter is nearly completed. At
the upper works. across the creek, tho work
of rebuilding smelter No. is advancing,
and the workmen will soon be ready for the
iron. of which the structure is to be con-
structed. The following figures, taken
from the books at the main Office of the
smelling works, show, in part, the
amount of business for the month of May:
Ore received. SO 159 tons
NGal received; 1887 tons
WOOD received. ,....................A. 6sS cords
Fre;sht cbarses n,;i sssn ~ az soa az
Pay roll. ...................... ,452 90
THE freight account represents the
money paid at the freight Office in this city
for the month of May. The works are en-
joying the advantage of an abundance of
water for motive power, thus reducing the
quantity of wood and coal required at pres
ent. The returns herewith given for the
monthly pay roll are limited to disburse-
works themselves. The matte shipme nts
are affected by the fact that smelter nu M
Der one is not in running order, and will not
be until entirely rebuilt.
1.-The foundry works in this city are des-
tined to be the largest establishment of the
sort in the northwest. The equipment is
complete and the facilities for business
cannot easily be surpassed. The concern
is known as the Tuttle Manufacturing and
Supply company. Under Mr.. Tuttle's di-
rection, large addition is now being made
to the plant. This addition will afford
other purposes. The foundry turned out
its first product last week in the shape of
castings which proved to be of splendid
quality. The company has made plans for
an enormous extension of it's business. 1t
has just completed the purchase of the
stock of the Anaconda Hardware company,
and will take possession at once. 1t is
understood that r. r. Hoge of the COM
pany just named intends to return to Butte
to resume business relations there"