The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-19
the ideas OF Manager Raht, and on The lat
ter he spent q year and q half.

the ideas Of Manager Raht, and on The LAT
ter he spent a year and q half.
The above. while ID gives IN ideA OF. IA,
process employed, still but slightly indi
oates the extent OF the works. In the samp
ling mill there IN a sixty horse-power On
Rinc, used simply for that department.. III,
engine that runs the furnaces il Of ~
horse capacity, six boilers being required
This big belt which carries the power weigh
1,l00 pounds. OF the engine room 10 Vi,
machine shop, while close by il a buildin,
devoted to blacksmithing. AT night thu
two dynamos, one for tho arc n tn,
other for tho incandesoent lights. Ther
there Ia u large room in which the blowers
are located. Running from the furnace Ii
u long flue, connecting with tho chimney,
All the fumes and smoke are carried
of the ore are saved in this lue. Ample
provisions have been made to suppress a
fire.
Travellers noting the burning ore heaps
have often asked how much wood IL re-
quired to keep them going. The ores roast
cd in these heaps contain a large proportion
of sulphur; therefore it is only necessary to
kindle a good fire under them and the sui
phur does the rest. The heaps, as a rule,
! contain 100 tons, under which is placed two
cords of wood. They burn three weeks.
Another interesting thing to the initiated
a. uAAu PASAA SAAS WV
ter contains u large enough per cent. OF
valuable matter to be treated again.
just now there ID quite y lot of ore on
hand, distributed among the various bins.
Some idea of the systematic way in which
the business is conducted may be obtained
when it il known that at any time the man
ager can go to II. A. Carnochan, who keeps
these records, and within ten minutes not
only find ont exactly the value of all the
ore on hand, but also of the amour repre-
scented by each separate Din. THIS system
is noticed throughout all the departments.
Though tho buildings cover considerable
space, they arc so arranged with relation to
each other that the plant rs II whole is a
very compact one. 1t would be supposed
in a business Of the magnitude OF the East
Helena works, where the material handled
is rock, that there would naturally be con-
siderable dirt and rubbish about. But on
the contrary from one end to the other they
are as neat and clean, almost, as a dry
goods store. &
When the building now in course OF con-
is completed the working capacity
of the East Helena works will be about
doubled, there then being eighteen roasting
furnaces. This will enable the manage
ment to run the four blast furnaces. and
give employment to a much greater number
Of men than at present. The new building
md the contractors are pushing 1T to COM
as rapidly rs possible. The enlarged
works will represent an investment of
5000. 900.
No other enter prise in the vicinity of
Helena gives employment to so large a
lumber OF men, and while considerable ore
s sent out of Montana to be treated, it is
,ot the fault of the management of the
Cast Helena works. Some kinds of ore
melters elsewhere absolutely require. and
or that reason they are willing to bid
higher for it, than the Helena institution
afford to. pay. But where the condi-
ions are equal the United smelling and
Refining company can, and does meet all
competition. .