The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
How Work Is Progressing at the Great
Plant - Soon to Be
Completed.
Power Houses on Either Side of the
Dam Are Nearing
Completion
The Great River Soon to Be Harnessed
How 1t Will Do the Bid
ding Of Man.

tana company Is approaching compile
ton at a rate commensurate with such a
gigantic undertaking. A visitor to the
dam cannot fail to be impressed with
such an idea. The past few months have
wrought considerable change in the ap-
p%earance of things in general there o
both sides of the river. Through all the
days of the past summer the hammer,
the mallet, the saw and the drill
have kept up their music in sympathy
with the ccascless roar Of the Black
Eagle falls. The result thus Tar is graf
flying alike TO the citizens of this city
and to the officers and projectors Of the
enterprise.
The principal pieces Of work under
way about which much has already been
published are the concentration, Che
smcltcr, and the two poWcr-huu2cs.
There are also other buildings and JIM
proycmcnts being carried GU which Will
play their part whcl the works a9o rua-
ming at full blast.
THE c0Nrs%raAroG.
The co~nccntfatJr is nearly completed
On the outside and ia another week,
weather permitting, il Win he entirely
cNvlofcd. As is customary with atruc-
lures of that class. it is constructed On
sloping ground and fron "a distance APP
pears 10 consist oil SIN ADJOINING hul''-
ings. one lower than the other. II Is 2aO
! feel IN length. 1876 ~ width and about tO
in height. The frame work t. su5stau-
ti.I. built 10 stand all the jar and strain
to which il may he exposed. IIlo ciap-
boarding on the outside is covered with
building paugr, over which plates of cor
rag8tcd iron are fastened. making the
building imppryiuus 10 cold ana fire.
Nearly all ol the machinery to be used
in the concentration is already set IN tie
proper place. 70 one not acquainted
with Cullom washers. slime tables. srpar-
atore. ~Fruvanncrs. etc, il is difficult 10
comurchcnd lust the part those ma
chimes ulay in 4 wei equipped conccn-
traitor. At present one secs uothinL bat
Il h%cwildcring mass Of machinery wrought
in varinus odd and fantastic shapes.
When ali work in Unison ii is said 10 be
no hard matter TO understand how the
uic"rs of ore start In at the crusher ar
hroa]srr. r,aes through Cornish rolls.
lullom washers and scpasators.
ON 10 the revolving slime
,''Ho7' ''''. NV" - g.i,t !.
called concentrates" aua is ready tu he
smcltcd. She waste rock ana ~'nc laFl
ul".Pl."Ig, ,.P, ,., III" ~, ~ .rnsL"rr tn IN,
'r"rm.r and The Concentrates" contain
r,'i,. n",,rar eij,rr. lead and more OF
l.s9 o,,l,3 .ann.nrliu~ +, fhc nature OF tho
~, mi ntLrr minnraIs.
5,r tLn hnnriit ~ those ~ar,unintcl
,.;tI ibn rr,cnss or r,nr,ntrutiruitm irht
10 u.,ji ~ etotn that tbis c~,nccutratul
wirhnrn four rock breakers and crushcrs
s;yty-rour GALLON washers. or as they
are commonly called, "liGs' lWcnlH-l'u
n,"i7 ~ w;n hovc = 1aily c~apacii,
Of 600 TONS and is So built that it can be
increased Whenever the company see III
lhe various nlacilinVs III 't u sl;n,,
TRAITOR WIN NV cHcrp' ,,5a h,
tap'es WNlGil arcol "vo|, 80 "rI !,
fraser " ohalt'ei2 VI ,rn7 om +h,
tacI casc ,ahe oI h,om Wien sun
nlici with more machinery. as it. I'm
20 doubtedly will be at no distant natc
4 this VIII be the largest co''cci''''o' i
| 'he s'a'c'
TIE SHELTER
: Work ON the smeltcr is also progress
! .I.,;a,a..n.r, TLo s,urdatin,
my Ncl! ea''e'"''oi"' 1.
J walls are about completed anu Soon "
the material, which is on the way, ar
e rives, the structure will be put up. /
is to be of iron and comes from tn
!. Berlin Manufacturing company ready t
be nut together. Later on the TRIHrN
will publish a description Of this buiId
!. ing and also something about the pro
cess by which the copper and othc
metals will be separated.
o
NAc"'NH '"'''
k Near the concentrater a machine sho
h ;s in course If erection. If is 1OyllO an
" 81 aeo~.aa.oL ;.an Tn
pnvnrpI Win IRON. III