The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-27
BOARD OF TRADE.
The Regular Meeting OF the Board
Important Subjects Dis
CusSpd.
Some Interesting Points an Fire
CLAY and IRON Ore De
posts.

The regular meeting or the board of
trade was held "Wednesday afternoon at
the orfyo Of J.. K. Clark d Co.. both the
president ana ,i"c president being ali
sent. On the motion Of II. o. ChoWcn
Paris Gibson was chosen president pro
ten. and assumed the chair. The min
utcs Of the last meeting were read and
approved. Reports of committees were
called for, but We're not forthcoming cy-
cept that the executive committee re
ported progress.
New business being called for, G. NJ.
Webster brought forward the subject Of
the sale OF the county bonds and sug-
gcsted that the board of trade should in
vestigate the matter. Mr.. Webster sug-
| gcsted that the matter be referred to the
executive committee for investigation
and action. The motion was carried.
The following gentlemen were elected
! to membership; DIR. Gowan Ferguson,
j. f. Arlington. T.. l.. liurghardt, c. NJ.
Noight. NJ. }. Leaning.
Mr.. ChOwcn called attention to the
matter of free delivery of tine mail. The
law requires that cities To he entitled to
a Free delivery system shall have a poru-
latiOn OF 10000 people or the postOtice
shall show an annual income Of SlO.ONO.
The income Of the Great Falls p~OstOiiice
for the year ending June 30, 1891, showed
an income Of over cln.u0O, and is n0W
running over $1,000 Il month.
NJ. =. Parker was called upon To give
! the board a little information regarding
the building stone and fire clay Of the
district. After speaking briefly Of the
cycclicut quality Of the Building stone
uuarI.iod here, Mr.. Parker took up the
subject Of fire clHys. There is ii large
body Of fire clay at Sand Coulcc, the
analysis Of winch shows this is one Of
the h"st quality and there is no reason
why il should not Ie utilized for fire
brick. Fire brick can be made at little
? more expense than ordinary red brick.
! The VEN is IL feet thick and run O.
per cent. silica. 30 Ia - per cent. alumni
ma and only - per cent. lime. Most Of
our tire brick comes from Illinois, the
cost Of freight being 200 per car. The
rock along the line OF the Sand Coulcc
branch near Fields station runs 9S per
I cent. silica and could rr used adyau-
tagcOusiN in glass making. i fire brrk
plart would require II capital of about
$4,000. There is no question but that
such d plant would he d pasin" invest
mrnt.
Paris Gibson then addressed the meet
ing on the same subject. The discovery
Of iirc-clay is I'm important one for this
section. We have mere all the ineredi
cnts for the manufacture Of IRON, There
is nothing like tins country for iron ore
deposits. Our mountains are iull of ore,
with no rhosporus, and running AS
high az GS per cent. metallic IRON.
These ores are the best for making
Bcssclnrr steel. We also have large
bodies Of manganese non ore. Great
Falls j. 90 be the place where this ore
will be treated. and the time VIII he
short. Two years will see these ores
treated here. An expert from II o. he
largest steel works in the country has
examined into this matter and rX.
pressed the opinion that here is To be
the great iron manufacturing town Of
the west. The great industry to come
for Great Falls is the manufacture Of
iron and steel. II is a notable fact that
ihr only large deposits Of iron ore in
Montana are in the trrr; DRY tributary to
Great Falls,
In response 10 a question by Mir. Dick
iu~un. whether there is q good cOLing
c)HI hero. Mr.. Gibson said that the e.
animation of the Goals Of this country
showed that the bright, brittle cOaI @.
the Sand Cuu,rc mines Wii! make excel.
lent coke. Only machinery rs necessary
to make plenty al good coke. The vice