The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-07

circus tent, and these were washed by .
running stream of water in such way
that the refuse went off into pipes. while
the copper ore remained on the tables. In
other vast rooms covering acres were hun.
dreds Of grinding machines which made .
noise like sewing machine. and there
were acres of settling vats and of almost
every imaginable kind of machinery.
/ drove from here to the smelling works
and walked through VAST rooms filled with
fumes Of sulphur. which make You feel as
though bushel Of matches were being
burned under your nose. and saw the roast
ing OF this copper in great iron coffee pots
i've times - big a. the largest hogshead
you have ever seen and watched the red.
dish-goldon metal pour out in streams
and run of in cakes the size of q
center table or in blocks like those in
which pig iron is cast A great many of
these processes are secret, and electricity
is now being used to separate the gold aud
silver from the copper. The amount Of
gold and silver in this Anaconda copper il
such that it is believed that it will eventu-
ally bear the cost of refining and the cop
per will be pure pront. It takes about
1900 men to work this smelter, and the
wages paid them are from $3.50 upward
per day. Everything is done on the
strictest business methods, but Days
treatment Of his men 10 such that he never
has q strike, and they stand up for him
through thick and thin. It 10 this fact
that makes him such great power among
the peoplein Montana. He has thousands
OF employees, and his friends are legion.
visited the smelter at noon, and curious
sight was that of the men cooking beef
steak on hot shovels which they rested on
the kettles of molten copper.
met Mr.. Daily during my stay at Ana
oonda and had an hours chat with him.
He looks good deal ike Proctor Knott,
<,f o1yx khot h, txns. "A
tache are gray rather than white, and his
head is slightly larger than Knots. He
is a blue-eyed, rosy-faced Irishman of
about 30 years of age. He dresses simply
and there are no friIls or furbeiows about
him. He is full of vigor, and when / rode
with him from Butte to Anaconda the
other day on the train he wore soft hat,
q rough chinchilla overcoat, a pair of
pantaloons which were decidedly without
the creases of the New York dude, and his
shoes were covered with pair of rubbers
spattered with the mud of Butte City.
/ found him good talker and full of
plain, practical, everyday common sense.
He has bit of a brogue, but his laugh is
a hearty one and he evidently enjoys life.
Marcus Daily is married and he has very
handsome wife and delightful family.
He has two daughters who are going to
school in Paris, and his boy. Marcus Daily,
jr., and his youngest daughter, Hattie.
pretty little girl of or 8. are with their
mother at the Anaconda hotel. Mrs.
Daily has been married twenty years, yet
she does not look over IS. and she has as
much common sense as her husband. Mr..
Daily is especially fond of Hattie. He has
named one of his horses after her and his
palace car bears her name. This car cost
something like $4,000. 1t has bedrooms,
parlors, kitchens and bath rooms and is
used by the family when they travel. AS
for Marcus Daily himself he rides in any
kind of car, and the family live here in
Anaconda in the simplest kind of style.
This hotel cost something like 500, 900 and
is kept up at big cost. 1t is owned by
Daily, but his rooms in it are - plainly
furnished as those of many of his employees
parlors, and his habits are simple in the ex-
treme. He rises about 80 in the morning,
takes cup Of coffee and beefsteak and is
at work before many of his employees are
up. He works fast. deciding quickly on
everything and showing great executive
ability. There is no red tape about his
Office. Any one who hao business with
him can get to him at once, and he will
ness with you at once. He discharges his
obligations promptly and always keeps his
engagements. Though he is worth many
millions he has entire charge OF this great
mine property, and attends to this in adj
dition to his other business and his private
i
more than 0,O0O men dependent upon his
orders daily, and he has lumber mills and
wood cutters and adds to the whole first
class newspaper here at Anaconda. The
Anaconda Standard is one Of the best
newspapers In the West, and though it il
run at a loss it has the latest and best
news. l am told that Mr.. Daily controls
$25, 100000 worth of property in Montana,
and it is said that the Anaconda property
would bring $35, 900 any day. His
monthly pay roll for labor here in Ana
conda alone Is more than $16O. 900 and he
pays $50, 600 month for the coal he uses.
Marcus Daily has some OF the fastest
horses in the world. and no has horse
farm not far from here which contains
about 81 900, 900 worth of horses. and
which includes 1000 acres. He Is building
big frame house on this now which will
have about twenty-nine rooms, ana he
says he expects to retire here when he gets
tired of work. He has ideas OF his own
with regard to his horses, and had an IN
teresting conversation with hlm To-Day
about them. / asked him 1t he expected
to make money out of his horses, or II his
racing stock was not merely one OF the
Injuries of a millionaire. He replied:
LOT course l expect 10 make money out
of them. No one In Montana goes into
Injuries of that kind for the fun OF the
thing and il / really thought could not
ihaho piohe out W 1tAy StooAoS > "cN'.
sell them tomorrow. have a theory that
the state OF Montana will produce the
best horses of the world, and am test
ing it. The climate here is cold in the
winter time, but the air Is pure
and it increases the lung power OF
the horses. l am told that the boys here
at 10 years require suits OF clothing
as large as those worn by l2-year-old boy
of the East. The air expands their lungs
and they grow big chests, and the same Is
so OF horses As to the GOODNESS OF the
climate and the charge that colts will not
grow here in the winter. If this is true. l
expect to overcome il by good stahling
and good food. Our grass here Is better
than that of California or Kentucky, and
II makes better bones and better feet.
am buying the very best OF stock, and so
far my stables are doing very well.
How are they managed 7"
My farm is run on the same business
principles as are the mines and smeiiers.
Everything Is systematlzed and kept iii
charged. and il halter strap Is broken il
has TO be brought back before new one
can be given out. / know to cent what
everything costs. and | keep two sets of
books. one OF my racing and the other of
my breeding stables. / have weekly re-
ports, and know just exactly on what
horse ] am making and what | am losing"
How did your stables pay last Year,"
| asked.
Fairly WELL" was the reply "They
Melted me something like Si21 0oD and they
cost about S32 CO.. paid SIC, go for Tam
many when | bought him a yearlIng.
He won SIS 900 last year and he will prob
ably win at least 5000 tins season. he