The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-30
ABSTRACTS Of REPORTS
or the Boston and Montana Cousoli-
dated Copper and Silver Com
pany Taken from
The Engineering and Mining Journal
Interesting Information About
the Works at Great Falls.

The report of Supt. Klepetko of the
Great Falls works says that the total
smelling for the eighteen months has
been equivalent to 218,95S tons of ore.
and the production 1885, 15 pounds of
copper, which is accounted for as fol-
lows: Matte shipments, 4, 7s1,44O pounds:
pig copper shipments, 1856, $40 pounds;
ingot and cake shipment, 7,246.S34
pounds; electrolytic cathode shipments,
o'3'o,6I5 pounds; sundry small ship
ments not reported, 1874 pounds; on
hand Jan. /, 1894, matte, pig p re.
hned copper, anodes, solutions, etc,
Z,3oo,iI4 pounds; furnace refinery loss 10
reilnlng, ~l9,S25,5JS pounds ingot and
anodes, U,7lS pounds; total, 33,30S,9l5
pounds.
Shipments of matte were discontinued
from the Great Falls works in May, 1893:
after that date all shipments were in the
form OF pig copper, ingot, cake. or ca
thodes. The inventory of copper in or o
concentrates, calcines, and other mate
rial in stock or in process taken Jan.
1894, showed 6.5S4,S30 pounds of copper
at the Great Falls works. Over 2,56O.-
OC0 pounds of this is ore. The reserves
OF ore consist of about 1900 tons first
class and 1900 tons concentrating ore.
The electrolytic refinery, which was
originally planned for a capacity of
100000 pounds monthly, has been grad
ually worked up in capacity until now it
IS producing at the rate of 100000
pounds.
The trustees report says: Consider
ing all the delays incident to the es-
tablishment OF a new plant and the Pc
culiar difficulties which were encounter
ed at Great Falls, both from the charac-
ter OF the location and from the many
new experiments which were undertaken
your trustees feel we'll pleased in pre-
senting this report. Notwithstanding
the great depression in business during
1873 and the consequent low price OF
copper, we have come through it all sue
cessfully, and the plant has more than
met our expectations. Especially is this
the case with regard to the electrolytic
plant, the production Of which is a great
deal larger than it was supposed TO be
capable OF and we still feel that we have
yet reached the limit of it's produc-
.tiveness; nor the still further reduction
OF cost of operation in all departments
the whole plant.
"We wish to call the attention of the
to the fact that in the
of assets we make no mention
the value of the Great Falls plant.
which has cost, in all, about S2,OOO,OOO.
We have very little doubt but that this
plant could be sold for enough to take
up the bonded indebtedness, to be used
an independent smelling plant for
treating custom ore; a sufficient quaint.
ty OF which could be readily procured
from the various localities in Montana.
The bonded indebtedness has been re-
duced to sl,456,0OO through the opera
tlon OF the sinking fund. Another item
or which we take no account in our as
is the amount of ore and copper in
JUS various stages with which the Great
Falls plant is stocked. January 1st.
1884, this amounted to over G,500,000 lbs,
on which there is a net value to the
company, after all future expenses are
paid, OF over 100000. This stock would
enable US, in case of any accident to the
nine or railway, to run the Great Falls
plant for about two months, keeping up
he regular product.
The operations of the plant during
he last six months of 1888, when all the
smelling was done at Great Falls, have
very satisfactory showing a large
'aln over past operations, and the latter
lalf of the six months shows a gain over
he first half. Towards the accomplish
nent of this, great credit is due our
superintendent, MIR, Kiepetko. for his
areful and intelligent supervision, and
We feel well convinced that ne will make
till further gains, In regard to our
1ines at Butte, everything has gone Oh
here most satisfactorily, as will be seen
y captain COUGHS report. At the
resent rate Of production we should
ave three years supply from our re-
OF ore opened up. AT the time of
ur last report we figured up about a
ear and a half's supply"