The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-12
BELT, THE COAL CITY
Things Here Are Being Pushed Along
With a Will.
ALWAYS ON THE IMPROVE
New Cars Ordered. More Ma
chinery Being Set-The Camp
Has a Fat Pay Roll. Good Men
and Excellent Prospects.

Great Fails. Dec. 11.-Belt City. the
greatest coal camp In Montana or in
the northwest, Is pushing ahead Wig
orousfy and has almost distanced ITS
early rival. Sand Coulee. In the race Cor
prominence. prosperity and population.
Real estate there Is slowly but surely
advancing and the demand for business
locations and residence property IL IN
creasing daily. Many business firms
from Great Falls have established
branch houses there, all of which re-
port q successful and growing trade.
This Is due to the fact that the Cast
ner Coal q Coke company make TIM
provements whenever necessary TO tn
crease the output of coal and coke for
shipment. The pay rofl OF this COM
pany is now the largest In Northern
Montana and Is increasing each month.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
money is paid over to the employees at
Belt, q large proportion of the same
finds IT'S way to this city and u felt In
the various channels Of trade. f.s
The Belt Times ie authority for the
statement that the new power house
of the company Is nearly completed
and ready for occupancy. A 22o-horse
power compressor 10 located in this
building and the foundation for an
other 550-horse power Is now being laid.
This piece of machinery will occupy. a
space, over all, 53x19 and weighs As
with a 22-6oot drawing wheel. The
smaller compressor 10 now used for
pumping and furnishing power for four
mining machines. AS soon as the large
one Us in operation 1t will be used for
the machines and for drawing the mine
oars by a tail rope. the drums for the
latter are already in place In room
adjoining the power house.
The increased demand for the pro
duction of the mines here has prompt
ed the company to put In mining ma
chimes. There will he 20 machines. four
of which are now here and in success
fun operation. The company has also
let a contract to the Pittsburg Car
works for $50 mine oars of two-ton
capacity. These cars are made from
seasoned oak and are larger and more
durable than the cars now in use
About so of the cars are already here
and the remainder will be shipped as
fast as they can be turned out. About
500 of these cars will be required TO
handle the output of the mines. Track
layers are now busy getting the track
in shape for the change 50 that by the
first of the new year everything VIII
be In running order under the new sys-
tenn. The presence of the machines
will not reduce the working force. The
company has orders for lbs carloads OF
coal per day, besides the coke, and 10
bending every effort to M them.
The slack from No. 2 hopper is now
hauled direct to the washer in four
ton cars Part of the distance It Is
hauled by mule power and the remain
der by cable. No. mine furnishes
about 100 tons of slack and No. about
go tons per day to the washer for 1
coke and nut coal.
Two new boilers are being put In
place at the new boiler house and an
addition Is being built to the washer,
which Will have additional jigs, screens,
etc, to fascilttate washing the slack. |
Work on the foundation OF the steam |
car-1oader has commenced.