The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-23
An UGLY RUM0R
THE GAYLORD Smell
TER WILL NOT BE BUILT.
In Consequence Of u Zeal Between
the Anaconda and Parrot tom
panies-A French syndicate Said
to be Int rested.

of a deal, which if consummat-
ed will be the death blow to the new
town of Gaylord. In speaking of the
rumored deal the Butte Inter Mount
ain of last Wednesday said that the
fact that the Parrot company has not
yet let the contract for the construc-
ton Of the big ditch to convey water
from the Jefferson river to the contem-
plated plant near Whitehall has given
rise to the rumor that a deal will be
shortly consummated by which the
whole Parrot plant. with all the prop
critics of that company. will be trans
ferred to the management of the Ana
conda company. 1t is said by some
that negotiations of some kind have
been in progress for several weeks for
the transfer of the Parrot properties,
but 1t has been limited hat the deal
was being made with a syndicate of
French capitalists who have been
anxious for a long time to obtain con-
troll of a number of good copper prop
critics.
Superintendent r. d. Grant of the
Parrot, is now visiting in the east, and
Manager Gaylord is not inclined to
discuss the matter. 1t is believed,
however, that there is something in the
rumor. The Anaconda mine has re-
Gently made many purchases of copper
properties in this district. Even with
all the ore obtained from the Ana
conda and syndicates mines and the
properties underlease to private individ-
uals, it is known that not enough ore
is mined to keep much more han one
half of the mammoth plant of the
lower works in operation. With the
Anaconda and syndicate properties and
the Poulin group running at full blast,
the company would have an abundant
supply of copper to keep the smelter
running all the year round.
The Parrot people during the good
old days of Republican prosperity used
a large quantity of the copper mined
in Butte in the manufacture of goods
at the Ansonia factory which is owned
by the directors of the company. The
depression existing throughout the
country during the past two years has
rendered this business so Improbable.
however, that the factory has been
closed down a good portion of the time
~, ,oc+,.i,4n1 Il, i4c nnorotinrc T. l.,
thought that this fact has had some
thing to do with the present negOtia-
lions.
Should the transfer be made as ru-
mored it is not likely that the new
smelter will be erected.
The Parrot company has three prop
critics in Butte which have been de-
veloped. and a number of others upon
which very little development work
has been done. The Parrot mine is the
main producer of the company, al
though the MOSCOW is said to be begin
ming to show up equally as we'll. The
Little Minah was extensively devel-
oped up to two years ago, but work
temporarily suspended, owing, it is
said. to a failure to find any high grade
ore. 1t contains, however, great bodies
of low grade ore, which could be very
politically handled by the Anaconda
people, whose railroad runs across the
property.
All parties alleged to be interested
in the deal deny all knowledge of it,
and time alone will tell what foundation
there is for the rumors now in circu-
%lation.