The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-25
TO BUILD A SHELTER
Spokane People Hustling to Erect a
Plant in OPPOSITION to HeinR.
IN TRAIL CREEK COUNTRY
The Charges for Reducing Ores
There - Granite County Mines
and Companies Floyd Jones
Talks About Montana.
IN TRAIL CREEK COUNTRY

Another effort is being made to build
smelter in Washington or in the Trail
Creek country to oppose F. Aug
Heinze's smelter. Some capitalists and
mining men believe that Mr. Heinze
has too much of a good thing. A prop
ositon has been made to the people of
Spokane to build a smelter there and
work the Rossland ores at IS a ton
by the new railroad from Spokane to
Trail, they figure that ore could be
transported at $3.50 a ton, which would
make the total cost to the mine-owners
$3.50 ton, being $3.50 less than Heinze
Will do the same work. Mr.. Heinze has
large contract to smelt Rossland ore
for $11, of which he allows 81 for haul
ing over his tramway from Rossland.
The Spokane people are hustling for
the new smelter
The importance of Colorado and of
Denver to the mining interests of the
entire West was illustrated recently by
the investigation of a big mining en-
terprise in Montana by Professor Sadt-
Ter, the well known mineralogist, re-
Gently of the Colorado school of mines.
The property in question, says the
Denver Republican, is the Golden Scep-
tire, situated near Rock creek in Mis-
soula county, Mont, and owned by
United States Senator Higgins of Della
ware and other prominent Delaware
capitalists.
II found when 1 went there" said
Professor Sadtler, "a large body of
free milling and concentrating ore, 200
feet or more wide, and running from
$3.50 to $1,000 in gold. BY the proposed
method of treatment, IS per cent is
saved, five-sixths as free milling gold
on plates, and the remainder as con-
centrates, susceptible of chlorination or
bromination. But could not find a mill
in Montana that could give us the tests
required, and after repeated sampling
and small tests, the management de-
cided that 1t would have the ore tested
In Colorado, and accordingly shipped
two carloads to the Harris mill near
Alma, which was designed for the
treatment of a similar class of ore. The
concentrates for this test were tried by
+. G. Englehardt of this city, by both
chlorination and bromination and re-
suited in saving of from So to 92 per
cent.
LAS a result of this test the owners
of the property are putting in one of
the most automatic plants on record.
The plant consists of a 100-stamp mill,
frue vanners for concentration, and a
chlorination plant for the treatment of
the concentrates. The designs for the
plant were made under my supervision.
The cost of the plant will be $1,000.
1.-THE main features of the plant are
the utilization of a large water power,
and the running of the air drills and
compressors by a dynamo at the mine;
the crushing of all ore at the mine, so
as to avoid the expensive distribution
system at the mill; an electric trolley
road to run the ore to the mill and
transport supplies to the mine. All
milling. transportation and
is to be done by electricity, |
generated by water power. AS the |
ore bodies are enormous and for 1900 |
feet from the surface can be worked |
by tunnel, the statement that under |
such ideal conditions and with a mod |
ern plant the mine will prove a record |
breaker for economy of working may |
be justified.
There is now on the way three more |
lots of ore of 1000 pounds each for test |
ing to decide the best method of treat |
ment. 1 have no hesitation in saying |
that the facilities for making tests of /
this character in this state are SUI
perior to those of any other state in the
West"