The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-08
At TRAIL LANDING
Preparing to Blow In Mr.. Heinze'S
New Smelter.
BUTTE MEN GOING THERE
J. v. Bohn. the Popular End Man
of the Crldlron Field. VIII Re-
side In the Queens Land
White Succeeds Allen.

Herman Ballinger. superintendent of
the Heinze smelter. leaves this morn
ing to superintend the blowing in of
Mr.. Heinze's new smelter at Trail
Landing. b. c.. which will probably
take place next Saturday. He will be
accompanied by j. V Bohn. who will
be the chemist and assayer at the new
smelter; Matt Blake, who has been
given the position Of foreman; II. Yost,
engineer. and Duncan Campbell and j.
p. Monihan, swimmers. These gentle
men were all employees of the Heinze
company in Butte under Mr.. Ballinger
and have been promoted to more re-
sponsible positions at the new smelter.
Three of the smelling furnaces at
Trail Landing are ready for the fires
and the calcining department is fully
completed. The new smelter. as II now
stands. has a daily capacity of $50 tons
of ore, but when IL is entirely finished.
which will be in a few weeks, its ca
pacity will be increased to so tons, as
called for in the original plans. 1t will
employ about 75 men and fully that
number of Butte men are now on the
ground awaiting the starting up of the
smelter in the expectation of securing
positions.
The new smelter will materially as
sist the development of the Trail
Creek country, and IL promises to be
an exceedingly profitable investment.
1t will treat all of the product of the
rich lie Roi mine under a long term
contract at a price that Is understood
to be very satisfactory TO Mr.. HeinZe,
and will also handle outside ore up to
its capacity. Trail Landing is about
four and a half miles from Rossland
and a tramway is now being built be-
tween the lie Roi and the smelter The
legal conditions which at one time
threatened to stop the building of the
tramway have all been removed. ard II
is now being hurried to completion.
Pending its completion the ore Will be
hauled from the mine to the smelcer in
wagons and sleighs. A great deal Of
ore has already been transported in
this manner and all the bins at the
smelter are full. The smelter has been
built with view to ITS early enlarge
ment, and IL II so arranged that addi-
tional furnaces can be put in with
very little trouble.
+. A. Heinze, Carlos Warfield, J. B.
Gallagher and Two Began left yester-
day morning for British Columbia on
business connected with Mr.. Heinze's
interest in that section and will at
tend the blowing-in ceremonies at the
new smelter. Superintendent Ballinger
expects to remain at the new smelter
for about three weeks and during his
absence his position in Butte will be
filled by ID. +. Heller.
Sincere regret will be felt in football
| circles over the removal of Mr.. Bohn
from Butte and the hope will be en-
4tertained that his salary will be large
enough to permit him to make very
extended visit in Butte next fall dur
ing the hottest part of the football
season. Johnny" Bohn is not a giant
in size but there is not a football play
er on the coast or in the Northwest
who can compete with him in his play
/ ing at end. He knows the game thor
! oughly in every detail, yet he wears
the same sized hat that he did a year
ago and he is exceedingly popular both
in and out OF the team. The crimson
and cream will lose one of its mos
valuable men should Mr.. Bohn remain
away from Butte permanently.