Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-16
REDUCTION WORKS.
Enterprise Of the Parrot RiRins Com
pany Of Butte.
pLANr LOCATED AT GAYLORD
An Undertaking Which Takes Kanh
With Any Of Its Kind 10 6msri-
CO, Nearing Completion.

Located q, Gaylord, thirty-eish'
miles east OF Butte, In the state O.
Montana, are the reduction works O.
the Parrot Mining company-'A PLAN
now in course Of erection, which IL
among tho largest Of the KIND In 'n'
whole OF America.
1t 10 being built for the treatment OF
the Parrot Mining campsny's ofee'
which will be hauled from the Parro'
mine at Butte, to the location OF the
great plant. The works consist oil
concentrating plant with capacity oil
u tnou.aud tons every twenty.iour
hours, together with reverbstory,
furnaces and all other auxiliariea
necessary to the making up pl COM
plete reduction plant.
The buildings ure all OF steel, n
travelling crane OF 20 tont' capacity
being used to convey the msssive anu
weighty framework 10 its proper POSI-
ton, This crane 10 run by electricity,
from the eompnny's0wn electric plant
"a fine nne-which furnishes power
for everything requiring III, In the
operation OF the itnmonee works. The
building proper has smok tstnck 200
feet high, which In It's ere1tion alone
has consumed over MILLION brick.
These brick are manufactured by the
company right ON the 'ound, a SITES m
brick plant with capacity OF 10000
Der day being constantly operated Tor
that purpose. la the c0Dhtruction OF
the staca In question 80 carloads
Of granite were used, this ma
tsrial being hauled distance OF
fifteen miles, while fromI 1000 to 5000
carloads OF rock were used IN the ere O.
ton Of the concentrator and other
buildings, ak OF which and mono Less
than fiily feet high constitute the stu.
pendous undertaking.
The company has q canal eighteen
milesi long, In which water Is con.
veyed from the Jefferson river for unp
in the construction and operation OF
the worke. This canal terminates In
"a reservoir above the works, 30 that
there 10 always an ample supply OF
water, none OF which is allowed TO go
to waste. THIS Northern Pacific has
branch road six miles IN leagth
for the sole benefit OF this
plant alone and from October,
ls85--at which time masonry work
was commenped-untilt the present, 200
men have been constantly employsJ.
or the present force fourteen Of them
are Salt Lakers, with w. j. TIduer-
ham OF this city as general supcrin-
tendept Of tho massive btru cture.
Mr.. Tuddenhsm has had charge OF
the WORK since Its commencement,
nearly two years ago. He has shown
himself 10 be an able, fair-mindeu
superintendent and has given general
satisfaction to the large force OF men
under him. As Mr.. II. II. Evans OF
tina city. who recently came from
there says, "Their respect for him Is
far psy oDu that usually entertained by
wcrkingmen TO those over them."
In the Vicinity Of the great plant
considerable prospecting Ia going on,
but no mines nave been opspei mp yet.
The completion OF the entire works ~
expected to be realized In the course OF
tee next three months. There 10 plenty
OF moEey In the Parrot Mining com.
pany and thcy are sparing none OF 1t
to max. their reduction works the
most complete in the entire country.