The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-12-03
FLINY GREEK FALLS
Will Soon Be Harnesscd by the BIZ
Metallic Company.
TWO THOUSAND INCHES WATER
To Fall 900 Feet-Will Generate Three
Thousand Horse Power of Electri-
city-A Big Undertaking.

Tie waters of Flint Creek Falls will
soon be haruessed and when this is
done it will prove one of the greatest
water powers in Montana. Flint Creek
Falls is about midway between Ana
conda and Philipsburg, just north of
what is called Georgetown Flats and
less than three quarters of a mile from
the wagon road where it crosses Flint
creek on the Flats. The work is being
done by the B- Metallic Mining Com
pany of st. Louis, Mo-, whose princi-
pal place Of mining operation is at
Granite and phi.iosburg, with silver
mines at tl.e fo.mer and mammoth
mill at tho latter. In 1892 the com
pany conceived the idea of utilizing
the Yates of Flint Greek Falls and in
that year and thon expended large
sums of money on the enterprise, such
as building grades and driving tunnels
along the left bank of the stream. The
work of constructing water tumc
"a
twenty five men aud "a civil engineer,
George ". Wilson or philipsburg. AL
Anaconda Recorder representative Wis
! lted the place q few days ago and wa:
shown over the works by MIR. Wilson
| An S-foot dam Of solid masonry Il
erected just above q point on thl
stream Just before it begins to shoe
down a narrow mountain gorge u dis
tance Of ~ miles, with a fall Of more
Than 800 feet. The mountains o,
either side run almost abruptly int
the water below and make a sceni,
effect mos beautiful to behold, while
the water leaps from one ledge Of rocl
TO the other presents a picture of gran
deur.
The grade for the fame has been Gu
out of solid rock The descent is mad
on q 15o- 1000 grade. The hume rise
to u height of about 800 feet above IN
stream before it nlakes fall to tn
pressure pipes to the electric plan
which will be erected in the vale
below On the ronte of the hunl
there ere two tunnels. One about 81
1
dam, and u second one $50 feet long
three quarters of mile distant.
will take 800, 900 feet or more of lun
her to build the nume The tim ber
are GxG and .wo inch plank oresse
upon one side which are cut and Il
ready 10 set. 1ne fumes will carr
2ON) inches of ws'er. capable of gen
Grating hy electricity over 5000 hor,
power.
| All of the above figures are approx
mate. at the same time being abOu
correct They give an idea what
| high pressure 1000 inches of water vii
| give with IA fall of 800 feet. At th
same time the Bi Metallic conpan
began this work it was given out tina
they would build a large electric plan
at Flint Greek Falls and string wire
to the plants Of the Bi-Metalic an
Granite Mountain Mining companie
| at Fnllipsburg, Granite and Rumsey
| They are. no douDt, carrying on
their plans now. Thsre are many RI
mors about the Bi-Metallic compan,
resumiDg operations in the spring. o
this, nothing is known except rumors
1t will take six weeks longer to com
plete the fume and then Flint Creel
Falls viii be ready to run ali electric
light plant as soon as lit is placed il
position, which will be done during
1888. It is a great water power an(
will 60 long way towards making il
possible for the large silver producers
of Granite county to work even Will
the low price of silver.