The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11
SHELTER FOR GRAND FoRks.
IL VIII Treat Ore. From Mines
Owned by the CORPORATION.

sgeesal Dispatch 20 the post-IntegIige
GRAND FORKS. T. e. April s.~-JAs y.
Graves. a prominent mining rnaa of sE'S-
kate, ard the promoter Of the Old IRON
sides. Knob Hill and tse Gay " Paris
aad Lincoln Mining Companies. and d aig
sEne4tsr corporation. which proposes 10
efecf works tor tk1 treatment OF the GRE
q these properties immediately, VAS Ia
the city tbs week and III Conversation
with yGssr correspondent said
We have decided 10 build a s.Geigsr
this summer al same pelxlt in the bound
AIRY country. and giving TIE question
% location careful investigation and c@n-
sheraton The Emelter viii have s. daily
capacity Of ~ tons and will cost Alaa nri.
Including central plant with buildings
and smGksStseks. provision OF course hs~
ing made fer its enlargement al 4 COM
parAriyetg SINAI. cost.
Last years investigation demonstrated
thai as deal a site as SouiG be- secured
exists IN the Kettle river valley. Lime.
an essential requisite ii tgx4ns ores, Is
found ia abundance, and either fork uE the
river Possesses strong merits. OF coarse
there are many considerations involved n
reaching final decision l would In
stance iraek4ge. grade. water supply ANA
water pollution. Ma propositions snyolv-
sng REFUSAL Of proprletors 10 waive iu-
tuFe claims for damages will De enter
saired. Property owners. feel convinced,
Will not be so shorf--igats1 a 10 offer
iH-tim@G objections 10 an industry that
involves ttass welfare of this region
lherr ~ no doubt a sm@iter sith the
TOW n vogue GgStG DO sfeCL-
81 within four or five miles Of Grand
Forks with the certainty that no aa images
would b. caused TO existing interests.
This has been demonstrated al Denver,
where reduction WORKS are established
within the city limits. The noxlous fumes
emitted from these high stacks can be
readily carried away aad absorbed in the
air currents
We are going into The smelling bush
Tess because We taiak we "a treat cur
ores cheaper than any one els can treat
them for us. II The Ca 1adfan Pacific rail-
way engages III the same snasistfy our
plant VIII not tse IntarfeYeI with as IL is
not our inteatian 70 10 custom work, al
though circumstances may arise which
Will enable as 10 treat ores for oiher
ms1e@.. The completion II oar s-eiter de-
ponds upon the ARRIVAL Of tbe Canad an
Pacific railway In this locality. We VIII
bring IN ali oAT ula8t BY rsi bali IN the
meantime grading %eil az the con-
struGtipn of stacks sad fumes will hss
October, and possibly net gatil January
The tine limit Is gaE .iy eonfeStufaI
To-day Il Esa the facilities we
would be<a c3u.iaG9us shtrmenks from
the kuoh Hill and .rors!deS The Cana
dian Pacific rsiiweH with A apprscia-
that It's polisy will IL to build lines
10 all naines and Staelters- They naturally
want the tonnage. getether they treat
the ores az not
Mr. Graves has decided views on other
subjects II We have railway cGmuuns~
eaton With the Unit Ad states thr Cana
dian smelling .nd4StTT xiii p. 8e injured
or destroyed. he chs sryed Mining men
VIII never transport tres fur3lr than Is
necessary. and all nc conditions for cheap
treatment exists In the boundary e"aia-
try.