The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-25
DEVELOPMENTS AT LIBBY.
Important Work on the Buzz Saw Others
Properties Bonded.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Libby, July 20.-Operations at the
Buzz Saw mine, situated eight miles
south of Libby, are progressing stead
lily and by the first day of september it
Is expected that the concentration will
be started up. This mine is one of
group on Shaughnessy hill which has
been acquired by the Libby Creek Min
ing company, which in turn is owned
by the United States & British Column
bia Mining company, which is operat
ing mines in several of the Western
states. The property was acquired
about three months ago from the orig
inal owners. and it is generally sup
posed that the deal was made on a basis
of $4,000. The first payment on the
property was made about a month ago.
The general plan of development and
operation of this property is the con-
struction of a 150-ton concentrator to
be run by water power. The foundation
of the mill was put in the past week
and large part of the framing has al
ready been done. All the buildings out
side of the mill building are now COM
pleted and these include the offices,
residence of the superintendent, bunk
house, stables, assay office, powder
house, etc. The sawmill is being run
every day in the week turning out about
10000 feet of lumber every "a hours, and
this is about enough to keep the car
penters going. AS fast as it is cut it is
hauled to the different parts of the
works and is put into the various struc-
lures.
The biggest part of the work in get
ting the plant in operation is the con-
struction of the flume. This is to be
three and a half miles in length and is
three feet wide and two and a half feet
deep 1t will carry 1900 inches of the
waters of Granite creek and will give a
fall of about 400 feet at the MILL The
bottom of this has about been COM
pleted and the carpenters are now en-
gagged in putting up the sides. 1t will
require in the neighborhood of a million
feet of timber to complete it. Work on
the fiume was begun in the middle
where the timber is delivered by wag-
ons, from which place it is taken to the
end of the work by dolly trains
In addition to the fiume described
above, the company has already COM
pleted fiume which conveys the waters
OF White Fan creek to the buildings
aftordlng good water supply pending
the completion of the big f1ume. This
is used in all the buildings and affords
protection against fire and is also
used to drive a Pelton wheel, which fur
nlshes air in the mine. This water is to
form permanent water system for the
camp and will be piped into the various
buildings, the pipes having arrived this
week
The mine has been developed by
seven cross-cut tunnels, the longest one
being $50 feet, through which all the
ore from the upper levels will be taken
into the mill, which is being built lit
tie way down the gulch from the
mouth of the tunnel and this tunnel has
Just been widened to working size
being now seven by four feet in the
clear, and has been retimbered the en-
tire length to the vein. On this level a
force has been put at work drifting
both ways on the vein and the ore is
being piled up ready to be run through
the mill. On the tunnel just above
TINS one force has been put at work
sinking a Wine to the level below. On
account of the level below not havinl
been extended to a point under the face
of this tunnel. it has been found neces-
sary to sink a winze rather than wait
and make an upraise. as there has not