The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-18
NEW AND RICH STRIKES
Mining Gossip From the Rocky
Mountain Belt.
MORE REDUCTION PLANTS
A Large Amount of Capital Is Going
Into Development Work Markets
All over the Union Are
Stimulated.

Reports from every section of the
great Rocky mountain mineral belt are
to the effect that not only are new and
rich strikes being made, but that cap
ital is being invested in reduction
plants From the Northern extremes
of the British Kootenai to the fields of
Mexico, wherever American money,
skill and enterprise are employed,
comes word of renewed activity in
mining development The prospectors
and developers have, in the main, been
successful in causing encouraging re-
ports to reach the willing investors of
capital, and this has been the tonic to
stimulate the mining markets in every
part of the union where Rocky noun
tain mines are listed. Capital is eager
to find judicious investment, and it
would appear that it has been encour-
aged.
Indications are for vast expenditure
of money in reduction works, smelling
plants and hosting machinery. Even
railroad companies are laying plans to
extend lines, build branches and side
lines into the great mining camps
which only recently have come into
prominence.
AS announced by the Standard Just
before Christmas, the Washoe company
of Butte will this year build extensive
works near Anaconda. This will no
doubt head the list of improvements
to be made to Montana's enormous ag-
gregation of smelteries this year. In
other parts of the state plans for the
enlargement of reduction plants are
being perfected.
Idaho will witness the most active
in 1,1 re
and mill building. Utah has in the
process of fermentation some schemes
by which it is intended to surprise the
mining world. washington is full of
business in this line.
Contracts have been let for enlarg-
Ing and making extensive improvements
in the Tacoma sInelter. The improve
ments will cost between 600 and $780,
900, and with favorable weather will
be completed some time in April. The
improvements are so extensive that
they practically amount to a recon-
struction of the smelter.
Arrangements are now being made
TO install large permanent plant on
the famous B. C. properties in Summit
camp, near Greenwood, no take the,
place OF the small plant at present in
use The plant. which will be the larg-
est in the Boundary country, will be
complete in every particular. 1t con-
sists of 2O-drill duplex air compress
sor of the piston inlet type a large
double cylinder hoisting engine of suf-
ficent capacity to hoist 1000 feet, a
battery of S0-horse power return tu-
bular boiler sinking pump, cage. etc
In the Republic country, Trail, North
port and other busy camps in Wash
ington extensive improvements and
construction work will be the order this
year. All of this, or the greater part
thereof, in anticipation of a continual
rise in the price of copper, which is
to-day the king Of metals all over the
world.
With such bright outlooks from the
mineral regions, together with the pros
poets for the farmers and rangemen,
there is reason to believe that the year
1899 Will be a prosperous one in the
West
c. L. Darling travelling freight agent
of the Denver & Rio Grande, came
down from Boise yesterday, says the
Salt Lake Tribune. While there he
met Wilkinson, the former Salt Lake
sewer contractor, with a force of men
who were about to begin work on the
Seven Devils read which has Weiser
for its starting point. Mr.. Wilkinson
was in Boise to meet with some Eastern
capitalists, who are promoting the
road. H expected to complete arrange
ments Immediately and start work on
the grade. This is the second road to
the copper lands, both expected to be-
gin work at about the same time. It
looks as though there may be race
to see which company can cover the
distance first
Paris of o-day-the handsomest pre-
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