The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-17
ON THE SPUR OF THE HILL
One of the Boston g. Montana's
Greatest Mines.
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW HOIST
Equipment OF the Plant-Improvement5
to Be Made - A Steel Gallows
Frame-New Ore Bin-Steel
and Brick Buildings.

The Mountain View is one Of the
principal mines of the Boston & Mon
tana company. The hosting works of
this mine occupy the most conspicuous
and commanding position of any in the
Butte district. They are scarcely SO
high as some of the others, notably
the Diamond, but they appear higher
because of their location.
These works are situate upon the TOP
most elevation of Anaconda hill. They
stand out by themselves uron bold
spur which not only in a sense, iso-
lates them, but enables them to over
look all of their immediate surround
ngs. A short distance to the east,
perhaps quarter of a mile, is the
Anaconda, it's towering steel stack, 125
feet in the clear, barely reaching the
level of the ground at the Mountain
View shaft. Just to the south is the
St. Lawrence, but so far below hat
the tops of it's five smoke stacks reach
scarcely half way up to a level with
the foundations of the Mountain View
buildings. From these works tie eye
may range in unObstructed freedom far
across the broad valley, While Mead
ervillc and the major part of Butte lie
at ones very feet On a clear, bright
day the view is especially beautiful.
the lofty mountains to the south and
west rearing their snow clad peaks
into the sunshine and forming a grand
setting to the picture of the busy,
busting, smoky city and the quiet
valley below.
But the Mountain View works are
not in their present position merely
to crafty the eye in its search for
grand and beautiful scenes. They are
there for business, and they are doing
it. They are well and conveniently.
equipped now, as are all of this COM
panys properties. and they will soon
be in even better shape.
The hoist is a p. Allis double acting
engine with cylinders 1Sx4S inches, and
capable of developing about 400 horse
power. There is also an air compress
sor of the same make, of about 100
horse power. This, however, is not
now in use, the air being supplied from
the company's great plant at the
Leonard ~
The hosting is done with double
deck cages. which bring up two car
loads of ore at time, each car hold
ing approximately a ton. For this
work the engine, although a small ore
by comparison with the giants of the
Anaconda company, seems to be all
that is required. The engineer in
charge seems to think a great deal of
his pet, and it shows every mark Of
careful attention.
There is now being hoisted about
500 cars of ore each "a hours. This IS
in addition to the waste. The men en-
ployed number 230. The boiler plant
consists of four sets with an agere-
gate of not far from 600 horse power.
They consist of one set of Davis BROTH
ers & Bastian, one set of Marine, K.
Davis make. and two sets of Fraser
l~Jo
chine shops, while small, are models
of comfort and convenience, as is also
the brick dry house in which the min
ers change their, clothing.
At this mine extensive improvements
are in progress. and in contemplation.
A splendid new ore bin has just been
erected very near the collar of the
shaft. The one now in use IS about
200 feet easterly from the works, the
ore being run out in hand cars. This
old bin will be retained in use, but the
ore will first be dumped into the new
one, and then taken by horse tram to
the old one, from which it will be
loaded into the cars.
A new steel gallows frame nearly
100 feet in height. is to be immediate
ly erected here, some of the material
being already upon the ground. A
landing is to be built about 80 feet
above the mouth of the shaft, to which
Tne ore Will De HDlSleu, "HeHce IL Will
be run to the new bin, the north end
of which is only about 20 feet from
the shaft.
The fine frame building over the
hoist is to be torn down and replaced
by a small steel structure at the shaft,
while a brick building will be put up
over the engine A new brick carpenter
shop will also be erected. Excavating
is now in progress for the foundations
of a. new office. The timber framing
plant now in use is an excellent one,
but with the erection of a new brick
building for it, doubtless some i'm
provements will be made, for the Bos-
ton & Montana company is nothing IL
not up to date. The improvements at
this mine will be watched with close
interest.