The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-28
LAND FOR THE NEW SHELTER.
Site for the Standard Pyritic Com
pany Near Greenwood.
TO TREAT LOW GRADE ORES.
The New Plant VIII he Modern in
Every Respect, md VIII Include
Hot and Cold BInst Pyritic Fur
nace-Test Shipments Have DEM
Used Goatably-work to begin.

Special Dispatch to the Post-rntelligencer.
GREENWOOD. b. c.. Aug 2I.-The past
week has been a most important one in
the history OF the Boundary creek district,
as also that Of Greenwood On Monday
Andrew Laidlaw, managing director of the
Standard Pyritic Smelling Company made
public the purchase Of the land. the ex-
act location OF the site for his compsny's
snelter. situated about three miles below
Greenwood on Boundary creek. This IN
sures to Greenwood two out Of the three
Boundary smetters that will be running
In full blast by the end 81 the year. The
day following this important announce
ment Tuesday, the CRANKY smelter at
Grand Forks was blown In. This event
has been awaited patiently thro(ghout the
district. and the success il sttains in
treating the lowgrad ore bodies will be
closely followed nom now on. Like the
plant now being built here. and the smell
ter to be constructed by Mr.. Laidlaw's
company. the CRANKY smelter will be In
large measure custom one. At pres
ent. however. and for long time to come,
the present capacity OF the plant. viz. 200
tons daily. will have all II can do to smeit
the ores capable of being produced from
the Old Ironsides-Knoh Iill-Nfctoria
group Of mines at Phoenix and the City OF
Paris and Lincoln group in Central Camp.
The proposed railroad between Grand
Forks and Republic. II carried through 20
successful completion. will In addition
supply the CRANKY smelter daily with
many hundreds of tons Of most suitable
ore. This will necessitate the addition
of more furnaces from time TO time as tho
mineral output of the country IL enlarged,
The CRANKY smelter has every promise Of
becoming not only one OF the largest
plants In the province, but also of the Pa
cific Northwest.
Coming nearer home. the work on The
local smelter being built by the British
Columbia Copper Company. of New York.
owning the famous Mother Lode mine IN
peadwood Camp, is now nearing compile
tion. At the start this smeter will have
a capacity OF 800 tons daily. but the plant
is so constructed that two additional fur
naces of 800 tons each could be added In
short order All the buildings. with the
exception OF the furnace room, are COM
pleted; the three tresties connecting with
the railway spurs have only 20 have the
steel laid on, and the brickwork on the
long dust aue to the base Of the smoke
stack Is also finished Within six weeks
after the arrival of the balance OF the
machinery Assistant Superintendent Ru-
dolph Lideu expects TO have the plant In
fun operation. Adviees from Milwaukee,
where the machinery is being built say
that shipments have already been started.
so that II Is natural TO expect that by the
early part OF November at the latest, bar
ring unforeseen accidents, the smelter Will
be ready for business.
In selecting the site for the 2op-ton
smelter 20 be built by the STANDARD Pyritic
Smelling Company. Managing Director
Andrew Laidiaw has secured one Of the
best natural locations in the district The
site ia located partly on the Wood q Gallo
way presumption and partly on the Bound
airy Falls TOWNSHIP. about three miles be-
low Greenwood. on Boundary creek. The
land has three natural benches: ample
space for dump: a lmekiin fully opened
up plenty Of room for all the necessary
railway spurs, and an ample supply 81
water for graduating the Stag In the
matter OF railway connection 81 may be
said that the main line OF the Columbia
Western railway connecting with all
the camps runs through the site. and the
cost Of constructing spurs will only be
nominal Then too. Il must not be over
looked that the proposed Greenwood Phoe-
nix electric tramway line will also run
BY the smelter. thus giving two Compel
ing lines 20 bring the ore from the camps
The system 20 he employed IN this
smelter Is what IL known as the standard
new combined hot and cold blast pyritic
furnace. claimed 20 be the most modern
smelling plant known 20 the science. and
capable OF treating the low grade copper
g0ld ores 81 the Boundary district at n
lower cost than by any other system The
order for the plant was given on June 4
last 60 the Denver Engineering Works
Company - Denver. This company has
huilt nearly an the pyritiC furnaces now
ia operation In Colorado ana Utah. ln-
Guiding an those ~ the Blmetaillc srneiter
al Leadville the Boston Eoli-copper
smeitcr d4odesl and The Bingham Copper
Company plant at Bingham. Utah. Sine
NOV mber / last Mr. isaidlaw has been enc
gseed IN investigating The merits % the
pyTitie system q smsiiing~-hot ard cold
blast-ana us adaptr hijty for the treat
rnent % the immense bodies Of compare.
lively ldw-Erade pyrite ores found Ia this
district; In order 20 fully satisfy himself
a. 10 the ssltability ~ these ores fpr
treatment by thu hot and cald blast pyriiic
system he made a shipment Of ores from
a tAI4fnhrr " the mines 20 she Boston
Gnld.Copper Smelling Company ieaayiue.
Gel where the ores Were analysed ard
sruefteH The eGrrrss ~ the experiments
rtsulted ia his pisC.us the order far go
TOO furnace a0d TIRE other ueccss8Fy
sfneltlng machinery Before the ena q
ths routh the greater portion ~ the plant
wti bc ready Tor shipment. As soou ma
the plans and specifications Tor the build
lnEs are received from Denver a iarxC
force Will d. set al work clearing and
levellRg the ground preparatory t8 th1
sr..rt ION 81 the necessary buildings Tor th1
Installation 81 tbr plant By December Sc
q hoped 90 have tho sreitcr 10 operation