Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04

smelters at once conferred with General
Manager Dean of-the B.. A. & p, and a.
special train was ordered to he in watt
ing at the Union depot at 2 O'Clock.
rh1rty minutes later 1t pulled out to-
wards the Washoe under the personal
direction OF Mr.. Dean, having on board
Mr.. klepetkO and his chief assistants,
Fred Cairnes, Frank Jones. II. II. Nell
and +. A. Jones; H. r. Whitehill, the
company attorney; also a committee Of
citizens. consisting of w. II. Allen, David
Conn. +: w. Peckover. r. C.. Norbeck,
DIR. Mckenzie. William Twohy, Frank
Toole. c. II. Reppath. Legislators John
NJ. Madden, John r. Toole and several
others.
The visitors were received at the
Washoe switch. where they were trans
ferred to the special, after which Gem
eral Manager Dean ordered the train
crew to proceed over the hill line to the
new works. The first stop was made at
the giant concentration building. which
is beginning to loom up quite promi-
nently. Only a part OF the frame work.
which Is to be entirely Of iron and steel,
is in place. but with what there was. to-
gether with the foundations below, the
visitors We're given a splendid idea Of
what the structure Is to be.
Next. the reverberatory building was
the objective point, then the converter
building. power house and machine shop.
Hundreds Of men We're seen at work on
other large structures. expert machin-
lists We're engaged in setting up nachin-
cry. and everyone in the party was as
tonished to see so much activity and so
much material piled up In nearly every
conceivable place. After a hurried trip
~n \
was conveyed to the train, and the run
was made through the city and over
what is known as the thigh line" Of the
B., A. & p. past the upper works. and
finally landing at the lower works. hay
ing made a complete horseshoe, the lat
ter point being directly across the valley
from the new Washoe plant. Here all
the processes of smelling We're ex-
planned, the ore being followed from the
time it was unloaded from the cars,
which came down from the mines in
Butte. until it was put into the metallic
state. This done. the party proceeded to
the refinery. where the various metals
are separated and at last made into a
commercial commodity.
BY this time the crowd was hungry
and ready to go to the Montana hotel.
where Mr.. Mantle had ordered dinner
Tor all. Cn the TRIP no one ldCkeu lOI re-
freshments in the liquid line. Mr..
klepetko saw to it that there was plenty
Of Mumm's on board, besides other
things to quench the thirst of those who
felt that they could keep off the intense
cold in no other way.
1t was fully O'Clock when the hotel
was reached. Senator Mantle was met
in the corridors by a large number of
his Anaconda friends who had not ac-
companied the party on the trip through
the smelters. There was a hearty hand
shaking. at the conclusion of which
Manager Mahargue announced that a
feast was ready in the dining room, and
it is needless to say everyone thoroughly
enjoyed it.
Before dessert was served the visitors
adopted a resolution unanimously ex-
tending their thanks and appreciation
of the splendid reception accorded them
by Mr. klepetko, the citizens OF Ana
conda and all others who contributed 70
making their stay in the city pleasant
one.
At TAO the party left the city, the
members Of the legislature going back
to Helena to be present at the session OF
the legislature today.