The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-07-03

Nlthin year the new smeltcr which
Franklin Farrell purposes to build for
treating the ore Of his East Side proper,iea
VIII he running full blast II is Thought
mat It viii take nearly twelve months to
complete the works, but il may be done
IN less time.
ne blast furnaces have been ordered.
ani as soon as the branch line OF the
Northern Pacific is built to the point at
which the plant is To he located, the ma.
chinery and timber for the works vii, be
delivered. The county commissioners are
nearing the petition for the right oi way
lof thc line, and there Is little doubt that
II will he granted. There is some oppo.
stion to 1t, however but not enough TO
interfere with the plans for cnarging tho
mineral district OF Butte and adding 10
the citys output OF metal.
Franklin Farrell owns nearly All o( the
lots in the East Side addition, and has
requested the county commissioners,
through several prominent citizens. TO with
draw the addition from the plat IN order
that he may have the benefit OF his land.
The proposed right OF way OF the North.
ern Pacific is through Cherry street Of
the addition, and the terminus is point
close TO Shaft No OF .nc Farrell prop
critics.
To Have Capacity OF 900 Tons.
The new smeltcr is to be OF the Bagiey
pattern and will consist Of 4 series Of blast
furnaces having combined capacity oil
from BOO to 1900 tons OF ore per day.
MIR. Bagey, who invented the furnaces,
will have charge Of the work Of construc-
ton and will remain on the scene until
the fires are lighted and the first batch OF
turned .ut as
The cost OF the entire plant complete will
be close to 100000, which will make q
total OF nearly 81, 500, 900 MIR. Farrell will
have expended in buying mines, develop
ing them and building "A plant in which TO
treat the product.
II is quite possible that before the
smeter is finished more mining ground
will be added to the already large tract
owned by Mr.. Farrell and many more
thousands Of dollars will have been paid
out for its acquisition.
In connection with the building of the
smcltcr, the question as 10 what showing
he has IN his mines TO warrant such move
has been asked many times since the Inter
Mountain first announced, several weeks
ago, that the plant would be built and fol
lowed il yesterday with positive nforma-
ton that preliminary steps for its immcdi-
ate construction had been commenced. In
answer to the inquiries it may be stated
that Mr.. Farrell and his associates know
exactly what they are doing and are not
acting on the theory that ii is a good plan
to build mammoth smclter and find out
later whether the mines contain mineral in
sufficient quantity to supply il for years to
come.
Description OF Shaft No. 2.
Shaft No. 3 Of the Mcqueen placer
claim, which property Mr. Farrell bought n
year and half ago for the neat sum Of
100000, passed through two bodies of ore
near the 5oo-foot mark. One OF the veins
is seven feet wide and the other 80 feet
He knew those veins were there, and that
they will be tapped again at a much greater
depth. The shaft is now 300 feet deep
and when the bottom touches the 900
mark both veins will be tapped by cross
cuts driven from various points between
the 500 and 1000. II is not the intention
to stop sinking at the 1000. As soon as
the ore bodies are well opened up above,
the shaft will be continued downward and
crosscuts driven at each 100 feet.
The veins cut by shaft No, ? are continu-
ations OF those Of the veins Of the Silver
Bow mine, owned by the Butte & Boston
company, and doubtless enter the moan-
tain range at the east side of the fiat.
Plenty Of Water at Hand.
The smelter is to be located as close to
shaft No. 2 as it is possible to get it with
out interfering with the operation OF the
mine. In view Of the fact that there is to
be no concentrator in connection with it,
not much water will be necessary, but what
is required is obtainable close at hand
Donald ellis, who has been engineering
Mr.. Farrel's interests here since the work
was first begun, was asked today about the
plant but he refused to say anything in
connection with it. The Information was
CLEANED from another source, however, and
is absolutely reliable.
After the new plant is in motion, Butte
will have a good representation Of mining
companies of the solid brand. Senator
Clark is operating mines and large
smeltcr, Franklin Farrell is operating in
diyidually on large scale and there will
be a long list of other companies and ndi-.
viduals that will be in the harness. There
is no sure thing that the Spectator crowd
will not build plant some day.