Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-05-17

though there IL no likelihood of ever
using it for the smelling Of the com.
pany's ores again. Among the mines
that have been supplying ore to the
Butte & Boston smelter are the Sill.
yer Bow Nos. and 3, East Gray Rock.
Berkeley and Blue Jay. These prop
critics will not be affected by the
closing OF the smelter, but will be min
ed with the usual number of men and
the ore will be shipped to the Washoe
smelter. When asked concerning the
closing OF the smelter at Butte, Mr..
John D. Ryan, manager of the Amalga-
mated properties in Montana, said:
The closing down of the smelter at
Butte is purely matter of business.
With the modern, up-to-date methods
at Anaconda and the magnitude of
the smelling plant there we figure that
it will be much to the advantage of
the company to have the ores ship
ped to that place for treatment. It
will be great saving and will tend
to simplify the business of our COM
panies." When the plant was estab-
lished many years ago it was con-
sidered one of the finest in the coun-
try.
The decision of the supreme court,
awarding the famous Minnie Healey
mine to F. Augustus Heinze, does not
alter the positions of either the Anal.
gamated Copper company or Mr..
Heinze, parties to the mining litigation
that has been occupying the atten.
tons Of the Montana courts for eight
years or more, and relating to which
more than 100 suits are now pending
Mr.. Heinze has been in possession OF
the Minnie Healey and has been work.
ing it ever since the litigation over
that property was begun. The case
| did not involve any of the numerous
disputes over ore bodies, extra later
! al rights or the application of mining
laws. The only question involved in
the Minnie Healey case was whether
or not Miles Finlen, the predecessor
in the interest of the Amalgamated
company, agreed to sell his interest
in the property to Mr.. Heinze and &C
tually placed the latter in possession
of the mine before he changed his
mind and sold out to the Boston &
Montana company, an Amalgamated
corporation. Two district courts anG
the supreme court have found thai
Finlen did actually dispose of his in
terests to Heinze and had nothing left
to sell to the Boston & Montana com
pany. Mr.. Heinze has valued the Min
ME Healey at $1O,OOO,OO0. and although
the mine did not pay the cost of op
GRAFTON last year, it is considered 8
very good property and able to con
tribute large earnings to the treasury
of the United Copper company.
| The new stack which Senator Clarl
Is erecting at his reduction works il
Butte is progressing as rapidly as pos
sible. It will be 300 feet high anl
when finished the fumes from thu
smelter will eb turned into it through
the long f1ue connection and the min
eral that has been escaping through
the smoke and dust will be saved
Hitherto this mineral has been allow
ed to escape and has been a total LOST
to the company. Besides being a ben
eft to the senator, the big stack will
save the people of Butte and vicinit,
a vast amount of poisoned air. Tn,
cost of building the stack and flue will
be between $4,000 and $150,OOO, bu
the amount will soon be returned from
|
known whether the arsenic will b,
savevd or not. The mines of Senator
Clark are being operated to their full
capacity, and with no prospect of {
let-up. The output is far greater thar
the reduction works can handle ant
consequently about 800 tons da,
are being sent to the Washoe smeltel
plant in Anaconda for treatment.
F. A. Heinze's Basin concentratol
will soon have capacity of from 1,2O,
to 1000 tons day. A new reverberat
ory furnace is now being built for tina
purpose, and it will be much large
than any of the others in the plant
Mr.. Heinze is now using from 1,2O,
to $500 tons of ore a day. Only on
of the blast furnaces in the smelte
is In operation and it is consumin,
about $50 tons of ore a day.