The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-11-02
ANACONDA COMPANY MAY ENLARGE ZINC
PLANT.---LEAD SHELTER A POSSIBILITY
COMPANY BEGINS SHIPMENTS ORE FROM THE DOUG
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PROPERTY

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pany, which has a lease and option on
the Douglas on Pine creek Is now ship
ping ore and 1t is the purpose of the
company to continue regular shipments
during the winter A large amount
of ore has been blocked out above the
lower or No. tunnel, and it Is un-
derstood that it is the plan to ship
this as rapidly as conditions will per-
INIT. The ore is being shipped to Ana
Fconda where it is concentrated and
then subjected to the electrolytic treat
ment to recover the zinc, the COM
pany having small plant for this
purpose at Anaconda and a large new
plant at Great Falls. Three units of
the Great Falls plant are now in OPP
Grafton and it is expected that the en-
tire plant of five units will be run
ming by the first of the year 1t was
probably for the purpose of providing
ore for the increased capacity that
representatives of the Anaconda COM
pany were in the city last week in
quest of zinc ores The Anaconda
company owns large zinc mines at
Butte and the Douglas promises to be-
come an important zinc producer. In
addition to the mines actually owned
by the Anaconda the company is in
the market for zinc ore, and particu-
lary the low grade ore which is re-
jected by zinc smelters generally.
May Enlarge Plant.
The Anaconda company has a double
purpose in seeking zine ore contracts
at this time. The success of the elec-
trolytic zinc process has been so re-
markable and the profits derived from
the practically pure zinc product have
proved so attractive that the company
is preparing to go into the zine busl-
ness on even larger scale, and its op-
erations in this branch may eventually
take rank with its vast copper pro-
duct, In seeking zinc ore contracts at
this time the company not only wants
the ore, but it also wants to get line
on the possibilities of future produc-
ton with a view to preparing for
handling the output. If the amount of
available ore in sight together with
the supply from the company's own
with present facilities, it is semi Of
ficially announced that additional cap
acity will be provided. The main es-
sential for eectrolytic zinc smelling, if
that expression is permissible, Is cheap
electric power, and this the Anaconda
company has in abundance. The COM
pany controls the great Montana Pow
er company which has developed prac-
tically unlimited power at Great Falls
and at other points in Montana, and
Iany extension of the electrolytc pro-
cess by the Anaconda company would
naturally be at Great Falls the center
Of it's great reduction works for both
copper and zinc outside of Anaconda
In view of it's facilities for cheap ell
ectric power from an associated COM
pany, it is not considered likely that
the Anaconda company is seeking
site for an electrolytic plant elsewhere
Lead Smeter a Possibility.
While no information has been OBJ
tanned from anyone connected with the
Anaconda company on the subject,
there is a growing belief that the big
company will eventually embark in the
lead smelling business also. The com
pany owns the International smelter at
Toele, Utah, which handles a large
amount of the lead product of the In
Itermountain country and included in
its business is the output of one of the
large mines of the Occur d'Alenes. The
belief is now expressed that the Ana
conda company will establish a lead
smelter at Great Falls, and the basis
for this is that the company will ne
cessarily accumulate a large amount
of lead since it has entered the field
for zinc ores, zinc in the Coeur d'Alene
and other districts of the northwest
being invariably associated with lead
The Douglas ore is about 26 per cent
zinc and IA per cent lead, and this
| is characteristic of much of the ore
that will be handled at Great Falls.
AT tIlIo tlllC tie lteiu anu SnftE Ill
this class of ore is stored as a residue
and only the zinc is refined for the
market. This in the natural order will
soon result in an enormous accumu-
lation, and it is believed that it will re-
suit in the erection of a large lead
smeter at Great Falls to handle it
and also place the Anaconda in the
field for all lead ores
Douglas Company Elects.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Douglas Mining company was held in
this city last Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of electing officers and
ratifying the previous action of the
stockholders in giving a lease and OPP
ton to ]. o. Elton, which had been
transferred to the Anaconda company,
and the further action of the direc-
tors in extending the time of pay
ments under the option six months.
out of the S53,5OO shares of issued
stock, there were over 100000 shares
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