The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

ana conceded as shown in tho ALL,
it's attached to defendants ar,,'
From the year 1906 until the veor ,o..
the Tacoma company met comno.,.s+
bids made by other smelters for a,.e
high and low grade products ana ~
parties recognized the constrro..
which the parties in the wear ,oon
placed upon the clause of the CONT
pertaining to high and low grade sbin
ments to outside smelters.
In the year 1908 it was arrar,
that an examination of defendan,,N
mine and concentrating plants shon,d
be made by Pope Yeatman, ono -,
plaintiffs consulting engineers u.bo
reported among other things, as fol.
Concentration. The crushing sto
tons and concentrators are situated j.
the valley just beyond the mouth ~
the Kellogg tunnel. There are now
three mills. The old one of a nomina,
capacity Of 900 tons per day; the new
or south mill of about 600 tons nor
day averages for the entire year in
Guiding delays, and failing plant
(west mill) estimated to be able 70
treat 900 to 1000 tons Of failing.
AT the present time there is being
operated the new plant, part of the
old plant, the other portion being
overhauled, after which the part now
in operation will be also overhau,e1
and the failing plant which is being
operated in connection with the old
plant taking the finer material for
final treatment. When repairs and
alterations are completed in the old
plant, each one of the plants will be
self containing and absolutely indie
pendent and able without the others to
handle its own particular feed.
IAN excellent description of the new
plant by the superintendent Gelasio
Caetani, can be found in the Min
ing and Scientific Press of January
Is, 1910' -.
"The new mill is thoroughly up to
date and well designed and the old
mill will also be brought into excel
lent condition. In the last few years
considerable improvement has been
made in concentration over the old OPP
erations and while costs have been in
creased, partly due to the S-hour law
going into effect and also to the great
er number of machines used to better
extraction, the increased saving has
more than justified the greatest cost"
THE products produced are first,
hand sorted ore, done principally in
the slopes, but also on belts at the
crusher stations; second, coarse con-
centrate; third, middling high in car
Donate Of iron, but for which there has
been a market at the smelters; fourth,
slime concentrate The utilization of
the middle products has made higher
extraction possible than would have
been the cease had it been necessary
to separate these" :.
Toward the end of February, 1910,
the question was raised of arranging
the new prices after the expiration of
the 5-year period on June l. w. r.
Rust wanted the new arrangement to
cover the high grade product at the
rates then in force, but l claimed that
defendant was entitled to better rates.
At a meeting in San Francisco with
Judge Lindley, Edward Brush, e. L.
the rates that plaintiff was then grant
ing the Hercules and made the con-
Iention that plaintiff was not buying
The majority of Occur d'Alene ores,
rs Tacoma and Selby were outside
shelters according to the wording OF
he contract, and that therefore de-
'endant should get the benefit separ-
,tely of every item in the outside con-
racts that would better the cores
bonding items in the 25-year contract
finally covered all of my contentious
o the specific claim Of betterment
If $40 per ton. This contention re-
suited in the fourth supplemental
agreement of November, 1910, which
vas the result of a compromise in
my claim to IS cents per ton,
prejudice; but this was to
over only our products of 80 per cent
md under and rs per cent and over
which were left free for outside smet-
RS. This agreement was made re-
roactive to begin June /, 1910, and to
xpire five years thereafter, on June
1915.
In June, 1912, l notified the Tacoma
ompany that under a misapprehen-
Ion of instructions the shipments
heretofore made to the Tacoma smelt-
were being sent to East Helena at
saving to the smelling company of
bout $2.25 per ton. I claimed either
ne benefit of this freight reduction or
se the right of shipping to the Ia
Dma plant material to contain min
mum of 81 tons of metallic lead per
ay. At the same time I also notified
lie Tacoma company that the com
etitive freight and treatment rate on
le high grade product was SIS per
N and not 1880, which the Tacoma
nelter was then charging us. with
lese notifications, thereupon placed