The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-02-03
TOWN OF LAUREL
TO HAVE SMCLTER
PLANNED TO BUILD BIG PLANT
THERE TO HANDLE COOKE
CITY'S RICH ORES
Will Take Year and . Half to Con-
struct; Expected Railroad to Cooke
VIII be- Finished by that Time;
Several Montana People Interested
in Enterprise.

After spending 10 days in Laurel
investigating the railroad facilities
natural gas, electric power, water
and available location offered there
officers of the Glengary Mining COM
pany have decided to build a smelter
there for the smelling of Cooke City
ore. Work on the project is planned
to start in the spring, and will con-
sumo about year and half in
building and will be ready for opera
tion upon the completion of the rail
road to Cooke City.
A deal for tract of land south OF
Laurel and near the river is now
being made, and office rooms in the
Hageter block have been leased for
the general offices of the company.
The Glengary Mining company is a
Montana corporation, composed prin-
cipally of Miles City. Rosebud and
Dawson county people. A number
of the Sc Petroleum company's stock
holders have interests in the Glen
gary company. The mining concern
is capitalized at $1.5OO,00O. The rep
resentatives who have been spending
some time here on investigation work
are P. F. DAILY of Miles City. Ray
Bishop of Cooke, and Sam G. Rice of
Miles City. These men were Joined
by Francis A. Hancock of Miles City,
president and engineer of the COM
pany, who spent portion of last
week at Laurel going over the mat
ter Of location for the smelter. He
had previously received reports and
plats from DAILY, Bishop and Rice,
and after making personal inspec-
tion, he agreed with the opinions of
the first investigators.
The smelter is to be constructed
on the unit system. the first unit ca
pab1e of handling 1000 tons daily.
AS the mines production increases.
it is planned to add other units to
the reduction and smelling plant
The equipment will be Of the latest
and most approved type, constructed
according to specifications involving
the use of electric currents in separ-
ating the metal from the dross or
residue.
The first unit is expected to give
employment to about 500 men upon
completion and operation, and largo
force is to be employed during the
months of its construction.
At meeting held recently, and at
tended by the mining company's rep
resentatives and the business men of
Laurel, the mining men stated that
they knew nothing definite concern
ing the Milwaukee's proposed road
into the Cooke district, but that they
had sufficient assurance from North
ern Pacific interests concerning the
building of a road up the Saltwater
valley to justify the expenditure on
the proposed smelter and in further
development of the mine.
Men in charge of the Northern Pa
cific's department of mineralogy and
kindred subjects have made several
trips into Cooke and are thoroughly
acquainted with the richness of the
district.
The Glcngary Mining company has
title to group of claims a short
distance north of Cooke. Better than
$2,6O0,000 worth Of ore is said TO
have been exposed and cross-section-
ed on the property. This is estimated
on what is known in that district as
Scotch Bonnet mountain, from which
the present company derives its name
-"Glengary" meaning Scotch head
gear.
Below the Glengary property and
In the town of Cooke itself is the Re-
public group of mines. producing sill
yer chiefly. The silver ore is being
hauled out by trucks to Gardiner at
present. The ore is Of such richness
that even by expensive methods Of
transportation a handsome profit is
made.
The Glengary company has expos
ed two mammoth veins of copper,
silver, gold and lead ore, which run
perpendicularly into the earth. Both
are found on the side of Scotch Bon
net mountain. one above the other
and some distance apart. Much pre-
liminary work has been done. and
among the things accomplished has