Show MIXING IN MONTANA I The AmicOiltla Mammoth Converter f Finally Completed The mammoth converter plant which the Anaconda company has been building build-ing at its smelter site during the past year is finally completed and Thursday morning it was formally started on its mission of converting copper matte into refined copper This plant has no equal for capacity in the world I is capable of turning out 10000000 pounds of pure I copper per month The structure is I built entirely of iron not having a i splinter of wood in it I stands 380 feet long and 124 feet wide and contains con-tains twentyfour converters and gives employment to 124 men I is equipped with I the latest improvements including in-cluding such new features a electric traveling cranes hydraulic cylinders for blowing engines and in fact everything that goes to make the finest plant installed in-stalled with the very newest inventions and improvement that has ever been built The foundations are all of the most massive character and built of rock The machinery also stands on solid masonry that has exceptionally deep foundations The maohinery was furnished by < the well known firm of Fraser Chalmers of Chicago The Berlin Iron Bridge company had charge of the entire construction of the ironwork iron-work including girders trusses braces and outside covering I The week with the Anaconda company com-pany has been one of the liveliest in its history Extra efforts have been put forth to increase the ore shipment On Tuesday last 158 cars of thirty tons each were shipjped This was the largest larg-est single days output ever made These cars average thirty tons to the oar while the Montana Union only averaged I twenty tons The average shipment for the week was 140 cars per day This ore conies from the Anaconda St Lawrence Law-rence Mountain Con Green Mountain High Ore and the Buffalo has been shipping an average o two carloads per day BesIdes these several leased mines have swelled the output Some Frenchmen who are working the RamsdellParrot are said to have one of the moot profitable leases in the district They are shipping some very fine ore Their shipments for last month are pa ed at 20000 |