Show SMELTING facilities TO rejuvenate OLD COOKE CITY MONTANA CAMP for weeks past says the philipsburg mail old cooke city one of the few remaining isolated mountain mining camps of montana which has been awaiting transportation and modern smelting smelling sm elting facilities to hasten its rejuvenation has been humming with buzz of industry consequent upon the installation of a smelter within a few weeks it will be ready to operate and cooke city will settle down to an era of development which many believe will result in a development of the new work mining district which will enable bearded prospectors who have lived there for 40 years to finally realize their dreams the western smelting smelling Sm elting power company headed by dr G L is the concern which is installing the smelter primarily to handle ores from its own property but as well to supply a custom plant for the district two aerial trams are features of the installation one connecting the upper and lower tunnels of the mine and a longer one operating at a speed of twelve miles an hour which will deliver tons of ore from the mine to the saleter sm leter a distance of two miles in six hours the short tram was the last to be completed about twenty men are employed at the present time getting things ready for the start shaping up for big operations five trucks of five ton s capacity each furnish all necessary lumber and a hydroelectric hydro electric plant also belonging to the smelter company and generating horsepower supplies the necessary power and light for both the mines and the smelter an auxiliary steam plant is being installed to replace the water plant in the event the cold weather prevents operation of the waterpower water power plants during the coldest winter months plans are now under way for the construction of a two story bunkhouse accommodating two men to each room also a number of four room cottages for the married men the mill storage bins and aerial trams are of the thea latest test and blocked out is is suf sui type construction and the ore supply focient to assure continuous operation for several years to come the lower tunnel is three quarters of a mile longy long tapping the main at a depth of six hundred feet and ana is supplied with electric lights compressed air for drill opera oper the eions and ventilation and mules are used io fo remove ore and waste ores show high values in gold t assays essays from a recent strike in this tunnel record a to in gold per ton in addition to the copper anines g custom smelting smelling sm elting will assist many of the smaller smalle r faith b in this district to operate as well as other companies t large holdings it chas W traughber a mining eng engineer and andee S ia gist formerly connected with the A C M and A smelting smelling sm elting companies is in charge of the smelter lter op versee gg et and william also a technical graduate is 0 ing the mining operations and assisting at the smelter |