| Show COMPETITION FOR THE TE TRUST Smelter to be bo Built Buit at Sand Point Costing HAS COMMENCED On I tin line II dent delit delC in tIP II lu II tull Special Butte Dutte Dull Mont leb I eb The he Panhandle Co composed Smelting Helming principally of ot men plan tine the erection of ot a smelting plant at ut Sold Point Idaho Plans Ilni have liv been drawn ninth mid It Is the Intention to have hl tho the works In operation by h next September A force toree of DC 16 18 II men commenced the tIme work of exes excavation several days ago AIO and atmil will 1 be I b pushed to an In early completion It I Is ts i proposed propel to Install hAlt lt ono One on furnace of ot WO S tons dilly dally of ot u a 1 type Inc lar to those In ute Ul us In the tho Granby smelter Gold Cold silver lver and ld copper ores ore will wi be b reduced A 11 waterfall too 80 feet tt high within u a umile 1 amile mile mie anti n a half bolt from rout the sIte will wi furnish 1000 horse power with which to operate the tine plant According ll to Supt II H I M 31 I Williams tho the company proposes to expend In the tIne con construction of ot the smelter antI and ane make It one of or the tine most Inmost ol modern moJIr In hI existence In Inthe Inthe Intile the tile weal welt As JR the th amount of o ore are to toll If Lw ll handled the th capacity of oC the plant will 11 be lie enlarged n smelting tIm the tle ore from the properties of f Its Il own the Panhandle Inns has closed Contracts for or the reduction of or the thu ores ore from over a mines In Idaho and nl Montana Time TIle conditions nt rut Sand Band Point sri arc ar such audi audias lu h ha as a to peculiarly favor atom the tine establishment of or a It smelting smelling 1111 timid and With moderate success SUe this proposed bids bid I fair to tf become a a formidable rival ot of tIme the th American Smelting Co In Inthe II the time smelting of ot northwest or urea The Queen Cuen Ann mine owned by the time Pan Panhandle Panhandle handle handl company contains Immense de nie deI III I its of oC Iron ore oio Olt averaging U IS I per percent cent celt Mixed with tills thIs ore Is II consider considerable considerable able lime Ile spar ar malting tanking It nn an almost Ideal flux lux Jux for tor tho the sliver silver slur Bull and lead leac ores In which Idaho aho abounds This property Is U located on oti Trestle creek within easy eU teresa access of oC the smelter Water trans trains transportation In iii 10 so o cheap that the Ih company compan has haa a R number of ot boats boat mid Anti from the tIme various mines of oC the time northern lothern dIstrIct dl ores oreo or run tn be 11 b shipped across Lake Ilce Pend Fend at a Ii cost riot not nt to ex ox exceed cacti c 1 60 50 cents |
