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Show BATTLE WITH FLAMES. Butte Reduction Work Destroyed Despite Desperate Fight. Butte. M;nt. Fire In the dry room of the Iiutte Reduction works totally destroyed the concentrator Tuesday night and waa only stopped after u terrific battle with the flumes In tho portion of the long string uf build fnga where the blast furnaces are located, lo-cated, this portion of the pliyit being protected by corrugated Iron sheeting. sheet-ing. The Iobs, to a large extent expensive ex-pensive machinery, Is unofficially and variously estimated at from $250,000 to $300,000, about 50 per cent of which Is covered by Insur ance. The property is owned by for mer Senator W. A. Clark. |