JULY 2025 Ghost Towns and History of Montana Newsletter From The Kalispell Bee, July 24, 1903 GREENWOOD, MONTANA Accessed via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ At the annual meeting of the Hecla Consolidated Mining Company in January of 1882, and not satisfied with the great work, Henry Knippenberg had accomplished in his first year as General Manager, he asked the board for the go-ahead to build a concentrator needed to process second-class ore which was piling up on the dumps. There were estimated to be about 4050 thousand tons awaiting processing. On June 10 1882, work began erecting the large 150-ton concentrator at Greenwood. The concentrator had a telephone line that connected Glendale to Greenwood and Hecla. The Company had its sawmill and all the timbers and lumber were sawed on the ground, costing about 10 dollars per 1,000 feet. The concentrator, which was a marvel of efficiency, treated about 100 tons every twenty-four hours and treated 177,092 tons of second-class ore between 1882 to 1898. The machinery was supplied by Fort Scott Machine Company, of Fort Scott, Kansas. During 1883, 1884, and 1885, this plant had been supplied with 37,000 tons of second-class ore ultimately furnishing the smelter at Glendale with nearly 7,000 tons of concentrates. Upon completion of the mill and three-mile T-rail tramway from Hecla to Greenwood and a water flume nearly one mile long. The net cost was about 76,000. Despite the cost of this improvement, the shareholders continued to receive their dividend checks. Photo Courtesy of glendalemontana.com
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