P a g e 3 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r This concentrator had the ability to run on steam or water power. By a system of pipes leading from the main ditch a fall of water is obtained at the works of 289 vertical feet, and the overshot wheel upon which it falls is turned at the rate of 1,700 revolutions per minute, which is geared down to 150 revolutions at the main shaft, which turns the entire machinery. The capacity of the crushers is 200 tons of ore every 24 hours. The ore is transported from the mine, three miles above, over the tramway in small cars, which are run down the grade in trains of thirteen cars each, the grade being sufficient to run them down without power, under the skillful management of six brakemen who are very expert in handling their brakes according to the variations in the grade. The empty cars are hauled back to the mine by mules or horses, one horse being required for each car. The equipment at Greenwood sold in July of 1903 to the Capitalists who had recently purchased the U.S. Grant Mine near Virginia City. The plant would be brought to Alder Gulch. The Plant was equipped with Wilfrey tables, crushers, and a complete cyaniding plant which is what the company was after when purchasing the equipment. The equipment was not the original concentration workings installed at Greenwood in 1882. It was installed by the Greenwood Mining and Milling Company as part of improvements in 1899 and included: modern high speed rolls, automatic sizers, Bartlett and Photo Courtesy of glendalemontana.com Woodbury tables. The power was furnished by a 15-inch double leffel and a four-foot Pelton water wheel. The mill was lighted by electricity. Constructed under the supervision of Thomas White Fisher, a millwright of large experience. The plant was furnished by the Colorado Iron Works of Denver. The Greenwood Mining and Milling Company was leasing the property to work the immense mining dumps of the Hecla Company. Company officials included: D.T. Haskett "President", Charles S. Eltinge "Secretary", Charles A. Harvery of Melrose, "Treasurer". -Courtesy of Jacoby Lowney at glendalemontana.com, where history comes alive in technicolor! Visit the site for extensive history on the Bryant Mining District. HIGHWAYMEN HOODWINKED One Trooper Killed, Three Wounded Protecting Payroll By Arch Ellwein May 13, 1884 a tiny convoy of two army ambulances departed Glendive. Paymaster Major Charles Whipple took charge of $10,000 in coin from the Northern Pacific Railroad destined to be distributed among the U.S. Army troops posted at Fort Buford and Fort Peck. The mule drawn wagons took a northeasterly route along the Yellowstone River, a two-day journey covering a little over eighty miles. Major Whipple split his cargo into two lots of $5,000 and loaded one in each of the wagons.
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