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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1908
Page
24
A detailed discourse on Anaconda company figures led by Marcus Daly outlines the Montana mining situation. It explains why Warm Springs valley near Deer Lodge was chosen for new smelters and outlines proposed works, capacity, and expected employment and railroad links.
From The New Northwest May 4 1882 The Anaconda Company weighing several sites for its smelter selects Warm Springs Creek Nis county as the location under Marcus Daly in charge. The plant will be the largest in the United States with an initial daily output of about 160 tons and plans to double capacity later. Construction to begin immediately with a railroad link from Warm Springs or Stuart and employment for several hundred workers. The decision signals strong county support for industrial ventures and expected economic impact.
A long fragment recalls Carroll Arroll a red painted town near Anaconda built for smelter workers. It notes a diverse mix of residents from Austria Italy and Russia, notable figures like Georg Labram and Baron von der Ropp, and social scenes, buses, and parties that marked its brief industrial heyday before decline.
From the New Northwest 1868 notes a copper smelter at Warm Springs Creek area near Deer Lodge and Butte with a ditch and railroad survey. The town of Copperopolis forms on a level plain with surrounding amber hills and snow‑capped peaks, as prospecting continues along the valley through a half mile from the smelter site.
A winter morning in 1838 saw the lower smelter burn as fire alarms rang. Women watched from porches while flames enveloped tall structures, snow on the ground reflecting a lurid glow. Despite the disaster homes were shattered, yet the furnaces were rebuilt quickly with new iron and brick facilities replacing the old wooden works.
Ross Clark announces a general merchandise store build at the town site with two canvas hoarding houses and sleeping banks to house forty men. Two brickyards under contract will supply about fifty thousand bricks. A pair of APAs stages travels from Bolte to Aiome and returns the same day.
The New Northwest reports rapid Anaconda expansion with 30 teams and 40 workers arriving daily. Trestle and survey work for a steam railroad from Butte toward Anaconda progresses, town boasts multiple new businesses, and land sales rise. By late 1883 the Montana Railway contract and grading plans for the Stuart to Anaconda route are announced with expected completion before next season.
A reminiscence paints Carroll after a boom town era. Shinery restoration saved a village mood but most workers dispersed. Cottages moved, a store decayed, vast tailings and rubbish mark the former hub. Few residents linger in Anaconda as the landscape recalls a once bustling community.
Mrs Patrick Skelly and family ran the first boarding house in Carroll linked to the Daly era Anaconda works. They managed the Garona hotel on Front street hosting about 100 boarders and aided by their nephew and others. TheSkellys forged ties with California investors and supplied staff, with W L Dodridge later succeeding as works superintendent and a long line of local figures connected to the mining company.
The 1844 Fourtt of Wile celebration in Upper Deer Lodge valley drew Anacondans and locals to an island formed by Waren Springs creek for a day of parade music a read of the Declaration and communal feasting. Participants rode, walked, and socialized, with food for many and a grand night of celebration concluding the civic event.
Report from Anaconda Montana describes rapid town growth as 100 workers and multiple shops rise around the Anaconda company site. New brickyards sawmills and a busy lumber economy attract visitors from Deer Lodge and Butts, turning the area into a bustling, prosperous town.
A New Northwest report from July 29 1988 lists Anaconda firms and operators including Harvey Mahan a hardware dealer J Rats Clark with a general stock D Cohen Sr starting a general supply store John G Evans Jr organizing plans William Thompson expanding lumber operations Chris Nissle a local figure running a liquor business James Keefe new proprietor of the Anaconda house hotel Halvorton Tyler run a tobacco bone and fruit depot with a small dry goods and clothing stock.
An advertisement touts Electro-Vigor as a self charging health device restoring electricity to the body. It claims to cure rheumatism nervous debility stomach and kidney troubles backache sciatica and general weakness without external power. It promotes vitality strength and nerve health through an inborn power source.
In a compact Nevada trade town, Captain John MTL led the press. Community figures like Jon Long, Hern Brammel, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Wel Dodidge, and Mrs. Frank Mahan organized social events and theatricals. The town grew rapidly amid lively society, with notable day services and civic engagement shaping early life.
A letter argues spanking cannot cure bed wetting and warns against unproven at home treatments. It cites a Mrs M Summers and a box address, urging readers to ignore questionable remedies and seek proper, lawful help for children’s medical issues.
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