Professor A.B. BROWN, Bio, Granite Co., MT Indexed and contributed for use in USGenWeb Project by: Wendy Garner USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. © 1998 by Wendy Garner. This file may be freely copied for non- profit purposes. All other rights reserved. Professor A.B. BROWN Born: Place: Died: Place: Occupation: he was the owner and manager of the Mammoth Mine in Garnet, Montana. Married: Children: He purchased the Mammoth Mine from Col. L.C. Parker. Mr. Parker departed Garnet for the Klondike, having run his mine far in dept. Brown immediately put the main shaft down 270 feet, outstripping the depth of the Shamrock Mine which was then down to 190 feet. He drifted an opened a 200 foot stope length of good ore. Extra cash had been raised by the Chicago backers. To all reports he was pulling the company out of the red, which at that moment was $77,000.00. He shipped rich ore to the smelters, and got the mill going on lower grade ore. He persuaded a group of Denver capitalists to invest in a "dioxide cyanide" process and announced he was going to build such a millsite to process ore. It was constructed at Beartown with leaching vats for tailings and was called the "Colorado Smelter". This spurred new interest in mining claims in the area. The Colorado Smelter produced 90% recovery of gold. He persuaded shippers to disperse with sacks and haul their ore in wagons for easy dumping. Bibliography: