The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-21
From the Daily Of Sunday.
BUTrES OHEFONIRRS.
What Becomea Of the Tomato
.CAha-Oninase Pig Hus.
y bandry.

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cumulate in the back yard, and areas
of every boarding house in the vi
cinity Of Butte, hkve no doubt, often
wondered what becomes of all the old
cans. The problem was solved yes
terday by a MINER reporter, who, in
a pedestrian trip 70 the depot took
the short cut across Upton and
Noyes placer claim and discovered in
one of the guiches which abound In
that neighborhood. the hog ranch
and depository d cnefonier collec-
tfons kept by All Bhang. The latter
Individual, who kas not robed in the
white flannel suitlng peculiar to mer-
chants of the Moigolian persuasion,
was found in a4dirt rooted cabin,
which seemed to fbe arranged with
special reference b the avoidance Of
all ventilation ana the unlimited en-
joyment of the mingled fumes of
Mongolian breath. opium and to-
baccc; out the long stemmed pipe
with a vely small silver bowl. which
he reluctantly drSw from his lips as
the reporter addressed him. indicated
that he was DOT q stranger to
the seductive influence Of the
opium smoke, 80 much affected
by his brother merchants Of The high
er-toned apparel. Adjoining his cabin
and stretching Id a long row Of sepa-
rate compartments were the pig stys,
which furnish the richly Drowned
porcine offerings which are laid at
the feet of Joss by his celestial fol-
lowers on the occasion of every
heather festival, and which form an
important factor In their burial cere-
monies. A large brick oven IN which
the porkers are roasted was also in
view, and Ah shang explained the
modus operand;of splitting the hog,
and the application Of water in
which sugar and salt have been d.
luted, to produce the rich brown
color of the proverbiai Chinese fu-
nereal hog, giving it a toothsome ap-
although but few Caucas-
ians would care to test Its quality.
Further down the gulch was a rudely
furnace, fanked upon
one side by an immense pile of black
ened and disjointed CANS OF various
descriptions, and on the other by a
Of fruit and vegetable
cans, while on smother side was an
evenly laid wait OF square coal oil
cans, which reared itself high above
the head and almost formed COM
plete enclosure for this odd
manufacturing establishment. In
1uiry elected the informa-
lion that the gathering
,f old cans forms quite an important
industry for the Chinese chefonier,
several of whom are constantly en-
ployed In securing the purlieus of the
,ity in search Of cans of all sorts
which have been thrown from kitch-
&c doors. They are brought to the re-
pository in the gulch, where = ready
,ale is made to All Shang at about
twenty-five cents per hundred, al
hcugh coal oil cans bring a better
price. They are then converted into
IN article of merchandise by being |
passed through the furnace, which
nelts the solder and afterwards beat !
N out fat for use IS roofing or siding
material, and in this shape the de-
'pised and castaway can becomes an |
.rticle of ready sale at prices which
,ield profit of from two to three
hundred per cent. to the manufac-
urer and they are in great demand
.mong Mongolion builders, as Is evil
fenced by the large number OF struc-
ures covered with this material In |
he Chinese quarter.