Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-09
BUTTE NOTED ABROAD.
Good Words Said in the City OF the Saints
by BUTTE Man.

dOod words SAID IN the C1ty OF the saints
by Butte Man.
Salt Lake News. May 8: In converse
tion with w. j. Penrose. Esq, editor and
proprietor OF the Butte Mining Journal.
who reached this city yesterday. and made
pleasant call upon US in the afternoon,
he gave us the following information re-
specting matters in that wonderful mining
town. Butte now contains population
OF 26 900 souls. and during the present
year its mines will, as is estimated, pro-
duce from twenty-four to twenty five mill
ions of dollars. The Alice mine will, it is
expected, start up in about three weeks.
The Union Pacific has been maananimous
enough to reduce the tariff on salt So per
ton, so that it is now laid down in Butte at
$12 instead OF SIS.
IN THE SERIES OF MINES
owned by a syndicate ofwhich r. G. Cham
bers, Esq, of this city is leading mem-
Der. about $50 men are now employed. It
is an actual fact, though one which at first
shocks CT dulity, that in the Anaconda
mine there is now enough ore in sight to |
y iOiu 1.AOV UOHs udlty lOE seventeen years. 4
Heretofore the ore produced by this mine /
has been worked exclusively for copper,
but it bears sufficient per cent of silver to /
make it an object to work it for that /
metal also, and preparations to do this
IRE now being made. 1t ia stated as a
act that the Anaconda bullion sold as
copper during the year 1887, contained
800, 900 ounces of silver, for which the
ompany received no pay. Parties in
swansea, Wales, where the bullion is re-
ined, had the benefit OF this little bonanza.
THE BLUB BIRD
nine. owned by an English syndicate, is
own 500 feet. Ore is being taken from a
critical ledge 35 feet wide. This ia a mar
elously rich property. The Volunteer
ately started up. This mine adjoins the
Eagnon, the first developed in Butte, and
pronounced by number of mine super
ltendents to be second to no property in I
he camp. The owners OF the Little Dar-
ng, Messrs. J. A. Murray and Patrick &
argey have let a contract to sink 200 ieet /,
his mine adloins the Blue Bird, and the | t
ltter's ledge dips into it. The Blue Bird b
vners want To buy it, and, it is reported, '
ave offered $500, 900 for it, which was re- s
sed The Lexington is the deepest mine f
Inc plhce, DeiDS uOWn l1OU I6eb. a p0cu- U
arity of this mine is that the ore on it's
west level is richer in gold than on any of b
le others. t
The old Montana Copper Company has s
tely purchased several claims and in.
,rporated under the name OF the Boston
Id Montana Copper Company, Tom
'uch. formerly OF this city, where he is fo
Ill known is the general manager. Butte n
w has steam street cars, and four hotel ;,
hemes are ow on the tapis. The erec- I. =
IN of two hotels will shortly be begun :,
le Miners Union is an organization of n
lich Butte is and ought to be proud. :,
owns $45, 1000 building, and among .,
objects are the intellectual and moral y;
provement OF it's members, provisions ~
: the sick, etc., as well as the keeping up a.
wages. In Butte and Anaconda there n
3 about 1900 men at work, in the r.
mes, mills, smelters, etc. There is no ce
,tion between capital aud labor. The Il
oitalist employers in Butte are generally tv
IN who have themselves worked up form =.
} lower levels, and they know how to f.
at their men.