The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-25
BOOMING RIGHT ALONG
No snch Thing - Holding Butte
Back.
IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY
Mr.. W w. Wishon. the Mining Engineer.
II Interviewed st Colorado Springs.
Hundred thousand Popula-
ton In Sight.

w. W. "ishou, one VI butte oeSt
known mining engineers and experts.
was interviewed in Colorado Springs
about Butte and quoted as follows in
the Gazette Of that city:
1t Is the same old story-booming
right along. and yet the folks up there
don't realize what they really have. For
instance, almost everybody talks about
the Anaconda Copper Mining company
as II they had just n mine (you al
ways near IL called the Anaconda
mine), whereas the fact is hat that
company has about 100 patented claims
in the great amp. Their big mines are
the st. Lawrence, the Anaconda, the
Never Sweat, the Mountain Con. the
Green Mountain. the Bell. the Buffalo.
Modocs. besides a whole string Of mi
nor properties. But this In only
one of the big companies of Butte. and
the Anaconda company alone employs
5000 miners. Next In Importance to
the Anaconda company Is the Boston x
Montana company, a company owning
the Mountain View. the East Colusa.
the West colusa and the Comanche.
The latter property alone has produced
n has In sight IS. 900. 900 worth Of high
grade copper ore. The Boston K Mon
tana also owns a good many other
properties In Butte.
Then there is the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing company, owning the Rafus
and other mines. besides their great
smelters In the eastern cart Of the
town; besides the Parrot Smelling COM
pany. also owning big mines: besides
two smelling plants, the Butte Reduc-
ton works, owning the Colusa-Parrot
H. IL
RADIO Smelling company, owners OF the
Gsgnon and other mines n smelters.
this company being. by the way. large
ly owned in this state.
THE quality OF ore handled is enor-
nous. and very few who live in Butte
have any idea of the tremendous ton
mage being lifted out Of the mines every
"a hours. The Anaconda company alone
send to their two smelling plants at
Anaconda 5000 tons per day. The pay
roll of the Anaconda company alone In
Butte runs up to over 5000. 900 a month.
while the total mount paid out by all
the mining companies is very close
upon II not actually over 1000, 900 per
ont
What 1 have said will suggest that
mining Is done on a large scale and
almost all the companies are getting
ready for deep mining: although the
shafts are down 1900 and LOO feet al
ready. Out the companies are CndDkink
their hosting engines to those having
a capacity to handle about IL loaded
decks from a depth OF 5000 feet. These
engines are marvels of
skill, being of the Corliss type. and, OF
course, first motion. Steam Is used en-
tirely. both for hoisting and compress
ing the air. and. by the way, 100 ma
chine compressors are common In u
mines. The gallows frames are built
of structural steel. that on the st. Law
renee. which. by the way has a 800
horsepower engine. has a height OF
about 10 feet from the center Of the
sheave wheel to the collar of the shaft"
How are your big mines from the
standpoint of safety"
They are managed in the very best
possible manner this being especially
true of the Anaconda properties, which
are managed by Marcus Daily, a man
whose practical experience as a miner
was acquired in Virginia city. New. In
the old Comstock days. and who has
risen to become the greatest mine man.
ager in the world. He Is a man Of i'm
mense popularity among his employees
and among the great majority OF the
people of Montana. Indeed. IL Is about
true that IL there had not been a Mar
Gus DAILY there would not be any Butte
to-day.
The system Of timbering up there
Is as neal perfect as man can make IL.
The best red fir only is used and the
square set timbering system Is adopted.
The veins are at times over 100 feet
wide in the Anaconda properties. and
in addition to the excellent timbering
hat ! just spoke about. the slopes are
filled in with waste in order to hold
the walls n keep them from crushing
together and swapping the big timbers
All the companies use every kind of de-
vice for the safety of their employees.
and nearly all the accidents that occur
are due to the recklessness of the men
themselvs.
"Yes. Butte Is growing. New build
ings of all sorts. sizes and kinds are
going up In all directions. and the cree
ton of the first six-story building in
Montana. which is just being completed
by the Hennessy Mercantile company,
has added stimulus to the building
boom. In fact. business property has
about doubled in value since. this great
edihce was started. Butte has about
IS. 900 inhabitants. n will have a full