The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

II having been turned over to this de-
partment prior to the passage of the
act of Aug. %. 1894. the lands are, I'M
der the provisions of said act. opened
to settlement under the public land
laws of the United States. with the re-
quirement that persons who make
homestead entries therefor shall pay
for the lands entered the appraised
value thereof. at their option. In five
equal installments. at times and rates
of interest to be fixed by the secretary
OF the interior. A large number of
homestead entries and coa declaratory
statements have been made for lands
I'm this but IL does not APP
pear from an examination of the rec
ords that any OF said entries or filings
have been Cancelled on the ground that
the lands were not properly subject to
such entries and filings. The lands EN-
braced in this reservation beino In a
comparatively new and sparseiy set
tied region. | see no reason why they
should not be disposed OF as other
public lands"
Z. c. Baird. who has been here dur
ing the war excitement. has an inter-
view i'm the Washington Post in which
he speaks enthusiastically of Butte
and Anaconda and Montana as the
copper king of the world. He said:
VI ~ -
utility. copper is the king of all metals,
and the city of Butte is the greatest
copper mining center I'm the world.
THE Anaconda copper mines at
Butte hoist up and deliver to the smell
tiers at Anaconda. 20 miles away. 5000
tons of cope ore a day. No wonder
IL is the king of metals, for since the
wonderful inventions of the last decade
the demand for IL is as widespread as
civilization. Wherever the telephone.
the dynamo and electric light go cop
per must accompany them. Last
year Butte's output Of copper was over
$50. 900. 900. and i'm 20 years IL has pro-
duced nearly $500. 900, 900 in gold, cop
per and silver.
1t is admitted that the art of mining
has reached a higher degree of per-
lection in the Butte district thar any
where else in the world. Scientific
miners from every quarter agree that
the methods and equipment Of the
companies at Butte are far I'm
Of those employed in any other mining
region. The three vast compartment
shafts OF Butte. sunk deep in the
granite rock and provided with the
heaviest hosting, pumping and venti-
lating machinery that can be built by
man. are among the wonders of the
age. Under ground the tunnels. cross
cuts. Slopes. drifts and levels blaze
with 1900 electric lights. Here. too.
the genius of man has conquered the
dangers n dark gloom of the 'shad-
owy Plutonian realms, 1000 feet below
the earth's surface.
The pay roll of the mines reaches
81. OO0, 900 a month. No labor connected
herewith. even surface work. receives
a less compensation thar 50 a day. No
where i'm the world is there a more
powerful labor union than exists at
Butte. and the high scale of wage is
directly due to its influence. Geolo-
gists say that the vast copper zones
existing there are practically mex
haustible. At present they constitute
over % per cent. of the worlds total
yield of copper"
The house has passed the bill pro-
viding for a change i'm the law relating
To mining tunnel rights. This bill pro-
vides that only 40 feet on each side
Of q tunnel site shall be reserved for
tunnel locations. Any location made
i'm a tunnel may take any part of l.jOO
linear feet on one side and the re-
mainder on the other. or the owner of
the site may take a full claim of l,5O0
feet on one side and l.500 on the other.
IL that part of said claims extending
beyond $50 feet of the center line in
the tunnel does not conflict with any
prior location. Any vein or lode cut
i'm the tunnel shall be staked on the
surface and recorded within 80 days,
otherwise il will be subject 10 discov-
cry and location outside of the unaban-
doned workings of the tunnel claim by
any other persons. The owner Of
claims will be entitled to all ore TO
the apex of vertical lodes, although the
apex may not be included in the bound
aries as staked on the surface.
This bill has the endorsement OF Sec
rotary Bliss and Land Commissioner
Hermann and will probably become a
law. HoSFORD.