The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
THE BOSTON { MONTANA
It's Plant Ranks Second Only to
the Anaconda.
ITS LONG LIST OF MINES
They Lie Along the Range Within Sight
OF Butte-The Splendid Power
Plant at the Leon

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AS copper producer the Boston G.
Montana stands second only to the
Anaconda, at least so far as the Butte
district is concerned. The works, while
elaborate and f1rst-class in character,
| are not upon so vast a scale as those
| OF the Anaconda, but judging by the
diVldends actually raid, the Boston &
montana is at this time one of the best
paying mining properties in the world.
ana what is even more significant and
| gratifying, SO far as can be ascertain
ed, there is not the slightest indication
| OF the companys mines giving out or
even falling below their present pro-
uuctlon, either In quantity or quality
OF ore. The great producing mines are
| the west Colusa. the Leonard, the
| pennsylvania and the Mountain View
| The lesser ones are the East Colusa
ana the Moose. OF these the East and
west Colusa, with the Leonard. form
| a group in the Meadervllle ne, ghbor-
mood, little ITO the north and east Of
| the city of Butte. The Mountain View
is located, as the name suggests, on a
nigh hill overlooking Butte. little to
| the east of the Anaconda and just
north OF the st. Lawrence. Its site is
! the most commanding of all the mines
IN the district. The Pennsylvania lies
| some little distance southeast of the
Mountain View, and in close proximity
to the Rarus. These are all copper
properties. The Moose is small mine
in the silver belt 1t is long distance
| from the others, being located well up
toward the top of the hill in Walker
vile township, directly north of the
| city. This is a silver mine. The
ore is sulphide, and, therefore,
requires smelling, for which purpose
it is sent to the company's smelter at
Great Falls. Its output is about ten or
twelve tons per day and the working
| force of the mine is IS men. The East
| Colusa is now the smallest of the cop
per producers, it's daily output being
about 100 tons. There are something
over so men employed at this mine. The
| four great mines are yielding about 400
| tons per day EACH the greater portion
of which is treated at the Great Falls
smelter. The West Colusa has a pay
roll of 22S, the Leonard 200, the Pennsyl-
vanfa 1873, the Mountain View 225. while
at the shops and power house there are
| lis, making a total of about 1025 men
| employed at the various mines and in
the shops. All of the machine and
blacksmith work of the company and
also of the Butte & Boston, is done at
| these shops. The power plant at the
| Leonard is an exceptionally fine one,
furnishing steam and electric power to
| all of the mines of the company and
| also of the Butte & Boston, except the
| Greyrock and the Bluejay. 1t is
equipped with a Mordberg triple ex-
| pansion, three-stage compressor Of
about 600 horse power BY the term
| three stage" 1t Is to be understood
| that the air is subjected to three sepa-
! rate and distinct compresSionS before
being used, thus adding greatly to the
| power. 1t is used in running the dia-
| 1,,sII
| electric plant furnishes lighting and
| power, running fans and blowers in all
the mines and travelling cranes in the
Butte e. Boston smelter. For all of this
work a great boiler plant Is needed.
and accordingly there are seven
Evans superior locomotive boilers,
each of $50 horsepower. The hosting
engine at the West Colusa is of 1000
horse power, and those of the other
principal mines are of 900. The mines
of this company are not generally more
! than 1000 feet in depth, and the most
of the ore is hoisted from points con-
sidsrably above that level Therefore
such engines as some in use upon the
Anaconda company's works are not yet
| essential
The West Colusa shaft is worthy of
special mention because of its great
size. 1t is said to be the largest in this
section of the country. The regular
"
each five feet four inches by nine feet
in the clear. Through this shaft horses
are regularly lowered into the depths
for working purposes and brought to
the surface when their days work is
| done. They make the "trip as uncon-
! cernedly as the men, There are also
two more compartments of five feet
four inches by four feet six inches, just
| half the size of those in the regular
| working shaft. These smaller ones are
for use in sinking, repairing and
pumping, leaving the larger ones unob-
structed for hosting purposes. Many
! improvements are in progress at the
different works, among which may be
mentioned the pla icing of steel gallows
| frames at the Leonard and Mountain
| View shafts, each to be 80 feet In
height. All wooden buildings are to be
speedily removed from the vicinity of
the shafts and steel structures erected
! in their stead.
1t will frequently be necessary for
the STANDARD hereafter to refer to these
works in detail The present purpose
is merely to give the reader who is not
in position TO visit them, a general
| idea of their character and extent
Hence further detailed description will
be omitted a this time. There is moth
| ing, however. that so eloquently tells
the story of their greatness as a simple
statement Of the dividends paid.
Up to the beginning OF the present
year the aggregate of the dividends
paid amounted to &c. 125. 600, while dur
ing the first half of 1899 the payments
have amounted to $16 on each share Of
the capital stock. AS there are 10000
shares, this makes a total of $4,000, 000
Thus we see the grand aggregate paid
by this company in dividends is SILL
525 900. And still they come. At the
present market price the stock of this
! COmDanV rPDTeSentS the enormous sum
of about $55 coo 900.
Gold Production of the World.
The gold production for 1899 is esti-
mated at $340. OOO, 900. The returns for
rhf1 frat four months of this year show