The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-25
THE COPPER GIANT
Mines That Are in the Amalga-
mated Company's List.
THE SHELTERS THEY RUN
These Montana Properties in Their Com
bination Make Up the Largest
SIN citing Plant in the
World

The Amalgamated Copper company is
by far the largest copper mining COM
pany in the Butte district, or. for that
matter, in the world. 1t comprises the
Anaconda, Washoe and Colorado COM
paDies, and also owns a controlling. in
terest in the Parrot. The total number
of properties thus grouped under one
ownership or control is very large,
much larger than the names of the ac-
tive mines would indicate, for the reas-
on that each of these mines covers quite
a number of original claims or loca
lions which have been bought I'D and
absorbed. The most important of these
properties is, of course, the Anaconda.
This is in turn, divided respectively in
to two groups, known respectively as
the Anaconda and Syndicate. or Noun
tain Consolidated groups. The Ana
conda group consists of the Anaconda
proper. the st. Lawrence and the New
er Sweat. The Syndicate group includes
the Mountain Consolidated the Green
Mountain, the Bell, the Diamond, the
Buffalo and the High Ore All of these
mines are active producers, as are also
the Ramsdell Parrot, the Parrot. the
Moonlight "a Washoe property, and
the Gagnon, which formerly belonged
to the Colorado company. The total
output may be stated generally at about
5000 tons of ore per day. The force
employed at the different mines is
something over 5000. The great bulk
of the ore is treated at the Anaconda
smelters. at the city of Anaconda, rs
miles from Butte.
At all of the mines work is proceeding
smoothly and regularly. improvements
and repairs are almost constantly be-
ing made, and the present time is no
exception to the rule. Among other
things may be mentioned the placing of
a much more powerful Rston engine a
the Diamond shaft. through which is
hoisted the ore from the Bell mine
This engine is of the same horsepower
as that at the Anaconda At the New
er Sweat new and powerful air COM
pressor is about to be set up. This, in
fact, is an Improvement which is al
most constantly being made somewhere,
,the extension of operations below
ground making additions to the
air supply matter of frequent
necessity. All of the principal
mines are provided with skips for
hoisting ore These skins hold from
nine to ten tons, and are automatically
dumped into cars at the shafts. The
Anaconda, Never Sweat and High Ore
mines are equipped with open steel
frame gallows hoists. thus dispensing
with the necessity for a building over
the shafts, and greatly lessening the
danger from the fires
Probably the most important surface
improvements now in progress are be-
ing made at the High Ore, which is
under the immediate superintendency
of William Skyrme. The water from the
Mountain Consolidated, Green Noun
tain, Bell. Buffalo, Diamond and High
Ore is all raised to the surface from the
1,60O-foot level of the High Ore. The
pumps are worked by compressed air
and the compressor now in use is in
sufficient for the purpose. At times the
drills have to be stopped to give the
compressors full play at the ,vatcr. To
obViate this a new compressor is being
mn in ar the month end of the works
lust beyond the one that was set up
last December and January, This ere
ates a demand for more boiler capacity
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