The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
THE BUTTE { BOSTON
A New Organization With q
Great Future Before It.
LARGEST PUMP IN BUTTE
Has Silver Bow No. IA Great Brick
Stack, the Only One Upon
Hoist in the Dis
trict.

Under the same MANAGEMENT and
control as the Boston & Montana are
the works of the Butte :. Boston. which
are quite generally regarded as the
third in Importance among the great
mining properties of the Butte district.
This estimate is not based upon divi-
dends actually paid, but upon the ex-
tent, location and general character of
the properties. which, under the pres
ent able management it is believed
will prove of very great value. The
officers Immediately in charge are
Frank Klepetko, superintendent, and
G. S. Batterman, assistant superinten-
dent. who hold the same positions rela-
tive to the Boston & Montana
The properties of the company are
Doth silver and copper in character,
and include the fine concentrating and
smelling plant at Meadervile.
The silver claims cover a consider
able portion of Walkerville and Center
vile to the north of Butte These, how
ever. are not being actively worked
by the company, but are operated by
lessees 1t is this ownership that has
brought the Butte & Boston into liti-
cation with the Lexington, to which
erence.
The present organiza ton of the com
pany Is comparatively new one, dat
ing only from Ma~ 1897 At that time
the old company being heavily in debt,
the property passed into the hands of
receiver. A reorganization commit
tee having been constituted, the inter-
est of the Davis estate in the property
was acquired. and active operations
were resumed under the committee,
Feb. %, 1897. The old debts were paid
off and the new organization started
with a clean sheet.
The productive mines of the COM
pany are the Greyrock, Bluejay, Silver
Bow No. l. Silver Bow No. g. and
Berkeley. The Berkeley is now tied up
by injunction in the litigation with the
| Montana Ore Producing company, but
| is included in the list of producers be-
| cause 1t has the ore bodies developed
| and nothing but the order of court pre-
vents the values from being taken out
| In this connection 1t may be we'll to
| state that both the Berkeley anu No
are new shafts that have been sunk
since the reorganization of the COM
| pany.
Of these mines the Greyrock is sit
uated well up on the hill in close prox-
unity to the Syndicate group of the
Anaconda company; the Bluejay is on
| East broadway, fairly within the linn
its of the city of Butte while the
Berkeley and both of the Silver Bows
are in the Meaderville district. There
was also formerly a Silver Bow No.
2 situated not far from No. 1, but for
| economical reasons the shaft was aban-
doned. and the work is now done
through No. l. At these various mines
there are SIS men employed. appor-
toned as follows: Greyrock 1872: Blue
| jay. IS: Silver Bow No. /. al: No. 3.
&c: Berkeley, 100. There are also $40
men engaged in and about the concen-
trating and smelling works.
The Silver Bow No. is one of the
| most conspicuous plants in the dis
| trict by reason of its immense round
brick smoke-stack. about 100 feet in
height. and fully 10 feet in diameter at
the base. In this respect the stack
| is unique. for it Is the only one at any
mine in the district, although there are
many at the smelters.
The plant was formerly provided
with ordinary iron stacks. but they
were removed by foreman w. E. Kane
who is now in charge of this mine, as
well as the Berkeley and No. 8. This
| stack receives the smoke from all OF
the furnaces of the boiler plant through
a connecting f1ue.
| The boilers are of the John Mohr
make, one being of $50 horsepower, one
| of $50, and two-making a pair-of 125
each, total horsepowt" of $50. The
| large boiler is covered With an ashes
| tos coating, while the others are walled
up with brick in the usual way. These
are locomotive boilers, the fire box, or
furnace, being within the iron work