The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-01
Nearly Three Thousand Work
ers in Butte Thrown Out
Of Employment.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
DISMISSED IN ANACONDA
Work Of Connecting the Dig Smoke
stack With Washoe Smelter IN the
Copper City Responsible for the
Shutdown, Which viii Last From
One Month to Six Weeks.

No ore is being raised today in the
Butte mines which have furnished the sup.
ply for the Nashoc smcltcr at Anaconda,
The only work being done is that of de
yeopmcnt.
The mines will remain closed for about
SIX weeks, until the smclter at Anaconda
shall have been connected with the big
smoke stack
In Butte 1000 men are ont OF employ
ment as result of the suspension oi ore
production. In Anaconda the number will
approximate $500.
Names OF Mines.
The nine mines IN which work has been
temporarily suspended are the Mountain
Consolidated. High ore Bell Anaconda
Never Sweat, Parrot, Diamond, ST. Law
renee and Moonlight.
IL has been 10 years since work of rails
ing ore ia these shafts has been suspended
Tor any considerable time. In 1904 the
mines were closed for nine months, and
this IN connection with the financial panic
that swept the country at the time was
gloomy time for Butte.
During the shutdown of the mines in
1903 the Butte, Anaconda Pacific railroad
was built
The mining companies asked reduction
IN the freight rates 10 the Anaconda
smcltcr. which was refused. Marcus DAILY
then planned 10 build the H.. a. 4 T. rail
road. While the track was being laid
work in the mines and at the smcltcrs was
suspended.
Suspended for Short Time.
Last year work was suspended for
short time when the hoisting engineers lett
their engines. This was only Tor week
or two, when work was resumed as be
fore.
The suspension now is merely the result
OF changes being made at the smcltcr yet
the elects greater than ut HT
would suppose.
Twenty eight hundred men in Butte
alone, whose average monthly wages are
$Ioo a month each, will bc idle for six
weeks. This means a total Of 100000
lost in wages TO the men during the sus-
pension.
At Anaconda the loss in wages to The
men will aggregate 100000.
In the two towns 100000 will be with
held from circulation.
No Ore to Be Shipped.
Aside from this much work will be
stopped on the railroad. No ore will be
s .ppcd no lumber or coal will be re
ceivod at the mines. The big lumber mills
.. Hamilton and Bonner will curtail their
output.
The mills will doubtless run for a time
until the yards have been well stocked,
when they will cease producing for the
mines. The coal and coke properties at
Bti, MONT, ana NJ lldilbIuAlllt, w NYO,
will also be affected.
Easy for Anaconda.
Anaconda will not feel the suspension
Of work so severely as will Butte Tn"
new nuc leading 90 the big stack will en-
ploy 100 men continuously until all worb
is resumed. One hundred more men will
be engaged in making necessary u Iairs
about the smelling plant.
II IS the purpose OF the company I"
avoid injurinR this years crop IN the Deer
Lodge valley and this is one Of the rcasons
why no ore will be smclted until the new
stack is in operation.
When the ilue is completed il is be-
levcd the gases issuing from the smelteE
will be robbed OF their noxious proper
ties. Only harmless vapor will come from
the stack at the top Of the mountain
back Of the smelling plant
The mines operated by the Boston
Montana company and the Butte Bos-
ton will raise ore as usual. These mncS
yield about 1900 tons Of ore a day, sor
tons OF which is treated al the Butte
Boston smeltcr, and 1000 tons AT the BOs-
ton Montanas plant at Great Falls. h"
companies are branches Of the Amalga-
mated Copper compny.
Three-fouths Of the Men
The Amalgamatcd company employs
three -fourths Of the miners in Butte
There are about 5000 men engaged IL
and about the mines and smeltcrs Of Butte
and over 6,ooo are on the payroll OF tho
Amalgamated Copper company. The mcr
who will remain idle during the temporary
closc-down represent nearly one half the
total number employed by the corporation
So far as known at present all Of the
mining companies except the Colorado will
continue TO operate.
The Gagnon mine, which furnishes orc
for the Colorado smcter will close Fri
day and the smelter will likely be shut
down also.
Repairs are TO be made al the mine
which cannot be made while ore is being
hoisted. The mine will remain closed
down a few weeks.