The sun., 1905-08-28
BUSY IN THE COPPER MINES.
LAKE SUPERIOR DISTRICT MA
KING MORE METAL THAN EVER.
Profits Only Exceeded Once in Their His.
tery-Butte Mines Again Working at
Full CapaCity-Rich Strikes In the Gold
Field OF Nevsda-Crtppie Creek Busy.

Full C1p9Cuty--HICu StFlke0 IN tuc OVtSl
Field Of Nevsds-Crtpple Creek Busy.
HoUoHroH. Mich. Aug. 2l.-The copper
mines Of Lake Superior are making more
metal. employing more mon and. with the
exception Of ono period. earning larger net
profits. than ever before In their history.
At the time copper was selling at 10 cents .
pound in the spring and early summer OF
Isse the monthly earnings probably were .
trine greater than at present. but the price
then obtained was abnormal and was main
tanned at an even lower level only by manipu-
laton. ending In disastrous break in prices.
while the present metal market IL a natural
one, and the price Of copper. while trifie
higher than the more conservative producers
desire. ID caused by a strictly legitimate
demand.
Local rumor which is quite circumst antiai
has II that tho Kearssrge lode has been located
on the land Of the old Ciff mine. now owned
BY the Tamarack. II this proves to be the
case mining work will be begun. in all likeli-
hood. at an early date. To the southw ard
the finding Of the KearsarRe lode by diamond
drilling on the lands Of the Tecumseh has
resulted In q stock market boom for both the
Tecumseh and Rhode Island properties. At
both Of those properties q large amount OF
exploratory and development work has been
done at various times. with results OF an almost
uniformly worthless nature. At the Tecumseh
thousand foot shafts were sunk on both the
Osceola amygdaloid and Calumet conglom-
crate, with the net result Of not finding .
cartload OF good mill rock. On the Rhode
Island work has been under way for six years.
and while underground development has been
pushed systematically and carefully. nothing
OF any especial value has been found as yet
Further to the southwark is the Franklin
Junior mine, and the stock Of the franklin
company ha, ben efited by the rich drill core
taken from the Tecumseh. Still Fouthward
is the Arcadian. but the Kearsarse lode. or
what Was supposed . be that bed. was located
several years aae. and drill core therein ON
was worthless. The lode was located and the
boring done under the reotion Of r. g..
Pryor. q competent and careful engineer.
and IL seems reasonably certain that tbe
Kearsarse bed was located and found valde-
less by the Arcadian. However, should the
Kearsarge be found workable short dista nee
to the north. single drill hole would not
condemn the bed on Arcadian lands. and
further drilling. or even the sinking Of q shaft.
would be advisable.
Recent developments at the Winona have
been of an encouraging nature.
The Copper Concentrating Company has
been organized by T. G. Mays and associates.
To build a taiIinRe plant on the Quincy mill
sands. The capitalization OF the now COM
papy Ia $50. 900. and it h planned to build
q plant OF about, 1000 tons daily capacity.
As the Quincy Is making new sands at the
rate of nearly 1000 tons daily. 1t is evident
that the new company will not suffer In the
immediate future for any lack OF raw ma
terial.
MONTANA
BUTTE, Mon. Aug. 2l.-After few tempo
rary suspensions in several of the Butte mines
during the fore part OF August every prop
erty is again producing TO the highest point
Of record. 1t is stated that the Washoe
smelter Of the Amalgamated company at
Anaconda will again show a record output OF
copper this month. the total exceeding 49,
OoU 900 pounds. After q suspension of
month. to permit retimbering Of the shaft.
the Never Sweat mine of the Anaconda
company, one Of the heaviest pr oducers OF
the district. has resumed work. During the
time OF the shutdown no ore was raised.
but Q number Of men were engaged In ope ming
now ground, All the other mines Of the
Amalgamated are In operation. and are
ssdRs 1900 ss SnS:s. son. BIZ %
from the 2,4oo foot leyef Of the Anaconda is
being extended south and will &c on cut.
several large ore bodies south Of the shaft
The 4oSn,sn Visn nro,.n, mine one pf the
sre being installed for The purpose Of providing
xsrf yii p eempieted Within snoiheT sesk
The mine s being wOsssd wo5. q: usual while the
nRssSse RI sSsss 81 f the snSs North Butte company
On the Speculator claim 10 being retimbered
from top e bottom and other, repair and
xG.i S.inf s sn,S. done EhiSh
nssssi@s nee TIE North Butte 10 producins f
Aalstst SAivugh the s.A2t Of IL High Ore.