Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-05
MINERS
ARE RETURNING
NOW To BUTTE
Inflow of Labor Since Resump-
ton Creates Serious Prob
lem = Amalgamated Run
ming Full Capacity.

The return to normal mining at the
Amalgamated properties Is slower
than had been expected by the pub
lie. wwrites a Butte correspondent
though superintendent Gillie said
when orders for resumption were Civ
en- that the normal output of ore
from the mines would not be reached
before the LIST of April
1t is yet too early to determine
whether the orders for better results
from the miners and the observance
of greater economies in operations
have borne fruit; but it is believed
that when the returns are made from
the various departments they will
show a material reduction in the cost
of Amalgamated's copper. 1t had been
generally believed that the average
cost of the Amalgamated production
was, during recent years, in excess OF
IL cents per pound; but it is stated
on good authority that the cost was
not more than 101- cents per pound,
including refining and selling. 1t is
the expectation that this will be ma
terially reduced under the present sys-
TEN.
1t was in answer to the general
claim that the Butte mines could not
produce copper as cheaply as other
districts that the Amalgamated com
pany's management ordered a re-
sumption of mining at the full ca
pacity of its mines and smelters.
That ought to be the best answer
we can make TO that kind of talk,
said an Amalgamated officer
The cost of production during re
cent years increased very rapidly in
spite OF the fact that the value of the
metal in the ore mined Increased also.
The rising costs were due, however,
to causes that affected other districts
as much as they did Butte. The great
increase in the price of lumber and
other supplies, the increase in wages,
shorter hours and inef1ciency of Ia
Dor were alike in all mining districts.
The resumption of mining is rails
ing serious labor problem in Butte.
as thousands OF Idle men from all
parts of the West. including hun
dreds of Nevada miners. who were
locked out by the trouble In Gold
field, have been fiocking to Butte,
and there are thousands more appii-
tons for work than there are places.
1t is charged that other cities and
communities in the West have been
urging their idle men to go to Butte,
and several thousand men who were
employed in railroad work have left
that employment and gone to Butte
in the hope of getting the better
wages paid in the mines,
Butte & London.
The Butte & London company is
continuing its exploration work on
the l ,100-foot level. and the results
are gradually becoming more salts
factory and encouraging. The east
drift from the south crosscut espec-
tally fs showing up we'll Assays show
an average of 81 ounces of silver, 81
in gold and 2.3 per. cent copper. The
character of the vein encourages the
mercial ore will be opened soon in
that vein.
Davis-Oaily.
The Davis-Daly Estates Copper
company has cut another vein in the
Colorado. 1t was found by the east
drift fro mthe 1O0-foot Level, but its
extent is yet unknown, as drifting is
being done on 2-foot shoot of ore,
which is being opened. The ore in the
shoot, assays 40 per cent zinc, and
contains little else in mineral value;
but the ore is worth SIS ton to the
company, and IL there Is sufficient it
will be mined and shipped. This vein
like the one opened south of the
shaft, has a northwest and southeast
strike. Work is also progressing in