Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-12
COPPER
OUTPUT LOW
DURING JUNE
1t Was Less Than so Per Cent
of the Normal Showing 0W-
ing to Floods Which Closed
Big SmeIter.

Big SmeIter.
BUTTE, Mont. July I1-The June |
copper production of the Butte district |
will be little more than 100000 |
pounds. Operations for the month |
average less than so per cent of nor |
NAL on account of Interruptions due |
to floods, damages to railroads and /
wreck of a portion of the Boston & |
Montana smelter at Great Falls. None |
of the mines average more than TWEEN |
ty days during the month and some |
have been closed almost the entire |
month. 1t will be some time yet be-
fore the Great Falls smelter is again
in repair and ready for operation. In
addition to flood damage, gas in Ana
conda and st. Lawrence mines has
compelled the suspension of opera.
lions after resumption for a few days
following the flood tie-up and the
Parrot mine is also closed on account
of an accident TO the shaft and hoist.
The month of June has presented
remarkable combination of mining
disasters and mishaps.
The mines of the Boston & Mon
tana company, which produced nearly
$500 tons of ore a day, have been
closed for another month or six weeks
on account of washouts on the Great
Northern railroad between Butte and
| the company's smelter at Great Falls
and because of damage done by floods
TO the smeIter itself. A portion of
| the power house of the smelter at
| Great Falls was wrecked by the food
and the water from the headrace ran
| through the power house and over the
machinery, which was damaged con-
| siderably. The lower works OF the
smelling plant We're flooded and the
north wall of the head race was
broken out by the food. A portion of
| the wall of the headrace was dyna-
mited to divert the flood. but by the
time that had been accomplished most
of the damage had been done.
| The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific rail
road between Butte and the Washoe
smelter at Anaconda was badly dam
aged by washouts and wrecked bridges
which resulted in a suspension of
traffic for four or five days and con-
segment closing of all the mines that
shipped to Anaconda. including those
of the Anaconda, North Butte, Butte
Trenton and Parrot companies, be-
sides shutting off all miscellaneous
production. When the Washoe re-
sumed full operations some mining
was done in the Mountain View mine
of the Boston & Montana company
and the ore shipped to Anaconda,
and it is very likely that the Boston &
Montana company will be limited IN
its production to the output of the
Mountain View for several weeks.
The damage done by the flood in
Montana to railroads, mining inter
ests and public property is estimated
lat $4,000. 900. All railroad traffic has
been tied up.
The North Butte Mining company
expects to open the Edith May vein
on the 1000 and 1890 levels within
three months. The stations and the
skip pockets being cut at those
levels will be completed in about 40
days, when prosecuting will be start
ed. The Edith May vein is within
700 feet of the shaft. On the 1,S00-foct
level the vein has been opened by
drift nearly 400 feet, and il is from
s to 40 feet wide. the average being
about 20 feet. With the opening of
the new levels the company will have
400 feet of additional stopping ground
THE Jessie vein is considerably north
of the Edith May, and will not be
Preached for several months. The Jes-
sic has been drifted on for nearly
900 feet, and it has an average
width on the 1890 of twelve feet The
North Butte is mining on the 500,
II ,0O0,( 1900, 1000 and 1900 levels and
lis hosting about $4,000 tons of ore per
month. half of the ore being first
class, which averages about s per cent
"copper".
Serious litigation IS threatened for
the La France Copper company by
the municipality of WalkervilIe. The
company is operating a dry process
metal separator at the Lexington mine
and is creating SO much dust that the
little city north of Butte is suffocating.
The people say they breathe Lexing-
ton dust. they eat it and drink it;
they sleep in it and swear in it. An
analysis of the dust in the drinking
water discloses 2 per cent copper, 10
per cent zinc, 9 per cent iron, As per
cent sulphur and per cent silica. The
council of WalkerviIle has directed its
Iattorney to institute an injunction
suit.
| The Butte Coalition company is
prosecuting a lot of development work
in the Tramway and Minnie Healy
mines, and until that is completed
actual mining will be confined, to the
Rarus. from which about $50 tons of
ore is shipped daily. The entire OUT
put of the mine averages on the crude
ore 81 per cent. The Tramway shaft
when completed will be used for min
ling both mines. II is now 1.5O0 feet
deep and will be sunk to 1000. On
the 1900 one level has been opened
into the Minnie Healy, where the
vein was cut and is now being opened
by drifts. At the cross-cut the vein is
twenty feet wide and large portion
of it assays II per cent copper. A
lcross-cut has also been started from
the / 500 and is in about IL feet It
lis expected TO add about 10000 tons
a month to the output when the
Tramway begins producing. The
TTamway claim itself is practically
lundeveloped.
The Boston & Montana company is
doing all the work necessary TO get
control of the fire and gas which have
interfered with mining in the Mn.
ME Healy and adjoining properties