The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-11
MINES AND MINING
BUTTE MINES IN
FINE CONDITION
President Thayer of Anaconda
Is Optimistic Over Cop
per Situation.
Especial to The Heraid-RepubIican.)

Especial to The Herald Republican,
Butte, Mont, April l0-"The mines of
the Amalgama ted company are in most
excellent condition" said B. B. Thayer,
president of the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company, after be had completed his
examination of the properties with the
appTasement committee of eminent geo
logists and mining men, incident TO the
Butte merger prellminares. In the last
five years 1 have not known the mines 70
look SO well as they do now in regard 10
ore developments This is especially true
of the bottom levels, and holds good with
very few exceptions. In the AlSh ore
and Diamond mines of the Anaconda COM
pany, and the GagnOn mine or the IteH-
ton company the new ore bodies are NOT
only large in extent but they carry extra
good values.
Then Mr.. Thayer made the statement
that the GagnOp mine, which, years ago
was thought 70 have been pracucAily
worked out, was developing into the Dls-
gest copper mine in the Butte district;
The ore body which is being developed
and mined on the new level. the 2,SOO,
is said to surpass anything ever known
in the Butte district. Mr.. Thayer olun
offer details but his declaration that II
is the best body of ore have ever seen
in a Butte mine" means something,
when the rich deposits OF glance ana 9lileE
high grade ores Of the Anaconda, Hlgh
Ore, North Butte and other mines, Win
which he is familiar, are recalled
New Ore in Old Mines.
Tn the High Ore and Diamond mines
new ore bodies have been opened on
some of the old levels from the l,S0 to-
ward the surface, bodies OF ore thdt hdu
never been worked before new 9 iHIsoN
ing like It had ever been developed pc
fore at the same depth, said Presloeht
Thayer The significance of these new
strikes lies in the fact that In the case
of the High ore and Diamond mines,
they were on the old levels, and In the
Gaghon the strike was made at deptu
where II was hardly expected; and under
conditions that upset all geological tne-
cries The GagnOn ore Is characteristic
anargite, similar to that in some or the
rich veins on Ana cOnda hill.
The Anaconda mine Is up to its normal
high state and all other properties look
equally as we'll as at any time IN recent
wears, with the exception OF the Parroe'
in which no work is being done at present
Development work In all the properties is
up to the average, and the new work
which had been temporarily SUSPENDED
during the engineers strike. IS belhg
pushed as rapidly as Formerly. rms IN
cIudes shaft sinking at the Gagnon, Bad
ger State and Belmont. The new Gag
non shaft which is TO take the place OF
the old incline. will be vertical smart
and one o. the largest in the district II
is now down nearly 600 feet and will be
carried to deDth of $500 feet, where
connections will be made with the work,
ings at that depth, and the old smart VIII
be used for air and safety opening
Explore Badger State.
The Badger State, a Boston Mon
tana property, is down about Luz 1seC
md will be but 100 feet deeper, after
which the ground will he opened ana
explored. The Badger State claim IS sup
posed TO carry the extension OF the Jes-
sic vein of the North Butte company; nU iI
that is not certain, as there are large
number of veins in that nelghoorhOod;
The Belmont shaft, which IS being sunk
in the southern part of the Suite dlsulGI
and is being connected with the Anaconda
mine workings, is being deepened with as
much vigor as ever. and Is now down
about $50 feet. Connections nave been |
made with some of the upper levels, but |
aside from stopping to cut stations, the
sinking operation will not he inteTrupted
until the shaft reaches depth or Z4~
feet The Belmont will be used IN con- |
nection with the mining OF the hill prop |
At the washoe and Great Falls smelt- |
ers, a number Of important improveme nts |
economies. At Great Falls investigations
are also being made preliminary to an
enlargement of that plant.
General Situation Good.
In addition to the satisfaction Presi- |
dent Thayer expressed regarding the |
mining situation and the condition OF the /
properties, he was especially pleased over |
the labor situation in Butte. I find con-
dftions in Butte in that respect very much /
improved" he said There is. a spirit of \
contentment that had not seen here for
several years
Speaking about the general metal stu
alton in Butte, he said; Il believe that |
the present comparatively low price OF |
copper is due TO the fact that the IN
crea sed production was thrown on the /
market Immediately after the panic, at |
time when consumption amounted to /
little or nothing. The accumulation IS /
being gradually absorbed, and that with /
the demand for copper in new lines, such |
as the electrified lion Of western railways,
the hydro-eleetrical installations, me
identification Of the eastern terminals,
will gradually bring the price of the !
metal back to a point at which ii be-
longs. The outlook is good and improv-