The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-08

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Not only was more copper produce
cd than in any other year i'm the his
tory of the district, but a vast amount
of new work was done, writes the
Butte correspondent of the Boston
Commercial. The Amalgamated Cop
per company alone did more than 142,-
600 feet of development work i'm its
mines, consisting of shaft sinking,
drifts, raises, crosscuts, etc Exten-
sive work i'm shaft sinking, drifting
and prosecuting was done by the
Butte Coalition company i'm the Tram
way Minnie Hcaley and Rarus mines,
and by the North Butte company in
the Spectator. Edith May, Granite
Mountain and Jessie.
Very little information is obtainable
about the North Butte, and while it
is generally understood that the two
new levels ON the 1000 and 2,20O are
not so rich as ON the 1000 and 1,SOO,
ii is said they are satisfactory 1t
seems to be the general opinion that
the North Butte is going through the
experience of all other companies and
is now operating in lean zone and
that the veins will experience a sec
ondary enrichment, as did the Anacon-
da and other mines, with greater depth.
The North Butte is sinking the Gran
lite Mountain shaft, which lies between
the Edith May and Jessie claims, and
win make a second working shaft of
it. II will probably be put i'm commits
sion some time next summer. The
shaft i'm the Gem claim has also been
sunk from the 700 to the 1000 and
there connected with all the workings
for purposes of ventilation and safety.
| Until interfered with by the strike of
switchmen i'm December the North
Butte maintained an average ship
ment of 1,4OO tons of ore per day.
The Butte Coalition company has de-
veloped three big mines i'm the Min
ME Healey, Rarus and Tramway,
Sinking has been going on all year
| in the Rarus and Minnie Healey mines.
They will be made 1900 feet deep and
connected on every level with the
Rarus. Later the Snohomish mine
will also be developed. The Butte
and Boston has mined a little ore out
of the Snohomish i'm which it owns
an interest, and there is every evidence
that that property will become as inn
portant as the Tramway in which
such phenomenally rich ore bodies
have been opened. Considerable de-
velopment work has also been done at
the Clarke mines and a normal pro-
duction of ore was maintained through
out the year.
OF the score of new mining compan-
les that started out two years or more
ago. only few kept up their work.
I Among these was the Butte-B alak-
lava Copper company, which has de-
veloped one of the best mines in the
Butte district. The property has been
opened to depth of 1,i0O feet and
four veins developed. Mining has for
some time been limited and confined to
the 100 and 300-foot levels because of
work in the shaft, the latter being en-
larged to three compartments, a work
| indl is HOW pIdCNiCeliy NoihPiSt'u'
The Butte Ballaklava is one of the
best equipped mines in Butte, and is
in position for a large production.
The Butte and Superior company
which has not met with success in
its search for a copper mine. has de-
cided to mine it's ore for it's zinc con-
tent, there being an immense deposit
of zinc ore i'm the Blackjack mine, and
it having been discovered that there
is more profit i'm zinc than in copper.
There is enough of that ore in sight
in the mine to keep 500 ton mill In
operation for ten years. The company
is shipping ore to the Basin Reduction
plant and has made arrangements to