Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-06
BOOM COMING
 RYAN'S BELIEF
Amalgamated Copper Presi- dent is Optimistic Over Copper Situation and
 Prosperity
EST IS BOOMING

President John D. Ryan, of the
 Amalgamated Copper company, was
 in Butte last week for several days
 attending to matters in connection with the company and makinig an i'm spection of the properties. Mir Ky as Is as optimistic as ever, and be- lieyes. that the present condition of the
 red metal market is bound 10 be maintained. Mir. Ryan says:
 The work planned on the ney
 $2 2.5OO,O00 shelter, which is to re- place the old one here, is going on as fast as conditions will warrant. The contract has been let. and all we are now awaiting is the arrival of the steel material for the erection of the shelter. am informed that the steel mills have been working on back orders that are nearly a year old, and will ship our material as soon as they can get to the order.
 Speaking with respect to the gen
 eral industri.l conditions through out the east and west, Mir. Ryan sad he had found everything most fa- vorable in his travels. Business through the east and west" he sad,
  and you know the west is booming with a tremendous grain and fruit crop at present ! don't believe the country has ever faced better con- dition, and l feel that we are on the verge Of a big and prosperous time.
 Tn the copper field of industry there are none but the best of pros poets, and l find the same conditions prevailing in about every line of ln- dustry. There is a big demand for products, and this demand in most ln stances is greater than the supply. For the state l can say that Montana never had a brighter outlook.
 All branches of commercial trade are going ahead full speed under the propefiing power Of the greatest crop in the states history. The tremen- dous forward movement is shown by the activities of the railroads in this particular section.
 T am convinced from personal information that Montana will be gridironed with railways lines in thaI next few years. The Great North ern and the Milwaukee roads are particularly active, and will construct more than one railway line through this district in the next year or two, and the SOO people seem to be prepaT- ing to invade this region in the near 
 Mir Ryan was in Great Falls to at 1 tend a conference Of the executive l heads Of the various departments of 1 the Amalgamated company. The | meeting was called for the purpose ! of discussing many matters connected ! with the companv's holdings. At the ] meeting were i0rnelius Kelly, of | Butte, John G. Morony of Great Falls, 1 Max Hebgen, head of the electric l Of the AmalgaIlsted. ard i Henry 4. Herrick, who Is a consult | ing engineer in charge of much heavy | wrok being done by | other concerns in the Michigan cop ! per country.
 Mir. Herrick was called for council I pertaining to the construction Of a dam and big power plant at the big falls, plans for which have | Eeen made, and the details of which | are now being worked out.
 According to MT. Ryan, the preiim- | mary details of the proposed work I are of such an extensive nature that i they rannot be settled or whipped into shape 'u hurry.
 Work at the dansite, however. Is | even now n progr'ss, drillh>g, cutting and exeayat,ug wCrk being prSsecutee S- Ryan state1 tAat by the time the high water of ueYt spring had Teceded, the actual wSrk ! of construction would be under way in full force.
 MT. Ryan made a trip to Anaconda for the purpose of inspecting the i'm provements being made at the Wal shoe smelter During the past rSo months the first section has bsen OveThauled and extensive imp ments made, looking to the increasing of the capacity Of the plant. The change was pronounced a complete success The smelteT is treating about I2,0G0 tons of ore a day since the first of the month.
 Thomas F. Cole, of the North Butte, Greene Cananea and other proper ties. accompanied Mir Ryan on his tour Of inspection of the Great Falls and Butte properties. While in this city Mir Cole devoted his time to an inspection of the North Butte prop erty.'
 While he would not give out any statement as to conditions on any particular level. MT. Cole said that the mine was certainly showing up well, and that the property was in B better condition today than it had been for several years. He acknowl- edged that the ore reserves were be- ing considerably increased. and that the earnings were of a most sstisfac- tory character.
 A short time ago Mir. Cole became interested with Chester A. Congdon, Df Duluth, in several claims which were purchased in the northern part ot the district. He made an iRspec- c tion Of those properties, and it istl