Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-21

to many Of the party this trip - =
revelation. They want to get better
acquainted with these things and II
venture to say that there 10 not one Of
the visitors here today who will not be
surprised at the showing made by your
city.
To Advertise Butte.
1.-THE object Of the trip then Is to
advertise Butte and to learn more Of
the sections visited. Butte 10 patron
Of southern Idaho to an extent little
realized. 1t buys in the aggregate
trainloads Of produce from this region,
for Butte, you should understand. Is
market out of the ordinary. In this
connection may be pardoned for toot-
ing Butte's horn to some extent. For
while Butte is known as the greatest
mining city in the world, that doesn't
mean much to the ordinary individual.
But let me tell you little something
about Butte which will explain why It
Is an important market.
! "A modern city Of 10000, Butte pro-
duces one-quarter Of the copper mined
I in America and one-f1fth of the copper
mined In the world. Its output this
/ year will be 310.000,000 pounds Of cop
per. $4,000 ounces of gold and 10000
ounces Of fine silver. Besides this,
Butte is now recognized as the princi-
| pal zinc mining district in the world,
and soon its output of that metal will
amaze the mining world.
Butte mines at present are hoisting
$500 tons Of ore daily OF this tom
mage, 10000 goes to Anaconda, where
| is located the largest smelter in the
world; $500 tons to Great Falls and the
remainder is treated In Butte itself.
! 1.-THE mines give direct employment
; in Butte to $4,000 men. Three thousand
men in addition are employed in the
Anaconda smelter and in other parts
OF the state an army Of men are given
! indirect employment through the cop
| per mining industry at Butte. Under
ground workers in the Butte mines
receive 81 a day. The pay roll of the
Butte mines this month will be slightly
! in excess of s1,400,000. 1t was trifle
more than that last month and presum-
ably it will be in that neighborhood
right along.
! Few people in Butte itself realize
the extent OF their leading industry.
The Butte mines have. workings that
aggregate 1000 miles. This includes
! tunnels, drifts, crosscuts and the like,
but does not include Slopes. II the
shafts Of the Butte mines were placed
end to end. they would form hole In
the ground % miles long. There are
scores of these mining shafts and the
deepest attain a depth Of 5000 feet
They are operated by immense and
costly hosting engines. some of them
capable of lifting IS tons from a depth
Of $500 feet and developing $500 horse
power. Some of these great hoisting
engines are being operated by COM
pressed air. In these instances the air
is compressed by electrical power
Idaho Timber Used.
an these mines Of Butte are whole
forests Of timber. Millions Of feet OF
your Idaho timber are sold every year
to our mines and they will afford a
market for your timber for generations
to come. Each year the mines Of Butte
use S5,000,000 feet of sawed lumber and
100000 stulls A 'stulr is a log used to
timber slopes. crosscuts and drifts.
The numbering industry in connection
with mining alone is an important item.
as you can see by these figures.
II might go on Indefinitely quoting
figures to show why Butte is a market
town. For instance, the mines of Butte
use 100000 pounds of dynamite each
year. They use all kinds of supplies,
and these supplies come from all parts
of the country.
Some people think a mining camp
is short-lived, but not so with Butte.
The oldest mines in the world are cop
per mines. In Butte the ore Is richer
and the veins of copper wider with
depth than on the upper levels. I might
speak of the wonderful development of
the zinc mines of the district, which
have come into prominence only in the
last year or two. but think I have
said enough to show why Butte Is a
market town.
1T is this market that you people of
Idaho have at your very doors. We
want you to make use Of 1t. We prom
Use to give you a fair deal. Your pro-
ducers already know that as rule they
get better prices from Butte for the
things they have to sell than from Salt
Lake or Denver to the east, or Port
land and Seattle to the west We want
You TO give us your produce. And we
are convinced that II all of you find
Butte better place in which to sell
many of you will find 1t an advantage
Gus place in which to buy. 1t is poor
rule that doesn't work both ways. We
believe in reciprocity and we want q
share of your business"
Accompanying the excursion are
many professional men, and naturally
a large number of jobbers and repre-
sentatives of wholesale houses. D. j.
Charles, president of the Chamber OF
Commerce, who Is with the party, Is
president Of a Butte bank. and other
bankers are included in the party.
Travelling with the party is the fam
GUS Boston & Montana band. This bant
was organized in 1887 and is perhaps
the best known band In the west. I,
has captured three first prizes In
American band competitions-one a,
Los Angeles, one at Denver and one al
Salt Lake. 1t has also won honors al
national conventions at Chicago ant