The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-11
EX-SENATOR MANTLE VISITS WALLACE
AND TALKS Of MINING IN BUTTE
he SAYS THE GREAT CAMP is IN BETTER
eEFoRE-NEW COPPER PRO DucTloN-zNc AN IMPORT.
ANT FAcToR-JAck WAITE CASE

III The city IN connection with the ac-
ition he has brought against the d-
rectors Of the Jack Waite Mining COM
pany, which will come up for hearing
in the district court today This case
| is IN the nature Of sequel to his for
rner action against the directors, in
which he had them restrained from
collecting an assessment against his
stock In the company on the ground
that the directors had entered into an
agreement not to assess the stock un-
til that held by the directors, some
thing like million shares, for which
they had paid cents a share, had
paid assessments sufficient to bring
the cost Of the stock up to 25 cents.
The decision of the court declared this
agreement binding.
The Present Action.
The action now brought by Mr..
Mantle is to require ths directors to
render complete accounting of the
affairs of the company, to assess the
stock to the full amount named in
the agreement, and If the showing
warrants he asks the court to appoint
a receiver to take charge of the prop
erty Of the company. James A. Wayne
is attorney for Mr.. Mantle and A. G.
Kerns represents the Jack Waite d.
rectors.
Long a Resident Of Montana.
Mr.. Mantle arrived in Butte in 1877
and has been factor in the growth
of that city from the beginning. He
has long been one Of the republican
leaders in Montana, and served one
term as United States senator from
that state, succeeding the late Sena-
tor Sanders. For many years and up
to short time ago he was proprietor
Of the Butte 1ntermountain, an after
noon newspaper, which under his con-
troll welded a strong influence in
Montana. He sold the paper not long
While deeply interested in political
affairs, ME- Mantle admits that he has
reached an age when he feels like
resting. This was in response to the
suggestion that he might again re-
turn to the senate, q position which
he filled with dignified ability. How
ever, should the republican party in
Montana show disposition to get to-
gether before the next senatorial va
cancy, there is that in the exsenator's
manner that indicates that he might
find himself fully refreshed,
Butte Better Than Ever.
Asked regarding the mining stua-
ton in Butte. Mr. Mantle said that
Butte was never better. The great
copper producers which have made
Butte the greatest mining camp on
earth still have enormous ore reserves
yet to be worked, while a new copper
area east Of the city promises to add
untold millions to the copper output.
This ground has been acquired by the
same syndicate that operates the
Butte & Superior zinc mine. 1t con-
sists of mountains of low grade cop
per ore, some Of 1t running as low
as per cent. Five hundred tons or
more Of this ore is broken down at a
time, crushed and then passed through
a teaching process which leaves the
copper in solution. BY means Of
electricity the copper is collected on
lead plates, from which 1t is peeled
off in thin sheets like paper. When
the mining of this ore begun it re-
ouired 4S hours to extract the ore
by teaching. Now by improvements
adopted by the company the same re-
suit is accomplished in one hour. The
company handles 1000 tons of ore per
day. While some of it is as low as I
per cent, the average is probably
about 2h per cent.
It is stated that the Anaconda com
pany is preparing to erect similar
plant to work its vast accumulation
of tailings, probably a million tons