The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-04-01
GIVEN A,2OO
MORE MINERS IN BUTTE
Raise in Copper Market Gives Big Boom to the
Mining Industry in Butte. Now Has tStiR
ated Monthly Payroll Of$I,O74,25O.

Two of among the largest and more
| important of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company's properties-the
High tire and the Diamond mines
will reopen for work this morning
after suspension OF nine months for
the High Ore and seven months Tor
the Diamond. The High Ore mine
will employ a force OF about 700 men
and at the Diamond about 500 men
Will be put back to work. The two
mines combined will have an outlay
of about !, 200 tons Of ore per day.
This is splendid news for Butte,
coming on top OF the story published
in the Miners mining page Thurs
day, which contained list OF the
properties working, the men employ
ed and the mines likely to reopen in
the near future.
With the addition OF the High ore
and the Diamond to the working
mines OF the district the payroll is in
creased "a, 200 daily or about sl25, 600
a month.
The High Ore is the deepest mine
in the Butte district. The shaft has
been sunk 3, 400 feet, nut develop
merit work has not been pushed low
er than the 2, 800 level, the low level
and the bottom working level for
many OF the larger Butte properties.
The diamond mine has been sunk
$500 feet. 1t is one of the brag
mines OF the company In fact,
these two mines are frequently spok-
en- of as the leading properties of the
Anaconda company.
Al the High Ore mine the richest
ore found by the Anaconda company
in any OF its mines In recent years
has been discovered In big lead at
the bottom OF the 3, 400-foot shaft
This announcement was made by
Chief Geologist Reno Sales at the
meetin of the American institute OF
mining engineers held here a year
and half ago. 1t means that
Bntts's mines are richer as the prop
critics are worked down-an assurances
OF lasting prosperity and OF per-
manency for the district.
simultaneously with the announce
lGent that the Two big mines are to
reopen comes the news fIon Great
Falls that tue company's smelter is
to he blown in there this week, put
ting 600 men back at work at once
and paving the way for larger force
in the near future.
Slowly hut surely all the mines oi
the camp are opening up. The East
Butte will start up I'm two weeks,
according to present plans. The
Butte-Alex Scott will probably start
40 this week. The Anaconda, IL /,
said, expects to start up the Ella
the TrOpic and other snail mines II
was working when suspension ui
work started, soon. The Mountain
View is among the big mines Of tht
company that may start up now Al
any time. II the price OF copper
holds ~ell-it is now pressing the II
cents maTk-the Butte payroll will b'
81. IS per man In April, and II thu
red metal continues to advance sum
ner may once more see the prosper
Gus old payroll OF 81 per man per day
In addition to the properties nam
ed the Butte & London ana th'
RainboE mAy decide 10 reopen at an.
time in the near future. Thsn thsr,
are the NsVersSeat, the Moonlight
the Mountain Con and the Belmont
OF the larger incorporating mines o
the A. &. NJ. company. Any or al
: Of these may start worksin the no
, far distant future
Buttes payroll, from this da
heaceiOth, passes the million dollar
, month mark and tie prediction Cal
!, b. freely made that the million an
ha.f month mining payroll Si
bs reached by June.
TIE stsel industry, the best an
safest barometer Of busines, eoHdi
r fio1s, continues 10 sXpand. J.
Bstglehem 81 el wrks are LITERAL
. deluged With orders Tor structure
steel as we'll as orders for war mum
a tioas d tie stock o. this com an
has lad sensati0n 0nai rise OF don r,
tic demand for the metal has dali
q become stronger during March
y The Spelter market about ul
y same. The producing companies a.
receiving exceptionally high pTies