Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-16
COPPER Mining
MAN NOW SORRY
LEFT CAR Behind
One Visitor, Satisfied With
Oahu Roads; Tells of Great
Prosperity at Home

Here is man who is sorry he did
not bring his auto to Honolulu. 4
So says w. H. Price, mining man,
capitalist, traveller, and Mrs. Price
backs up his statement. The couple
arrived in the Ventura and are at the
Moana hotel where they have some
original things to say about Hawaii
and elsewhere. They come from
Butte, Montana. the most prosperous
city in the world today, they say. 49,
On the go, Seeing America frs"
since the first of June the visitors
have seen considerable of America,
by auto, in train and ON ship, and al
though they have still several months
of freedom before they return to the
Copper. City, they sincerely believe
that the islands are the best yet
Motor to SangFrancisco II
Mr.. and Mrs. Price toured from
Montana to Seattle in their auto; left
the motor there to take delightful
trip by steamer to Skagway, Alaska:
went up the famous old trail of '9S,
came back to Seattle and continued
to the Golden Gate by car, taking in
the Yosemite and other points, and
then took the last grand jump to.
Hawaii.
Monthly Payroll Of Millions
Being a mining man with 81 years
residence in the largest copper min
ing camp in the world to his credit
and with two of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Colnpany's mines in Butte
under his supervision, Price is natu-
rally enthusiastic about copper and
knows whereof he speaks when he
lets loose a few facts and figures on
the red metal, soaring on account
Of the war Il
With a monthly payroll of two and
half million dollars, Butte is not
only rolling in wealth but sagging
with prosperity" he says. Common
miners average about S. a day and
every other trade or occupation is
paid in proportion. The population is
100000, to be conservative, and
they're walking right down the side
walks every Saturday afternoon
sprinkling their money like water as
they go. Butte never did know hard
times and is without doubt the most
prosperous city in the world today"
Copper Will Not Slump
About 23,000,G00 pounds of copper
is mined each month in Butte now,
much of which goes directly to mu-
milton factories, manufacturing for
European countries, to say nothing
about byproducts of gold, silver and
lead. But so great is the commercial
demand in the United States for cop
per for other purposes that there.
would be no particular reduction of
its price and production were peace to
be declared tomorrow. says Price.
Copper has gone as high as 80 cents
a pound, twice as much as in ordinary
times, and is now fluctuating around
q cents. So great was the advance in
the selling price OF the metal that
miners were pat On pay scale, slid
ing up and down with the company
profits. with minimum wage fixed
at $3.50 a day.
Property in Lower California
MIR and Mrs. Price do not know
when they will leave Hawaii and adj
nit they are IT no hurry. The only
regret they have about their visit here
is that they did not bring their car
with them from San Francisco. They
thought the additional expense would
not be warranted but say nov that
they were badly mistaken.
From Hawaii the Montana visitors
will return to San Francisco and con-
tinue to southern California, where
they have a large ranch. and on to
Lower California. Mexico, where they
are interested in mines.
Coming ON the special summer GX-
cursion rates offered by the Oceanic