Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-05-04


ducing works. These experiments are
being attended by much promise and it
is stated unofficially that the Anaconda
ere long will be in a position to make
acid SO much more cheaply than At pres
ent that the company will become fac
tor III the acid market, aside from being
able to handle on large tonnage basis
the silieious ores of the Butte district.
incidentally the Anaconda company now
is producing daily. or rather when the
plant is operating at its normal capacity,
80 tons Of sulphuric acid, only three
per cent of the acid possibility of the
Washoe works, and with the field ahead
of it SO extensive, it is intimated that
the Anaconda has In mind the production
Of fertilizer, which is made by the treat
ment Of phosphate rock with sulphuric
acid The Anaconda has several claims
with pronounced phosphate beds in
southern Montana along the line of the
Oregon Short Line railway, and readily
accessible.
Butte & Sunerior.
Doubt is expressed as to whether the
Butte & Superior Mining company will
return TO its 1916 production in view OF
the present condition of the spelter mar
" that with the price Of zinc SO low, the
Butte & Superior would be a losing
proposition but for the high silver CON
tent of it's ores, which are pulling the
company just over the line with 50 little
profit that the only redeeming feature
Of the company's operations IS in the
employment it is affording at this time
when thousands of miners are idle.
However, the Butte & Superior has
succeeded in making a contract with the
American Metal company of such favor
able provisions that it has been enabled
to increase its production to 70 per cent
of normal, with the tonnage at times ex-
ceeding that amount.
Federal Judge George Nj. Bnurnnin
has set the supplemental suit of the Elm
Orlu Mining company against the Butte
& Superior for hearing August pa. The
recent affirmation by the United States
supreme court of the decisions of the
circuit court Of appeals at San Francisco
and Of the federal court of the district
Of Montana in favor of the Elm Orlu
against the Butte & Superior paved the
way for a supplemental suit, the issues
Of which are contingent upon points ad-
judicated at the hearing Of the original
suit The main contention in the supple
mental suit is as to the establishment
of the apex of the Pyle vein thruout the
length, or the greater part of it, of the
Elm Orlu claim. If this apex is proved,
then the Rainbow vein, beneath the sur
face of the Black Rock claim Of the
Butte & Superior becomes the Pyle vein
below it's junction with the latter vein,
which junction is on the l 1,1O0-foot level
Of the Black Rock mine, these points
having been decided by Judge Rourquin
at the hearing of the original action.
The controversy embraces about 90
feet of ore ground with heavy tonnage
and in the event of the Butte & SUI
perior losing, the damages due the Elm
Orlu will approach SSOO0,O0O according
to close observers. The sum Is for ore
alleged to have been illegally extracted
/ by the Butte Sc Superior and does not
represent the value of the grounds which
would be lost to the Butte & Superior,
| a popular description being to the effect
! that the "heart OF the Black Rock mine"
| is involved.
| While the ore bodies in the contra
| vsrted territory are large. their loss
would not mean that the Butte & Su-
| perior would be left without ore, as it
| has opened heavy tonnage of ore to
| the east Of the Black Rock mine and in
| ground far remote and in nowise in
volved in litigation or anywhere near
| neighboring interests which might in
| volve it.
| TuoIumne.
| Tuolumne Copper company, the stock
of which largely is held in Duluth, is
busily sinking its Sinbad shaft at the
Main Range mine, the sump now being
about 100 feet below the SO0-foot level.
with the 200 foot the objective. Cross
cutting to the Spread Delight fissure.
however, will be started ON the LOCO
foot, when the shaft has reached that
depth, and this work pushed simultane-
ously with sinking. Production at the
Main Range is being maintained at about
100 tons daily.