Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-12 | Page 7 | Butte Mines Reopen after Long Silence

BUTTE BUTE MINES REOPEN mi AHER LONG SILENCE Two of ot the largest and most Important important tant e cf ef the Anaconda Copper Mining company's properties have reopened after acer a 0 suspension of oC nine months fo for forthe forthe the High Ore and seven months for the tho Diamond The he Hi High h Oro Ore mine will wi employ em- em ploy plo a force fore of oC about about men mon and a atho at atthe tho the Diamond about men will wl be pu put back to work The Te two mines combined com coin will wl have an outlay of or about 1200 tons of ot ore per do day This Thir is splendid news for tor Butte Bute says saysa a correspondent coming on top of oC the stor story published In the Miners Miner's mining page pago Thursday which contained a Us list of tho the properties working the thc mon men employed and aud the tho mines likely to re reopen reopen reopen re- re open in the near future With Wih tho the addition of ot the to High Ore and the Diamond to the working mines of or the district distrct the tho pa pay roll roB Is If increased HOO daily or about a month The High Ore la Is this tho deepest mine In inthe tho the Butte Bute district The Tho shaft has been beci sunk gunk 3 00 feet but development work has not been pushed lower than tho the 2800 level le the low 1 level vel and ant the tho bottom working level for fOl many of or the larger Butte Bute properties Tho The Diamond mine has been sun sunk SOO feet feeL feet It I Is one of tho the brag mines of or the company In fact tact these two mines minos are arc tre frequently spoken of as the tho leading properties of ot tho the Anaconda corn com company pan I At the tho to High Or Ore Oro mine the tho richest ore found by the Anaconda company in an any of its mines in recent years ears has beet been discovered in a bl big lead at the tho bottom of ot the tho foot Coot 3 shaft shat