Show BUTTE MINES I WILL REOPEN All Amalgamated Properties and Washoe Smelter Get Busy Again Tomorrow J 1 D RYAN ISSUES ORDER LOCAL MINING OPERATORS DE DECLARE DECLARE DECLARE CLARE TURN OF TIDE IS HERE HEREM 4 t M t t 4 H t H M M M to 4 4 Butte Mont Feb Fob 20 D DRyan T TR t 4 Ryan R managing director of the thc f ff f 4 Amalgamated Copper company com pan f 4 who returned home from the east f at noon today announced that the f mines of the company will resume f 4 Monday when fires will also be lit litin litin litin in the great smelters at f ff f Anaconda 4 One minute alter after the announce announcement announcement 4 4 ment was made the th mine whistles 4 4 on Anaconda hill bill began to blow bow 4 4 which was the first announcement 4 the city had hado of the decision to re resume resume 4 4 sume The order means the em 4 of a full force in the 4 various mines and at the smelter 4 Roughly speaking about 4 4 hands bands aro are affected When going 4 full tull blast the Amalgamated pay payroll 4 4 roll roU runs from to 1500 4 4 monthly The Great Falls 4 smelters smelt rs have been going full time 4 but the Anaconda smelters have hava 4 4 been closed entirely while in 4 Butte of all aU the Amalgamated 4 properties only on the Boston Mon Montana 4 tana ana mines have been operated 1 4 The shutdown has Ms never been 4 4 complete and was wa gradual begin beginning beginning 4 4 ning last October Married men f 4 were ere provided for but in all aU only 4 4 about 40 per cent of the normal f 4 force could be lie e employed The 4 f Amalgamated is reported to em employ employ 4 ploy about OOOO people in Mon Montana 4 4 tana in mines smelters mills coal coalmines 4 4 4 mines logging camps etc t t f t t Prominent local mining operators Were yere seen shortly after the flash over over the wires at noon briefly announced what is contained In the above message declared that Utah would have almost as much right to rejoice rejo ce as would the people eople of Butte Dutte and Anaconda It was argued that resumption at Butte meant the tho employment of every idle miner in inthe inthe inthe the west who cared to work and it fol followed followed lowed that tight money would be an expression seldom heard thirty days from now I have been watching the news on the copper metal situation closely for forthe forth forthe the th past few weeks declared an op operator o rater closely identified with some of Vie the big bl copper mining enterprises of I this state and while I was not pre prepared prepared I pared to believe all that I read concern concerning concernIng concerning ing the depletion of surpluses and the 1 heavy heay sales of the metal the announce announcement I ment merit that the Butte mines are to re resume resume sume full handed makes it plain that copper Is really becoming scarce Grant GrantIng GrantIng GrantIng Ing that such is the case I do not be believe beIen lieve Ien that resumption r at the old mines of Butte Is going to disturb the price of the metal It goes to show rather that the proposition has been figured out and that it has ha been found that the rate of production for the last three or four months has been far under what the re requirements requirements are going to be from now on and that there will be a i steadily In Increasing increasing increasing creasing demand for the metal It will willbe willbe I Ibe be the first of July before the Butte re resumption resumption will begin to have an effect 1 In the metal market and the very fact that these old mines are going to ope operate rate again at capacity will do more than anything to stimulate business in all channels I believe the turn of the tide is js at land band and I look to see copper commanding He before the end of March l |