Show TRE THE BUTTE AND OROGRANDE idaho mining company will add to mill and mine equipment mining news elk city idaho at the meeting of stockholders in the butte and orogrande Oro grande mining company in orogrande Oro grande last saturday was voted for improvements as follows equipment for double the capacity of the li present besent 20 stamp mill and cyanide plant for a power plant on crooked river for sinking a shaft feet on the companas comp anys richest body of ore for building wagon roads and for surveying and securing united states patent on the mining claims at the same meeting a resolution was passed giving the com banys financial manager 0 K kinney authority to subscribe for worth of stock in the elk city lewiston spokane electric railway a concern now being formed by mining men interested in the central idaho mining districts and financed by outside capital all of the improvements rioted noted will be started at once the contract for the ISO foot shaft was let the first of the week and the work is now under way it is probable the newly added equipment for the mill cannot be laid down at the mine before the first of the year A great deal of building construction will be necessary but the 40 stamp mill and cyanide plant will be in operation by march 1st ast the mine and mill under present operation and treating our low grade ore is paying thel the company a net profit of about a day said C T ragan secretary of the company who i is s at the head of a large wholesale grocery firm in his home town chippewa falls wis the treatment runs about tons every 24 hours and in a short time when the new slimes plant is completed this will be increased to tons a day we are employ employing int at present twenty miners but fifty men will be on the pay roll before many days we all are pleased with the outlook wm win hogan has proven his ability as mill and mine manager and 0 G kinny at the head of the finances has placed the company on a solid foundation for we dont owe a dollar and money Is rolling into the treasury constantly st at the business inee meeting ting the following were elected officers president george B mccall chippewa falls wis vice president 0 0 G kinny colfax wis secretary C T ragan chippewa falls wis treasurer N C gilstad barron wis directors george B mccall 0 G kinny ernest horan eau claire wis C C coe barron barren wis peter elmon eimon superior 2 wis P E lewiston idaho john finn two tw 0 harbors minn |