Show MONTANA the cactus company controlled by duluth minnesota interests has purchased the rawls mine four miles southwest of rands rando burg and is putting up buildings extending power lines and preparing to operate the east butte company will enlarge its blast furnace capacity in the near future by fall the company expects to be producing pounds of copper monthly the physical condition of the mines is said to be excellent the butte superior at butte is reported to be making a saving of 80 per cent on a daily to tonnage anage of tons of 20 par per cent zinc ore bauco president defit of the company has engaged A H rogers consulting engineer of boston to make an examination of the mine and concentrator two feet of solid copper glance carrying 50 pe per cent copper has been found on the 1900 foot level of the davis daly baly at butte according to reports on the 1401 foot manager creden states that there is 10 feet of ten per cent copper ore carrying 19 ounces silver drifting on both these strikes will begin at once the pilot butte sank its shaft feet to a depth of 1607 feet in 1912 and has since sunk another feet at 1800 feet the ore body which has been giving values of 7 to 13 per cent copper dips out of the shaft which will be continued to 2000 feet from which point the ore will be cross the property is equipped for sinking to 2500 feet the tuolumne copper mining company made on its operations at butte in 1912 in january this year a dividend of was paid the production for the year was pounds of copper ounces of silver and ounces of gold average content of first class ore mined was per cent copper and of second class the never sweat mine of the anaconda copper company at butte has been shut down pending re timbering of the shaft which will take about six months A new head frame and hoist foundation will be put in iii the colusa calusa parrot shaft which will be m usellas used as an a air ar shaft is also being re timbered athe tle high re and 11 modoc shafts are being deepened |