Show MONTANA the barnes king company made a net of about in august this came mostly from the north macassin Mo No cassin mine at butte there were treated tons of ore of an average value of per ton the butte london shaft at butte is down about 1200 feet operations will not be started at the property until the electrical equipment arrives and is installed which will take two months to ten weeks the shaft will then be and put down deeper delay in construction of the mill for the elm orlu at butte is due to a change in plans which means an entirely new interior arrangement which awaits senators darks clarks arrival from europe to be car carried forward the berkeley mine of the anaconda at butte has been closed down for repairs to the shaft and engine room made necessary by a runaway cage about two months will be taken to do the work and change the hoist from steam to compressed air the ohio keating in the radersburg burg district continues to give a good account of itself the shaft is now down feet and ore is blocked on the three lower levels south and the two lower north in august twenty cars of ore went darward to the washoe the veins average about three feet in width and about 30 in value gold being the principal metal the ore is a heavy sulphide with a large excess of iron B IA calkins W H twohy charles smith J B E oppenheimer and J S cohen compose the directorate the new equipment at the belmont shaft of the anaconda company at butte should bo be completed by the first of november the new ore bin has concrete foundations on which rests the steel work rising 53 feet in the air the length of the bin is 52 feet and width 2212 22 feet capacity will be 1500 to 2000 tons the ski skip p will dump into trolley cars at the shaft which will carry ten tons of ore each trip over the trestle above the great northern tracks to the new bin with this equipment the belmont shaft becomes much more useful for handling large tonnages ton nages from the deeper levels of the companas comp anys properties |