Show MORE RECORDS BROKEN special correspondence butte montana aug 25 more records were broken in july by both the butte superior mine and mill although the official returns have not yet been made public it was also the biggest month the company has had in payrolls a total of having been paid out in wages about tons of ore were mined and average of about about 1500 tons per day more than 13 tons of concentrates were made the recovery being better than 92 per cent nearly pounds of spelter were produced the company is still selling a large amount of its spelter at 13 cents per pound under a five months contract made when spelter was selling at that price and no one had an idea that it would ever advance to its recent unheard of figures it is understood however that the 13 cent contract price applies only to a part of the output during the first three months of the present year the company mined an average of 39 tons of ore per month and the july average indicates that the present quarter will show a mine output of tons or an increase of more than 15 per cent the zinc recovery is also about 1 per cent better the official report for the second quarter of the present year has not yet been issued |