Show MONTANA the enlarged smelters shelters sm elters of the anaconda copper mining company got into full swing in 1916 and produced pounds of copper an increase of about pounds over the best previous year the royal mining company has been incorporated corp orated to develop the old charcoal group near Misso lua IVa machinery chinery is being installed and the sinking of a new foot shaft will commence about february 1st ast drifting will commence at that point the principal values are in silver dennis reardon is in charge as manager the original bannack II mining ining company is now prepared to mine and ship tons a day from its property at bannack the company has made a contract for hauling the ore to the railroad a distance of thirteen miles by means of trucks the bins are filled at this writing and it is stated that the property has never been in better shape than now it is under the general management of lorenzo price jr W L home of salt isalt lake who is in charge of operations at the peerless jennie mine at rimini reports that lie he has opened about four inches of high grade copper ore carrying good values in gold arid and silver in the eight foot vein of milling ore in the property he is also following another streak of high grade silver and states that both showings are improving with development the company has shipped ore from twenty five feet above the present working level to the surface a distance of about f feet the davis daly copper company in the development of the hesperus vein on the 1400 level of the colorado mine at butte has opened a body of ore which many declare is the richest large shoot ever found in the district in the northwest crosscut the vein shows eleven feet wide with average values of over 30 00 9 per cent copper and about 20 ounces silver in the southeast crosse cros it shows four feet of 11 per cent copper ore the shoot has been opened up for feet william L creeden is manager for the company |