| Show MONTANA the davis daly copper company of blutte te M W atwater general manager prod led pounds of copper in january tons of ore a tonnage that averaged 84 per cent copper incidentally this output is the largest monthly production in the history of the company and is noteworthy in view of the fact that since the middle of january operations have been prosecuted at about 75 per cent of recent monthly capacity at philipsburg from a strip of ground slightly more than a mile long and half that wide came more than 45 per cent of the gross tonnage of manganese ore produced in this country during the war according to the united states geological survey the town for many months was a bustling center of activity with more than a score of tunnels and shafts pouring out a steady stream of the war mineral the production record of the district probably exceeded tons late reports from the property of the tarbox mining company at saltese maltese Sal tese richard daxon president and gen general i eral manager indicate a highly promising condition in the west drift on the 1000 level the entire face of the tunnel shows stringers and bunches of galena accompanied by much iron and the indications are said to point to the approach of an ore body even better than that exposed for feet in the east drift on this level the raise from the 1000 to the above the east drift is making good progress the labor strike at the property and concentrator cen of the anaconda copper mining company of butte lasted only eight or nine days about men were idle ad vices from butte announce that the company again is operating at about 80 per cent 0 of f its normal capacity as measured by output just preceding the walkout it is said that few of the men were in sympathy with the radical action of the leaders american citizens now are given preference in rebuilding the forces at the different mines and it is reported that some of the aliens mixed up in the strike may be deported the lower tunnel at the property of the amazon dixie mining company at sildia has entered the vein and at last accounts had crosscut it for a distant distante e of thirteen feet without reaching the hanging wall the vein shows bunches of lead s silver iver and copper ore galena and and conditions though the ore are highly promising is not noi yet of a commercial grade this under the surface and point is 1100 feet feet under the main working tunnel the company also is crosscutting to a promising vein to the north of the shaft wesley everett is general manager |
