Show MONTANA the bonus system for its employees has been adopted by the north butte mining company and it is required that a miner must work a full week to obtain the accruing benefits it is expected to materially in crease efficiency and to keep the men from laying off in the middle of the weeks work advices advises from butte state that the clear ing away of old trestles at the colorado mine of the davis daly daiy copper company is under way preparatory to the installation of enlarged ore bins skips new machine carpenter and blacksmith shops the decision of the davis daly to sink the colorado shaft an additional feet is regarded as of much importance the 2500 foot level of the colorado mine is particularly well mineralized a fissure being found for approximately every feet of crosscutting and in the blind veins there are from six to nine feet of copper glance and ore calling forth predictions from those conversant with the showing that the 2700 foot level of the colorado will be one of its richest it is reported that the butte superior mining company is trying out the contract system as applied to the miners working in the that is men actually engaged in ore as distinguished from those engaged in drifting crosscutting or mucking judging from a months trial in one the plan is said to have shown an increase in efficiency of more than 20 per I 1 i cent i the anaconda copper company reports new developments as follows showing on the foot level of the steward mine of the anaconda copper mining company is regarded with much satisfaction by local officials particularly as indicating large ton nages on levels yet unopened and a maintenance A cenance of the reserves of anaconda which is following a general policy of putting a ton of ore in sight for each extracted drifting operations on the stewards foot level for a distance of feet has shown a continuance of ore f from rom ten to twelve feet in width with the grade first class and in the aas eastern tern part of the mine on the same level a crosscut picked up the fissure the past ten days disclosing an ore width of twenty five feet with the average grade 5 per cent the steward shaft is being sunk to the foot level and has now attained a depth of feet the walls of the fissure which is of the anaconda series are so strong that no doubt is felt as to finding a continuance on the foot level of the showing on the but it is believed that anaconda will continue sinking to the foot before the vein again is opened |