Show MONTANA in ill order to take care of the increased volume of ore being handled at the east helena plant of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company it shortly will build an additional blast furnace at a cost of practically all the surface buildings bildings uil dings have been completed at the properties of the butte copper consolidated mines and the crew is timbering re and widening the present shaft samples taken at the top of the ore body on the 35 foot level check up the report of the examining engineers these samples assaying 4 per cent copper and 12 oz silver and 6 per cent copper with 14 oz silver the mountain consolidated mine of the anaconda copper mining company has been shut down for six months to the shaft and to install the large new electric hoist ing engine so that the shaft can be sunk to the foot point the mountain view mine which has been closed has resumed operations and practically the entire crew of the mountain consolidated will be employed at the mountain view the production of the company will not be affected by the change the crosscut cross cut running northwest on the level in the elk park property of the ardsley butte mines corporation at feet encountered a formation the new properties acquired by the company one and one half miles southwest of the centar of butte consists of acres opened by a shaft feet deep on the agnes claim this shaft has been and miners now are working on a J vein of lead zinc silver ore under management of P S sawyer and walter jones I 1 R M atwater jr president was recently in butte in conference with paul A gow manager of the north butte mining company compan which is getting ready to install a 12 inch water column 2200 feet long at its east side property after larger pumps are installed work will commence at its east side properties over leasers leaders and employees oi of leas ers are working in the hill properties and producing over tons of copper and and zinc ore per month the lease plan is work working ting out very well and will be augmented according to mr atwater the otisco mining company organized under the laws of 0 delaware capital 1000 shares without par value has been organized by the general development company ot of 61 broadway new york city adolph lewishon president to acquire and operate the otisco mine in the butte district adjoining the butte copper and zinc company properties this property was taken under option by kirby thomas and simon lederer of new york recently and was later acquired by the general development company interests the president of the otisco mining company is jayes J beniam benfamin in and the treasurer john IT kay |