Show BUTTERFLY CON MAKING THINGS HUM AS PART OF COLORADOS MINING BOOM the mining revival in the san juan mining district has been accentuated recently by the work of the butterfly consolidated soli dated mines inc composed of new york and milwaukee capital which has secured control of the famous ida terrible butterfly and adjacent properties that have an excellent cel lent ore bearing history says the denver post of recent date the new company has completed a large hydroelectric hydro electric plant which will furnish an adequate supply of cheap power for the properties the plant was designed and installed by H B barnes consulting engineer of denver and the equipment was bought in denver the pipe line feet long was furnished by the thompson manufacturing company compan Y and the big switchboard by the mountain electric company both of this city the butterfly company is now operating the thirty stamp mill built a number of years ago and the equipment has been rearranged with individual motor drive for each battery A part of the mill will be used for treating the enormous bus bodies of low grade free milling ore already developed in the properties in addition a modern flotation unit has been installed for treating the lead silver sulphides sulp hides found in large quantities it is planned to increase the capacity of the mill immediately by the installation of a rod mill crushing unit under the supervision of park J dills the butterfly company has outlined a definite plan for the development of the properties and has already opened up several new ore bodies of considerable extent the history of those properties goes back into the eighties showing production running into the millions the properties of the butterfly consolidated are about four miles due west of the well known carbonero mine formerly owned and operated by former gov 0 H shoup and associates but now owned and operated by a group of telluride mining men |