Show operations AT BUTTE increased output of the big copper producers butte inter mountain the th wee week k la in mining circles has baa boon a bright one though but little occurred to cloer the silver liver minors miners tho the news from rom washington ot of the able and val laut fight of silvers livers defenders was of a ILI anost 03 L cheering kind tho the copper mines tho the mainstay of the greatest mining camp on earth in these trying times lime are operating with igor and their out put shows no signs of curtailment tho anaconda Is employing within about onn one fifth of as many in iners as ai it bag baa employed at any time ilmo the anaconda company Is 1 producing about 2000 tons of ore every twenty four hours from the I 1 anaconda mountain con groan mountain slid and elgh ore on account log the ore bins bina at thu tho st lawrence so BO is as to accommodate tho the now railroad that mine Is II ool not being worked at proton ent this work will be b next week then than the oro ore chutes of the anaconda bills will bo be transferred to lo the eliop op P osato aide when the tha st lawrence Law ronco w will ill bo be worked and the anaconda will close down while this ibis change la Is being Us made ade which will require about one weeks time tho the boston boiton montana butto butte abot bos ton and montana ore purchasing heinze companies Compan loi aro producing large laitio quantities of copper the exact amount I 1 t of the anaconda product for c cabonot iun 3 t be stated but the other companies a les announce the following figures boston monta 00 0 butte bulf bostan Boi Bo tun stun j i 0 0 blou tsoa ure purchasing C baoy l tho the boston boiton A monta moninna em a co company us P oay 1 shipping coo BOO tons loot of or oro dally daily to gro groat at falls falla so if the iho hill 2000 1000 tons tone the copper output of the latter lati 1 would bo be considerably larger th the I boston montana oro coniti comes from tho the i mountain view leonard shaft baft and pennsylvania sylvanis minea the butte boa ton ion smelter la Is still being supplied fraini from the silver bow shafts nos I 1 and 2 and east gray rock tho the u it glengarry and aro are supplying oro ore to the hainze smelter there wore were several pay days day during the wok week the anaconda company it is paying olt off today to day and its cash disburse monts moats must pi ml exceed abo boston montana paid for wares wages this buck the colorado pay ny roll w was n s about several smelter smaller conco concerns con corns ra s also paid off 01 daring the work week including I 1 the lexington buffalo les lesseos lessels sees gagnon I 1 mine and the butte bulio reduction works will pay on ANion day next the montana ore purchasing company pay roll I 1 will bo be about title this month an increase croato of over soy prot previous ious month ott on the whole it has bag been a good week merchants Merchant 1 busl neis 3 picking up nod and money it Is a good of deal a I 1 easier tho the placer yield lias has aboon been light this year the thai a larger number of man than usual put their efforts in this direction the cause e of this they attribute largely to the be tact fact that they did not got gel started early enough in the season A groat great doal deal of dead work h bad ad to be doua done in building sluices it and of ditches aad when they were ready to knock down and wash the iho gravel they abey found the ali water supply greatly diminished however wever thoy they have everything in readiness neti tor for next neit spring and summet summer highland gulch show bholi a falling fall liiK off the yield tills this year at that place not exceeding 9 oua |