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Show MiSlllilTIll HBITMA EXCELLENT Mining Statistician Declares Bnttc Is Producing More Ore Than Ever. John Kdgerton, who Is identified with tho statistical work of the United States awsay olllce at Helena, Mont., Is registered regis-tered at tho Knutsford hotel His mission to Salt JLake at this tlmo was to meet "SV. M. Belcher of Boston, who Is heavily Interested In-terested In a number of Montana properties, proper-ties, and who arrived hero Thursday, on his way home from a trip lo tho Pacific coast. Output of Butte. Mr Kdgcrton stated that the mining conditions at Dutte and throughout tho Stato of Montana are excellent, and that Butto hill Is producing more copper at present than ever bt-foro in the history uf the camp, there being now emplos'ed In the nilneb approximately WC0 men The output of Butte minea for last year. Mr. Edgcrton states, was 70,0) ounces of gold, 12.&00.000 ounces of Bllver and 310.Oj0.0C0 pounds of copper, which shows an Increase In-crease of about SCOCO.OOO over the year 1004. Experiment With Gold Oro. The main feature of the mining world In Montana, during tho last year, Mr. Ed-gerton Ed-gerton states, has been the experiments upon the treating of low-grade gold ore by cvanlde tests. It hns been shown thnt ore running J3 nnd J3.E0 can be worked at a profit. The cost of troat'ng ore by cyanide cya-nide tests varies from $1 10 $1.60 a Ion New Dam Being Built. The work of building a new dam across the Missouri river, to replace the old dam, which Is about twelve miles from Helena, according to Mr. Edgerton. ha been commenced and will bf completed bs' next fall. St-el Is being used In the construction con-struction of tho tifw dam, and It Is understood under-stood that It Is being built by the American Amer-ican Smelting an Refining company. The. Cower generated by use of the dam will 0 transformed Into electricity for use in the Helena plant of the American Smelting Smelt-ing and Refining company, and will be carried to Butte. Basin and other towns In the vicinity for lighting and motive power purposes. |
