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Show AUGUST RECORD OF THE BUTTE COPPERS Production for Month Shows Slight Decrease in Output. The copper output of Butte during August Au-gust is estimated at 2G.0G1.140 pounds of copper, which compares with a July production pro-duction of 2G,5S0,820 pounds and an output out-put a year ago of 25,"17.700 pounds. For' tho first eight months of 1903. tho Butte mines have produced a total of 200,072.211 pounds of copper, which compares with 150.H2G.320 pounds during the same period of last year, an Increase of 3G.7 per cent. It Is also slightly In excess of the first eight months of 1007. The dally record of the Butte mines for August, showing tons of ore mined dally, pounds of copper per ton of ore and total pounds of copper produced for the month, Is shown In the following table: Tons Pounds Pounds ore mined cop. ton cop. prod, dally. of ore. in month. Bos. & Mont.. 3,200 76 7.052.800 Anaconda . .. Il.GOo G2 6.181,700 Butte & Bos.. G50 G3 1.1S7.550 Washoe 550 G2 OSS.000 Parrot .. :jf)0 5S G55,n80 Trenton .. 100 ll ' 707.GOO North Butte... 1,.!90 SI .I.HSG.OIO Untie Coal. .. 1,500 72 3,1:52.000 Clark's Org. .. 700 73 1,-181.900 Pitts. & Monl. MO 68 7G0.0SO Miscellaneous.. 100 75 217.500 Total ll.Sio 77 26.0G1.110 |