Show copper from green cutet one of the most interesting sights in the great mining town of antte is the process by which copper is caught from the emerald colored water that flows from the anaconda and st lawrence mines it is estimated that this water which for four or five years went to waste is now bringing the anaconda company a month at a cost of about 1000 n month at the time several acrea of ground are covered with wooden vats these are filled with all the old scrap iron they ann cnn hold it has proved a splendid scheme for disposing of the tons and tons of old iron the company has acan for years old hoisting cages water pipe wheelbarrows railroad iron in fact any old thing that consists of tin or iron is to this service it is said for every pound of iron put into a vat a pound of copper is produced where the water first attacks the iron the copper absorbs the iron completely within three weeks after the precipitation is effected the water is drawn off end the slimy copper is transferred to another tank where the water is further drained oil these latter vats hold about 15 tons of the copper which now has the appearance of a clayish substance this is sacked into packages of about pounds when in this shape it is sent to the shelters smelters sm elters in this city the product carries an average si 88 per cent pure copper the iron remaining in it makes a fine flux and when mixed with other smelling smelting sm elting ore it ia said to bring the ore up to a value ol 01 about a tou the water from the mines is the most profitable product of the anaconda copper mining company anaconda mon |