Show COLD STOPS BUHE j MINE MIME OPERATIONS iii Br tr fl Tin TJ f lI d l 1 Nero fen leiea Ice BUTTE Mont Dec 30 The The extreme cold weather for the last few Cew days here hero has greatly affected the mining operations opera opera- tione In Butte Dutte The rhe Anaconda Copper Mining lIning company which hoped to be he able t to operate e until t the e end of the week e and then e shut down the e ee mine I two eo days aFo for New Now Years Year's was forced to close down of five mines The Pennsylvania was wag closed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day night and Thursday day shift the tho Tramway closed Wednesday ay night Berkeley closed Thursday day shift West Vest Colusa closed Thursday da day dav shift and Mountain View shut down Thursday day and night shifts The cold has been freezing the ores Inthe in inthe inthe the bins and cars so 80 that It is with great difficulty that It has been handled bandied Tho The thawing rooms of oC the Anaconda are being bolm worked to full capacity night and da day It ItIs Itis Itla Is la hoped that It will not be necessary to shut down Sunday and Monday The zinc mines have been operating as usual not being beIng- affected by the cold weather |