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Show WILL SUSPEND WORK IN WATSECA MINES BUTTE, Mont Jan. 10. The Watseoa Mining; company, which has been operating operat-ing the Watseoa mines and mills In the Rochester district of Madison county, during dur-ing the last few years, has decided . to suspend operations for the present Work In the mines and mill win be stopped January 15. The lower workings of the irines will be permitted to fill with water. Th company has between ISO and 17B men on Its payroll.' Th Watseoa la acknowledged to be the greatest water producer in Montana, the new every twenty-four hours reaching more than 1.000,000 gallons. The mines ccntaln good ore, but the expense of keeping keep-ing th water down Is tremendous. Recently th company has had one of Ita two mills In operation, which has been crushing between 12 and 150 tons of ore per day. The bulk of the stock In the Wataeca company is held by A, W. McCune ot Bait Lake. Carlton Hand of Salt Lake Is manager. |