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Show ELY'S COPPER DEPOSITS. Some of the most conservative mining men In the world predict that Ely will produce more roppr than Butte before ten vears have passed. The following table shows the totsl quantity of ore and coppr produced In Butte In 1906: Ore. Copper Tons Lbs. Boston Montana ... 71. 300 5.418.800 Ansconda 78.182 6.707.286 Butte A Boston 12.865 poo.,550 Washoe 11.501 805.070 Parrot 7.oo 420.360 Trenton 14.291 928.915 North Butte 3o,6o 3.o9,00O Coalition 24.800 . 785.600 Original 17.050 1.023.000 East Butte 3.782 340.380 Pittsburg A Montana. 4.030 314.340 I .a France 5.425 406.875 Miscellaneous 3.100 217.000 Totals 294.022 21.337.176 This gives one an Idea aa to the Immense Im-mense low-grade copper ore deposits In the Ely district, for before any of the experts ex-perts expressed an opinion as to Ely out. stripping Butte they had determined the extent of the Ely copper deposits. |