Show mi BUTTE BUTE SUPERIOR MINE INCREASES P PRODUCTiON TO 12 TONS Ad Advances In the the- spelter market have resulted In Instructions being given to the management of ot tho Butto Buto and Superior Su Su- Su- Su perlor mins to raise ralee tho the production to 1200 tons daily daly More m men n have have been cn put to work In tho the mine which was as sending sending send send- cn ing InS to tho tile mill mU plant from 1000 to as a hl high h ha as a 1100 tons dally daIly and the raise mis In output output output out out- put means an Increase of or practically iy tons a 1 month Tho The mill mI plant when completed d was v rated ratel for n a tre treatment of or 1000 tons tona of or crude oro dally daily daly but the plant has ha frequently fre fcc treated as a much aji M 1100 10 tone tons dal dally daily and there will I bo be no trouble experienced ex ex- ex- ex In having It treat an add addi additional adt- adt tons under the nc new arrange arrange- ment mont Tho The company can cn afford to pass up tho the proposition of snaking making a close re recover recovery re- re cover covery of or all al the ore contents in tho the rock rk In order that he present high market may h be h token taken advantage of by Increasing the oro production Those who have hav have not made mae 8 a careful study of the spoiler market will i be In Interested Interested In- In to know that It I has Increased tho the earnings of oC tho the zinc producing mines mine wonderfully Spelter at 70 cents a pound means that tat Butte Butto Duto and Superior In Is 11 earning better beter than 12 lZ a n shore share on Its Is In Increase Increased increased In- In creased crease production This is easily eally fIgured an M Its Is output Is better than 1000 pounds annual annually and Its Is co costs t tare are not far tar from 3 36 6 cents cants a pound Tho The reason assigned for tor the advance In tho ho price of or sp spelter I Is because the market demand deman I IB Is greater than tho the supply now that at least 40 O per r cent of the European zInc has been cut off or by the W war Tho The B Belgian Bel Bel- l. l gian glan smelters smelter for Instance which ordinarily orl pan narl sent forth 20 o per por pl cent of or tho the worlds world's supply are shut down t tight ht From every r e test tEst that can cn be applied to a a mining r proposition Butte Bute and Superior Su Su- Su- Su perlor Is In a n stronger p position than over ever before The Thc lowest operating level lc el Is I tho the fourteenth but tho the shaft has ha been put putdown putdown putdown down to the sixteenth arid and here tho the vein veinis IB is Just as a rich and as ne wide as in the levels le above A lot hot o of loose lose talk I Is h heard ard as to the Inability of or tho the Butte Butto and Superior manI management management man man- I to make specific statements aa as asto n to ore oro reserves s. s The he company claims clims between between boI be bo I tween teen two and three years can of or oro ore In Insight insight sight but beyond that and this is ie true truo of all al mines In Butte Bute no one Is rlee I I enough to go The inn investing tn and s speculative speculative cu- cu public g. g at lea least l that part of it which interests Itself In mining shares now now demands demand something akin to the tho assurances nn- nn 9 which tho porphyry copper copp r mines are Ire able to give Ivo in re regard nrc to tho the lifa of or property This Is a comparatively simple matter mater when dealing with mines lucky enough to bo be working a blanket depo deposit it of ore but with vet vein mines like Butte and Superior n and tho the copper mines In Butte Rute It la Is 11 naturally Impossible impossible Im hn- im- im possible to lo prophesy with wih definite accuracy accuracy ac ac- a curacy as R to the tho character and extent of oC veins which hwo have not been opened opener at nt depth Thorn There Tere IK Is 11 nothing however hove to In Indicate Indicate In In- a chan change e In pre present ent conditions at Butte Bute n and nd Superior for or years to come ore The Tho ground sound In Butte Is very cr heavy r and the the timbering expense Is a costly costy Item To Butte Butto Dute and Superior It I Is a n matter of ot a year ear To open oen a n property be beyond be- be br yond ond two years years' extraction requirements would be e a a co costly t unsafe and unwise procedure Incidentally it can bo be said paid of or and Superior however that Hhas Jt H has put into sl sight ht during the past pst twelve months as much ore oro as it has cx extracted I ed The IB Is 1000 company II toa today employing men and the same fame wage scale Clo under which the thc Butte Bute copper mines mints are working work work- In lug ing is In force Tho The company Is hoisting from one ono shaft about 1100 tons of ore a ada da day Some conception of ot the te richness of the ore IB Is II had when one ono stops stoP to think that from this ono one opening Butte Dute and Superior Is IR toa today earning at the te rate rte of or better beter than not lot per annum |