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Show Sliding oft.Monntaln Necessitates Closing of One of the Anaconda Mines, The sliding movement which has been doing considerable damage to building and other property in different differ-ent parts of lsutte for several years, has made it necessary to close the Never Nev-er Sweat mine, the largest of the Anaconda Ana-conda properties. It has been stated that the deep shaft of the mine is seven inches out of plumb, aud the foundation of the gigantic gi-gantic engines employed to operate the mine has been so badly displaced that it has become unsafe to work the engines. The foundation was constructed con-structed at a cost of S40,000, and will have to be rebuilt. The mine will remain re-main closed for some time. The entire Anaconda hill, as well as the hill upon which the city is built, has given frequent evidence of the strange movement of the earth, but the movement has been so light and gradual that, no damage has ever been done by it. Geologists claim that the entire range of mountains about Butte is constantly sliding aud changing, and has been doing so for ages, to which fact is due the crushed and faulty condition of the veins and ore bodies of the district. |