Show BUTTE BUNE IS recovering FROM LONG SHUT DOWN john gillie general gendral superintendent of 0 the amalgamated mining properties at butte passed through ogden yes berdoy in his private car washoe en route east mr gillie was accompanied by hla his family and they will return to montana during the latter part of may referring to conditions in ia th the Aloun mountain tain state mr glaue said butte Is recovering from the effects of the long shutdown and business Is improving and becoming normal once more several thousand men have resumed work were there within the last thirty days and the first big payday for months occurred on thursday of aas iassc week nearly a million dollars was distributed at butte anaconda and great falls and as a fia natural tural result everything Is lively and prosperous the smelters shelters sm elters rt at anaconda and great falls are no now running to their full capacity larger copper properties at butto butte will all be yielding up ore within the next thirty days this will increase the payroll enormously and affects tho entire state as well as coal mining districts in adjoining states I 1 was at great falls last week and took a a minor part in laying the first brick in the enormous now new stack to be erected there it will be over feet in height a anabe n abe the biggest smokestack in the world A force of fifty expert chimney men are at work on the job and it will require anany months to complete the task I 1 the demand for copper is increasing right along and I 1 look for every copper proposition in the country to be opened up ul within the next month or two 1 the big hills at and adja cerit to butte n atte have been only scratched over as yet and the there will continue to increase as the years roll by 1 I dont kno know anything any thin grab about out heinze or his present financial position he acquired a vast fortune at butto butte and owns or Is interested in several valuable properties there now he is a a clover clever and successful mining man and has haa a practical knowledge of the business that Is a fortune in itself buthe appear to have beeh a glittering success as a great wall street operator or an eastern financier |