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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1906
Page
4
The Mining Broker and Information Bureau advertises 25 years in Butte Montana offering stock certificates and ground floor copper claims. It touts $25 orders by mail for certificates and claims Oro Plaza and Copper Chief joined blocks, with 16,300 shares taken in one day and low prices on all other stocks.
The Butte Hill Copper Mining Co starts subscription books for a 40 000 share initial allotment to fund a 173 acre claim group north of Walkerville. Investors include ex miners and New York financiers. three shifts test ore and plan a three compartment shaft 3 000 feet deep. The property lies near the Eagle Union Glengarry and North Butte Mountain districts with copper expected alongside silver.
The East Butte Extension Copper Mining Company, Arizona organized, will own multiple shafts in the Kemper addition near Bradt Butte. Capitalization at 1,009,000 shares includes 200,000 shares allotted at 60 cents each. The firm plans to sink 34 feet initially, with shipping expected soon from a 200-foot level, and ore shipments promised within days.
The Columbia mine, owned by Columbia Snug Co. of Butte and leased to A. C. Ray and Ed Kidney, yielded about 2400.51 per ton in gross proceeds, with silver valued at 60 cents per ounce and gold contributing 1162 in revenue. Since last June, about 20 shipments have been made, the latest on Ved 2 returning 265.1% in silver and 220.69 in gold. 44.10 pounds of ore graded 42,488 nouns, producing net proceeds of 403.10. The lease has proven profitable for both company and lessees, with the property long believed rich in mineral potential.
Special Dimatch reports the Stella mine in Hell’s Canyon sold by Maryuie and dou to Silver Star parties and a Tahoe Salita departure planned. Pittsburg capitalists Morrow Mason and W J McDougal inspect Bear Gulch copper prospects while Copper Chief Mining equipment arrives at Silver Star. Water delays development but pumps expected soon to resume progress.
Walter P. Monocur, clerk of the focal board, promises a busy May 16 with numerous civil service examinations announced for Butte. Positions include clerk, bookkeeper, laundryman, and machinist among others in various federal services, with salaries from 0 to 1300 per year.
Butte and London company plans city water supply at its property and has closed a contract to lay a mine line from the nearest point where pipes are installed. The water system will not be extended to the mine workings due to a copy issue. The Battlewhacker company will also supply city water but cannot extend to the eastern area toward the Pilts.
The Niagara mine ore shipment in the northern part of Uv Matriat was small but rich, totaling about 114.4 ounces in silver and $10.40 in gold. Two lessees on the Misgara are said to be doing well, indicating strong ore quality despite the modest shipment size.
Sacramento inventor J Addison Marshal unveils the dynelectric system claiming metals grow from earth’s minerals via heat, electricity, and chemical action. He reports gold and silver appearing in treated earthly materials, with mercury produced under certain currents and varying vibrations yielding different metals.
A report mentions a whist party hosted by Silver Bow circle No 3 of W O W at Heandra hall Mordey evening April 28. Admission 25 cents. Also notes the death of Lena Eddy, 24, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Eddy, at 407 Hoardman Street.
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