Crop outlook grim in Montana as rains hit hay crops
George Klotz, returning to Butte from a statewide trip, reports crop conditions are far from excellent. Alfalfa suffers winter kill across many areas, with significant losses in the Ruby valley. Early grain planted this season was washed out and replanting is needed, while late crops risk frost damage and reduced fall yields. Hay shortages loom.
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Montana
George Klotz
Buttevesterday
Ruby Valley
Whitehall
Ruby
Mr. Klotz
Sat
Remarkable tonnage of zinc carbonate ore development
A Spokane backed syndicate led by Hayden Stone Jacksin in New York has acquired Salmo Brittly, with Maurice W Bacon stating the Hudson Bay Zinc Mines deal was worth about 41.128 million. Ore grades remain high with 29 to 20 percent zinc in shipments as development expands. Ground remains wider than expected with a crosscut tunnel at 1,750 feet depth, 600 feet advanced, aiming to finish by September. Daily shipments now around 60 tons, rising to 75 tons as road and hydroelectric power improve Balmo access.
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Salmo
New York
Maurice W
Consolidated Mining You Smelting Company of Canada
Devel
Balmo
East Butte plans to sink to the 2000 level this year
East Butte management outlines sinking the shaft to the 2000 level after opening the 1400 foot level. Plans include enhanced pumping capacity and begin sinking within ten weeks. President Gross reports favorable lower levels with 1,500 level ore grading up to 12 percent copper, and a new 100 ton flotation plant slated to cut copper losses.
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East Butte
Butte & London
Gross
Ast Butte Company
Boston
Station work begun at Butte and London mine
Work has begun on the double shaft at the Butte and London property with a 600 gallon electric pump to handle water from the lowest levels, aimed for installation by month’s end. The shaft and sump are reported in poor shape, and stations at the 1600-foot level are planned with further development, with completion around July 1 and hopes for crosscuts to encounter ore veins and bring the mine to production soon.
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Butte & Lonton
Thi
Encou
East Butte Extension shows ore strike hindering prospecting
In the East Butte Extension No. shaft a newly opened vein about two and a half feet wide yields first class ore with eight inches at 6 percent copper and a 4 percent section. two carloads shipped earlier underperformed, but a third batch should show better values as operations face delays from weather and road conditions.
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East Butte
Sein
Charles Toyer
Hast Butte
Westlake No. 3
Advances in Coeur d'Alene District Oil and Mining Prospects
Richmond shipments of 200 tons have been made amid ongoing work on Saltese area claims led by Peter Peterson. Snow delays blocked early season operations across Idaho Montana lines, but plans to expand work remain, with funding in place to start when equipment and supplies reach remote prospects. Expected to intensify through summer as accessibility improves.
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Silaces
Pres Atien Point
Montana
Monitor
Idaho Montana Company
Milwaukee Railway
Karles J. Heldenreich
Richmond
Peter Peterson
Mullan
Coeur Alene
Horoscope of business, politics, and weather foretold
Astrological forecast notes Mercury and Mars aiding business and leases while Uranus and Ney tine warn of trouble. Predictions cover management shifts for women magazines, patriotism in small cities, engineers and machinists benefiting next year, New Orleans trade rise, Boston sanitation changes, and population shifts in the U S and Canada. August brings banking challenges. timely caution for England interests.
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Uranus
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Air
New Orleans
Hoston
Canada
England
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Ugeu
McClure
Puccini Tops Two New Operas in Lucca
Giacomo Puccini composed two new operas last year at his Lucca home. Il Tabarro is likely to be staged in Italy next autumn while the production of the second titled ieoadine remains undecided.
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Giacomo Puccini
Lucca
Italy
Wages Below the Expenses in Mexican Mining Areas
A mining engineer reports from Guadalajara that Mexican miners earn 20 Carranza daily but face galling costs. Canton goods like clothing, fuel, and food carry high prices in Carranza money, while Americans paid in gold fare better. The text notes extreme cost gaps and purchasing power shifts as wages lag inflation.
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White Butte
East Granite
Guadalajara
al Ordine
Ana A
Selva
Mexico
Nearing the Genevieve vein at Butte and Great Falls
At Butte and Great Falls, miners report the 600 foot level has not yet struck the Genevieve vein though indications show it is close. Water and mineral tantalum are improving as they follow the fault, with drifting on the vein promising value. Manager Robert Green says a July 1 show may prove strong for stockholders faith in the prospects.
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Great Falls
Robert Green
Yi Ge
Scratch Gravel Ore Runs High in Gold
Shipments from the Scratch Gravel mine at Helena to the East Helena smelter indicate June production of 12 to 16 carloads. Advices to manager TK Miller show not smelter returns averaging about $2,200 per car, now near $2,000. Company income for the month is estimated at 35,000 to 40,000 dollars.
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Scrateh
Helena
East
Fortune in Old Age From Mining Stock Tale
Captain James Hoaton, an elderly mining man living in San Francisco, reportedly made about 2 million dollars from a single stock investment in the United Verde mine near Senator Clark’s holdings. The piece portrays the rise of two Butte men in the mining game and notes Hoaton’s improved fortune as copper stocks climbed during wartime. It also mentions unrealized ambitions to control neighboring veins and details ore grades in United Verde Extension.
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Butte
United States
James Hoatson
Butte & Boston
Tt Anaconda Company Group
San Francisco
United Verde Va
United Verde
Clark
Interstate-Callahan Production In May
Interstate-Callahan Mining reports May output in the Nine Mile district Coeur d Alenes with 12 801 tons mined yielding 1 080 000 pounds concentrates at 64 percent lead and 10 080 ounces of silver. Additional 12 292 000 pounds of concentrates averaged 19.8 percent zinc and 90.5 percent metal recovery. smelter returns totaled 440 089 dollars. A 409 foot three compartment shaft was sunk and connected with the Amazon Manhattan undergrounds, recently acquired by Interstate-Callahan.
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Interstate Company
Interstate Callahan
Amazon-Manhattan Group
Interstate-Callahan Company
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