New North Butte Copper buys Speculator assets in massive transfer
The North Butte Copper company gains control of the Speculator property in a statewide deal. Final payment in New York today brings total proceeds to Speculator owners near 5 million dollars while shares and future dividends are allocated to John A. Creighton, John M. Daugherty, and the Largey estate. The new firm plans to boost output from 500–700 tons daily toward 1,000 tons, explore ship-based handling, and consider a smelting plant as it expands its holdings including Edith May and Jesse claims.
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Speculator
North Butte Copper
J. A. Creighton
Largeys
J. M. Daugherty
North Butte Copper Company
New York
State Savings Bank
North Butte
Helena
Butte
Joseph R. Cotton
Duluth
John A. Creighton
Omaha
John M. Daugherty
Block
Butte District
P. A. Largey
Mr. Largey
Amalgamated
Deepening Shafts At Amalgamated Mines In Butte District
Amalgamated proceeds with shaft sinking at Anaconda and Leonard while Mountain View sees rapid hoisting engine upgrade. New shaft to 1200 feet from below with engine capable of 2000 to 4000 feet, boilers from smelter to boost steam, and plans to finish in 40 days. Boston & Montana aims to push copper silver ore production.
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the Amalgamated Company
Mountain View
Anaconda
Leonard
Butte District
Butte & Boston
Boston & Montana Company
Thomas Couch
Boston & Montana
Heinze Eyes Copper Prospects in Funeral Range
Tonopah dispatch reports F A Heinze of Butte is using agents to investigate copper prospects in the Funeral range with plans to acquire holdings. J W Stewart says Heinze’s representatives are securing options on several copper claims as a railroad road by Borax Smith nears completion will open markets and boost the district.
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Funeral Range
Patsy Clark
Washington
Greenwater Springs
Clark
Utah
William Scallon
Butte
Nevada
Heinze
Borax
Smith
J. W. Stewart
Tonopah
Stewart
Mountain View mine praised for safety and waste management
The article notes fewer serious accidents at Mountain View than other large district mines due to careful operation and protective openings. It highlights use of the best timber, timely filling of stopes with waste to prevent caves, and variations in waste availability affecting dump sizes.
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Mountain View
Work on Sister Property O Bergstrom Reports Mining Plans
O Bergstrom, a director and stockholder, returned from Wallace Idaho where the Sister Mining and Milling Company plans 259 feet deep sinking after 600 feet of crosscuts and 200 feet drift in a low grade vein. The board will levy about 15000 for the new depth while hoping zinc ore will turn into galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Bergstrom
Butte
Wallace
Idaho
Bergstrom
Robbing Men in the East in Imaginary Mine Swindle
A Butte resident warns eastern buyers about a stock scam selling shares in the fictitious Weird Wolf mining company claimed to operate in Butte. An NY buyer paid for 1,000 shares, and a miner from Butte advised quick dismissal, noting no such company exists locally.
Mackay Mines to Close as White Knob Abandons Smelter
The White Knob Copper company plans to quit Mackay Idaho operations selling all machinery and assets after engineers warned against continuing. Manager N H Clark was told to halt work and a New York lawyer agent Frank N Leland announced the shutdown, with dismantling to begin after July. The town faces losses as the plant and mines are halted and city buildings may be sold. the company is out about 3 million dollars.
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White Knob
Mackay
Idaho
Blackfoot
N. H. Clark
Frank N. Leland
New York
Clark
Leland
Mr. Leland
Colonel Dewey
Butte
White Knob Company
In the purchase of mines development and plant erection
The note records the purchase of mines for development and the erection of a smelting plant. It mentions involved parties and general project scope, signaling an industrial expansion plan.
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Development Eee
Flathead Reservation Information Agency Offers Land Filing Edge
A promotional notice urges Montanans to join a reservation information agency for open lands. It promises expert guidance to avoid crowds and adventurers, claiming abundant valley land for homesteaders. District superintendents listed include T. O Grady Butte James M Self Anaconda A T Tibbits Great Falls M Small Billings and James J d Arcy Spokane care Griffin and Standard.
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Montana
T. O'Grady
East Broadway
Butte
James M. Self
Main Street
Anaconda
A. T. Tibbits
Park Hotel
Great Falls
M . Small
East Main Street
James J. d’Arcy
Care Griffin & Stanard
Ispell
Mine Engine Work Moves to Cora and Lexington Drags
The Raven company pursues development on its West Centerville property with Buffalo shaft work. An old hoisting engine at Bimetallic-Granite Mountain’s Granite county claim nears reuse on the Cora mine owned by Tinsted Copper. Crew dismantles the engine house end as rain and snow have rusted parts. The engine will be relocated to Lexington for water management, with a possible drainage in a year.
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H. L. Frank
Southern Cross
Lee Mantle
Lucian Eaves
James Humes
Basin
Eva
A. H. S. Bird
Salt Lake
Corbin-Wickes
Jefferson County
Butte
Hunter's Springs
Sheridan
Toledo
Chicago
Louis D. McCall
George Tong
Walker Ville
Charles W. Ellingwood
Ellingwood
Moulton
Walkerville
Garnet Mining Company
Helena
Lexington
Rueger
Joseph Stettheimer
Centerville
Stettheimer
Raven Company
Ihs
West Centerville
Buffalo
Granite Mountain Company
Granite County
Cora
Tinsted Copper
Opera Stars Lead Pavilion Bill In Butte Show
The Pavilion feature highlights J. K. Murray and Clara Lane operatic singing formerly of the Murray Lane Company. Also on stage are The Rays with Connie, Montgomery and Canter, Mack and Lonard, Fields and Darr, Miks Darr, and William Woolfall with comic moving pictures.
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Pavilion Theater
J. K. Murray
Clara Lane
Murray & Lane Opera Company
Murray
Miss Lane
Carleton Opera Company
Portland
New York
Butte
Alsop
Rays
Little Connie
Pavilion
Montgomery
Canter
Seattle
Mack
Lonard
Fields
Darr
Miks Darr
William Woolfall
Genuine Singer Oil Promoted At City Stores
For sewing machines bicycles and all purposes as a fine lubricant the best is the cheapest in the end. Genuine Singer oil can only be obtained at Singer stores. Look for the red 8 308 East Park avenue Anaconda Mont 133 West Park street Butte.
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Singer
East Park Avenue
Anaconda
Mont
West Park Street
Butte
A Nations Playground in the Yellow stone National Park
A vivid tribute to Yellowstone National Park praising its geysers hot springs and scenic wonders. The piece says the area rivals Iceland New Zealand and Norway and notes its wildlife rugged canyons and government roads with troops patrolling. It also highlights mountain climbing in the Rockies Tetons and Colorado peaks and the dangers of rope climbing ice bands and glaciers.
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Yellowstone National Park
New Zealand
Iceland
Sweden
Cumberland
Killarney
Auvergne
United States
France
Germany
Rockies
Canadian Rockies
Tetons
Colorado
Insurance on Twins From a Tale in Leslie's Monthly
A frugal English husband marries into a prolific family and contemplates adding twins. An underwriter at Lloyds estimates risk and insures him for 1000 pounds against twins for 25 guineas. The tale contrasts risk, profit, and the actuarial science behind life and accident insurance.
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Leslie's Monthly
Lloyd’s
I Knew Him When Club Inspires Ade Anecdote
George Ade, now earning over six figures, recalls his Chicago newspaper days and the “I-Knew-Him-When” club. An accompanying Leslie’s Monthly piece notes Ade’s evolving plays and new elements on the stage. Bargain two seated trap offered at T. Morrow corner Fate and Mercury.
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George Ade
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Ade
Leslie
T. Morrow
Fata and
Mercury
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McNeill & Libby
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Saratoga
Belije
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Hele Hael Butte
West Broadway
Kirschbaum
Shipping Point
Nairn
Pritchard-Harrison Carpet Co
Corner Park and
Main, Butte
Youlden
Main St
Butte Gold
New York State
Silver Bow County
Ingersoll
Sergeant Drill CO
Cortlandt ST
Flathead Reservation Information Agency
Carleton
West Park
Booth
Hood River
Nes
Royal Cafe
Armour
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Washington D. C
N. Main St
Butte, Moat
The
Silver Bow National Bank
Butte, Mont
C. R. Leonard
T. R. Hinds
Fayette
First National Bank of Butte
Andred A. Palbdet
E. B. Weirick
J. 8. Dutton
Daly Bank and Trust Company of
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Charles
Celoth Vicw
C. Swinborne
R. A. Kunkel
Walt Allen
W. Broadway
Richards the Undertaker
W. Park Gt
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