Tuolumne Mine Delayed. Gas Shut-Down Ends Soon
The Tuolumne mine will begin May production after a weeklong gas shutdown from the Modoc mine fire. General Manager Gow says start only when safe. levels must be cleared of gas and smoke. Main Range gains should offset Tuolumne losses with ore shipments rising from 21 to 40–45 cars. A new double drum electric hoist for Sinbad shaft is ordered and due within six months, with early installation planned. Sinking from 60 to 1100 feet continues this year, four levels will enable year-end cross cuts to the Spread Delight vein, and ore bing at Main Range is being constructed to handle higher output in a few weeks.
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Todhig
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Eastern Concern
Spread Delight
Butte Men Form New Mining Enterprise
A newly incorporated mining company, Nez Perces Mining, with $35,000 capital, lists George Forvilly as president Percy Napton as vice president and W. B Shaw as secretary treasurer. It owns four claims Copper Dome Copper Dome Extension Wireless and Telephone seven miles west of Twin Bridges near the Bix Hole river. The shaft reaches 60 feet with a vein eight to ten feet wide and ore running 10 to 36 percent copper. Machinery will push sinking to 150 feet and ore shipments expected by July 15. A wagon road serves the mine with seven miles haul to shipping and a gasoline hoist is being installed.
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Percy Napton
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Twin Bridges
Bix Hole
Amazing Fire Wagons Race Through Main Street
Traveling man Charles Ballard praises Butte fire apparatus for its extraordinary speed. He witnessed the department dash down Main Street far faster than any other city unit, calling the sight akin to a moving picture thrill.
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United States
Butte
Charles Ballard
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Main Street
Back Prom California Beebe Recovers Health
Beebe returns from California where he sought recovery after a severe operation. He fully recovers and resumes health. He notes California's wartime preparation and urban gardens as measures to boost produce for city needs.
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Ogree Beebe. Grain Company
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Beebe
Los Angeles
Coyote bounty prompts early season count at sheriff’s office
In a sparse report the first three weeks sees several coyotes brought in for bounty. Hunters earn about five dollars per animal with a one dollar guarantee from Mainsprings jeweler Mayer in Montana.
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West Park
Tramway mine to resume operations within two weeks
Anaconda Copper Mining company announces Tramway and related shafts will be repaired and re timbered after fire damage. Manager Gillie says the Barns engine is being installed to hoist ore and that nearly all levels will be operable when mining restarts within two weeks. The outage caused 1600 to 2000 men to lose work.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Gillie
Anaconda Company
Inite
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Leonard
Bucally Body Still Missing From Mine Cave-In
Late yesterday officials said no trace of Angelo Bucally’s body had been found after a cave-in on the thirtieth floor. Rescue crews continued clearing the stope where the two men were last working as funeral plans for Fred Rowe were announced. Rowe, whose body was recovered Saturday, was laid to rest at Mount Moriah cemetery after services at Richards Undertaking. Rowe’s England-based family has been notified with no reply received. Nearby, Ore Day of Wallace, Idaho, reported mining conditions in Coeur d’Alene improving as more workers and higher wages draw attention to the growing district.
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Manganese Boom Sparks Philipsburg Mining Rush
A Montana district around Philipsburg sees a manganese surge with eastern buyers paying from 7 to 0 dollars per ton. About 40 option holders and leases operate nearby as Granite Bi Metallic mine employs 80 to 40 men, driving townwide housing demand and a spring building push.
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Philipsburg
Fire Chief's Report For Year Just Ended In Butte
Chief Fred Martin led Butte Fire Department to improved efficiency with inspections of danger points and removal of unsafe structures. The year had 548 calls about 1.5 daily, with property at risk valued at 7,342,040 and insurance totaling 4,050,147. Total loss reached 88,289.80, and over 90 percent of fires were suppressed by chemical wagons, aided by faster motor apparatus.
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Fire Department
Butte
Martin
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Stockholders Meeting Notice
Anaconda Montana May 5 1917 notice of the regular annual meeting of stockholders to be held at the principal office of the company at the Washoe smelter near Anaconda on Wednesday May 26 1917 at 10 oclock a m for the election of three directors and for other business as may come before the meeting by order of the board A H Melin secretary
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Anaconda
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Washoe Smelter
Monana
Board of Director
A. H. Melin
Sinking Calumet shaft reaches 1500 foot level in Butte district
Great Butte Copper reports finishing the Calumet shaft to the 1500 foot level after starting Feb 1. The project took five days longer than planned due to initial delays at 1000 feet and wet conditions. The shaft now nears a station at 1500 feet with water flow minimal and granite walls promising further development.
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Great Butte Copper Company
Butte
April Copper Silver and Gold Production at Greene Cananea
April production at Greene Cananea totaled 4,790,000 pounds of copper, 135,880 ounces of silver, and 750 ounces of gold, compared with March output of 5,500,000 pounds of copper, 101,410 ounces of silver, and 860 ounces of gold.
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Greene-Cananea
Horoscope for May Seventh, 1917 Foreseen Prospects
The reading warns of a troubled period with low mood and uncertainty led by Mercury and Saturn. Career and finances look poor for employment or acceptances, while power figures may be headstrong. Public indifference may precede prosperity for actors, editors, and writers, with railroads favored and social tensions hinted.
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Lkely
Russia
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Wilson
Local Stock Buying Slows As War Loans Loom
In Butte the public purchases of mining stocks have fallen sharply, with April and early May sales at a fraction of last year. Prices for local and general mining shares are down, while brokers urge buyers to act now before prices recover. The piece links weak demand to the war economy and anticipates the Liberty loan oversubscription, noting bank reserves and deposit shifts as broader market signals.
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