Copper Range gains in year's earnings report
The 1914 Copper Range Consolidated annual report shows net income of 494 600 dollars, up from 490 536 the prior year. Production rose to 19 384 000 pounds with an average price of 13.38 cents per pound and cost 10.66 cents. The board notes ongoing improvements will lift future yields and reduce costs, with production already larger and cheaper in early 1915 and plans to build working capital as agents for their own copper.
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Copper Range Consolidated Company
Trimountain
Comy
Fort Hall copper mine opens with pumping work begins
Mining at the Fort Hall property four miles south of Pocatello Idaho starts with pumping and cleanup of tunnels led by Henry Palmer and a crew of ten. Once dewatered and gases cleared a larger team will mine the mother lode of chalcopyrite ore for shipment with the Pocatello Cooperative Mining and Development Company overseeing operations.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Fort Hall
Henry Palmer
Chafta
Winzes
Pocatello Cooperative Mining and Development Company
Decrease in April Earnings for Massachusetts Electric
A 17000 decrease in April gross earnings, down 2 percent, follows March shrinkage and February gain. The year’s total shows a $41000 to $42000 net rise, averaging about $4000 monthly. Easter storm cost about $7500, while general business weak in the territory accounts for the remainder. weather was normal aside from Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Electric
Butte and Superior banner month nets high zinc and gold gains
Butte and Superior reported a banner April with record output and high Spelter prices boosting earnings. Deering and Caney smelters under American Zinc Lead and Smelting showed improving results as month progressed. Board undecided on extra dividend, rumors floated of raising to 1.50 per share. Shelter sales at top prices reached 131 1/2 cents a pound. The firm, with 273,000 shares held by over 1,800 shareholders, proceeds with a modern amalgamating mill and cyanide plant. New gold strike yields $12.60 per ton, crosscut from Goldenleaf tunnel area. Wadams tunnel samples $7 to $9.20 per ton, and a six inch streak rose to $34 per ton.
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Boston
Butte & Superior Company
Deering and Caney
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
Butte & Superior
Goldenleaf Tunnel
Goldenleaf
Wadams Tunnel
Crop Conditions Ideal Across Montana Rail Corridor
W H Merriman, division freight and passenger agent at Butte, reports exceptional crop conditions along the Northern Pacific right of way from Sidney to Hamilton. Moisture arrived timely, Bitter Root is advancing in grain acreage, hay supplies adequate, and diversified farming grows with more dairy cattle, hogs, and chickens. Orchard blight recedes and overall outlook for Montana is bright for another large year.
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Northern Pacific
Sidney
Hamilton
W. H. Merriman
Butte
Merriman
Montana
Stand ard offers 15 cent Oneida spoons with coupons
Souvenir spoon fans are urged to collect four consecutive 15 cent coupons from The Standard to receive genuine Oneida Community state souvenir spoons. Each spoon lasts a lifetime and may be ordered by mail for 5 cents extra per spoon. Limited offer available at Butte and Anaconda offices.
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Mall
Butte and Anaconda
Standard
Officials Inspect Bannack Gold Property Plans Revealed
John F. Cowan of Bannack Consolidated Mining arrives with M. Browning Ogden W H Wattis Utah Construction W B McCormick Seattle E W Griffiths Seattle to assess ore on Bannack claim. Foreman William Dunn reports ore improves with development and about 200000 tons of gold ore near 20 per ton potential. reduction plant plans underway.
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John F. Cowan
Bannack Consolidated Mining Company
Bannack, Mont
M. &. Browning
Ogden
W. H. Wattis
Utah Construction Company
W. 8. McCormick
McCormick's Bank
E. W. Griffiths
Seattle
Bannack
William Dunn
Trial in Sixth Week in Flotation Suit
The Minerals Separation company continues its sixth week of trial against Miami Copper in Wilmington Delaware over patent infringement related to flotation methods in ore treatment. Key witnesses from Inspiration Consolidated and Braden Copper identify contracts with Minerals Separation as the case heads toward appeals and possibly the Supreme Court.
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Boston
Minerals Separation Company
Miami Copper Company
Miami Company
California
Butte & Superior Company
United States
Wilmington
Del
L. D. Thiecketts
Inspiration Consolidated Company
RB. F. Hilton
Braden Copper Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Portland stockyards week receipts and cattle market rise
PORTLAND STOCKYARDS Portland Ore May 9 The receipts for the week ended May 6 were 97 cattle 10 calves 2 188 hogs 2 442 sheep With a medium supply on sale the cattle market opened on a good active basis and with prices 10 to 15 cents higher than a week ago Choice steers are sell
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Portland
Ore
Livestock Market Mixed With Small Supply and Steady Close
The swine market rose 10 to 15 cents from last week's close with top quotes at 8.00 to 8.10 and most bids from 7.80 to 8.00. The week closed steady as volumes remained light. Spring lambs reached 8.25, the top price. shorn ewes traded around 6.0 to 6.75 and yearlings near 7.0.
Lake copper price drives premium for electrolytic grade
Boston Calumet Hecla reports lake copper at 23 cents a pound with strong demand from domestic manufacturers. The inquiry urges booking contracts into December as present demand supports a 4 cent premium over the current electrolytic price.
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Boston
Calumet & Hecla Lake
Navy Aviator Killed During Florida Flight
Washington May 9 Ensign Melvin N Stolz of the navy aviation corps was instantly killed today during a low altitude Pensacola Fla flight The navy department said Stolz fell head first from his machine while in a dive He served with the aviation detachment that did scouting work at Vera Cruz during the American occupation
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Washington
Melvin N. Stolz
Navy Aviation Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Department
Stolz
Vera Cruz
STANDARD HAS THEATER TICKETS FOR SUBSCRIBERS
Two tickets to Loew's Empress theater every day promised to subscribers. Read the classified page for names and call the Standard office in Butte to claim tickets.
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Loew's Empress Theater
Standard
Butte
How the Buzzers Tell News in the Trenches News
Wartime telephones and telegraphs drive battlefield communication. Hidden observers with ear buzzers relay orders and instructions via Morse code as lines grow weak. The illustration shows a military operator using a buzzer placed to the ear to receive headquarters messages.
Calumet and Hecla declares quarterly dividend of 16 per share
The Calumet and Hecla directors have declared a quarterly dividend of 16 dollars per share. The dividend is payable June 18 to stockholders of record at the close of business May 8, with the record established for the payment.
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Inclding
Calumet & Hecla
The Pin Making Machine Runs by Machinery
A detailed view explains pin production where a brass wire spool is fed into jaws to cut pins. Heads are formed by hammer blows while the shank is sharpened, Tin coating and polishing follow. Paper wrapping and stacking are done by automated systems, enabling rapid manufacture of billions of pins.
Bacon on Sea Power and World Power
Francis Bacon argued that sea power equals world power, citing imperial sea battles such as Actium Lepanto and the Battaile of the Sea as decisive for empire. He warned that rulers resting on land strength often face peril, while command of the sea grants liberty to shape wars.
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Francis Bacon
England
Britain
Actium
Lepanto
Answers and facts from a Q and A card
A readers trivia page lists answers on weight of blood in the body about a twelfth to one thirteenth of body weight. Siamese twins married two sisters. Exact count of rods in a square acre is 12.62. I C 8S course likely International Correspondence School. Cane sugar comes from warm climate cane. beet sugar from sugar beet grown nationwide. Exhibit buildings are torn down unless meant to be kept permanently.
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I. C
International Correspondence School
East Indies
West Indies
China
Hawaii
Louisiana
FISH BYPRODUCTS INITIATIVE BY USDA BUREAU
The United States Department of Agriculture through its bureau of chemistry will focus on storage transportation waste prevention and utilization of fish by products. It will cooperate with the bureau of fisheries to extend waste utilization beyond fertilizers oils and glue and improve food supply. Recent Maine sardine canning studies have improved sanitary conditions in packing.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
Maine
Salt Speedway Record With Locomotive Versus Auto
In a Salduro Utah race 112 miles west of Salt Lake City a locomotive and an automobile managed a mile in 25.2 seconds, about 142.85 mph. The crystal salt bed 65 miles long and 8 miles wide, 98 percent pure, offered an almost frictionless, level surface that produced the exceptional speed.
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Salduro
Utah
Salt Lake City
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Standard Has Theater
Calumet & Ecla
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Lend
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Bacon
Mayer's
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Chen Ee Jr
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United States Depository
Andrew J. Davis
Fi. B. Weirick
Db. Dutton
George A. Hill
J. EK. Stephenson
Travelers Checks and Foreign Exchange
W. A. Clark
J. Ross Clark
W.A. Clark & Brother
Alex J. Johnston
J. K Heslet
Anking
Miners Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Park Street
Federal Reserve Bank
Silver Bow National Bank
Savings Department
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Granite St
Heilbronner CO
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E. F. Hutton & CO
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