Anaconda Copper Company Annual Report Highlights 1909
The annual report and meeting details show 1908 production and financial results for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. It notes nine months of operations due to mid year resumption after a shutdown, with output, profits, and balance sheet figures, plus development work, ore bodies in the Diamond and St. Lawrence mines, and power and gas concerns affecting costs. The report covers the Washoe smelter history, legal actions about mining effects, and the company’s decision to exit retail merchandising by selling the Hamilton general store.
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Anaconda Copper Company
Anaconda
H. H. Rogers
Belt
Hamilton
John D. Ryan
St. Lawrence
Annaconda
Washoe
Deer Lodge
Fred J. Bliss
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Washoe Copper Company
Belmont
Anaconda Group
Mining Prospects Near Twin Bridges Show Rich Potential
Twin Bridges special dispatch reports King mine in Hell's canyon owned by Col. J. M. Page and leased by D. P. Mumbro yielding promising results. A tunnel reaches 250 feet with ore visible, carloads ready for shipment to East Helena smelter. Keystone mine in Georgia gulch yields high grade ore worth up to 200 per ton. Multiple properties in Georgia and Goodrich gulches also producing, with 10 to 15 carloads planned for shipment in coming weeks.
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King
Hell's Canyon
Col
J. M. Page
D. P. Mumbro
Helena
Mumbro
East Helena
Bennett and Dufresne
Keystone
Northern Pacific to Open Cement Plant at Glendive
Glendive Montana May 23 bid for a cement construction plant to supply concrete piers and slabs for bridge work on a wide rail system. The plant will employ about fifty workers initially with expansion planned. Clements heads the department and will relocate with his family. The facility will pave the way for bridges on the Missouri river line to Mandan and supply material for the Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain divisions across roughly 800 miles. A large storage warehouse is under construction and 2000 to 3000 workers are expected on the new road soon.
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Glendive
Mont
Northern Pacific
Clements
Missouri River
Here
Mandan
Yellowstone
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Wrenn & Greenough
Bigamy charge felon Vitus held in Montana jail
Special Dispatch to the Standard Billings May 28 Arrested on a charge of bigamy S V Vitus is jailed awaiting Minnesota authorities. The purported marriage involved Gertrude Massing then about 16, who eloped with Vitus from Billings last summer. Police report the couple married in Minneapolis and later went to Iowa.
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Standard
Billings
S. V. Vitus
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Vitus
Gertrude Massing
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lewistown
ReferendumVote Planned at Miners Union Hall
A referendum vote will be held at Miners Union hall on Tuesday May 25 1909 from 9 a m to 9 p m on business of importance. AL McLellan Recording Secretary.
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Miners’ Union Hall
AL. McLellan
Zinc Mining Advances in Butte Industry Growth
A H Wethey reports extensive zinc discoveries near Butte, site of a new concentration plant at the Butte reduction works aimed at producing zinc concentrates up to 40 percent zinc with copper silver and gold byproducts. The Elm Orlu and Black Rock mines yield concentrates, while ex Senator W A Clark and family back the operations.
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A. H. Wethey
Butte
W. A. Clark
Rainbow Lode
Butte Reduction Works
Butte Camp
Elm Orlu
Elm Orlu Mining Company
Black Rock
Butte & Superior Copper Company
Timerly
Clark
W. A. Clark, Jr
Prosperity Rising at Storrs Mining Camp
Dispatch from Bozeman reports rapid growth at the Goal properties leased by Ed Mund Barth. Foreman William McMinn says over 40 workers are on site with plans to reach 120 within two weeks as a boiler, coke ovens, and a new hotel come online and the post office is to be re established. A deputy sheriff may be posted at the camp.
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Bozeman
Storrs
Edmund Barth
William McMinn
Butte to Salt Lake Round Trip Fare Advert
Tickets on sale via the Oregon Short Line railroad June 5 final return limit 15 days Reserve berths now Short Line city office No 2 North Main street Butte Mont F D Wilson D F P A
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Oregon Short Line Railroad
Short Line
North Main Street
Butte
Mont
F. D. Wilson
Butte Barbers Union Sets Special Meeting Monday
The Butte Barbers union calls a special meeting for Monday night May 24 at 8 at the Owsley barber shop. Fred Cramer is President and J S Wilson is Secretary.
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Butte Barbers’ Union
Owsley
Fred Cramer
J. S. Wilson
Best Investment in Montana Buy Lots in Great Falls
Real estate promotion for Boston Heights in Great Falls Montana advertises lots for sale. Contact R. J. Snow at No 1 West Broadway near the First National Bank to inquire and arrange purchase.
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Montana
Boston Heights
Great Falls
R. J. Snow
West Broadway
First National Bank
Harmony Lodge St George Event at Centerville Hall
Harmony lodge Daughters of St George plan a concert and dance at St George hall Centerville on Monday May 24 with 5 cent admission. The hall boasts a new floor. George A Bredeholf 32 died after five weeks illness. Bredeholf is nephew of Gus Fitschen. Body at White Krebs undertaking rooms. Funeral later announced. Christopher McRae 52 died yesterday at home near 420 Dakota street. Body at White Krebs undertaking rooms. Funeral later announced.
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Harmony Lodge, Daughters of St. George
St. George Hall
Centerville
George A. Bredeholf
Mr. Bredeholf
Gus Fitschen
White & Krebs’ Undertaking Rooms
Christopher McRae
Dakota Street
Harmony Restores Life at United States Smelting
A Boston dispatch reports United States Smelting common stock rose to 64 this week, an 8 to 10 dollar gain, after internal rivalries subsided. Sidney W. Winston leads, with hopes the shares may reach 60 or higher reflecting assets and earnings. Harmony and expansion plans now drive profits, with earnings projected at about 5.50 per common share if recent six month trends hold, aided by metal price gains.
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United States
Robert Dp. Evans
Evans
Sidney W. Winstow
Hundreds Search for Murderer of Annie Poltern
Los Angeles May 23 hundreds continue the search around Griffith Park and nearby cities for the brutal murderer of Annie Poltern a %-year old schoolgirl killed last Monday. Sheriff Hammill offers a personal reward of 250 for the capture with expectation state and county will add to the reward.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Annie Poltern
Hammill
Three Young Men Held as Burglars at Bozeman
Bozeman, May 23. Elmer Budinger George Budinger and William Clark three young men were brought from Logan by Deputy Sheriff Merriman and jailed to answer burglary charges. They allegedly entered George Moss home and ransacked it finding a revolver a razor a fountain pen and small items on their person. A neighbor saw them leaving and reported the incident. The Moss family is said to be displaced and the men are strangers to the area.
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The
Standard
Bozeman
Elmer Budinger
George Budinger
William Clark
Logan
Merriman
George Moss
Moss
Laddie Cliff Brings London Vaudeville to Orpheum
Away from the stage the English comedian Laddie Cliff appears at the Orpheum theater this week. An Eton College alumnus he gained fame in amateur acts before a London manager recruited him. He became a vaudeville hit in London and later found success in New York. This tour marks his first in the West. Women’s wear noted at Weinberg's Fashion Shop, 67 W. Park.
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Laddie Cliff
Orpheum Theater
Laddie
London
Ele
New York
West
Billings Man Charged With Forgery In Court
Richard Lee also known as Jack Smith is charged with forging John Snyder’s signature on a $25 check. The bill was presented by Frank Wagner who tried to cash it at a local bank. A preliminary hearing is scheduled this afternoon in Justice Mann's court.
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The
Standard
Billings
Richard Lee
Justice Mann
Lee
Jack Smith
John Snyder
Frank Wagner
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