Duringthe past four months Mr. Palmer^conceived the idea ot prospecting on the^ground embraced in tbe Silver Bow niili-^site, believing that the copper vein pene^^trated that ground Immediately north of^the location is the Mountain View mine,^while west is the Pennsylvania properties,^both ot which are owned and operated b^^the Boston A Montana company. In the^vicinity are also the Anaconda, St Law^^rence and Parrott groups, which comprise^the greatest copper belt on tbe continent,^superintendent Palmer prospected his^ground, which he named the silver Bow^lode,and recently bis expectations w. re ful^^filled, as be encountered and developed a^body of silver-copper ore mually as valua^^ble as that contained in the properties^mentioned. Since the discovery a new^smeiter has been constructed by the com^^pany and is now in readiness tor work. In^this connection the Miner says:
TheButte A Boston smelter, which is^now almost completed, will startup next^Thursday, it was intended to commence^operations sooner, hut the work ot clear^^ing up has taken up more time than was^figured on. Yesterday tbe new machinery^was given a trial, and everything worked^in a satisfactory manner. The smelter is^to be started up on high grade ore from^the Silver Bow mine, ot which a large^-iuanlity is now on hand; and if noth^^ing turns up to change the programme, the^Butte A Boston will, by the latter part^of the coming week, be turning out^more than its quota of bullion. The L ^jui-^dator concentrator, which was woikea by^tbe Butte Reduction company for two^years plevious to the erection of the pres^^ent concentrator at the Butte Reduction^works, Is now under lease to the Butte A^Boston company.
OTHKHMIXING SOTKS.
Atthe Butte Reduction works only two^furnaces are turning out matte. The con^^centrator runs by day only. About titty^men are employed.
TheAmy A Silversmith is doing a little^work, though not enough to make stock-^hoditrs feel that they have all tbe money^tbey want.
