 Daly recommended the mine to the Walker Bros., who sent another geologist to inspect the Anaconda.Daly's employers were not interested in the mine, and he sold his interest in the Alice to purchase it himself.Placer gold and silver lode mining had taken place at Butte, placer mining at Helena, Bannock and Virginia City, Montana territory respectively, and Butte was nearing the end of its silver lode mining phase.