Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-04-30

Ie.tes from our county in the Tef7itori
.lSopvsution. No instructions were CIV
.|as to what statistics were desirable,
|county OF Territorial; but believing tho
Istatistics which would be of greatest ben
-lhs to any company desiring TO construct
tIrailroad into our Territory. - best sho'
lin the business OF the whole county, Y
submit the following:
1 Thus far in our history the greatest u
Ildustrial interest in Montana Is that
mining. Statistics heretofore publsht
,lhave shown that our gold yield since Isl
has been variously estimated from 3 1t
.I0oo, 900 to $1sl, o0o.ooo! In 1871 Fro
IRaymond's Report showed our produt
Ibe $s.05o.Ooo.
The information furnished by Marih'
/ Wheeler to Professor Raymond, o.
lOommissioner of Mines for 1874. inrt
|gard to the yield of precious metals J
i Montana, 10 a. follows:
.lGolI 10 e
Silver refined bars.................. 1915
lSilver ores shipped down the Ms
1 souri river and to the railroads
south of ~ /, $50 tons valued at AZ, V
lao tons of copper ore valued q - bW
Total v.lue. ..........................$ rs, 20
The causes Of our diminishe produt
ton of the precious metals arc SIMILAR t
every miner and business man { Montana
and! We do not think it Necessary for ~ t,
state them. One gratifying fac. however
We will state. that is the rapidncrease il
the yield and development q our silve
ores. In 1879 we shipped slnll quantit,
of silver ores. In 1873 We. ,ipped ant
worked up GIL tons, worth SEA 300. Thu
shows that the product Of 1874 10 consid
cradle more than double that q 1873, viz
$780, 66. In 1874 a Thousand more tom
|of ore were ready, but could rot be ship
ped for want Of transportation. At tn
present time our silver mines, having
found they could sell, procure advance
ment Of money on their ores, q ship at {
profit, have more ores on their dumps thar
have ever been shipped in any previous
year. Yet, with the limited means Of
transportation, not tenth partof the ORES
that could be shipped will be hken away
the present year.
These facts show sufficiently the neces
sity we now have for . speediersnd cheap
er means of communication wrh the out
side world. Had we railroad Transports
ton We could increase our silver p-oduc,
. thousand fold in short time; for We
know, by the returns from the ores here.
Lofore shipped and worked abroad, that
The silver ores of Montana are eagerly
sought after as being among the riches,
produced by any country.
A railroad completed to the vicinity of
,ur numberless rich silver districts, would
speedily bring into our midst a vast.influx
If population, intent upon their develop
nent. Capital would abundant'y invest
n them. and our ores would be worked
mostly at home, thus giving employment
Q . large population, settling up our
making farming and stock rails
ng profitable, BY giving us home market
or all we could produce, and giving me.
hanics, merchants and manufacturers
bundant employment handsome profits
or their labor. skiN and capital. Ia
= .ss~vAr -~ssssn ss...-
living would be cheaper, and capital to use
n developing our limltiess area of gold
,lacer mines would largely increase our
present yield. We have extensive coal
ields, and VIC would manufacture the iron
leeded for all our various pursuits. Penn.
ylvania and Ohio are not capable of pro.
lucing more of these minerals than can
Montana. We also. have large forests of
,ine ard cedar timber. But We must have
heap transportation to induce population
md capital to come here to develop our
mines and use our forests.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 1874
Our population, according to the census
# 1870, was but little more than 90, 200,
of Indians, which numbered
6, 900. For the number of our white pop.
llation. our imports and exports are large.
IF the goods imported the Indians use
quantities, and help largely
0 add to the exports of furs, buffalo
obes, and skins of bear, wolf, elk, deer,
,eaver. etc.
From information obtained from our
merchants, bankers. stockmen, and sew
raj freight agencies, and others, our i'm
,orts and exports for 1874 were a. follows:
Imports 1874.