The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-01

regard IN accuracy In tho year 1871 tho
farm products were 6et down ~ n value Of
| Sa60I, 900, IN tho year 1873 they were fet
down al sb0OO0OO when not half ~ much
| farming WINS d0ne ns There Is done now, Ia
| tho year 1874 the amount Of land IN oulllya'
| ton was fixed nj 2 100000 ncrea, Given That
ono half was IN tho standard crop, v would
have Yielded 2000,0OO bushels Of wheat
| We doubt II there has ever boon year when
| tho wheat crop Of Colorado has gone over
~ 5000 bushels, and olleneF under Inc
Sl,0OO,OOO than above w. go.
New York Herald We regret that want
Of space prevents our giving ~ llll lhe very
interesting address delivered last night be-
fore tho Bullion olub by Mr., H. y, HaTl'
son, of tho United States Assay ONCE NJ
Helena, Montana Ills subject WIS Montana
and Ia mineral resources, Afler speaking Of
the groat agricultural resources OF the ooun'
try and lls climatic advantages, he entered
into detailed account Of tho mining indus
troa, n brief view Of which wo give, Mon.
tann stands third In tho total amount Of gold
and silver produced, mud next 10 California
In the amount Of gold, The first gold was
obtained by means Of placer mining, And the
results from some Of tho "gulches were
almost fabulous. Alder Guloh. alone Is said
hy good Judges TO have produced 10 date
since ils discovery In May, 1868, over S70'
900 900, and !. now producing from $780,
900 10 S0U0000 every year. From oEo pan
in Confederate Gulch tho yield from
the gravel was $1,000 gold Montana hns
about 500 gold-producng gllches which has
all been successfully worked since their DIS
90 very, and have added millions of dollArs In
wealth TO the worlds treasury. Tho total
amount Of gold md silver produced In the
territory from 1862 10 1880 was Sl5N,0l7 600
The receipts ofgold ut tho Assay Oillco ut
Helena for 1870 we're SOL 1901, tho larger
part being from gold dust, ana only about
one .quartcr of the production was landed NJ
tho Assay oil CO. A nugget worth 5000
was picked up In n tributary of Snow.S hoe
Gulch, and one worth S2073 In Nelson
Gulch. Quartz mining has not bcon prose.
cuted with the same diligence, but some Of
Tho mines that have been faithfully worked
have yielded we'll, rho Union lode has
turned out since rs discovery In 1864 |
about S8,000,000 The famous Pcnobscot
brick, valued ut SOL, 2B2 o., was the result of
thirty days run OF tho Penobscot mine in
100, Nnu lToill tnc hHhls VI lUlN UNIV pn'l |
ixty feet deep, Sl260O0 in gold WAS taken
,utln loss than six months. Silver quartz
,cins were discovered ut Philllpsbury, Deer
lodge county, in 1865, and silver quartz
mining has now taken u prominent place.
Tho Hecklu Consolidated Mine company is
low producing annually about 100000 of
ilyer-lead and silyer.cOppcr bullion, and the
property of tho company has Just been sold
or Sl,500000. In the present year the sill
Ter bullion product of the territory will eX-
oed the gold bullion product, Mr.. Harrison
lad fine collection Of ore samples, and
mong them nugget Of gold from Dead.
wood Gulch worth over $500.
East of thc'Rocky mountains the whcat.crop
t 1870 was 35l021lS bushels greater than
n 1873, whilst in the Pacific states it was
,l67, 900 bushels less in 1879 than 1873. 1t
also to be noted that Of the increase cast of
he Rocky mountains nearly 100000
bushels Is credited to the Western aud
Northwestern States and Territories, The
GLOWING shows the wheat crop in the West
I'm and Northwestern States and Terrific
les: