The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-04
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.
Montana,s Resources a. Others See
Them.
Her Exhibits Of Gold, Silver, Copper
and Coal.
Her Grasses, Cereals, Vegetables
and WoOl.
A Country for the Miner, Farmer
and StOckraiser.

A Country for the Miner, Farmer
and Stockraiser.
Montana's exhibit at the Worlds
Exposition is flatteringly noticed in
arecent number of the New Orleans
Tyynes-D Democrat. In speaking of the
Territory, Its fine display of min
erals, cereals, ETC., and its great re-
sources that Journal says: Z
Geographically Montana Is located
in the far Northwest, and as 1t thus
stands, in reality, a monument OF
agricultural and mineral wealth. 1t Is
faithfully reproduced in miniature at
the exhibit in the Government Build
ing. There, displayed with all the
honesty of worth, commanding In
epection al we'll as tangibly and con-.
vincingly evidenc,ng its procucts'
Montana stands squarely on her
merits as the inviting home of the
miner, stock-raiser, farmer, and the
great country wherein labor ID re-
warded with the choicest gifts of ma
ture. The Montana exhibit Is .ex-
haustive, telling palmer than lords
the story Of
,HBR MINING REGIONS,
of her grazing lands, of her cereals,
her, coal regions, her prosperity ana
her enterprise. In this showing the
master hands of Commissioner John
3. Harris and William A. Clark are
everywhere seen, revealing that these
:gentlemen.have spared nothing which
could possibly tend toward Inc nj
ting representation of the Territory
they 50 creditably represent. Meeting
Commissioner Clark yesterday the
Nmes-Democrat representative was
conducted throughout the space and
during the casual inspection of the
treasures therein contained, managed
to CLEAN and garner a store OF au-
,hentic and valuable information
deemed, worthy of disseminating to
the furthest corner of the world.
To begin with the mineral wealth
of Montana and its gold, silver and
copper products, a specimen OF cop
per ore, coming from the Anaconda
Mine at Butte, was first noted. This
specimen, taken out at a depth OF 500
feet, will yield 70 per cent of copper
the highest grade. Beside this val
liable sample, others are shown,
varying in grade to the lowest, OF II
e cent These mines are operated
by a company having the largest re-
| duction works in. the world,
A MILLION AND A HALF
having been expended last year In
improvements alone. Turning to an
adjoining stand, a series of boxes
containing ores from Clark's Colusa
Mine were next seen. illustrating the
consecutive processes of the reduc'
| ton of copper from the crude ore' as
taken from the mine, to the lngo'
copper.
The process in brief shows the ore
as it first appears crushed, then al
sized in revolving screens, then con
centrated by water and jigs, producing
concentrates carrying about 80 pei
cent of copper. Next 1t appears as
calcl1 ed to eliminate the sulphur and
other has IS, then as smelted in a re
verberatory furnace lntoa 'regulus,'
containing IS per cent copper. Aftel
further sA-elting operations the orr
again appears as a white metal carry
ing about IS per cent copper; next a
blister" copper, and lastly afte'
further refineme 1t by smelling. int
ingots of nearly pure COPPER ready
for the market
! After viewing the copper ore spec
! linens from all the different mines
attention was next turned to golt
and silver ores, a monster piece OF
which, from the Drum Lummo1
Mine, weighs 100 pounds. Thi
mine was sold TO English capitalists
for So, 00O, 900.
From the Moulton Mine a speci
mon taken ont at a 500 foot level