The Philipsburg mail., 1889-02-28
MONTANA'S WEALTH,
BULLION PRODUCT THE YEAR
JUST PASSED.
The Greatest Mineral Producer on
the COntinent-The Present and
Future Prospects Of the State of
MOntana-Interestin Figures.

ducer on the continent. The value OF
her precious metals for 1888 closely
| crowds $4,000 900 of which amount one
mining camp, the town of Butte, within
three hours ride of the capital, contribut-
ed over half of this amount. Montana's
copper product, according to the highest
authority, was 97,s97 96S pounds, which
is greater by 100000 pounds than the
output of the Lake Superior mines.
Since the year 1889 has ushered itself IN
to existence, the increased facilities for
treating ores has amounted to such that
by the close Of the year at least $50, ,000,-
OOo will be the value of Montanas meta,
output. Right here in Helena, a MAN.
moth smelter began operations the I'd
in t., and is daily producing from one to
two carloads of silver-lead bullion. Its
production for three weeks has been 120,-
coo pounds of bullion. This is at Helena
and Livingston company's smelter. At
Great Falls another new smelter is in
constant operation, producing nearly as
much as the Helena smelter. AtPhilips-
burg a week ago new fifty stamp quartz
mill began dropping on ore for the first
time, and in a short time the Granite
Mountain company at the same place will
have second eighty-stamp mill in opera
ton. From every corner and section of
the state OF Montana new and promising
MINES are being discovered Or developed.
At tho town of Butte the most gigantic
copper mine in the world ixists the
Anaconda. From it and few adjoining
properties $500 tons of ore are shipped
daily to Anaconda, tWenty-eight miles
distant, where it IS treated in the smelt-
ing works, a plant which has no equal
anywhere for the extent and value of it's
capacity. The Anaconda smelling works
represent an investment OF millions of
dollars and it is constantly being aug
mentod by improvements.
At present a large proportion of coal
consumed in Montana is shipped from
other places, but this will be unnecessary.
Montana's coal deposit are SO extensive
that in less than a month every pound of
coal used will be taken from her own
mines. A new railroad has just been
to the Rocky Fork fields.
where the output will be 1000 tons per
day of coal whose bituminous qualities
are not questioned. Other extensive
deposits exist in the same region which
have not been touched as yet. The
Sand Coulee coal mines are regular pro-
aucers and from these deposits the
Manitoba and Montana Central roads |
are being supplied with fuel as we'll as a |
arge domestic contingent. The mining
industry is only in its infancy, notwith-
standing Montana has contributed |
several hundred millions of wealth in
gold, silver, copper, and lead. But little
las ever been done in the production o:
lie last named metal heretofore. but
cad mines abound all over the state
in the southern proportion,
which are only awaiting the hand of
apital to develop them. But then Mon
ana's mines are only one Of the many
Industries 1t has of the many which 80 to
make it the empire of the northwest.
The stockraising, woolgrowing, and farm
ng industries are each in themselves
lelds of operation which so to add the
wealth and Importance of Montana,
which is out Of debt, has s1GO,OCO in it's
reasury and enters the list of states un-
Ter the most hattering auspices,-In-
'endcnt.