St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26

Helena(, Confederate gulch and many
other districts.
The production arose to its highest
point i'll 1868. when the years aggregate
OF the several camps reached the enor-
nous sum Of S15,00O,O 900. The following
year it dropped to S9,0OOO coo; in 20 the
production was abOutth same: in II it
fell off another million; in ~ the total
was little over S6,000,000; in rs it did
not exceed S5,250.000; in IA nearly the
lowest point during the placer period
was reached, the output having fallen
TO g, S44, 722: i'll rs it struck rock bottom
at S3,574,600. These comparisons. it
must be remembered, are made with
reference to gold alone.
From rs on the production of gold
gradually decreased until 'S3, when it
reached its lowest point, 81, $4,000 Since
then quartz mining has increased the
output at the rate of about million
year, the yield for SO directly attributa-
bic precious metal mining being about
100000 00
History is somewhat at sea with ret
erence to the first quartz worked in
Montana. 1t has been finally conceded.
however, after considerable dispute
that the winter of 1923 was the date
and Bannack the place. Here "home-
made" mill was constructed, the iron
being obtained from old wagons
and the timberS, for the most part, from
the same source. Allen d Arnold were
the promoters Of the enterprise, and
they made considerable money working
the ores of the Dakota lode. In 1866
many gold mills were erected through
out the territory, the majority of which
were operated with Indifferent success.
q. c. Swallow and S. 7. Hauser built
the first silver mill in the territory. 1t
was erected at Phillipsburg in 1866, ard
proved quite success. Silver mining,
however, was not given much recognI-
ton until along in the early '70'S. In
fact, government statistics take no &C
count OF 1t until 1876, when the white
metal to the value of 81, 1872, 976 was pro-
duced.
Coming down to 1887, 1888 and 1889.
the metal product of the state. includ-
ing copper and lead, Is found to be i'll
creaSlng at rate of round million a
year. The output of 1889 amounted to
13l, AL, 534 fine ounces of gold and b.
1929 fine ounces of silver. This re-
port, it will be observed, takes into &C
count only the gold and silver product
To this must be added copper and lead
IN any thorough estimate of the mineral
output. State Auditor Kenney's re-
port for 1890 more completely
covers the ground. 1t shows that
the placer mines of the state
produced during the year 1886, Ash, di-
vided between the several counties as
follows: Deer Lodge, S94,930; Jeffer-
son, $40, 421: Madison, "a, 100; Meagher,
$4,000: Silver Bow, $4,000. The aver
age wages paid for work in this industry
was S3.42 per day. The number OF
quartz mills in the state are forty-eight.
five of which are in Beaverhead county,
fifteen in Deer Lodge, seven i'll Jeffer-
son, five in Lewis and Clarke. four in
Madison and twelve in Silver Bow.
Their gross output was s24, 0l2,00O, dl-
vided as follows: Deer Lodge, S3,6)4,
600; Lewis and Clarke, 81, $685.
900; Silver Bow, S19,025.0O0.
The average wages paid in these mills
was So. 40 per day. The number OF re-
ductiOn furnaces in the state, exclusive
= of coke ovens, was 100. They produced
257, l24, 426 pounds of bullion, valued at
s2l, 1913, 725. divided as follows: Beaver
head county, S799, 452; Jefferson, Sl,4is,-