The Helena independent., 1892-01-13
Iii Point Of Production Her Ranges
and Mines Exceed Those Of
ANY State.
x Grand Total Of Flfty-flve Mil
lion Dollars for the Year
1891.
Her Mines Paid Over Four Mtllions In
Divideads-The Outlook for Stock
men, Miners and Farmers.

With S55, ,0OO, 900 AZ the product Of her
ranges and mines for the year 1891, Non
tana has reason to be proud of her record.
In these tlfty-f five millions are not included
the output of her coal mines, which il very
large. nor of her forests, nor of her farms.
During the year the mines within her bor-
der that publish their profits have paid div
idends amounting to $4,249.5O0. This
docs not include the profits Of the Ana
oonda company, nor OF several other large
producers known to be doing profitable
business.
EARLY in the summer itwas estimated that
Montana growers would receive from their
oattle shipments not less than S700O.0oo.
AS the season advanced it was seen that
Montana cattle were the best in the Chi
caco market, were being bought for export.
unaressed, and were bringing the best
prices. Then it began to dawn on
the stockmen that 1891 was to be
the best year they had seen for many sea-
sons, Train load after train load OF cattle
was sent east, and with one or two ex-
ceptions the market held up under the inn
mense receipts. At the end of the season
President Myers, of the Stock commits.
thoroughly conversant with the facts, sald
the shipment Of cattle out of Montana for
the season amounted TO 250OOO head Sec
retarv Preuitt, who has the best facilities
for estimating the price per head, after
much careful investigation said the aver
age was $40. This makes S10,0Oo000
from cattle. Horsemen say the recsipts
from sales last year from that source run
up to million dollars. From the sales Of
sheep low estimate is 81, ,50000 and from
wool 100000. So this ia the total from
the ranges: -,
Cattle SlUuU, UOO
lvy9uy snn SnH
Wool. z,ooV'oVo
But the ranges gave but one-fousth Of
the total OF Montana's output Tor 1891.
Her mines Of gold. silver and copper aadea
over $40, 100000 to that Of the ranges. Ac-
cording to the report of the director OF the
mint Montana's gold output for the i'scal
wear of 1891 was S3.300,0O0 and her silver
production $20.363. 900. No record was
made of her copper and lead production,
and this has just come to hand. According
to the Engineering and Mining journal Of
New York Montana mines produced IN 1881
l13,20O, 900 pounds of copper. This is larger
by more than two mllllon POUNDS tnan the
output of 1890. and as a copper produoel
Montana leads the country. exceeding the
Lake Superior producers by two millior
pounds. And Montana did this with The
Anaconda. her largest copper producer
closed down for a portion of the year. Put
ting the average price of copper for tn
year at 1O15 cents, low estimate, we hav
SIG, 600 as tho value Of the copper O
duced. Of lead Montana produced i1
round numbers 1900 tons, at the average
price Of $3.50 ton, making $51,900. Ther
we have the following:
Gold 80 o,uV
SILVER zu,5o5,uu
SopIef5.' 1o'S2u,oo
leau Observation-Disclosures. SLIGO
1otsai.. ............,... Vfooof,oo
Taking the product of the ranges and the
mines we have the following:
Cattle, horses sheep and wool. S14, 10000
God, silver, copper and lead. 4O,j9l.60
If there is any other state in the unio
with population of not to exceed 10000
people that can equal this showing it has no
been heard from. In mineral production
Montana leads the country, exceeding th
next largest, Colorado, by $7.000,00O an