The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-28
BRICK AND CLAY.

BRICK AND CLAY.
Tho Extent Of These Industries in Mon
(By Prof. F. D. Smith of the Montana
University
The Importance of this industry Is
readily. shown ny the value Of the pro-
ducts at the works, which was $447,-
2G480. OF this figure over one-half Is
found in the common building brick,
$272.805. The great demand for fire
brick of both the aluminous and silica
varieties for use in smelters is respon-
sible for the large output Of this class
Of bricks, the value Of which is $140-
214.60, divided as follows: For alulnina
bricks, $91,S66; for silica bricks, s4S,-
3486O.
Sewer pipe and drain tile were manu-
featured to some extent, but form no
great part Of the output. The valuation
of this is $17,16292. The remainder OF
the products manufactured consists of
front building brick, paving brick, side
walk blocks. fire clay tiles, lawn vases
and assayers' supplies and clay for con-
verter Innings From this variety Of
products 1t is readily seen that almost
any class of clay goods can be made in
Montana when sufficient demand for the
same warrants the undertaking.
In regard to the distribution of the
works throughout the state it is to be
noted that wherever there is demand
for the products the plants are estab-
lished. For this reason Deer Lodge,
Silver Bow. Cascade and Lewis and
Clarke counties produce most of the
brick to meet the demands of Butte,
Anaconda, Helena and Great Falls
The output by counties is as fol-
lows:
Deer Lodge county, brick. common,
14.426.3 NJ; front, 1898 NJ; fire 32s4 NJ;
sewer pipe, 43 M; total value, $250,651
Silver Bow county, brick, common.
2o,240. M; sewer pipe, 5000 feet; total
value $12S, TAO
Cascade county, brick, common, 1900
NJ; fire, so9os NJ; total value s23,3s4.
Lewis and Clarke county, brick com
mon, 1900 M; front, 90 Nj fire, 80 M
1924. 81.
Missoula county, 1000 M; total value
$500.
Carbon county, $50 M; total value
81. GAO
Yellowstone county, rs NJ; total value,
1925.
Gallatin county, 700 NJ; total value,
$4,000.
Park county, 500 M; total value,
IS, 000
Comparing the different companies or
manufactures in the state are found
several who produce on large scale.
The Standard Brick chinp1ny of Ana
conda is one of the creates, If not the
greatest, as the value of the output of
this company exceeds all others. They
lead in all kinds Of clay goods with the
one exception of common building
brick, in which Lee Mattingly of Butte
lead all others with an output of 1900
M. This company makes front building
brick and. fire brick of both kinds as
all ND %Ia tntn nf at-t n1y
made was 5000 M, with value at the
yards of s133,500
The brick department of the Ana
conda Copper Mining company at Ana
conda comes next in Importance Of
total output. Their products are eer1-
mon and front building. brick. alum
ina and silica fire brick: T.713 M were
made in 1885, having value of s101;-
359
The yards in Silver Bow county which
are all in or near Butte produce MAIN
" common building brick, the VIII de
20i240 M coming from this place.
One company, the Butte Sewer Pipe
& Tile company, makes sewer pine In
addition to the brick. The value of this
product was $4,000 for the year.
In Cascade county the clay industry
is principally that Of making fire brick
and producing fire clay, ETC., TO be
shipped as such to the smelters. Tile
Yards are located in or around Great
Falls.
The Kessler Brick & Sewer Pipe
works of Helena makes the greatest
variety of goods of any concern Th'a
output consists of common and front
building brick, alunina fire brick.
sewer pipe and drain tile, vitrified nav
ing brick, fire clay tiles, lawn vases and
assayers supplies and was valued a
$22.32422.
The switzer Brick & Terra Gotta
company of Blossburg Deer Lodge
county, Is on the main line of he
Northern PACIFIC railroad aud is really
producer for Lewis and Clarke oour-
ty. Besides producing common and
front building brick there is made tile
and sidewalk blocks of the general size
SxSx2a inches, for which good mar
ket existed.
The other yards of the state were run
principally to supply local wants and
in view of the small amount of building
done there was no great prosperity in
this line; 1000 NJ were made at Mis-
soula for the construction of the build
ings of the State university at that
place.
The value per NJ for building brick at
the yards is placed at figures depending
upon apparently the supply and the de-
mand. The highest value given is 50
and the lowest S., with an average of
all of 1857. The lowest value for any
one section of the state is found in
Butte, where but $3.50 is charged on
the average for M.
Fire brick commanded rather high
price. which was for the aluminous
variety, 1888. and for the siliceous
variety, 1914, per thousand.
In the year 1899 there will probably
be no less brick made than In 1888, al
though no great increase will be made,
A general healthy growth is apparent
in the cities of the state which will
make demand for more brick than last
year, while the demand for fire brick
will be greater.
Cheap Deception.
From the Mining and Scientific Press.
Among other foolish practices which OF
late have become particularly noticeable
is the reporting of the sale of mining
property in the prospective stage of de-
q EGr.ia.