The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-11-10
NEWS OF MONTANA
) Important Happenings Of the
. Week Briefly Told.
INCREASE IN LEAD AND ZINC,
Montana Records Gains, But Falls OF
in Gold, Silver and Copper.

J. WaShingtOn.-The value of the mine
output of gold, silver and copper, lead
and zinc in Montana in 1910, accord.
ing to V. c. Heikes, of the United
States geological survey, was $4S,-
35S,253, against $51 ,429, 694 in 1909, q
decrease of 1901 ,440. occasioned al
most entirely by the lessened output
of copper ores.
= The value Of the gold. silver and
copper combined was $4,326.S6S less
than in 1909. while the value of the
lead and zinc yield was .$1,255.427
more than in 1909. The value of the
production of Silver Bow county,
which includes the Butte district, was
81 per cent of the total value of the
metals from Montana. The decrease
in value in this county was So, Jos, S61,
SO that the combined production of the
other counties in Montana was slight.
ly greater in 1910 than in 1909.
The production of gold in 1910 was
only S6l.024 less than in 1909. The
greater part of the gold, 1921 .O6
fine ounces. or GA per cent of the total,
was from siliceous ores: and 31,441.93
ounces. or Il per cent, came from
copper ores. The placer gold in 1910
amounted to $575.917, Of which S473,-
2S5 was obtained by dredging. The
gold won from placers was S32.545
greater than in 1909. but that taken
from lode mines was $1,000 less.
The production Of silver in Montana
in 1910 was 12,162,S57 fine ounces,
against 1o.37S.714 ounce in 1909. Ne
vada now takes the leading. place in
silver output in the United States,
which Montana held in the years 1909
and 1908. OF Montana's 1910 output
Of silver, 9,153,590 ounces, or - per
cent, came from copper ores, and
~2,139,463 Ounces, or 17.6 per cent. from
siliCeous ores. Bullion at gold and
silver mills produced only 10000
unces while concentrates produced
S,208,G44 ounces and crude ore shipped
10 smelters contained 3,766,3I5 ounces.
Silver Bow county produced 10, 4O0.84O
ounces. or SD per cent OF the states
production, compared with &c, 20 1923
ounces in 1909.
The production OF copper in Mon
tana decreased from 312,O5S,011
pounds in 1909 to 2S4,S0S,533 pounds
in 1910. a loss of 22,21S,4G0 pounds.
The summit valley or Butte district
contributed all but ISL ,648 pounds OF
the total.
The production of lead in Montana
increased from 2,9S3,f30 pounds in
1909 to 4,106,29 pounds in 1910.
Nearly all the mctal-mining counties
in Montana made a small yield of
lead, but Jefferson county. with q pro-
duction of 1,915,492 pounds in 1910,
against 1.3GS,696 pounds in 1909, pro
duced nearly half Of the state output
in both years.
OF MOntana's zinc output in 1910,
which was 81 ,63S,1Sl pounds Figured
as spelter), against 9,359,724 pounds
in 1909, the summit valley district, in
Silver Bow county, produced all but
$4,000 pounds. Nearly all of the zinc
ore was sent to concentrating plants
and the concentrates produced con
tanned 3~1,334,204 pounds of zinc: the
crude ore sent to smelters yielded only
3O3, $50 pounds.
The lumber or deep MINES prOduc
ing metals in Montana in 1910 was
1923, against 44S in 1909, and the mum
Der of producing placer mines was
1871 against 10. The average total re
cOverable value per ton Of ore pro
duccd increased from $3.50 in 1909 t
$94l III 1910.
There were 5~,019,44G short tons o
ore from Montana sold or treated il
1910. a decrease of 3if,139 tons, o
about 6 per cent. The production o
copper ores, which amounted to neal
" 90 per cent of the total tOnn2g
treated. declined 4iS,GSi tOns. Onl
2GG,6S9 tons were treated in gold an
silver mills and GlG,39G tons Wer
shipped to crude to smeltcrs, bu
4,110,1l4 tons, or 50 per cent Of a
ore treated, were sent to c~Oncentratin
:. mills.