The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-12-19
Mine INSPECTOR REPORTS
State Official Speaks Favor
ably Of Quito ok in Lin
coin ar d Flathea d

Helena, Mont.-During the year
ending November 80, 1912, an
army of 900 men was furnished
employment in the nlires of Mon
tana, according to the annual re-
port of State Mine inspector Will
liam Walsh. Reviewing the entire
field in the state, Mr.. Walsh says
the mining industry is looking
brighter and is showing improve
m lent in numerous directions.
"Conditions have shaped for a
greater production in the near fu-
ture. That is especially true of
the gold camps. In the western
part of the state in Lincoln and
Flathead counties, after long pc
riod of idleness, mines are in oper-
alton today that have yielded mil
lions of dollars in mineral wealth.
and they show a condition of en-
enlargement.
The report shows that during
the year 27S mines were inspected.
There were AZ fatal accidents and
IS nonfatal accidents. Fourteen
thousand five hundred men were
employed making the percentage of
fatal accidents to each 900 men
3.21, and the percentage of nonfatal
accidents to each 1 900 men 1.31.
To the number of men employed,
Mr.. Walsh adds 500 to include the
scattered prospectors, small oper-
ators employing from two to five
men, and also the leasers.
-Four men were killed by pre-
mature blasts, II by falling of rock
or ground. 3 by cages in shafts;
: by falling down ore chutes; q by
falling down manways and shafts;
two by coming in contact with
electric wires; and one each from
the following causes: Heart failure
in mine, falling down raise, crushed
under ore car, and caught by fall
ing ore chute. In connection with
mine accidents the report has chap
ters devoted to Compensation for
Quartz Mine Accidents" =" rigid
Discipline N e d ed in Mines, y
Regulation of Mine Ventilation, -
"The use of Compressed Air for
Ventilation Purposes, dangers
of Electric Wires and How to Avoid
Them, - IS N e Suggestions" F."
"Mine Hosting Signals Code, y
"Safe Use OF Explosives, Acct
dents in the use of Explosives, y
and "Accidents.'
His report on Lincoln county is
as follows:
Lincoln county has not attracted
the attention which this mineral
bearing section merits. The entire
Cabinet range south of Libby has
some of the most meritorious min
eralized zones in the state. Where
proper development has been done,
commercial ore has been discovered
in all parts of the districts. Con-
siderable capital has been invested
in the Snowshoe district and plans
are under way for installing the
necessary plants for the reduction
of ores which are of a concentrating
character, Promising copper lodes
have been found on the Northfork
of the Plat river. The Libby and
West Fisher districts show a steady
Improvement.
Concerning the mineral outlook
in Flathead county, the state mine
inspector has the following to say:
"The mineral resources of Flat
head county are very extensive in
area Several districts in this
county afford unequalled induce
ments to capital for the develops
ment of profitable producing mines.
The mineral selections of the Flat
head reservation have showing in
gold and silver which are not ex-
celled anywhere, and the strong.
persistent figures discovered are
promising copper bearing lodes,