The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-31
BUTTE CAMP HAD
A PROSPEROUS YEAR
Splendid Increase Noted in
the Output of Copper and
Metal Market.
MORE MINES AT WORK
Silver and Zinc Production in
Montana Was Smaller
Last Year.
MORE MINES AT WORK

The value Of the mine production Of
gold, silver, copper. lead and zinc In Mon
lana in 1912. according to V. c. Feikes
OF the United States geological survey
was S64,754.613, against s46,9 ,28T In
1911. an increase OF SIT, ,799, ,326 due to the
greater production and higher value Of
copper, The value Of the silver. copper
and lead combined was s18,5244 437 more
than in 1911. while the value Of the gold
and zinc was s725,111 less than In 1911
The value Of the production Of Silver
Bow county. which includes the Butte
district, was over SO per cent Of the total
value Of the metals from Montana In 1912
The increase In value in this county was
sl77sS,69S so that the combined produc-
ton Of the other counties In Montana
1911.
The production of gold in 1912 was val
ued at $685. against s3.710,571 IN
9s.77a.72 ounces, was derived from sill
ceous ores; 39,010 80 ounces or 22.2 per
cent from placers and 34,200.S3 ounces,
or 1910 per cent, from copper ores. The
of which s71o3S7 was obtained by dredg-
Ing. The gold Won from placers in 1912
was S12l,6lS more than in 1911. and that
taken from the lode mines was s206. 954
ed az gold and silver mills amounted TO
81. 1.039,470. that from concentrates
amounted to $666.954, and that from
crude ores shipped TO smeltecs. s1,109. .255.
Silver and Copper.
The production Of silver in Montana in
1912 was i2,731. 63S ounces. valued at ST.
S29959, against II, ,985,19 ounces In 1911
Nevada will likely lead in silver output In
1872, followed by Utah and then by Mon
-. A1<,yNt m
iO,655,055 ounces. or s3.7 per cent. came
from copper ores and 1918, 900 ounces. or
about 10 per cent, from sillceous ores.
Bullion recovered at gold and silver mills
centrates produced S,59T, 953 ounces and
crude ore shipped to smelters contained
1859. 623 ounces. Silver Bow county pro-
duced 1881 ounces. or 50 per cent,
OF the states production, compared with
an output OF 10,25S. 122 ounces in 1911.
The production Of copper in Montana
Increased from 272.S47.7O5 pounds in 1911
to 909, 1888, S73 pounds valued at s51 Jog, a1i.
Summit valley or Butte district contrib
uted all but 1,6l6,S26 pounds of the to-
tai
The production of lead In Montana in
creased from 6.43l.575 pounds in 1911 TO
7.i46,749 pounds valued at 1895, ,1O3. in
1912 Nearly all Of the metal mining
counties in Montana made a small yield
OF lead. but Cascade. Jefferson. Lincoln
and Silver Bow counties, with a produc-
ton of 6.255,272 pounds in 1912. against
4, 233 pounds in 1911. produced 81 per
cent of the output for the state Of Mon
tana In 1912 and "A per cent OF the out
put in 1911
Montana's zinc output in 1912, reported
as spelter. aggregated 26.91S,8S1 pounds.
valued at sl.s57, 1902 against 43.S10.145
pounds In 1911. The Summit valley dis
trict, in Silver Bow county Yielded all
the sulphide concentrates. containing 26,-
792,550 pounds OF spelter. and Jefferson.
Lincoln and Fergus counties produced
l26,3S1 pounds, the content OF sulphide
and carbonate ore shipped direct TO east
ern reduction works.