The Wolf Point herald., 1922-08-03

the gold, though they were idle
most of the year. In 1922 the Shan
non mine continues production; the
| lSwlssmont mine, at Elkhorn, i:
producing much gold, and the
Heating mine, at Toston, is agair
producing gold-bearing iron ore
Silver
The output of silver from Mon
tana in 1921 was 6,558,713 ounces
valued at 81 an ounce, a decrease
from 12,57o,178 ounces in 1920
The output of silver depends large
ly upon the mines of Butte, which
were being brought to productive
stage early in 1922. The output of
silver from copper ore will be
about half that of the normal year,
but the output of silver from zinc
ore will probably be great, as the
electrolytic plant at Great Falls is
treating an unusually large guam
| tity of concentrate from Butte In
1921 Granite and Cascade counties
were large producers of silver from
the mines at Philipsburg and Nei-
hart, and in 1922 they have contin-
|ued production from these sources,
and the output from the Neihart
Consolidated mine has been greatly
increased.
Copper
The output of copper in Montana
in 1921 was 48,098,730 pounds, val
ued at So, ,204,736, against normal
annual output of about 100000
pounds. Production was resumed
in February, 1922, and in April the
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. pro-
duced IA, 100000 pounds of copper
or about half its normal output.
The Pittsmont smelter was active,
but its output was below the aver
age, as the Colorado mine of the
Davis Daily Copper company was
idle. The copper output of 1922
will certainly exceed that of 1921
and may be greater than that of
1920, which was 177,059,26O. In
June nearly 1900 men were work
ing at the mines at Butte.
Lead
Montana produced 20,336,o17
pounds of lead in 1921, a decrease
from 31,253,916 pounds in 1920.
The lead output of Montana has
been considerable in recent years,
owing to the saving of lead in lead
zinc ores treated at Anaconda and
Great Falls. In May, 1922, the zinc
plant was running at full capacity,
principally on ores from the Butte
& Superior and Elm Orlu mines,
which no longer ship their concen-
trates to eastern zinc plants. The
lead smelling plant at East Helena
continued to increase its shipments
of lead bullion produced from ore
mined in Montana and Idaho. The
mines in Cascade and Judith Basin
counties were active producers of
both silver and lead. The Boston
Montana Corporation, in Beaver
head county, shipped much lead
concentrate to East Helena, and
he Lukens Halle and Snow Storm
mines, in Lincoln county, we're
again in operation.
Zinc
The output of zinc in Montana
IN 1921 was 23,275, ,o66 pounds, a
decrease from 184,337, ,786 pounds
in 1920. A large output of electro
ytic zinc is assured for 1922. The
Butte & Superior Mining company
was operating at full capacity in
April, and the Elm Orlu mine and
he zinc mines of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company were ship
oing zinc ore and concentrates to
Anaconda and Great Falls. The
Dhilipsburg Mining company in
Granite county was marketing a
arge quantity of silver-zinc ore,
md the Silver Dyke mine, in Cas-
,ade county, may become produc-
# of lead-zinc ore. No zinc ship |
nents are being made to eastern
inc smelters.
No dividends were paid by Mon
ana mines in the first half of 1922. |