The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-02
MONTANA MINING;
FEDERAL FIGURES
PRODUCTION OF THE TREASURE
STATE AS COMPILED BY
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Gold Output Decreasing but Silver
Increasing; Dredging in Madison
County About at an End; Copper,
Lead and Zinc.

first six months of 1928, according
to a statement issued by the depart
ment OF the interior, based On stats
tics compiled by C. N. Gerry OF the
OF the geological survey. The cleo
trolytic zinc plant e "a Great Falls
was being operated at capacity, and
the copper plant at Anaconda was
treating ore and concentrate at a
rate far In excess of that in 1922.
The increase in the prices of copper,
lead and zinc has stimulated mining
at Butte and other districts of the
than in recent years, though more
men are needed at Butte.
Gold
Montana produced gold valued at
$~1,656,757 in 1922, an increase from
$~1,480,763 in 1921. In 1928 the out
put of gold is increasing from copper
ore and silver ore, but gold from gold
ore has decreased, especially in Lewis
and Clark county, and gold from
dredge operations in Madison county
has ceased. The Barnes-King Devel-
opment company decided to abandon
the Shannon mine, near Marysville,
which has been a large producer of
gold for several years. The activity
at the Jardine mine, in Park county,
the resumption of gold production in
Phillips county, and additional ship
ments of gold-bearing iron ore from
Deer Lodge county may offset de-
creases from other mines. Gold in
Montana has decreased steadily since
1915, when the output was valued at
more than $5,000,000.
Silver
The output of silver from Montana
in 1922 was 12,468,151 ounces, val
6,558,713 ounces in 1921. In the
early part of 1928 a substantial in
creas was shown in the production
of both zinc ore and copper ore, which
will doubtless have a beneficial effect
on the production of silver. Opera
tors at Butte, Philipsburg, Neihart
and other camps we're speeding up
operations so as to market their ores
before the termination of the Pitt
man act, The production of silver
during the last half of the year may
be somewhat c~urtailed, but the
change in price will not prevent the
operation of the large producers. In
the value of the silver was more
than ~ pei cent of the total value
of the mine output, but increases in
the price and output of copper, lead
and zinc in 1923 will be much great
than the decrease in the value of
Copper
The output of copper in Montana
1922 was 165,754, 442 pounds,
at $~22,376,850, as compared
with 4~8,098,730 pounds, valued at
b6,2O4,736 in 1921. Since the cop
per producers of Butte resumed OPP
in 1922, the rate of produc-
ion has been steadily increased. The
East Butte, North Butte,
lavis-Daly and smaller properties
we're producing at the rate of about
100000 pounds of copper a month !
,arly in 1923, as compared with an {
lverage of nearly 100000 pounds !
1922. During the last 10 years,
n account of the greatly decreased
of the last four years, the !
.verage yearly production of copper !
n Montana was only about 230,000,- .
POuA0O. LILO DuItO " R0PO11OA
is now shipping considerably :
ore to Anaconda, as well as )
maintaining a high rate of produc- !:
ion of zinc. 4
Montana produced 2~9,767,479 lbs. '
f lead in 1922, an increase from TO- q
36,917 pounds in 1921. AS the pro- I
uction of zinc ore and lead-zinc ore 7
been decidedly increased, the out s
ut of lead will be correspondingly G
reater. Much of this class of ore is q
eng mined from the Butte & SUI T
erior, Elm Orlu and Anaconda 5
and a large production of sill I
er-lead ore is being produced from l
ne Elm Orlu and other Clark prop E
rites. A large increase was noted in II
shipments Of bullion from the u
,ad smelling plant at East Helena,
[ont., and several companies in Cas-
ade and Judith Basin counties were t
lipping at a better rate. s,
Zinc q
The output of recoverable zinc in IL
.ontana in 1922 was 119,069,818 G,
ounds, an increase from ~23,275,966
ounds in 1921. Late in 1922 the tt
ice of zinc increased to such an ex- e,
mt that the companies at Butte re- W
lmed operations. Early in 1928 the a,
.ectrolytic zinc plant near Great ia
alls was operating at capacity, and m
Butte & Superior, Elm Orlu, An tt
,onda, Emma, Hibernia and Moulton re
ere actively supplying the plants at til
naconda and Great Falls with zinc ri
and concentrates. The milling &C
zinc ore and lead-zinc ore is done to
rgely at Anaconda, but some of the
aterial is treated at the Timber DC
lite plant at Butte, which is used pc
a custom mill. sa
In April the Anaconda Copper Min tn
g company paid a dividend of 49, be
10, 900, and in March the Butte Cop an
r and Zinc company paid $780, tn
%.
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