Show HON EUGENE BRADEN assayer in charge of the united states assa ashay y office at helena montana hay has just completed his annual report on the mineral production of his state for the year 1899 which shows an increase 4 over the year previous of seventeen millions a record of which every resident of montana can well feel proud the output of the precious and base metals is given in by mr braden af a follows gold silver copper lead with the exception of gold a marked increase is noted in ill the production of all the metals the increase in the copper out output p ut being r especially marked the increase in the number of mills using the cyanide process of reduction promises to greatly increase the production of gold in montana 2 during the present year the outlook for the stale in the mineral line is certainly most encouraging |