Show MONTANA MINING INDUSTRY EDITOR the tha year 1801 was a remarkable orto one tor for tho the mining industry of montana Mo niana with less leas than one wall of the mining companies that thai publish their davjd dividends ads her mines paid more mor than one fourth of the profits received front from that industry la in tit abo united unite 1 I states with lor her lawsl largest copper pro duler town tor for about nine line months montana yet produced one third of the dull colored co lured enolal of the unite d states sta I 1 08 during the year her mines bulnes declared dividends aggregating wore than four and ono one quarto quarter millions of dollars do llara bringing lor total of dividends declared up lip to 10 tho the s sum sam of tho the prospect tor for tho the cassing year Is brighter than ever several pr promising 0 fills mining camps havo have been connected iab and in all probability cat eally ly in the car a line will bo be built to lo castle a camp abounding la in low grado grade oros which tau an tic bo worked to great advantage with cheap transportation to the urn elters no ko now camps of any consequence wore started during tho the year but kroat great discoveries liao havu beats diada of paying mines to la known brilts and of pay ore in old induce heretofore or which were wore bold beld against th the of SOM turning up with the ibo poul postil blo ble exception of the iho great drum lummen none of the big mines show chow an any sign of giving out und and oven even the iba ow owner fiery no bod d of this famous old producer hao groat great in ili its future and expect to strike before very long rich pay ore in their lower workings tho the sale alo of the grounds almog iho missouri river opposite helena to au an english syndicate for and the working of that the gold in ll it as IL well as for the roma goms means au all increase In trease in the iho gold cold output of the iho state slate during 1833 1892 rho liet that thai negotiations for the sale of the anaconda property properly are oil off and the nn an by tile management that hose properties will never again be flint down unless for unavoidable liable cause indicate that the production of copper will be greater reu lr than luan over its AS the output of that ono one company for last lait year fail oft off pounds pound tile output ot of lite ilia juines ot of montana tor for 1891 was over while those of colorado Colu rodo rado for tile tame same tasio were about this call it waste mitto of the iho miss output aces not include lier her coal mining of which no figures are ara ul at hand band but bill which will easily ally add another million in do dc I 1 tall tile ilia value of tho the output of 0 montana mines fur MI biml li Is OS ne follows gold gid 8 00 0 a liver baz eto copper loud lend total the declared by tho the seventeen cool companies pa a les of mon tann w abich mado made public their piones do not by any means represent tho the total local ot of tho the industry ii in this list are not toe included laded many of the iho richest eninas in the state such a tho the anaconda the mines or of IV A clink and of james A murray all in lite butto district and aich athin w the iho last few yo years are hive have made th or owners millionaires it Is estimated that lite profits of a years work add at least to the wealth ot of tho 1110 owners of f the lite anaconda and tile the mines milles of the tha other atto mentioned are returning immense pr olits A great deal of was expended during the abo your year in mining tit in the ihn way of new ne machinery and the iho building of necessary concentrators tho the kingoff king ot montana in mines ines lot 1 lite granite which m aich paid last year in ili divide dividends ids Sl bringing its total up to noil next on oil tho the list hat ol of those making known their profits conk athe el ei metallic which declared dividends aggregating these to lo 10 mines aro located near and are practically 0 tied by the samo same parties unite butle city easily maintains its pros proa tago as tho the greatest ii iloine camp on 00 earth and Is of courso the chief factor m lien tile iho of montana aria are to bo considered with few exceptions the iho great mines of tho are octa located almost within the corporals corp oralo limits of that ell cit though tile the exceptions aro are ery conspicuous the blatto boston company colip iny employs mou men I 1 tho the anaconda company lit in their mines mine sod and 1500 1500 at their smelter smeller tho the parrot the iho giue bird the iho IN Moi foulton illon the colorado cow company pally the boston montana insignificant exceptions the iho wines mines and smellers sm sui ellers elters of butte aro are all full force and tho the prospects for a prosperous bear i oar tie net er cr acro w ere better bellot it Is thought tho the nuisance lias has been largely abated in lite iho great caulp camp and that henceforth no serious epidemics of ard and influenza will fin imperil perill the alves of those living in the city when ateo from tho the sulphur falnes of the iho sm elters butte butle Is as a residence place as any mining camp iviah prospects for a year in mining and with vl li not less indications of nit an equally successful year in n tho the stolk business busl maulana begins 1802 1891 with grout great CORO dence S mont jan IG 1893 1843 |