Show MONTANA MAKES I POOR SHOWING SHOWINGS IN PRODUCTION S All l is Fall FallOff Off at atI atThe I i Mines lines les During Year lear f I The value Ine of ot the gold col silver sliver copper copper mined In Montana in in lead and zinc estimate of C. C 1919 un 9 according to the I United Sh States es geological X Gerry of or the cal eal Burve survey department o of tho interior was more moro than a decrease of about as compared with I Ithe All the metals but the value for InS 1915 I lead showed a decided decrease On I account of the low prices for copper I lead lend and zinc the mines at Butte soon I after LIter the tho first of tho the year ear reduced I their output to about 60 GO per cent of ot tho the normal Production lon lon from tho the mines was not seriously affected by I strikes thou though h there was some somo labor I trouble In February The value of or the tho gold output fell l from I in 1918 to about 2 2272 72 in 1919 a decrease of ot nearly 27 7 per cent The main decrease was tho the output output output out out- put of oi gold derived from copper ores I there were slight decreases decreases' of ot gold I derived from iron ore siliceous ore CI and nd from 1 dredging d Tho The ti Cn Barnes Barnes i ln In 1 Fer nci TT Kin King 11 ud 1 II Mining Alining company pUI U 1 Ig b m n v j g CI and Lewis and Clerk Clark counties produced produced pro- pro I tho the most gold from siliceous siliceous' ores tho the Southern Cross mine in Deer I Lodge count county produced much less gold Sold Tho The mine output of or silver decreased from ounces in 1918 1915 to about ounces in 1919 and the value of tho the output decreased from irom to about In InS 1918 and 1919 Montana was leading silver producer of tho the United States In 1019 1919 in past years ears most of or this sliver silver came from copper ores but a large part o of the increase consisted of ot residues from I inc ores both those smelted In the east cast and those treated in the electrolytic electrolytic elec elec- plant at Great Falls Fans Mont I elec-I The principal producers of silver were the Anaconda Copper Mining company com com- company om- om pan pany Butte C Superior Elm Orlu North Butte East Butte Davis Daly Dah Butto Reduction works tailing dump and the Granite-Bimetallic Granite mine mino at Philipsburg The output of ot copper decreased from 3 pounds in 1915 1918 to i about pounds In 1919 This represents a decrease of 1429 I pounds In quantity p and in value The average monthly production production of oC the Anaconda Anaconda Anaconda An An- tion JOI of the smelting plants Copper company at Great Falls and Anaconda according to published statements was nearly pounds of or copper as a against 2 pounds in InS 1918 Tho The plant of the East Butto Butte company produced more than pounds a month instead of at pounds as In l 1918 lS In addition to tho the mines of tho the Anacon Anaconda Anaconda Ana Ana- con conda a. a and East Butte Dulle companies tho the North Butte Davis Daly DalP Dutto Dutte Reduction tion works dump Butte Bulle Ramsdall Elm I I Orlu Butto Butte Duluth Butte 8 Superior Tuolumne and produced considerable copper I The mine production of or lead In Increased Increased increased In- In creased from pounds in 1918 1913 to about pounds in 1919 but the value of the output decreased from to about A large party part of tine tho lead lead d' d was obtained from irom the zinc lead ores of at the Butte dis dIs- Tho The Snowstorm mine at Troy in Jefferson county count were also notable contributors products By-products from irom the tho electrolytic zinc plant at Great Falls Fans have havo added greatly to the totals of both hoth silver and lead The lead smelter 1 tor ter of oC the American Smelt Smelting nS' nS 8 Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining company at East Helena was active on ores and concentrates most I of them shipped from Idaho and andIon Mon Ion tana The output of or recoverable zinc in ini i Montana decreased from pounds in 1918 1915 to about pounds In 1919 The Tho value of ot tho the output output output out out- put decreased from Crom to about The Tho principal zinc producers producers pro pro- of Montana were the Butte Bulle I. I Superior Anaconda Elm Orlu and Butte Copper Zinc mines Smaller producers were wore tho the Snowstorm mine in Lincoln county count the Davis Daly Dah at Butte and tho the Montana Consolidated in Je Jefferson count county p. p Most of ot the zinc concentrate was smelted in the east cast but zinc ore from tho the mines of at the Anaconda Copper Mining company compan was concentrated at Anaconda and the concentrates concentrates concentrates con con- were leached at Great Falls The electrolytic plant was active during during dur dur- ing 1919 but the output was less than that of or 1918 1915 when much custom material material mate mate- rial was treated IThe j I The dividends paid by Montana companies com corn panics for Cor the first eleven cleven months of or 1919 amounted to about The Tho principal dividend payers were tho the Anaconda Copper Mining compan company and the Barnes King Icing Mining lInin company compan I I |