Show 1924 metal production the value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc produced from mines in montana in 1924 according to C in gerry of the geological survey was a decrease from in 1923 A k large b increase was made in the production of copper and gold the output of silver was close to the production of 1923 lead increased slightly but zinc was decidedly less the value of the output of gold increased from in 1923 to in 1924 the spectacular feature of the year was the large production of gold and silver ty by the jib mining company operating near basin jefferson county the new ton flotation mill began work in february making the largest output of gold from any mine in montana the anaconda copper mining company and the jardine and Drum lumon mines followed the general in increase in gold was rather surprising as the shannon ruby gulch and swissmont Swiss mont properties large producers in 1923 were closed encouraging reports came from the august mine near sandusky phillips county and the old drum lumon mine at marysville marksville Marys ville where mills were again operated at butte considerable gold came from brorn the anaconda goldsmith butte west side butte superior elm orlu moulton and poser mines silver decreases slightly the mine output of silver decreased slightly from 13 ounces in 1923 to ounces in 1934 and the value decreased from to as the price of silver averaged only about 67 cents an ounce the majority of the silver came from the property of the anaconda copper mining company which operates icooper mines and lead zinc mines at butte A decrease in silver from the east butte north butte elm orlu champion and philipsburg mines was balanced by an increase from the anaconda butte superior jib anselmo silver dyke and butte west side mines the property of the davis daily copper company including the colorado and hibernia mines was sold to the anaconda copper mining company in march the largest producers of silver in 1924 were the anaconda butte superior elm orlu silver dyke anselmo goldsmith jib butte west side moulton poser east butte and block P mines copper output shows big gain the output of copper increased from pounds in 1923 to pounds in 1924 but the value of the output decreased slightly from to the anaconda copper mining company was producing copper at an average rate of pounds a month at the smelting smelling sm elting plant at anaconda a creditable record of increase increase in view of the decreased price of copper though some of the butte mines were closed much development work was done especially in deepening shafts the smelter shelter of the east butte copper mining company at Pitts mont was closed in july after it was found that the ore of the colorado mine would be shipped to anaconda the largest copper producers were the anaconda butte superior east butte colorado silver dyke anselmo and jib mines lead makes good showing the mine production of lead increased from pounds valued at in 1923 to pounds valued at in 1924 other than the lead from the zinc ore and lead zinc ore mined at butte from the butte superior elm orlu anaconda anselmo moulton butte copper zinc and poser mines much lead was produced from the silver dyke mine near neihart the block P mine in judith basin county the hecla slag dump n beaverhead county and from the snow storm jib sterling and angelica mines the lead smelting smelling sm elting plant at east helena was unusually active treating ore and residues from montana as well as lead concentrate from idaho zinc does not fare so well the output of recoverable zinc in montana decreased from pounds in 1923 to about pounds in 1924 the value decreased from to the electrolytic zinc plant near great falls is expanding in as a custom plant since it treated zinc concentrates shipped from montana idaho utah and nevada at butte the largest producers of zinc were the butte superior elm orlu anaconda anselmo butte moulton and poser mines both the copper ore and zinc ore of the butte superior mine were concentrated at anaconda the mill at butte being idle ore from the elm orlu and other mines was separated into lead and zinc products at the timber butte mill south of butte the anaconda copper mining company paid in dividends in january but passed the other quarterly payments |