Show J TAKEN FROM THE EARTH What Forty Years Gold Mining Min-ing in Montana Produced BILLION DOLLARS THE MARK t Interesting Figures From the Report of Assayor In Charge of United States Assay Ofilco in Helena to Director of the Mint for the Year 1001 Tho Document Just Issued Shows Mineral Product for Year Amounted to More Than Sixty Millions of Dollars Helena Mont June SThe report of > S D H Tatcm asayer In charge of the Unlltd Suites nssuy office at Helena to tho director of the mint for tho year 1001 lust Issued shows that t I he wilne of tho t gold silver copper and lend produced In Montana that year was 30JS7C1301 Of that amount 4M l 7179 wua In gold 1S C1Ullil I 1 silver S > VTf lS37SI 1 In copper mill 5tS T22l In lead As compared with the production of ltt 1 the decrease Is I about S3MOOOO clue to the lessened production of copper The report shows Unit since the discovery discov-ery of gold In Montana forty years ago more thnn one billion dollars has bocy taken fiom tho streams mid mountains III t lie State Little ehanp In tile vajuo of the gold produced UH compared with the previous years Is shown and attention Is called to this enlarged use of the cynnld Ing process during the year There was also little change In tho value of the silver sil-ver produced In the table showing the production by counties Lewis and Clark loadn In the valuo of the gold I with lOV5iasK Gnin ftc leads in the vttluo of silver with S2 r1QI r lfl Silver Bow In copper with 2277I220J fine pounds Monghcr loads In thu production of lead with 250003 hue pounds |