Show MONDAY EVEN EVENI 1 METAl OUTPUT CUT TU TO fURTH FOURTH Montana's 1921 Production Against 65 in 1020 I The alue of the gold sliver silver II er copper lead and zinc mined In Montana In 1021 accord leg Ing to the estimate of C. C N. N Gerry of the United States geological survey department of ot the interior was about a de decrease decrease de- de decrease crease from Irons the value of In its 1020 and the unusually Poor market conditions unusual y low prices of copper lead and zinc resulted In the closing of the large copper and zinc mines at Butte Dutte In April Though there was wa some Home activity In mining silver sliver and and lver silver silver- all the metals was lead ores oree the o output of al far tar below normal The value of the output of gold decreased from In 1020 to about In 1121 The production of gold from copper copper cop cop- copper per ores was greatly greaty reduced and the output output out out- output put from tons siliceous ores and placers wa was was' much lee les than than In 1020 The mine output of silver aller l er decreased front from ounces In 1020 1920 to about ounces In 1121 and the value of the output decreased ed from to about 00 In past pat years year most mOlt of the sliver silver came from copper ores orel but In 1021 many of the copper mines and other large producers producer of silver sliver were Idle the greater part of the year earThe ear The Butte Dutte and Superior Mining company a a. large producer of silver from zinc ore made madeno no shipment In 1021 1921 and other zinc silver zinc lver mines at Butte were operated only part of the time The principal producers of silver were the Anaconda Copper Mining company company Elm Orlu Hibernia East Rait Butte Bute Colorado Granite BimetallIc Granle Champion Philipsburg Neihart Consolidated and Tuolumne proper proper- tie tes The output of ot copper decreased from pounds pound In 1020 to about pounds in 1021 1621 The rhe Anaconda Anaconda and smelters during January February ebru ary and and March produced an average of more than pounds of copper a a month Alter After the copper plant at Anaconda Anaconda v was a closed the plant was active onore on onore onore ore from the Davis Davi Daly and East Eat Butte Bute properties but In irs November the Colorado mine of the Davis Davia Daly company was closed Shipment Shipment from the North Butte Dute and Tuolumne were also discontinued in March and the Butte Bute and Duluth and mines mine were idle throughout the year ear The closing losing of the Anaconda Anaconda Copper Mining company's mines and smelters smelter smelter was a serious hardship to the people of Butte Dutte but later In n the year unemployment was relieved in small part by the mining mining and treatment of some lome zinc silver ore The mine production of lead decreased from pounds in 1020 1920 to about 21 pounds In ifs If 1021 and the value of the he output decreased from to about The output of recoverable zinc In Men Men- Lana tana decreased from pounds In 1920 to about pounds In 1921 The value of the output decreased from 14 1 to about No lo zinc concentrate con con- was shipped to Eastern zinc plants plant but the electrolytic zinc plant near Great Fals Falls was partly party operated on silver zinc ores from the Anaconda company's mines at i at Butte Dutte The Butte and ana Superior 5 and the Emma mines were idle and and the Elm Film Orlu mine produced zinc ore only durIng dur dur- ing Log January and February No lo dividends were paid by mining raining companies companies com corn panics operating in Montana during the first eleven months month of 1021 |