A Hay Fed Winner in Beaverhead. 



there is untold wealth in its hills, and that the same state is rapidly obtaining 

 similar pre-eminence in an agricultural way. But statistics compiled by depart- 

 ments of the national government show this is the fact. 



Placer mining, which first attracted the fortune seeker to Montana, is not 

 carried on on a very large scale today. It has given place to quartz mining. 

 Instead of the gold being taken out of the gravel and sands of the streams it is 

 now taken out of the mineral bearing rocks which are taken from the hills. Gold, 

 silver, and copper mining employs in Montana today directly many thousands of 

 men; many more thousands indirectly, and the industry in a dozen counties 

 furnishes a splendid market for the products of the farms. There are as attractive 

 opportunities today for the man who desires to invest in the mining industry as 

 have been offered at any time in the history of the state. 



The total mineral production of the state in 1917 was $113, 00,000, in gold, 

 silver, copper, zinc and lead. Copper is the principal metal and zinc is very 

 important. The state ranks second in the production of copper, silver and zinc 

 and fifth in the production of gold. It leads in manganese. 



Forests and Lumber. 



An important industry for many years in the state has been that of lumbering. 

 The great and rapid decrease in timber lands led the national government to set 

 aside vast areas as national forests, in which every possible effort is being made 

 to protect and foster the production of timber. There are eighteen national forests 

 in the state, with a large force of foresters to care for the tracts. Besides this the 

 state has control of a large area under its foresters. 



The lumber mills are large and their output important. The markets in 

 Montana and nearby states are supplied from Montana mills and much is sent to 



