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from Wales. So satisfactory has tlio sulistitiUe proven that it has captured the 

 market in the western copper-producing states. A hirge foundry, boiler and 

 machine shop plant is also operated which does custom work as well as work 

 for the smelter and the mines. 



A large research department is conducted at Anaconda by the Anaconda Cop- 

 per Mining Company, which, besides developing new processes for the treatment 

 of ore, also develops processes for the utilization of by-products. 

 Expect More An electrolytic process for the treatment of zinc ores was 

 Manufactiu'ing developcul by the department which has resulted in Montana 

 taking third rank among the states in the production of this 

 metal. A new method for coloring copper shirigles was per- 

 fected here. The more complete utilization of smelter by-products and the pro- 

 duction of a variety of manufactui'od articles in Montana is said to be only a 

 question of time. 



While most of the ore treated in the Anaconda plant conies from Butte, there 

 are a number of mining districts in the northern part of the county. The 

 county has produced commercially gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. It also 

 has coal and limestone. Sapphires have been found along Dry Cottonwood Creek. 



The main lines of the Northern Pacific and of the Chicago. Milwaukee & 

 St. Paul follow the Deer Lodge River west, and two east and west highways 

 traverse the county. Between Butte and Anaconda is the only hard-surfaced 

 highway in the state. 



Anaconda, modern and up to date in all respects, is the only city in the 

 county. Beautifid scenery is found in the moiuitains. and attractive Alpine lakes. 

 The smokestack at the smeltt^r is the highest in the world — 585 feet. A large state 

 fish hatchery is maintained at Anaconda from which many streams are 

 stocked aiuumlly. 



DEER LODGE COUNTY — Ranks ninth in population (15.323); fifty-second in area 

 (476,800 acres); fifty-first in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; thirteenth in 

 1920 mineral production; twelfth in bank deposits. 1922; eleventh in assessed valuation, 

 1922. Acres public land, 7.052; acres state land, 8.718; acres national forests, 239,352. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, $302,500; estimated livestock 

 value, January, 1923, $455,000; metal production, 1920, $146,599; total bank deposits, 

 September 15. 1922, $3,820,709. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation. $32,590,627; total taxable value, 

 $10,078,615. Total outstanding- county bond indebtedness, $143,000; total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $22,306; total outstanding school bond indebtedness, 

 $32,600; other school debts. $300. Total general and special county taxes, $154,267; 

 total general and district school taxes, $174,716; total municipal taxes, $91,647; total 

 state taxes, $46,464; total tax (inclusive municipal), per capita, $30.48. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 18; enrollment, 1.536. Number high 

 schools, 1 : enrollment, 526. Other institutions. State Hospital for Insane at Warm 

 Springs; State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Galen. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Number of railroads, 3; railway mileage, exclusive spurs 

 and sidetracks, 84.06. 'Number of manufactures (.Anaconda only), 22; average number 

 wage earners, 272; value of products. $1,340,695. Number of banks, 2. Numbei' general 

 stores, 4; confectionerv, etc., 30; groceries and meats, 49; lumber yards, 3; total number 

 merchants, 217. Total" assessed valuation 1922 merchandise. $1,154,235. Number cream- 

 eries, 1. Number of lawyers, 12. Number of physicians, 17. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — NumVier farms. 202; farm acreage, 58,484; im- 

 proved farm acreage. 24,210; irrigated acreage, 13,474; average value all property, 

 per farm. $12,405. Livestock assessed 1922 — number cattle, 3,877; number sheep, 6,206; 

 number horses, 1,415; number swine (census), 1,410. 



CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA — At Anaconda. Elevation, 5.288 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, June 10; average date first killing frost in fall, September 11. 



An- 

 Jan. Feb. Afar. April Mav June .Tulv Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. nual 

 Ave Prec .90 .70 .87 .92 2.22 2.22 1.33 .95 1.28 .91 .80 .75 13.85 



Ave! Temp. 23.5 25.5 31.9 40.8 47.8 55.5 63.2 61.9 52.8 44.7 33.7 25.3 42.2 



County Seat, Anaconda. Population County Seat, 11,668. 



County Agricultural Agent — No. 



♦Statistics on the number of manufactures, average number wage earners and the 

 value of products are not available, the 1920 census .grouping Lewis and Clark, Deer 

 Lodge and Treasure counties together so as not to disclose the operations of individual 

 establishments. The combined figures for the three counties are: Number of establish- 

 ments, 83; average number wage earners, 3.445; value of products, $44,560,516. By far 

 the larger number of wage earners, and much of the value of the product can be credited 

 to the operations of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Anaconda. 



