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MONTANA : INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



Regis, whei'e it turns northward. From St. Ro^'i.s a Northern Pacific brancli line 

 runs \Aest\vard and taps tlie Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho. A main east 

 and west highway parallels the railroads. 



Superior is the county seat and the largest town. At Haugan. in the west end 

 near Saltese, is the tree nursery of the Forest Service. St. Regis is a railroad 

 junction point. 



Beautiful scenery, splendid fishing and good big game hunting are among 

 some of the tourist attractions of the county. Several hunting lodges are main- 

 tained by licensed guides. 



MINERAL COUNTY — Ranks fifty-fourth in population (2,327): forty-eighth in area 

 (787,200 acres); fifty-fourth in combined 1922 crop and livestock value; twenty-first in 

 1920 mineral produition; fift>-fourth in bank deposits, 1922; forty-sixth in assessed 

 valuation, 1922. Acres public land, 55,100; acres state land, 26,085; acres national 

 forests, 581,979. 



WEALTH PRODUCTION — Estimated 1922 crop value, $64,500: estimated livestock 

 value, Januarv, lli23. .«;81,100: metal production, 1920. ?23,054; 1921 lumber cut, 367 M 

 feet; total bank depi sits, September 15, 1922, .$126,545. 



TAXATION 1922 — Total assessed valuation, $11,481,992; total taxable value, 

 $4,266,864. Total outstanding county bond indebtedness, $185,000: total outstanding 

 county warrant indebtedness, $8,798; total out.slan<ling school bond indebtedness, 

 $109, (JOO. Total general and special county taxes, $103,304; total general and district 

 school taxes. $101,088; total state taxes, $19,584; total tax (inclusive municipal), per 

 capita, $96.25. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number graded schools, 14; enrollment, 398. Number high 

 school.-^. 3: enrollment, 100. 



BUSINESS STATISTICS — Number of railroads, 2; railway mileage, exclusive spurs 

 and sidetracks, 168.50. Number of manufactuies, 7; average number wage earners, 

 167; value of products, $332,246. Number of banks, 1. Number general stores, 14; 

 confectionery, etc., 5; groceries and meats. 6: lumber yards, l; total number merchants, 

 54. Total assessed valuation 1922 merchandise, $47,805. Numlier saw mills, 4. Num- 

 ber of lawyers, 1. Number of i)hysicians, 2. Developed hydro-electric plant capacity, 

 144 horse power. 



AGRICULTURE (1920 census) — Number farms, 95; farm acreage, 20,209; im- 

 proved faim acreage. 5,160: irrigated acreage, 967: average value all propeity. per farm, 

 $7,559. Livestock assessed 1922 — -number cattle, 872; number sheep, 69; number horses, 

 580; numbei- swine (census), 327. 



CLIMATO LOGICAL DATA — At Superior. Elevation, 2,975 feet. Average date last 

 killing frost in spring, June 7; average date first killing frost in fall, September 7. 



Ave. Prec. 



Ave. Temp. 

 County 

 County 



Jan. 



1.38 



24.3 



Seat, 



Feb. Mar. 



1.15 1.87 



28.2 36.4 



Superior. 



April May 

 1.16 2.34 

 41.8 49.8 



Population 



Agricultural Agent — ^No. 



June July Aug. Sept. 

 1.62 1.03 .90 1.60 

 57.8 66.0 65.0 55.0 



Countv Seat, 865. 



Water-Power Electricity Is Abundant 



