1G4 MONTANA: INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES 



boards at the Montana Wosleyan College, Helena, were made here. It is said 

 electrical appliance companies and liilliard top concerns that have tested this 

 slate report it is very high grade and particularly suitable for switchboards and 

 billiard tops. 



SO.VPSTONE 



Uses — The mctst generally known u.se is in hot-cake griddles. An ingredient 

 of some lubricants, and utilized in a variety of other ways. 



Occurrence — iCciioiicd liy Rowe in a coal mine four miles southeast of Gilt 

 Edge, Fergus coiuity. and in a coal mine seven miles from Forsyth, on Smith 

 Creek, Rosebud county. Bod four feet in thickness reported by U. S. G. S. in 

 coal mine at Aldridge, Park county. 



SULPHUR 



Uses — In making sulphuric acid and paper pulp, as a fungicide or insecticide 

 in agriculture, and in certain explosive powders. More than half the total pro- 

 duction converted into sulphuric acid which is used in fertilizers in refining 

 petroleum, in pickling and galvanizing steel, and in making chemicals and drugs. 



Occurrence — As a by-product from the smelters in Deer Lodge and Lewis and 

 Clark counties. 



FORESTRY RESOURCES 



LUMBER AXD TIMBER 



Uses — The first material used by primitive man for shelter, fuel and utensils. 

 While in many lines other materials have been substituted, it is still indi.-^pen.sable 

 to man.v industries. The li.st of by-products .steadil.v grows and their uses mul- 

 tiply. Used in the building, transportation and extractive industries, and in a 

 wide variet.v of manufactured articles, from furnitiu-e to farm machiner.v. In 

 form of wood pulp is the chief source of most of the paper used, and in form of 

 pressed fiber has found many uses as sulisiitute for metal. Experimentally, 

 animal food products have been manufactured from it. 



Occurrence — The estimated timber stand of ^Montana is 50.509 million feet, 

 of which 39.70S million feet are under federal control. 17.501 million feet under 

 private control, and 2,.300 million feet iinder state control. The estimated stand 

 by species is as follows : Lodgepole pine. 14.599 million feet : Douglas fir. 7.366 

 million feet ; "Western larch. 4.364 million feet ; Western .vellow pine, 3.427 million 

 feet ; Engelmann spruce, 2.749 million feet ; miscellaneous, 1,1SS million feet ; 

 Western white pine, 630 million feet; White bark pine, 416 million feet; Alpine 

 and white fir. 396 million feet; Cedar, 115 niilliou feet; making a total of 

 35,250 million feet. 



In production of lumber the leading counties in 1921 raid<ed in the following order : 

 Missoula. Flathead, Lincoln, Ravalli, Sanders, Granite, Powell, and Gallatin. 

 Other counties producing lumber are : Beaverhead. Big Horn. Blaine. Broadwater, 

 Carbon. Carter, Cascade, Deer Lodge. Fergus. Golden Valle.v. Granite. .Teffer.son, 

 Judith Basin. Lewis and Clark. Madison. Meagher, Mineral. Mussel.shell. Pa ric. Phil- 

 lips, Powder River, Ro.sebud, Stillwater. Silver Bow, Sweet Grass, Teton. Treasure, 

 Wheatland and Yellowstone. 



