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the silver ore gave out. But the opposite has been proved. At the recent 

 meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, held in Butte, the 

 statement was made by a high official of the Anaconda company, that rich 

 copper ore had been cnt in the High Ore mine at a depth of 3,230 feet. 

 Since that time more rich ore has been encountered at a depth of 3,400 

 feet. All this portends permanency. Copper mines have proved the lasting 

 mines since history first mentions the industry. And even today the Rio 

 Tinto copper mines of Spain are worked ait profit, though they are more 

 than 1,000 years old. 



In Granite comnty rich strikes of copper ore have been reported from 

 the Royal Basin, the Swastika and other mines and it is quite possible that 

 the district around Philipsburg may rival Butte as an imiportant copper 

 producer. Madison and Jefferson counties have also produced considerable 

 copper. 



The year 1913 has brought the zinc producing industry rapidly to the 

 front in Montana until that industry today ranks as one of the most im- 

 portant in the state under the head of mining. As in the copper producing 

 industry, Butte is also the focal point in the production of zinc 

 Zinc Has and, as the Anaconda company is the chief producer of copper, 

 Brought the so is the Butte & Superior company the chief producer of zinc. 

 Dawn of Crude zinc ores have been shipped from Lincoln, Jefferson 

 New Riches, and Fergus counties, but by comparison with that produced by 

 the Butte & Superior company the aggregate of the others is 

 smiall. 



It is a startling statement, but none the less true, that the B'utte & 

 Superior company is today producing one pound of zinc for every two 



lown of Elkhorn and Elkhorn Mine, One of the Big Producers. 



