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gold producers. Diiring the past year the Kendall and Barnes King and 

 Zortman properties have been active, while a considerable amount of pros- 

 Decting has been done in the Kendall district. 



It is estimated that the gold production for 1913 will about equal that 

 of 1912, and that of 1912 was not equal to 'the amount produced in 191 1. 

 The 1911 production was 179.980 fine ounces, valued at $3,710,571, and in 

 1912 it was 175,370 fine ounces, valued at $3,625,235, the decrease being 

 about 5,000 ounces, valued at about $86,000. 



The bulk of this gold was produced in the deep mines of Silver Bow 

 cmmty. Fergus county is second in the 1913 gold production, its 1912 

 output of the yellow metal being valued at $441,021, followed by Blaine, 



with an output valued at $431,270. Madison county is leading 

 Out of the in the production of placer gold, its output last year being 

 Creek Beds valued at $689,197. Most of Madison's gold is mined by the 

 Comes Much big dredge boats operating near Ruby, Placer mining, except 

 of the Gold, by dredge boats, is now a comparatively small industry in 



Montana. For instance, six dredging plants, four operating in 

 ]\Iadison county, one in Fewis and Clark and one in ^Missoula, extracted 

 gold fromi the gravels am'ounting to $710,387, or 88 per cent of the state's 

 placer gold output, AVhich was $806,419 in 1912, an increase over 191 1, 



The records of the L'nited States geological department show that at 

 amalgamation and cyanide mills $1,030,471 in gold was produced with an 

 average recovery of $5.06 per ton of ore and tailings treated. Ores treated 

 at concentration mills produced concentrates, containing $666,954 in gold. 

 The crude ore of shipping grade to sme*lters contained $1,109,255 in gold, 

 or lan average of $1.32 per ton. No very important gold discoveries, either 

 in placer or lode, were reported in 1913. 



]\Iontana's gold industry needs prospectors. The day of the prospector 

 is no longer brig-ht, it seems. And it is the prospector who, after all. is 

 responsible for the mines. Prospectors nowadays need encouragement to 

 cover the vast virgin fields that have yet to be touched by pick and shovel. 



Montana is a large producer of the white metal and the Anaconda 

 company, of Butte, is the largest single producer of silver in the world. 

 Silver is produced in almost all of the mining districts of the State. Some 

 of 'the lead-silver mines of Montana are among the state's 

 Silver, Too, steadiest producers. It is one of the biggest assets in the 

 Pours Out a copper producing industry. 



Rich Stream. The yield of silver in Montana in 1912 was 12,731,638 fine 

 ounces, valued at $7,829,597. This was an increase of 746,442 

 ounces in quantity, and of $1,477,803 in value over the previous year. Silver 

 is contained principall}' in the copper ores and any increase in its production 

 is largely the result of a greater copper output. The 1913 output of silver, 

 it is believed, will compare favorably with that of 1912, which was unusu- 

 ally large. 



— Montana's resources are capable of supporting millions. 



