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MONTANA 19U 



Some Men 

 Who Made 

 a Fortune 

 Mining. 



It would be unfair to close this article without some mention of the 

 men who helped to make m.ininp^ a g^reat industry for Montana. Granville 

 Stuart, now custodian of the Butte public librar^v and who is 80 years of 

 ag-e, was the state's first gold miner. On the morning of May 

 2, 1858, Mr. Stuart panned gold at a point on Gold Creek, 

 which is now marked by a wooden shaft, but which will be 

 marked by a marble shaft erected by the state, if the plan 

 materializes that has been sugg-ested by Hon. M. L. Rickman. 

 Marcus Daly's name will g-o down in history as one of the 

 big mining men of the Avest, he being- identified v.Hth the Anaconda and 

 other big copper producers of the Butte district. William A. Clark was 

 for years one of the big minincr operators of ]\rontana and he still retains 

 important mining interests in Butte and elsewhere in ^Montana as well as 

 other parts of the west. Thomas Cruse, of Helena, is one of the state's 

 most successful gold miners. Mr. Cruse still operates rich mining properties 

 near Helena. John D. Ryan, president of the Amalgamated Copper com- 

 pany, and Ben B. Tha}er. president of the Anaconda company, are big men 

 today in the mining world. 



Dozens of others, many of whom were successful and some who were 

 not, have been a part of ^Montana's mining industry. Their names will find 

 places in the history of the state. Montana today boasts a number of 

 millionaires who made their money in mining, and some of the country's 

 leading capitalists got their start in a mining way in the Treasure State. 



]vlining is still an infant industry in Montana, as before stated in this 

 article. It has a bright future. Countless thousands will find profitable 

 employment in the years that are to come. Capital will find an inviting 

 field for investment here. And for the millions that have been taken froni 

 Montana's hills, billions will doubtless be produced in the years that are 

 yet to come. 



The foixowing tables give the value of the metal production by years 

 from 1882 to 1912 : 



Year Gold 



l»fi2 to 1881 $200,000,000 



1882 2,550,000 



1883 1,800,000 



1884 2,170,000 



1885 3,400,000 



1886 4,402.000 



1887 5,978.536 



1888 4,200,253 



1SS9 3,500,000 



1890 3,300,000 



1891 2,890.000 



1892 2.891,386 



1893 3.576,000 



1894 3.651,410 



1895 4,327,040 



1896 4,380.671 



1897 4,496.431 



1898 5,247,913 



1899 ' 4,819,157 



1900 I 4,736.225 



1901 4,802.717 



1902 4.400,095 



1903 4,590.516 



1904 5.097,786 



1905 , 4,889,234 



1906 4,469,014 



1907 3,286.212 



1908 3,057.640 



1909 3.791.510 



1910 3,730.486 



1911 3,710,571 



1912 3,625,235 



TOTALS $321,788,038 



♦Coinage value to 1906. 



*Sih^r 



Copper 



Lead 



Totals 



