:]S'l Tin American Geologist, December; i£83 
Montana. 
Montana being recognized as in the van of the cApper-silver- 
gold producing St;i t« s. is well represented. Seventy-eight 
gold ores arc exhibited from Butte, from the following mines: 
Maiden, Xogo, Argenta, Rochester, Helena, Alpine, Missoula. 
Lo Lo, Judith, Neihart, Pioneer, Silver Star, Basin, Zozel, Vir- 
ginia City, Champion, Big Hole Cafion, Bed Mountain, Klk- 
liorn. Wisconsin. Medhurst, Sheridan. Georgetown, Snow 
Creek, Cooke City, and Placer; silver and silver lead from 179 
localities, including most of the above, besides Wolf ('reek. 
Castle, Townsend, Libby Creek. Jefferson, Drummond, Car- 
penter ( reek. Bannock. Moccasin. Highland, Elliston, Elkhorn, 
Clancy, Wickes, Snow (reek. St. Louis Gulch, Hed Mountain, 
Vipard, Judith, Lion City, Robertson, Phillipsburgh, Stone 
Station. Gould, Running Wolf. Sage Creek, Robinson, Tender- 
foot ('reek, Chester. Dewey's, Pilgrim Creek. Corbin, Dunkel- 
burg, Blue Wing, Rimini,Garrison, Beaver ( reek, Twin Bridges, 
Virginia Gulch, White Sulphur Springs, Granite, Alhambra. 
Lead from many of the preceding localities, with silver, and 
by itself, from Missoula, Vipard, Phillipsburg (Bowie mine). 
Castle, Townsend, New Leadville, New Chicago, Helena. Bon- 
nar's Kerry. Argenta, Zozel. 
There are sixty-one exhibits of copper as native copper. 
simple copper ore or silver-copper. Of these, native copper is 
shown from the Blue Bird and Anaconda, Butte: copper ores 
from Sheep Creek and Helinville, Maiden. Black Pine. Vip- 
ard. Native Copper, Corbin ; copper ore (gray copper,, and chal- 
eopyrite), from Bannock. Zozel. Lion City, Lo Lo, Cooke City. 
Missoula. Pilgrim (reek, Phillipsburg, Argenta, Lexington, 
Dunkelburg, Camp (reek. Horse (anon. Helena. Neihart. 
Argenta, Arlee, Elkhorn, Dry Wolf Creek, and Sheep ('reek; 
silver copper ores from Maiden. Butte. Judith, Clancy, and 
( 'arpenter ( 'reek. 
Besides these the unique exhibit of the Montana statue of 
Justice, cast in solid silver, should be accredited to this state. 
It is. according to F. J. V". Skill', "cast in solid silver worth 
$61,800, and resting on a plinth of gold representing $230,- 
ooo." Its model was an Irish girl whose charms were supple- 
mented by various Americans. 
There is also a very tine display of gold nuggets, and a still 
