. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. ines, in his annualreport for 1892, asserts that, notwithstandingthe fall in the price of silver, the total productof the mines of Montana is greater than everbefore. He says that the percentage of acci-dents is much below that of other States. Thisis partly because a higher class of intelligenceprevails here than elsewhere, and partly becausethe miners here have had long training in theseand the California and Nevada mines. Of the 10,000 men underground, 1,500 arem
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. ines, in his annualreport for 1892, asserts that, notwithstandingthe fall in the price of silver, the total productof the mines of Montana is greater than everbefore. He says that the percentage of acci-dents is much below that of other States. Thisis partly because a higher class of intelligenceprevails here than elsewhere, and partly becausethe miners here have had long training in theseand the California and Nevada mines. Of the 10,000 men underground, 1,500 aremining coal. These coal miners are paid, not .Lewis and Missoula .Park .Silver . W. M. Neavitt. .Thomas Joyes . D. A. PeaseW. H. Sutherlin . W. M. BiCKPORD Allen R. Joy .Stephen DeWolfe,George M. Hays . Bozeman . Boulder Helena , Twin Bridges White Sulphur Springs . Missoula . Livingston Butte Billings Stephen DeWolfe, President; Allen R. Joy, Vice-President;David G. Browne, Treasurer; James G. Ramsay, M. Bickford, Executive HInrORT OF MONTANA. by tlie day, as quartz niinei-s are paid, Init bythe ton. I bere give a table, from the samereliable source, showing what the several coun-ties yielded in 1892 in gold and silver alone: PRODUCTION OP GOLD AND SILVER IN MONTANA, BYCOUNTIES, FOR THE CALENDAR TEAR, 1892. COUNTIES. Beaver Head Cascade Choteau Deer Lodge Fergus Jefferson Lewis and Clarke Meagher Madison Missoula Park Silver Bow Reported by outside smelt-ers, mills and mints nototherwise included Total. 78, 1, 67, 186, 667,, 128,,, 748, 836,473.! 307^( 6,795,409.; 701.( 2,177,762.! 109,448.* 386, 2,407.; 610,029. 526.( 10,745,744. $ 2,966, 22,503, Tins is nearly all from underground. Veryfew men, comparatively, are now in the placers,but they are following tliein down, down, downinto gno
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