Mechanical and 
hydraulic methods 1 
Small-scale 
hand methods 
 
 
Total 2 
 
Year 
Material 
Number treated Gold of (thousand (troy 
mines cubic ounces) yards) 
Number 
of 
mines 
Material 
treated 
(thousand 
cubic 
yards) 
Gold 
(troy 
ounces) 
Number 
of 
mines 
Material 
treated 
(thousand 
cubic 
yards) 
Gold 
(troy. 
ounces) 
1963     
2 2 16 
6 
5 
40 
8 
8 
56 
1964     
5 27 270 
3 
2 
22 
8 
29 
292 
1965     
7 93 161 
4 
1 
10 
11 
94 
171 
1966     
1967     
 34 36 422 53 15 141 
1 
(4) 
  
1 
5 
3 
36 
15 
423 
141 
492 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
 
and modernization of copper-producing the 4800 level. Work continued on enlargfacilities.
At the Kelley mine, the exten- ing the 4600 level and on the installation
sive ventilating and airconditioning system of a new pumping system to take
underwas improved and enlarged, and comple- ground water from all Butte mines
to the tion of work on the Kelley No. 2 shaft to leaching. area. Ten Westinghouse
pumps, the 4000 level was accomplished. The third each with a l,000-gallon-per-minute
CaWorthington compressor was put into 
operation early in March. The main hoist- pacity, were installed to ' lift
the water ing shaft was completed and concreted to 4,100 f~t. 
Table 10.—Gold production at placer mines 
1 Combined to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data. 
2 Owing to rounding, individual items may not add to totals shown. 
Includes three dragline dredges and one power rocker. 
Less than 3'~4 unit. 
' Includes one nonfloat washing plant, one hydraulic, and one power rocker.

 
Table 11.—Mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in

in terms of recoverable metals 
1967, by counties, 
Mines Gold 
Silver 
 producing (lode and placer) 
County 
 Troy Value 
 Lode Placer ounces (thou- 
(lode and placer) 
Troy Value 
ounces (thou 
sands) 
sands) 
Beaverhead 7 315 $11Fergus                         1                    
    Granite 8 312 11 
 23,262 $36 31 (1) 111,580 173 
Jefferson 15 314 11Lewis and Clark 7 38 1 
 41,627 65 7,742 12 
Madison 8  292 10Powell 1 1 W W 
 5,979 9 
 W W 
Silver Bow 5  8,339 292Undistributed 2 10 2 176 6 
 1,856,486 2,878 19,757 31 
Total3 62 3 9,786 343 
 2,066,464 3,203 
Copper Lead 
Zinc Total value 
Short Value Short Value Short 
tons (thou- tons (thou- tons 
 sands) sands) 
Value (thou- 
(thou- sands) 
sands) 
Beaverhead 5 $4 351 $98 48Fergus                                        
                        Granite 4 3 119 33 815 
 $13 $162  (1) 226 447 
Jefferson 8 6 39 11 105 
 29 121 
Lewis andClark 1 1 214 60 1,508Madison W W W W W 
 418 492 
W 21 
Powell   2 1 (1)Silver Bow 65,448 50,036 64 18 816Undistributed 2 17 13 109
30 49 
 (1) W 
 226 53,450 14 93 
Total3 65,483 50,063 898 251 3,341 
 925 54,785 
 W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data. 
 1 Less than 3/~ unit. 
 2 Includes values and quantities that cannot be shown separately for Broadwater,
Flathead, Meagher, Mineral, Ravalli, Sanders Counties, and items indicated
by symbol W. 
Owing to rounding, individual items may not add to totals shown.