The New Student's Reference Work/Butte City, Mont.

Butte City, Mont., the capital of Silverbow County, is situated in the southwestern portion of the state, in the midst of a rich mineral region. It is the largest city in the state, and has five lines of railway. It derives its name from the Big Butte, a high mountain peak in the vicinity of the city. The city has fine public buildings, including court house, opera house, high school and many churches, hospitals and a complete system of public and parochial schools. It has a public library containing 30,000 volumes; also a public law-library. Is well supplied with water, and the facilities of electric lighting and gas and a very efficient street car system. The ore production of the Butte district, chiefly copper, approaches $60,000,000 per year, and is rapidly increasing. The population of the city proper by census of 1910 is 39,165, but Butte, inclusive of its suburbs has about 70,000 people.