For official Stillwater County Information, visit www.stillwater.mt.gov
Stillwater County, in south central Montana, has terrific opportunities for those who live in it and those who would like to visit. I-90, Highway 78 and the Rapelje Road, major roads, all meet at Columbus. Whether it is fishing the rivers and streams, floating the Yellowstone and Stillwater Rivers, hunting in the Beartooth M
ountains, biking from Rapelje, the Running of the Sheep in Reed Point, Art Walks in Absarokee, or any other of the activities, Stillwater County is the place to be. Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, smelting, refining, and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals from a geological formation in southern Montana known as the J-M Reef. This is the only know significant source of platinum group metals in the United States and one of the significant resources outside Russia and South Africa. Stillwater Mining Company’s corporate office is located in Columbus, Montana. The Company conducts mining operations at the Stillwater Mine near Nye, Montana and the East Boulder Mine South of McLeod, Montana. Both mines are located on the J-M Reef. Concentrating plants are operated at both mines to upgrade ore to a concentrate. The company also operates a smelter, refinery and laboratory at Columbus, Montana to further upgrade the concentrate to a platinum group metal rich filter cake. Spent catalyst material is also recycled at the smelter and refinery to recover platinum group metals. Platinum group metals are rare precious metals that are used in diverse applications for auto catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewelry, dentistry, medicine, water treatment, coinage and other uses. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stillwater County is a county located in the U.S. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,117. Its county seat is Columbus. Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 9,117 people, 5,234 households, and 3,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 3,947 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.78% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 0.80% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. 2.01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.7% were of German, 11.8% Norwegian, 10.8% English, 10.6% Irish and 6.8% American ancestry according to Census 2010.
