The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-12-25
PRODUCTION OF
MINERALS IN IDAHO
Gem State of the Mountains Heads
List of Lead Bearing States.
I'd Pun Gives Power.


position of all the metals in Idaho. 1t
has also an extremely strong Stats
tical position. The worlds produc-
ton Of lead in 1907 was 1,043,286
tons, an increase of 5000 tons in
five years, less than an average of 2
|per cent increase year. This shows
a very small increase in the world s
production Of lead, and the output is
not increasing sufficiently to keep
abreast with the continued growing
demand.
The only two countries that have
any perceptible increase in the pro-
lduction Of lead since 1903 were the
United States and Mexico, Germany
and Spain and other countries show
ling an increase Of only 5000 tons,
while Mexico Increased it's output
10000 tons.
Australia in 1903 was the fourth
largest lead-producing country of the
world. In 1907 her output showed a
decrease of $4,000 tons, placing her
fifth in rank of production.
The production of lead in the Uni
ted States, ending with the fiscal year
1907, was $685. tots, showing an
increased produ tioa Of IA per cent
or $4,000 tons in five years.
United States Ranks First.
The United States ranks first of all
countries both in production and
and consuming in manufactured prod
consumption, producing 35 per cent
ucts 81 per cent of the worlds out
put, the consumption exceeding the
production IL per cent or 6,107.S
tons.
The lead-producing states rank as
follows:
Idaho-Per cent, 1877; tons, 1885,
o61 vlue, $13,044,46o.
Missouri-Per cent, 31.9; tons,
116,4SS; value, $12,347,723.
Utah-Per cent, 1872; tons, So
1877; value, $6,27O,63O.
Colorado-Per cent, 14.5; tons,
52,949; value, $5,612,601.
Miscellaneous-Per cent, 81; tons,
1851; value, $1,432,1S2.
Total-Per cent, 100; tons, $685.
1866; value, $3S,707,596.
Idaho Heads the List.
From the above it will be seen that
Idaho, the Gem state, heads the list
of mineral-bearing states in lead pro-
duction with 123,061 tons, or 1877
per cent of the total output of lead of
the United States, or 11.S per cent of
the worlds production, and of this
the Occur d'Alene district, Shoshone
county, produced Turing the fiscal
year ending 1907, 1859 tons, or
96.5 per cent of the total output Of
the state, v25 per cent of the total
output of the United States, and ia
per cent of the worlds total produc-
ton.
The county produced in other min
erals associated with the lead ores,
gold, silver and zinc, to the amount
of $6,000,000, which, including its
copper output, makes total value of
| SIC, 100000 of the states total out
put in gold, lead, silver, copper and
zinc of $24,000,000, or about 1884
per cent of the total value of all the
metals produced in the state.
Idaho's Lead Production.
Leads proportionate value Of the
$24. 100000 is $13,044,460, being
more TIM one-half of the total of all
the metals produced in the state of
Idaho.
The other counties that have con-
tributed to Idaho's large production
of leal and other metals are Lemhi,
Custer, Blaine and Fremont, and the
section that Is now attracting the at
tention of capitalists and mining men
is the Junction AMI Tex mining dis
tricts in the southern part of Lemhi
county. These two districts embrace
the largest undeveloped lead-silver
area in the state, and therein are To-
Gated the mining camps of Junction,
Bannister, Gilmore and Spring Noun
tain, in all of which active operations
of development are now being carried
on. giving a rapidly increasing output
of lead-silver ore tonnage.
Promising Conditions.
The geological conditions of this
great area are similar to those of
Leadville, COL, and the physical pos
sibilities indicate this section will de-
velop "a greater Leadville," If not,
the first great lead-silver producing
section of the state.
The only large, accessible AMI I'M
developed known lead-silver fields in