The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08
OUTPUT Of IDAHO
MINES LAST YEAR
Increased Production of Lead,
Silver and Zinc Ores
IS Reported.
GOLD-COPPER DECREASE
More Than Twelve and Quar-
ter Million Pounds Gained
in Lead.

The value Of the mine output Of gold.
silver, copper lead and zinc In Idaho In
1910. according 70 {. \, Gerry Of tho
United States geological survey was
slG.3ls,19s against sl5.6so,SI9 in 1909.
an increase OF s665.4jI
There WAS decided decrease in the
Weld OF gold from both placer and lode
mining. also In the production OF cop
per. The largest increases In produc-
ores, and In Zinc Shoshone county
mines Welded ss per cent of the value OF
the states total output Of the metals.
Production Of Gold.
:, The total production Of gold wa.
81 s,st2; a decrease OF sS56;sso com
S9t2.5is was derived from placers. Of
which Boise county produced Sl29 .663
and Nez Pcrcc county sao.6o9. OF the
gold from lode mines. about 10 per cent
ores and 40 per cent from sliceous ores.
From bullion In gold and silver mills
5262s.21 fine ounces were recovered.
concentrates produced 5936.s7 ;ne
ounces. and crude ore shipped to sneltors
contained 2I6S,69 fine ounces. The
largest producer of gold was Owyhce
county. which Welded s3SS.72s. against
tf25.3O5 I'm 1909 Boise county produced
si9a, $50 in 1910, against s2l6.o3i In 1909.
decrease Of Sls,601. occasioned almost
entirely By lcssened outpu, from placer
mining.
Production of Silver.
The silver production OF Idaho in 1910
was I.369,742 Rne ounces, valued at
$3.919.661 against 1.0fl. .633 fine ounces.
valued al s3.6sl,Sio in 1909. or the
1910 output s,a59.sSs ounces came from
mills produced 3i5,a5S ounces. conccn-
trates gavo a,4S3.517 ounces, and crude
ore sent To smelters contained 2.5ss.4 43l
ounces. shoshone county dn the Coeur
a a c1 4 n
nearly 81 per cent OF the silver output
OF the state. or this the Hunter district
produced 1.20S,s5S ounces. the Lelsnde
district 9,S22, 7ss ounces. and the Yreka
district 2.se6.S02 ounces.
Production of Copper.
The production OF copper in Idaho de-
creased from 9l15.iS9 pounds. valued at
81. 1901. In 1909. TO T,037. .292 pounds
valued at ss93, I36, In 1910, but the pro-
diction OF Custer county increased from
suit Of the operations OF the White Knob
mine. True copper ores Yielded 5.912,
3?2 pounds and nearly all the remainder
was derived from the lead ores of Sho-
shone county.
Production of Lead.
The output of lead in Idaho In 1910 in
creased l2,2T2.55t pounds over that OF
1902 The value OF the lead produced
In 1910 was 6l.5 per cent Of the value Of
shipped to smelters contained 5o,Os4, ,3s7
pounds; and concentrates (of which all
but iOi.b52 pounds came from Shoshone
county, yielded 1IS.114,472 pounds The
production Of Blaine county decreased
4I7.302 pounds. while Lemh county
showed an increased Yield of s.394 tOS
pounds. or nearly half OF the states in
crease. owing 10 the completion OF the
Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad from
Armstead, Mont. TO Salmon. Ida The
Yreka district. with a yield OF lO9 S9g
o3o pounds. was much the largest pro-
ducer In Shoshone county and in the
state: The lead output of the Hunter
district was 34,3l9,319 pounds. and that
OF the Lelande district 72.s40, 963 pounds.
Production of Zinc.
The Zinc production OF Idaho was
4,252.lO4 pounds greater I'm 1910 than in
1903. with the exception OF a small
quantity OF zinc produced In Blaine
county the output was derived from
shipped from the Success
mine in Shoshone county.
There were All mines producing gold
silver, copper. lead or zinc In Idaho in
1910. compared with 324 In 1909 or
these AT producing mines. 262 were nIacor
mines. many OF which made very small
outputs. "'"''
Inc total quantity OF ore treated or sold
IN ldaho In 1910 was .7S6.l74 short tons
having an average value per ton of IS 10
an increase OF 1891 tons and OF 81 cents
per ton over 1909