Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-10-12

DZ4l, O4O Was ueTlVeu lIOln pldCtIS, VI
which Boise county produced $129, 663
and Nez Perez county $40,699. Of the
gold from lode mines, about IL per cent
was derived from copper, lead and zinc
ores and 80 per cent from siliceous ores.
From bullion in gold and silver mills
80, 626.21 fine ounces were recovered;
concentrates produced 5,936.67 fine
ounces, and crude ore shipped to smelt-
ers contained 2,763. SO fine ounces. The
largest producer of gold was Owyhee
county, which yielded 1888, 72S, against
$425, 306 in 1909. Boise county produced
$199, 430 in 1910, against $216, OBJ in 1909
a decrease of SIG, COL, occasioned almost
entirely by lessened output from
placer mining. Idaho county treated
6, 351 tons of ore which produced $685.
1856 in gold.
PRODUCTION OF SILVER.
The silver production of Idaho in 1910
was 7,I69,7 TAP fine ounces, valued at
SO, 989, 661, against 7,O41, 633 fine ounces
valued SO, 661, GAO, in 1909. Of the
1910 output, 6,478,63 ounces, came
from lead ores. Bullion at gold and
silver mills produced 315, 1856 ounces.
concentrates gave A, 463, SIT ounces, and
crude ore sent to smelters contained
2, 588, 431 ounces. Shoshone county Tin
the Occur d 'Alenes) produced 6,703, 080
ounces, or nearly 81 per cent of the
silver output of the state. Of this, the
Hunter district produced 1,208, 958
ounces, the Lelande district 1922, 889
ounces, and the Yreka district 1925, 802
ounces.
PRODUCTION OF COPPER.
The production of copper in Idaho de-
creased from 9,115, 489 pounds, valued
at 81, OLA, in 1909 to 1887, 292
pounds, valued at 1898, 735, in 1910, but
the production of Custer county in
creased from 9O,461 pounds to 9l9, 648
pounds, as a result of the operations of
the White Knob mine. True copper
ores yielded 1912, 391 pounds and nearly
all the remainder was derived from the
lead ores of Shoshone county.
PRODUCTION OF LEAD.
The output of lead in Idaho in 1910
increased 12,272.5 54 pounds over that
of 1909. The value of the lead produced
in 1910 was 61.5 per cent of the value
of the total metal production. Crude
ore shipped to smelters contained So
084, 367 pounds, and concentrates (ot
which all but 704.6 pounds came from
Shoshone county, yielded 178, 174, 47i
pounds. The production of Blaine
county decreased ATT, 1902 pounds, while
Lemhi county showed an increased
yield of G, 1874. 4O3 pounds, or nearly hal.
of the states increase, owing TO the
completion of the Gilmore and Pitts
burg railroad from Armstead, Montan;
to Salmon, Idaho The Yreka district
with yield of 100, 899, $50 pounds, wa
much the largest producer in Shoshon
county and in the state. The lead out
, put of the Hunter district was 81, 319,
319 pounds, and that of the Lelande dis
trict 2,84O, 1853 pounds.
PRODUCTION OF ZINC,
> The zinc production of Idaho wa
. 1882, 1O4 pounds greater in 1910 tina
, in 1909. With the exception of sma
o quantity of zinc produced in Blain
= county the output was derived fror
q concentrates shipped from the Success
4 mine, in Shoshone county.
= There were Alt mines producing golt
q silver, copper, lead or zine in Idaho
n 1910, compared with 324 in 1909. c
q these All producing mines, 262 wei
. placer mines, many of which made vel
20 small outputs.
- The total quantity of ore treated (
a sold in Idaho in 1910 was 1, 7s6, TIA sho
10 tons having an average value per tt
II of 49, SO, an increase of 13, 791 tons al
of SO. 81 per ton over 1909