The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-02-15
MINES SHOW BIG INCREASES
Mines of Shoshone County Produced
Nearly 80 Per Cent of Silver
Output of State.

general increase shown in the production from
Idaho mines in 1911 according to G. N Gerry of the United
States geological survey This attributable all ores ex
cept those OF "copper" the opu of which decreased Shoone
county and siceous ORE which diminished particularly in
Owyhee county The most noteworthy increases the
zinc ORE silver and lead from lead and gold from pacer
gain Of nearly Is per cent in the gold output brings the pro
ducton back to normal figure for 1911 after the stkng
low output for 1910 Gold silver output have been grad
ually decreasing in Owyhee county, which for many years
the premier gold producer of the state In 1911 Boise
county produced the largest amount of gold derived in great
part from dredge operations. Gilmore county also had
gold production greater than that of 1910 and will doubtless
take third place. Seven dredges active and good re
suits obtained in Boise, Lemh and Clearwater counties
Gold output from copper deposits decreased Shosone
county owing to the small reduction from the Snowston
mine but this than offset by the gold output from
copper Custer county Gold production from lead
which only SIS per cent Of the total gold in 1870 ncreas
ed considerably in 1911 owing to the greatly increased output
Of lead Shoshone county, but also at Gilmore in Tenl
county Owing to steady production at increased rate
from the lead silver mines of the Occur dene region and at
Gilmore the silver output OF which 80 per cent came FROM
lead in 1910 considerably increased. Silver produc
ton from sceous and decreased but that om
placers lead and zinc increased The increased sill
production due in part to improvement of the
the Hunter district and the development of producers
Wardner and near Murray.
Four new counties were established in Idaho in 1911
Adams county includes the northern part of what Wash
ngon county; Bonneville county the eastern portion Of for
Bingham county; and Clearwater and Lewis counties the
eastern and central portions of Nez Perez county.
Adams county includes the Seven Devils district, from
which copper was marketed in greater quantity In
Blaine county the output of lead decreased but bullion
marketed from both the E Orc mine Skeleton creek
and the Bear Creek property Soldier In Boise county
the Whitman, Golden Age and Gold Hill Iowa deep mines
producing and the Moline, Boston Idaho and White
Quartz properties the largest producers Of placer gold
Two dredges the full and the dredge
whose capacity 100000 cubic yards month"; in
ton the latter part of the year In the Pierce district Clear
county, the old dredge operated most of the yea
but the newer one for two months only.
Custer county gold and silver production came mainly
from Lost Packer and Empire copper with little iron
gold and silver mines Gold and silver output from Gilmore
county greatly increased The Minerva mine at Atlanta and
the Honestake mine, with mill, Mayfed, ac
tive custom mill erected at Elk City in Idaho county
and bullion was produced from the South Fork Idaho Cham
pion Moscow and Eagle mines Two dredges at Elk Git!
were idle Lemhi county mining unusually active and
nearly trped the output of lead ORE which contains gold
silver in notable quantity The Kittie Burton the arges
gold producer and preparation to 80 stamps made
the Italian mine Leesburg The old Muan dredge wa
productive and dredge designed to treat 10000 cubic
yards month"; was constructed Kirtey creek. Tungsten
treated Patterson creek The DE Lamar the
only large producer in Owyee county AT the Banner mine
some short mill made and the Rich Guch company
purchased milling plant
The Occur d'Alene region, Shoshone county,
ally free from interruption to production The old produc
increased their shipments and several producers
added These lead mines produce nearly 80 per cent of the
states output of silver the concentrate and assayng be
rs and so to the ton Gold production in t
county was small from pacers, lead and copper