The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-09-12
IDAHO MINES PRODUCE
GREAT WEALTH IN 1871
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE OF NEAR.
" THREE MILLION.
Washington Also Showed Gain in To-
tai Output Of Gold, Silver, Lead,
Copper and Zinc, While Montana
Fell Behind.

Statistics Of the gold, silver, copper,
lead and zinc production in Idaho.
Montana, Oregon and Washington for
the year 1911 as prepared by the U. s.
geological survey have been received.
/, The value OF the production in both
Idaho and Washington shows an in
crease but that of Montana was some
what less than in 1910, due largely to
/, the low price Of copper production of
which was nearly 100000 pounds
less than in the previous year.
! The value of the mine output Of
gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc in
Idaho in 1911 was $19,1O0,894, against
$16.316,196 in 1910, an increase of ST.
7S4,69S.
There were increases in the produc-
ton of all metals except copper, the
most striking gain being in lead. Sill
yer also showed good increase Sho-
shone county mines yielded $16,3O6,-
$50, or over IS per cent Of the value
of the states total output of the met
ais.
The production of gold was valued
at $1,372,3S7, an increase of $275,545
compared with 1910. Nearly a third
of the gold output was derived from
placers, and the value of the placer
gold was $4O4,327, compared with
S242,546 in 1910, the increase being due
to new dredge installation in Boise and
Lemhi counties. OF the gold from deep
mines 1892 ounces or 81 per cent was
derived from copper ores; 3S43 ounces,
or So per cent from lead ores; and 49,
040 ounces, or 57.2 per cent, from sill
ceous ores. From bullion in gold and
silver mills 1925 fine ounces of gold
was recovered; concentrates produce
ed 4723 fine ounces and crude ore
shipments to smelters contained 1881
fine ounces.
The silver production of Idaho in
1911 was valued at $4,343,952, against
sS,979,661 in 1910 The largest part of
the silver come from lead ores. Sho-
shone county, including the Occur
d'Alene region, produced 7,3S3,S99
ounces, or 80 per cent of the silver out
put of the state. OF this the Hunter
district produced 1,230,S60 ounces, the
Lalande district 3,271,3S4 ounces and
the Yreka district 2,793,937 ounces.
The production of copper in Idaho
decreased from 7,O37,292 pounds, VAL
ued at $S93,736, in 1910, to 5,152,937
county, The production in Shoshone
pounds, valued at $644,117 in 1911,
owing to the decrease in Shoshone
county. The production in Custer
county, however, increased from 919,-
64s pounds to 1,6S5,224 pounds as a
result of the operation of the White
Knob and Lost Packer mines. Copper
ores yielded 3,975,3S4 pounds and near
ly all of the remainder was derived
from lead ores of Shoshone and Lemhi
counties. Most of the copper came
from crude ore shipped
The output of lead in Idaho in 1911
was 272,556,525 pounds, valued at $12,-
265,044, against 22S,25S,s39 pounds, val
ued at $10,O43,3S9 in 1910, an increase
Of over 100000 pounds, and was
greater than the record production of
1905 Crude ore shipped to shelters
contained 6S.97s613 pounds and con-
centrates, largely from Shoshone coun-
ty, 203,577,912 pounds. The produce
ton Of Blaine county decreased 579,-
421 pounds, while Lemhi county in