The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-20
C0EUR D'ALENES AND
OTHER GREAT DISTRICTS
OUR TOTAL PRODUCTION NEAR
$275, 1000, ooo-FoR II YEARS,
$1se,ooo,ooo

The accompanying tabular state
nlent OF output, operating expe 1ses,
profits, etc, of the producing mines oi
the Cots4r dAlenes. taken from sworn
records for II years and an estimate
for the year 1912, has been prepared
with extreme care. revised and ycri
fled In all It's bearings, and can be de-
pended upon as an absolutely accur-
ate record Of the mining business o.
the Occur d'Alenes for the period Of
time 1t covers. 1t is the product ..
much labor. II Is a valuable table Z
file away for future reference.
Some months ago such a table was
printed in The Miner Due to hurrles
preparation, some omissions wer,
made and some errors crept In tn,
totals.
Twelve Years Production.
The IL years production given rep
resents but about two ffths Of the en-
tire period Of production In the Occur
d'Alenes. The beginning of gold pro-
duction on the North Side was In
1854 The beginning Of lead-sllser
production was at Wardner In 1885. i
viii be seen therefore that the first Is
years Of production In the camp Is not
accounted for in this record.
Total Production Probably $275,0oo,ooo
Eighteen millions Is very con
sentative estimate for the value Of
the product Of 1913. Based on thu
I known production OF the past sevcra
months It would figure over 100000.
900. But assuming that $1S,0O0,000 +
correct, the total product for ~ mr.
exceeds $156,0O0,00O, For the proceed
ing is years, Of which there Is no &C
cnrate record. conservative estimate
including the placer and quartz golf
product would be from $100,oo0,O00
$125,0o0O 600. The figures would un-
questionably raise the total product o.
the Occur dAlene mining district, IN
it's 80 years Of life, considerably in ex-
cess of quarter Of billion dollars
possibly reaching $275,000.Q00.
Future Largely Known.
1t Is a big figure and especially does
its magnitude seem impressive wher
the possibilities of the future are con-
sidered. The oldest producers in thu
district are in their infancy. This
not speculation nor an idle statement
Development ahead has made it pos
sible to measure ore reserves and ac'
curately calculate mineral values
Newly made mines are in frequen
evidence.
interesting Comparisons.
Comparison Of Occur d'Alene pro
duction with that Of other great min
ing districts and states Is interestme
For instance, over II years produc.
ton, s156,0OO.00O almost exactly
equals that of the entire production Of
the Black Hills district since its dis
eavery in 1876 The same figure az
most equals the total mineral proGnc
ton of the territory of Alaska
Our total production. say $265,oOo,
900, Is two and half times that o
Goldheld and Tonopah combined. 7
is more than a third of the usually &C.
cepted estimate of the great Comssock
since the early COS. 1t is far In excess
of that Of the Cripple Greek distric
or that Of Leadville.
California's mineral output sine
1S49, mostly gold. is estimated a. u /
billion and half the total Of Nevada
mostly gold and silver, at nearly az
much; that Of Colorado at abou. = |
billion and an eighth. Butte, the |
greatest mining camp on this contIn-
ent, has produced over billion dot
lars in mineral in over so years past !
Production of the Occur dA'enes |
suffers nothing by comparison WITH
that of any mineral section on earth |