The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-07
.|DAHO'S METAL YIELD
GREATER THAN IN 1871
Increased Production of Cop.
per, Lead and Zinc Amounts
to 10 Per Cent.

In 1912 the metal output OF 1deho. ac-
cording to preliminary estimates by g,
n Gerry OF the United States geological
survey, was valued at nearly s2l,oo0, 900.
an increase OF about 10 per cent over the
value for 1911. Increases were made in
the production OF copper. lead and zinc,
slightly decreased. The added value was
due partly to the better prices OF silver,
copper and zinc prevailing In 1917. There
was slight decrease OF about 4 per cent
for 1912 TO about S1,300,00 This de-
crease is traceable to lesscned produc-
ton from siliceous ore and partly from
copper ere. as gold from .placers and
lead ore increased. The Lost Packer
copper mine, the ore OF which contains
considerable sold, was unproductive, and
of owyhee and Elmore counties. Placcrs,
particularly those worked by dredses,
had greatly Increased gold output. Two
boats In Boise county, two In Lemhi and
two In Clear water were active.
The silver output was nearly the same
as that OF 1911. or approximately s,1ss,-
600 ounces. Silver production Is prin-.
clpally from lead ore, but the amount OF
silver per ton is gradually decreasing in
the older mines. Although shipments of
lead ore increased. the total silver. out
Coeur o'Alene mines marketed more
than the usual amount of silver. but
others decreased their output
An increase Of over 46 per cent was
of the fact that the Lost Packer snaelter
ct Ivers was Idle In 1912. The estimated
production Of about 100000 pounds
came principally from the Empire Cop
Snow Storm mine. in ShoEhone county,
each property sharing the increase. The
l00-ton mill at the Snow Storm concen-
trated part OF the ore the last half of
the year.
Lead production increased about . per
cent the total Tor 1912 being about 21s,-
ward the end of the year, the price OF
the metal and the improved production
OF some of the large Occur Alene
mines, greater. increase was expected,
Mace and Wardner were much less than
In former years. The Hercules. Hecla,
Morning. Stewart and Ontario mines had
better results. and the Bunker Hill up
the source of about $4,000, 600 pounds of
lead, largely from the Latest Out and
Pittsburg Idaho mines at Gilmore. The
Blaine county production was small near
HALEY. but at Arco the Wilbert Mining
company operated a new concentration
plant and produced nearly loo, Ooo
pounds. The lead smelter at Hahn was
burned in September and lead furnace
at Clayton, in Custer county, was the
only sIpelter operated in the state, The
lead production Of Idaho represented 50.
Output out i in isia' e or b about sIS, 100000
There was an increase OF CO per cent
in the shipment Of zinc concentrates in
1912, the total spelter output being ABOUT
$500 900 pounds. The Success mine had
q most productive year, having shipped
over 1000 tons of concentrates q month.
A second set of Macquistep tubes was
In operation at the Morning. mine. thus
doubling tho zinc output The Surprise,
at Pine Creek: the Black Horse. near
Murray. and mines near Ketchum con-
tributed, and the Amazon Manhattan
made shipments Of zinc ore for the first
time