Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-01-09
IDAHO METAL PRODUCTION, 1912
increased Production of Copper, Lead
and Zinc.

In 1912 the metal output of Idaho,
according to preliminary estimates by
;. N. Gerry, of the United States
Geological Survey was valued near
y S21, 000,0 900, an increase of about
% per cent over the value for 1911.
Increases were made in the produc-
Ion of copper, lead, and zinc, while
me output of gold and silver slightly
decreased. The added value was due
Jartly to the better prices of silver,
copper, and zinc prevailing in 1912.
there was slight decrease of about
/ per cent in gold production, low
5ring the output for 1912 to about
II, 100000 This decrease is traceable
% lessened production from siliceous
IRE and partly from copper ore, as
sold from placers and lead ore in
creased. The Lost Packer copper
nine, the ore of which contains con-
siderable bold, was unproductive, and
.ess gold came from the siliceous
)res of Owyhee and Gilmore counties.
'lacers, particularly those worked by
iredges, had a greatly increased golo
,utput. Two boats in Boise County,
.wo in Lemhi, and two in Clearwater
we're active.
The silver output was nearly the
iame as of 1911, or approximately
$780, 900 ounces. Silver production is
principally from lead ore, but the
AMOUNT of silver per ton is gradually
decreasing in the older mines. Al
-hough shipments of lead ore increas-
I'd, the total silver output slightly
decreased. Many of the Occur d'Alene
mines marketed more than the usual
mount of silver, but others decreas
i their output.
An increase of over 46 per cent
vas noted in the copper production,
n spite of the fact that the Lost
Packer smelter, at Ivers, was idle
IN 1912. The estimated production of
about 100000 pounds came principal
y from the Empire Copper Co., in
custer County, and the Snow Storm
nine, in Shoshone County, each prop
srty sharing the increase. The 100
on mill at the Snow Storm concen-
rated part of the ore the last half of
he year.
Lead production increased about 2
per cent, the total for 1912 being
bout 279 ,000, 900 pounds. From the
activity toward the end of the year,
ne price of the metal and the improv
ID production Of some of the large
Occur D'Alene mines, a greater in
,rease was expected, but shipments
rom several mines at Mace and War
Ter were much less than in former
Tears. The Hercules, Hecla, Morning |
stewart, and Ontario mines had bet |
er results, and the Bunker Hill up |
leld its great record Lemhi County |
vas the source of about $4,000, 600 !
pounds of lead, largely from the Lat
sst Out and Pittsburg Idaho mines
It Gilmore The Blaine County pro-
luction was small near Haley, but at |
Arco the Wilbert Mining Co. operated
new concentration plant and produc
d nearly 100000 pounds. The lead
melter at Hahn was burned in Sep
ember and a lead furnace at Clay
on, in Custer County, was the only
melter operated in the State. The
sad production of Idaho represented
5 per cent of the value of the total
fetal output in 1912, or about $12,-
DO, 900. Il,
There was an increase of 81 per
emit in the shipment of zinc concen- h
'ates in 1912, the total spelter out
ut being about 1850, 900 pounds TIL
uccess mine had most productive
ear, having shipped over 1000 tons $
concentrate month. A second
It of Macquisten tubes were in OPP II
alton at the Morning mine, thus /
,ubllng the zinc output. The Sur S
Use, at Pine Creek, the Black Horse I
BAR Murray, and mines near Ketch- a
n contributed, and the Amazon
anhattan made shipments of zinc
q for the first time