The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-15
AROUND THE MINES

at $500. 0000 pounds Of copper.
A Colorado statistician credits that
state with total mineral production
OF $i.lss,s0S.0ls.
The gross production OF Cripple
Creek mines for 1918 is represented
by 966,906 tons, with a gross bullion
value OF $14.435.520.33.
The copper output from Idaho minea
increased from 7.492.152 pounds in
1912 to about $4,000 pounds In 1918.
an Increase Of over "a per cent.
Nevada Douglass net operating In
come for November was s32.64s; gross
earnings were $50.9l4, operating ex.
penses and taxes amounting to SIS.
$1s,267.
One OF Nevada's new laws which
went into effect the beginning of this
year requires that no miner be EN-
ployed underground who Is unable to
speak English.
There are no labor troubles In
Butte. everything is running smoothly
and this wonderful camp is giving en-
ployment TO more than $4,000 men be-
low ground and on the surface,
The record mine production of zinc
ore and concentrates In Idaho in 1918
increased the spelter output from 13.
905.502 pounds In 1912 to 2s,594. 900
pounds in 1919. an Increase Of nearly
| 20 per cent
Two smelling plants within the state
of Idaho were active In 1919, one lead
/ plant at Clayton now owned by the
Red Bird Smelling company, and the
other a copper mating plant at ivers,
! Both are in Custer county,
Nevada's mines yielded In 1918 from
/ ores sold or treated. S36.374,o 900 In val
ne In gold, silver. copper. lead, and
zinc. according to preliminary estt
mates OF V. C. Heikes of the United
States geological survey.
A recent report on the mining In
dustry In Germany and the output for
1912 is as follows: Employees, 1856.
SIS. fatal accidents LIT; total miner.
nj output, metric tons. 246,623.2ss;
total value, s524. 1853 900.
Final report OF the Goldheld consoi'
dated for November has been issued.
II shows that during the month of No
vemher the total production was
| 2s947 tons. from which resulted a net
realization OF $I7o,7T9.3t
Since the discovery Of the Tonopah
mining district by ]. l., Butler the
mines OF this big gold-silver camp
have produced SOS, 602. 1926. OF this
amount sls,14s,2s5 has been distri'
buted In the form Of dividends.
The lead mine production from Ida.
no mines increased from 2S4.000,00c
pounds In 1912 TO nearly Sii.000.00o
pounds in 1913, or over nine per cent
At the average price for 1919, this total
was valued at more than $i3,b00,000.
Ore was cut last week on the 1000
foot level Of the Caledonia mine al
kellogg, Idaho, and two machine
rounds blasted did not cut through the
vein. Half Is clean shipping ore and
half Ia milling ore OF n good grade.
Large gains were made in the pro
duction OF the precious and semiprec
ious metals In New Mexico In 1918
according TO preliminary estimates by
Charles w. Henderson Of the United
States geological survey. The mine
production OF gold showed nm increase
OF slOObo0 over the output Of sTs4.44C
In 1912.
Eighteen million dollars worth, oi
minerals has been extracted DURING
1918 from the mines Of the coeuI
dAlene region In northern Idaho, &C
cording TO conservative estimates 81
mining operations. based on figures
from the principal properties, Many
authorities say the figure will be close
TO $4,000 900.
The largest, silver-iead mine In thu
world the Bunker Hill Il Sullivan. al
Kellogg. Idaho. began producing u
1856, and IL now said 10 have more or'
In sight than at any time In it's history
Mining experts say this mine has a.
least eighty years Of productive lif'
ahead. To date II has paid si4,72s.
$50 In dividends
In addition to the Colorado placer
properties II Is now understood tha
the Tonopah Mining company has pur
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United states OF Colombia, says thu
Bonanza. Rumor has II that the new
Colombia holdings are located neal
the wonderful Oroyille dredging sub
sldiAry, the Patio mines, on the Mech
river
In 1918 the metal mine output q
Idaho was so much increased that tn
total value exceeded that OF the recor'
year. 1906. according TO preliminary CO
Inmates OF c. n. Gerry OF the United
States geological survey. The value o
the gold, silver. copper. lead'and Eint
mine production was over t23.bo0.0oe
an Increase OF over 100000. or near
ly 10 per cent
= The mine production OF gold In Ne
yada in 1918 decreased about 10 pei
cent. from sI3.45s,lso in 1912 10 sl2.
O72.O0O In 1913. The silieeOus orei
cyanided were the main source OF gold
which. In the form OF bullion. wal
shipped chiefly from Goldheld- Tono
pah. Fairyiew Wonder. Virginia City
Manhattan. Round Mountain. Nationa
and seven TrouEhs
From a metallurgical point Of view
the status OF Speiter production wat
not materially changed during 1913