The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-15
IDAHO
METAL MINE
OUTPUT

la 1913 the metal Niue output q
ldanu Was SO much Increased Lhal
tte total value exceeded tnat of Gh,
rec rd year, 1906, according TO pre-,
limin4ry estimates OF {. \. Gerry, ol
the United 5 ates Geological Survey.
The value OF the gold, silver, COP
per, lead, and Zinc mite prcductiut
was over s23, 500, oO0, an increase /,
over ", COO 600, or nearly 10 per cent.
Record productions were made ia sill
YER, lead, ana zinc, and sdbstantia
increases we're made Ia output oi ali
metals but geld, which remained
CLOSE "a the yield of 1912, the figure
for 1913 being $l,373,0 900. The goiu
yield from quartz mines especially
the DeLamar mine, which vas closed
IN che last part Of the year. eontinu-
ed to decrease. To compensate foi
this loss, the gold output iron dredg
ing continued 20 increase ana thai
from copper ore was greater since o.,
Lost Packer smelter was operated
The mine yield OF silver output iu-
creased 20 per cent, from s,294, 754
ounces IN 1912 TO about 1910, 0O0
ounces in 1913 Il large increase even
over the previous record output OF
1906. In silver output the state
which in 1913 cad value of nearly
10, Ooo, 900 was only exceeded by Ne.
vada Utah, and Montana. Nearly ali
this silver was derived from lead or,
aud concentrate, shipments Of snict
we're usually large. Another feature
which accounted for this record out
put was the large production frou.
the GreenhilI.C Cleveland mine nea
Mace aud the Hercules mine AZ
burke, for the mines Of Leiande nis
trict are notable Tor high silver con.
tent.
The copper output from Idanu
mines increased from 7, 492, 1852 pound
10 1872 10 about g,3l2, 600 pounds ir
1913, an inereste OF over p per cent
! Toe three main factors in the copper
output were the shipments OF Grade
ore and concentrate from the SNOW
storm miGe at Larson, the yieln Of
copper ores from the Empire Copper
property at Macaay, and the copper
matte prod ueed at the Lost Packer
plant at lvers. Increased Yield was
made from all these properties ant
dividends sere paid 10y the hrst and
last. Copper was alst recovered from
the lead ores Of Lemhi and shoshane
counties. Other copper properties
are being opened ~ The Hunter dis
trict OF Shoshone county. A deposit
OF interest as that developed by the
! National Mining Co.. which begAt
the erection OF large mill IN shlcf
tile iiotation process viii probably b.
used
The lead mine roduction Increased
from 2s4, 900, 900 pounds In 1872 Ia
nearly 81 o00, o00 pounds in 1918 or
over yer ceDt. At the average prict
Tor 1913, this total was valued al
utte than sl3, 500 600 Probably a.
per cent VI the lead came FROM The
Occur d Alcne re. ion IN Suoshone
county, and the remainder from
Lemhl, Fremont Blaine. aud Custer
counties. Shipments from the Green
uill-Cleveland mine more tlao made
40 fur the Abandonment OF the
STANDARD Mammoth al Mace. No
great change in product on wss mace
/ b. the liecla nor by the Stewart
nine, but great increases we're mad
It the bunker Hin & sullivan. He.
cules, Gold Hunter, Ontario. Sierra
[ Nevada, Interstate Callahaa. and
Marsh properties. TIE TAmarack
aud Custer Was added to the list OF
10 poftant lead-sliyer producers
Shipments mads m March aud Nov
eub ber l, BOO tons pf crude ore ano
q neentrate we're esnt T. sm.lters
Lemii cDguty especially the Gilmorr
region, Vr0dUced much less iead thar
iu 1872, but tue Wllbsrt n ius "a bicjl
Has found 10 be IT, Fremont instead
o' Blaine county ard the propsrt,
at Clayton In Custer county, CON pen
saled for the deficiency. AT the Ida
ho Continental mine IN Bonner coun
~, Mill b1iidinR ard Improvement.
ere 10 progress but there waa no.
l"aa output
TIE record mine production Of ztpr
ore ana concentrates Ia Idaho IN 1913
increased the smslter OUTPUT from.
Is 9o5 fo2 pounds 30 1919 10 q, 5a4 Oo0
pounds IN 1918 an increass Of nearl,
% per cent. The s8cces- mine .as
operated throughout the ysar and not
rrlF had 40 increased zinc outpnt.
bat preparation was made fnr using
nag etc s-pafstinn 10 eliminate the
excess iron Ia the product Al toe
Morning mius iarRslF Increased cot
put Has maze - use Of the Maeouis.
ten ,abs f7tatlon process. The
Gr-enhili-Cieveland shipped crude
zinc ore and made a SEPARATION Of
Einc product ~ fotatiun at the p,li
a Rslisee Protzhly ths met in.
pettsrt lrcre-se came from the In.
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