Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
MINING NEWS

Conditions affecting the mining in
dustry. particularly in the Occur
d'AIenes and British Columbia, nave
improved materially this spring, ana
there is evidence on every hand OF In
vestors having gained confidence. Met
al prices have advanced to point
that has enabled companies that sus-
pended operations entirely or curtailed
their outputs considerably at the be-
ginning of the depression several
months ago to resume full force.
WASHINGTON Mineral Products.
ANALYSIS of figures of mineral pro-
duction of the state of Washington
for 1913. made by Prof. Joseph Dan
iels of the college Of mines of the
University of Washington, shows the
total value for the year to be Sl7,-
s69.276. OF this S16,616,1 41 came from
nop-metals-coa and coke, cement
bricks and tile, and construction ma
terials, such as gravel, sand, building
stone and road metal-and $1.053,135
came from gold, silver, copper and
lead.
Twenty-four counties report a min
metals and non-metals and sixteen re-
port non-metals alone The lowest
value is reported by Douglas county;
the highest by King county with
total production OF S4,914,136. Skagit,
Kittitas and Pierce counties each re-
port more than $1.000,0OO.
The counties west of the Cascades,
numbering twelve, contribute pro-
duction of s11 ,407 $50, or 65 per cent.
of the total. The eastern Cascade
counties-Okanogan, Chelan, kittitas,
Yakima and Klickitat-have total
production of $3.716,604, which is ~
per cent of the entire state. The In
land Empire counties-Ferry, Stevens,
Pend d'Oreille, Spokane and Whitman
represent $2,427. 523-14 per cent OF
the total-leavIng few scattered
counties with / per cent production.
The counties within 100 miles OF
Seattle by railroad, including what
com, Skagit, San Juan, Thurston,
Lewis and Cowlitz, contribute $14,46S,-
5ss, OF 80 per cent of the entire pro
duction. With Spokane as center and
a railroad radius of 100 miles, the min
eraI production is 81 ,673, 347; the coun-
ties within radius of 100 miles give
S2.561, LOG as the production, 10 pei
cent of the state total.
Coming now to the products them
selves. in the non-metallic class Goa
leads with value Of S9,243,137
brick and tile, $2,532. 426; cement, 81,
10000; basalt, S632.915; sandstone
$3.50, 468; coke, $432,770; sand ant
gravel, s2s5,ss6 lime, $219,163; gran
lite, $140,279; limestone, $62,9l3, anC
miscellaneous other non-metall1c'
valued at $66,9S2. Among the metals
gold leads with a value of $696,275
followed by silver, $200,06s; copper
$147,sS3, and lead 5000.
The purpose of the college in max
ing this analysis was to call attention
to the significance of the geographical
position of the college of mines o
the state university at Seattle. III
foregoing statistics show the divisoi
of production of minerals within tn
state. Were the list of producing
mines and properties to be similarl
tabulated, the Importance of Seattle a
a center would be even more striking
ly shown. One hundred and twenty
five properties near Seattle report tn
major proportion of the non-metalli
production, while forty other plant
scattered over the rest of the stat
make up the rest The total numbe
of metal mines shipping was So i
1913, of which 25 are in Stevens an
Ferry; IL in Okanogan and Chelar
and 20 in Kittitas. Whatcom, SnohC
mish and King counties.