The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-23

The depression of the metal mar
ket that followed the declaration of
war abroad did not prevent Idaho
mines from again making a record
production of silver, lead and zinc,
according to the preliminary esti-
mates of c. N. Gerry of the United
States geological survey. The value
of the gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc produced at these mines in 1914
was $24,141,000, against $24,149,-
049 in 1913.
The gold output decreased from
s1,344,559 in 1913 to $1.115, 600 in
1914, or about II per cent, owing
mainly to heavy falling off in yield
from the De Lamar mines in Owyhee
county. The Lost Packet, in Gus
ter county, was also unproductive.
Although gold produced from SLICE
Gus ore decreased, that from placers
operated by dredges increased con
siderably in Lemhi and Boise coun-
ties. The dredges on Bohannon bar
and Kirtley creek were operated,
and the Boston-Idaho boat handled
100000 cubic yards a month. A
noteworthy production of gold came
from the Gilmore and Allie mines, in
Lemhic ounty The Musgrove, in
the same county, made a good output
of cyanide bullion.
The production of silver increas-
ed from 9,S89,193 in 1913
to 13, 1000 900 ounces in 1914, or 80
per cent, and Idaho was probably
the second silver producer of the
United States in 1914, Nevada being
first. Though the price per ounce
was lower, the value of the total sill
yer increased from $~6,033,473 to ST.
$4,000. Nearly all this output came
from lead ore and concentrate, most
of which is mined in the Occur d.
Alene district of Shoshone county.
The largest increases in silver were
from the Bunker Holl, Stewart, Cal
edonia, Sierra Nevada, Greenhill,
Hercules and Tamarack and Gus
ter mines.
The copper production of Idaho
was greatly affected by market con-
ditions, and decreased from $685.
966 pounds in 1913 to 5,500,0 900
pounds in 1914. This decrease was
shared by the Empire Copper cOm-
pany in Custer countyand the Snow
Storm company in Shoshone county.
The Lost Packet mine did not con-
tribute. At the National mine the
500-stamp mill was completed, but
operated only a short time. The
value of the total copper yield de-
creased from $1,4S6,91O to $724,-
900.
The mine production of lead in
creased from ~317,S71,945 pounds in
1913 to 345,OOO,O 900 pounds in 1914,
or nearly 9 per cen more than the
record production of the preceding
year. The total value of the output
however decreased from $13,9S6,366
in 1913 to $13,19S,00O in 1914. All
the important mines continued Oper-
atoms. with the exception of the
Morning, which wasactive about half
the year. Lemhi county decreased
it's output IS per cent. and the Will
oClJ IllhC, III fiCIiOhI SouIty a
far below the total of the previous
ear. But in Shoshone county not
able increases were made from the
Hercules, Sierra Nevada, Stewart,
Caledonia, Tamarack and Custer,
Greenhill = Cleveland, Ontario, In
ly all the mills in the county have
added f1otation machines, some
making a zinc concentrate, others a
silver-lead product. At the Hecla
mill the capacity was increased about
40 per cen in October, and the mill
north of Wallace, used by the Marsh
Mining company, was Overhauled.
A section of the Bunker Hill mill
was used on Caledonia ore. The
Bunker Hill & Sullivan M. & c..
company has been experimenting
with a system of reducing the ore to
Yreka district, around Wardner,
produced about 1862, 200, 900 pounds
of lead, against 14O,335,421 pounds
in 1918.
Shipments of zinc ore and concen-
trate from Idaho mines increased
from 33,17S tons in 1913 to abotu
3 1900 tons in 1914, and contained
about 45,43O,OOO pounds of zinc, or
probably 3S.61O,OOO pounds of re-
%coverable spelter, against 23,173,-
953 pounds of spelter in 1918. The
increase of nearly 67 per cent came
principally from the Occur d'Alene
mines. a small portion only coming
from Blaine county. The important