Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-23
MINING NEWS

Conditions affecting the mining IN
dustry, particularly in the Occur
dAlenes and British Columbia, nave
improved materially this spring, ana
there is evidence on every hand OF IN
yestors 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 De-
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 ST.
6se 276. OF this $16,616,141 came from
non-metals-coal and coke, cement
bricks and tile, and construction ma
terials. such as gravel, sand, pulidlns
stone and road metal-and $1.o53,loo
came from gold, silver, copper ana
lead.
Twenty-four counties report a min
eral production. Eight contribute poth
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 $4,914.136. Skagit,
Kittitas and Pierce counties each re-
port more than $1,000,O0O.
The counties west of the Cascades,
numbering twelve, contribute pro-
duction of $11 ,407,S59, or 6o per cent.
of the total. The eastern Cascade
counties-Okanogan Chelan, Kittitas,
Kakima and Klickitat-have a total
production of $3,716,604, which is 20
per. cent of the entire state. The In
land Empire counties-Ferry, Stevens,
Pend d'Oreille, Spokane and Whitman
represent So APT ,S23-14 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,-
53s, or 80 per cent of the entire pro.
duction. With Spokane as a center and
a railroad radius of 100 miles, the min
eral production is 81 ,673,347; the coun'
ties within radius of 100 miles give
$2,561, JOG as the production, IS per
cent of the state total.
Coming now to the products them.
selves, in the non-metallic class coal
leads with a value of $9,243,137 ;
brick and tile, $2,532,42 cement, ~,
10000; basalt, $632,915; sandstone
$560,46S; coke, $432,770; sand and
gravel, $685., 1856; lime, $219,163; gran
tie, $140,279; limestone, $62,913, and
miscellaneous other non-metallics
valued at $66,9S2. Among the metals
gold leads with value of $698,275
followed by silver, $200,06s; copper
$147,Ss3, and lead $500.
The purpose Of the college In max
ing this analysis was to call attention
to the significance Of the biographies
position of the college of mines o.
the state university at Seattle. The
foregoing statistics show the divisor
Of production Of minerals within tht
state. Were the list of producing
mines and properties to be similarl!
tabulated, the importance Of Seattle al
a center would be even more striking
ly shown. One hundred and twenty
five properties near Seattle report thu
major proportion of the non-metalli'
production, while forty other plants
scattered over the rest of the stat'
make up the rest. The total numbe
of metal mines shipping was So II
1913, of which 25 are Id Stevens ant
Ferry; IL In Okanogan and Chelan
and 20 in Kittitas, Whatcom, Snoho
mish and King counties.