The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-06
|DAHO'S MINERAL
WEALTH ENORMOUS
MINERAL OUTPUT OF 1919 ST..
100000 LESS THAN PREVIOUS
YEAR is SHOWN

The value of the gold, silver, cop
per, lead, and zinc mined in Idaho in
1919, according to the estimate of
G. N. Gerry, of the United States Geo
logical survey, Department of the
Interior, was about 19,376,000, de-
crease of SIT, ,146,000 from the value
in 1913. The decrease in the quantity
of all the metals produced but gold,
as well as in the total value of the
output was decidedly great, and was
due in part to the difficulty in mark
citing copper, lead and zinc, to the
/ lower prices for these metals, and to
the high cost of labor and supplies.
In August a labor strike in the Coeur
d'Alene region prevented shipments
from many of the large mines near
Wallace. Fortunately labor troubles
failed to close the mines near Kellogg,
and the Bunker Hill smelter and re-
finery at Bradley were active
through out the year, though not
running at full capacity.
The mine output of gold in Idaho
was valued at about $703,OOO in 1919,
value close to that of 1918. The
largest output of gold was made by
the Gold Hill & Iowa property, in
Boise county, though the dredge at
Murray in Shoshone county, produc-
ed considerable gold. In Boise coun
ty no dredges were operated, and in
Lemhi county there was only small
dredge output
The mine output of silver decreas-
ed from 9,172,340 ounces in 1918 to
5,7O1 900 ounces in 1919, nearly 38
per cent, an unusual decline, and the
value decreased from $9,172,34O to
about $6,340,000. Decreases amount
ing to 100000 ounces or more were
reported by the Hercules, Morning.
Hecla and Tamarack and Custer
mines. Smaller decreases were re-
ported by the Bunker Hill, Caledonia
and Gold Hunter. The largest silver
producer of the state was the Bunker
Hill q Sullivan mine, at Kellogg,
which-was followed by the Hecla
mine at Burke. Other large pro
ducers of silver were the Morning.
Caledonia, Gold Hunter, Hercules.
and Tamarack and Custer mines. The
mines in the Occur d'Alene district
produced about 4,8OO,OOO ounces of
silver, or about "a per cent of the
total of the state.
The mine output of conner de-
creased from 6,533, 1888 pounds in
1918 to about 100000 pounds in
1919. The value of the output de-
creased from $1,613,87O to about
S59l 900. The Empire Copper Co..
at Mackay, was the largest producer
OF copper, but the output was only
about 40 per cent of that of 1918.
The National Copper mine near
Muilan, produced considerable COP
per, but was closed late in the year.
Ihe shipments from the Richmond
nine, near Adair, were considerably
reduced. Smaller shipments came
IRON Lemhi and Custer counties.
The mine output of lead, which is
the most abundant metal in Idaho.
decreased from 294,695,993 pounds
to about 184,000,000 pounds in 1919.
The average price was somewhat
lower, and the value of the output
d decreased from $20,923,416 to about
SI0 0,529,O00. The Bunker Hill 81
Sullivan mine made the largest outI7
put of lead; the Hecla, Morning, and
Hercules were the next largest pro-
ducers. Considerable lead was also
produced by the Tamarack & custer.
Gold Hunter, Consolidated Interstate
Callahan, Caledonia, and Sierra
Nevada mines The Coeur d'Alene
district produced about 172 900 900
pounds of the total output of lead.
In other districts of the state large
quantities of lead ore and concen-