The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-01-07
ouTPuT or METALS FROM
MiNEe IN IDAHO IN 1890

OUTPUT or METALS FROM
MiNEs IN IDAHO IN 1920.
The yalue of gold. silver. copper.
lead, and zinc mined in Idaho In
1890, according TO the estimate of
G. =. Gerry Of the United States Ce
olcgtcal survey. department of the In
terior, was about s32,144.000. an In
CREASE Of s13,770.000 from that in
1910. The shipments of ore and con-
centr4te showed 4 marked increase
over those In 1919. when the Coeur
d'Alene district suffered on account
o. . labor strike. Though the out.
put of gold and copper decreased.
the ohtput OF silver, lead and zinc
increa&ed greatly. Production was
not adrmal. bat the large mines were
active. and the prices for lead and
zinc we're somewhat higher. The
Bunker Htlf smelter. at Bradley. was
active throughout the year. and the
productian Ct silver and lead was an
encouraging feature OF the mining
industry. The lead plant at North.
port. Wash. was again In operation
and treated material from the Her.
cuies and Tamarack and Custer
mines. near Wallace.
| The mine output of gold In Idaho
In 1920. was valued al about $500 600,
large decrease from that in 1918.
which was valued al $Tl3,23S. The
largest output of gold was made by
the Geld Hill and Iowa property. at
Quartzbarg. The dredge OF the Yu-
kon Gold company at Murray In Sho-
shone county, produced considerable
gold hrt was idle for time on ac.
count pr the sinking OF the dredge,
! The Holt mine in Idaho county. was
net productive, and the Mullen
dredgefin Lemhi county could not be
operated on account of the high
costs.
The smine output of silver increas-
ed from 5.579.056 ounces in 1919 to
about T.5s5,00o ounces 10 1920. or
more than 30 per cent, and the value
increased from $6.24S.543 10 about
$S.227.e0o. The largest silver pro-
dueerS in the state We're the Hercu-
les AT Burke; the Bunker Hill and
sullivan at Kellogg: the Hecia mine
at Burke. and the Morning mine near
Mullan. Other large producers Of sill
yer We're the Gold Hunter. Tamarack
and Custer. Consolidated Interstate,
and Caledonia mines. The mines in
the Occur d'Alene district produced
about 6.500.000 ounces of silver. or
about S6 per cent OF the total for the
state.
The mine output OF copper decreas.
ed from 3.I22,763 pounds in 1919 10
about 2,203.co0 pounds In 1920. The
value of the output decreased from
Ia nh ust.
pire Copper company at Mackay was
the largest producer Of copper but
it's output was low as compared with
past years The National Copper
mine near Nullan, and the Richmond
mine near Adair. were idle. Several
hundred tons OF copper ore and con
centrate was shipped from the Har.
mony and other mines In LemhI
county.
The mine output OF lead. which Ia
the NEST abundant metal In Idaho
increased from lS2.341.89S pounds in
1919 to about 254 $4,000 pounds In
1920. The average price OF lead was
higher and the value of the output
increased from s9,664121 to about
$20,777o00. Though the total pro
lduction.v shows great Improvement
over that OF 1919, the mines have no,
generally returned to a normal out
put. In 1920, as in past years, the
Bunker Hill mine produced much
more lead than any other property
Five other mines each produced more
than 1O,000.000 pounds of lead-ihs
Hercules. Hecla. Morning Consolidat
ed Interstate. Tamarack and Custer
and Gold Hunter mines. The Coeui
d'Alene district alone produced about
242 goo 900 pounds OF lead. Large
quantities of lead ore and concen
trate We're also shipped from the Ida
no Continental. Pittsburg Idaho. Lat
est Out, and Independence mines
near ketchum in Blaine county.
The mine output or reeoyerabl,
zinc in Idaho increased from l599f
229 pounds in 1919 to about 2s.369.
0a0 pounds in 1920. The price O.
zinc was higher, and the Consolidat
ed Interstate Callahan mine al sun
set. was active during most Of the
year. In November. however. ship
ments from this mine ceased, az III,
market for western zinc ore wa
poor, Large shipments Of zinc con
centrate were also made BY tn,
"a ~ shtass AA1ftlh VI iAAf EFlRl di AliA4Hl
& Smelling company
The dividends paid BY mining com
panies operating the Heela. Federal
Interstate and Caledonia mines TO
eleven months Of 1920 amounted I.
, about s1.6770 600. other dividends
,, not published, were probably distrit
uted by the Hercules and Blnkc
Hill companies.
Among the metals. silver produce
in the United States is pegged at
price of 81 an ounce By the Pittma
/, act. which will probably be effeciiy
for at least two or three years I
. come. The copper market depend
!. largely upon the working out of III
: financing OF export business tn
demand from abroad exists. Method
!, for financing are now being worke
= out and viii Eventually be put int
; force. A somewhat similar conditio
!. exists with lead and zinc. but Low
: ering of building costs Is likely /
:. result in an increased building AZ
tiv;tx with cOr>uauuept faynra HE 4.