The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-01-13
OUTPUT OF METALS FROM
MINES IN iDARO IN 1922

leas IN Idaho in 1921, according to
tf< estimate of c. N. Gerrk, of the
United States Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior, was about
$15,2oS 900. a marked decrease from
| the Ealue in 1920,which was $31 ,170,-
176 As a result of the collapse of
the metal market, several of the cop
per, lead, and zinc mines were closed.
Only the high price of silver prevent
ed the closing of the large mines of
silvel-lead ore The Bunker Hill
smelter and refinery at Bradley was
aetiv.S but only one lead furnace was
opersted during the greater part of
the EeS.r Operations at the lead
plant at Northport, Wash, ceased
soon after the Hercules and Tamarack
e Custer mines closed in April.
The mine output of gold in Idaho
in 1921 was valued at about S497 900,
as collpared with S4S5,590 in 1920.
The largest output of gold was made
By the Gold Hill a. Iowa property, at
Quar31Dare. The drudge of the
Yukon Gold Co., at Murray, in Sho-
shone county, was also ala-ge produe-
er of gold, as It was operated uninter-
ruptedly during 1921. A new dredge
was being installed at Featherville,
! in plnrc county, and preparatory
|. q. A-dqna faf .hs sflsulie.kirg IN
"a N-ak Ncaie IN Boundary county and
for dredging in Boise county.
The mine output OF silver de-
creased from 1864 ounces in 1920
to about 5,720,000 ounces in 1921.
The largest silver producers in the
state were the Bunker Hill g. Sullivan,
at Kellogg, the Morning mine of the
Federal Mining & Smelling Co., and
the Heccla mine, at Burke. The In
dependence mine, in Blaine county,
and the Ramshorn property, in Custer
county, each produced large and in
creased output of silver. Other large
producers of silver were the Hercules
and Tamarack & Custer mines, which
operated for only three months. The
mines of the Coeur d'Alene district
produced about 4,S00,O0O ounces Of
silver, or about S4 per cent of the
total for the state.
The mine output of copper decreas-
ed from 2,53S,396 pounds in 1920 to
about 1,436, 900 pounds in 1921. The
value of the output decreased from
S467 ,065 TO about $iS1 900 The En-
pire Copper Co., at Mackay, was the
largest producer of copper, bat for
half the year its output was reduced
to about ], 200 tons a month. The
Richmond mine, near Adair, remained
idle during 1921.
The mine output Of lead decreased
from 249,609,S76 pounds in 1920 to
about 192,000,000 pounds in 1921.
The average price of lead was about
4.6 cents a pound, and the value of
the output decreased from $19, 1868, 1893
to about SS,832 900. The Bunker
Hill and Morning mines were the
largest producers Of lead in 1921, and
the Hecla mine increased its output
Other large producers were the Her
cules, Tamarack & Custer, Caledonia,
independence blaine county,, Sierra
Nevada, Idaho Continental Bound
AIRY county,, and Pittsburg Idaho
Uemhi county,. The mill of the
Coil Hunter Milling e. Smelling Co.
was idle, bnt first-class lead ore rich
in silver was shipped by lessees. The
Couer d'Alene district alone produced
about 1S3,000,000 pounds of lead.
No zinc ore was shipped from Idaho
in 1921, though the output of recover
able zinc in 1920 was 1882 ,32
pounds. .The Callahan Zinc-Lead Co.
confined its operations to development
work, and from the Morning mine
only silverlead products were ship
pei. The decrease in the price of
zinc to about . cents pound and the
high freight rates prevented the prof
liable mining of zinc ore.
Dividends amounting 10 81, $50, 800
were paid by the Hecla, Federal,
Bunker Hill, Caledonia, Tamarack &
Custer and Hercules mining compan-
les during eleven months of 1921.