The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
LEAD AND ZINC IN 1928
BOTH SHOW AN INCREASE
MISSOURI LARGEST LEAD PRO-
DUcTIoN AND THE coEUR
D'ALENEs SECOND.

The mine and refinery output OF
lead in the United States in 1923
each made a fair gain, and the mine
and smelter output of zinc each in
creased about one-third, according to
a statement by c. Il. siebenthal and
A. Ston. OF the department of the in
terior's geological survey compiled
from reports and estimates by pro-
ducers and others Data for the
western states are talIenf rom The adj
vance statements issued by the geo.
logical surveys western Offices sta
tistics Of imports and exports for
IL months are taken from the records
Of the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce.
Production Of Lead.
The output of soft lead from mines
in the Mississippi valley and the
small output from mines i'm the east
ern states amounted to about $4,000
short tons. and that of argentiferous
lead from mines in the western states
amounted to about 291,00O tons,
total of $4,000 tons. The correspond
ing figures for 1922 were 267441 tons
from the Mississippi valley and 209,
~fOS tons from the western states,
total of 1868 tons. The southeast
ern Missouri district made the larg-
est output, $4,000 tons, as compared
with 17676S tons i'm 1922. The Occur
dAlene district of idaho came next
with $4,000 tons, gain of nearly %
per cent. Utah made an output of
about 100000 tons. a gain of more
than so per cent The imports of lead
in ore for II months were 2S,957 tons.
SO per cent of which came from Mex
leo and those of lead in bullion We're
about 72.513 tons. almost wholly from
Mexico. The lead content Of lead ore
and base bullion i'm bonded ware
houses on November I was 66,267
tons.
The price at Joplin Of so per cent
lead concentrates. which at the be-
ginning of the year was 1913 a ton,
rose by the middle of March to s121
ton. then fell by the middle of July to
SEQ ton. and again rose by the mid
die of August to $50. The price re-
NAMED level until December rising
TO about Sos a ton at the end of the
year
Production of Zinc.
The recoverable zinc content of ore
mined i'm 1928 was about 62S. OO0 tons
as compared with 7221Sl tons in
1922. The output of the eastern
states was about $4,000 tons as per
cent from New Jersey, that of the
central etatce 2hc;, 3GS2GG IONS and
that of the western states about 1884,
600 tons, as compared with 9LOi1.
296.43O and S171S tons respectively,
in 1922. The upper Mississippi valley
region is credited with an output of
about 1900 tons, and the Joplin dis
trict with an output of about 37S coo
tons. Oklahoma made the largest
output about 247OOO tons, nearly PIG
times as much as any other state. Tn
1928 Montana produced about $500
tons. as compared with 59.5S5 tons ia |
1922.
The imports of zinc i'm ore i'm 1928 /
and the zinc in ore In bonded ware /
houses at the beginning and end of /
the year were inconsiderable.
Zinc concentrates containing 90 per /
cent Of zinc were worth SIl i'm Jop- /
lin at the beginning Of the year ris /
ing to $50 i'm March but declining TO /
$50 a ton i'm the midyear The price .
gradually rose to $40 by the end of /
August and remained at or near that
point until the end Of the year.