Show production OF THE COEUR special correspondence spokane wash june 20 reports compiled by the statistical department of the spokane chamber of commerce sho show w that mines in the coeur dalene district in northern idaho have produced ore of a total gross value of since the discovery of the placer ground late in 1882 and that including the june disbursements a total of has been paid in dividends as follows bunker hill sul sulivan ivan 11 standard mammoth empire state now last chance hercules morning hecla snowstorm tiger poorman 1250 granite now success and gem each hunter sierra nevada pittsburg lead caledonia first dividend paid april 25 1910 other gold mines estimated against this net earning there is chargeable as an offset approximately 2376 for thirty miles of non productive development work this shows that 19 has been earned in actual profits for every dolar assumedly lost in opening new properties in the district 1 the production of ores was as follows lead short tons value silver ounces value 55 gold ounces value copper pounds value 6 zinc pounds value the value of the output in the district in 1909 is placed at as fo lows lead pounds value silver ounces value copper pounds value gold zinc pounds value the district has occupied the f foremost place in the production of lead since 1902 since which time the yearly output has ranged from 29 to 34 per cent of the total production of the united states the mis sour kansas district ranks second utah third and colorado fourth it is expected that the output in 1910 will amount to between and 16 the increase being due to the opening of new properties and the extension of works in the producing mines several of which have ore blocked Y cocked out for years of operation |