Show idaho Product production products i on in 1914 the depression of the metal market that glowed followed the declaration of war abroad did not ot prevent idaho mines from again making I 1 record production of silver lead and zinc according to preliminary estimates by C N of the united states geological surrey gp gerry rry T the he value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc produced at these mines in 1914 was 2 against in 1913 the gold 90 id output decreased from 1344 E in 1913 to in 1913 or about k 17 per cent owing mainly to heavy falling off in yield from the de lamar mine in 1 l owyhee owahee county the lost packer in cus ter county was also unproductive although 4 gold production from siliceous ore decreased that from placers operated by f Ar dredges edges increased considerably in lemhi leahi and boise counties the dredges on bo shannon bar and kirtley creek were operated and the boston idaho boat handled cubic yards a month A noteworthy production product lon of gold came from the gilmore band and auie allie mines in lemhi leahi county the musgrove Alus grove in the same county made a good I 1 output of cyanide bullion the production of silver increased from ounces in 1913 to ounces in 1914 or 30 per cent and idaho was probably I 1 the second silver producer of the j united states in 1914 nevada being first though the price per ounce was lower the i avalue value of the total silver increased from 6 to nearly all this out put came from lead ore and concentrate most of which is mined in the coeur dalene district or of shoshone county the largest An increases creases in an silver were from the bunker 1 I 1 hill stewart caledonia sierra nevada I 1 greenhill hercules and tamarack custer mines f the copper production of idaho was greatly affected by market conditions and f decreased from pounds in 1913 to 4 pounds in 1914 this decrease was shared by the empire copper company in custer county and the snow storm company 11 in shoshone county the lost pack er mine did not contribute at the national offline the ton mill was completed b but ut ODe operated rAted only a short time the value of the total al copper yield decreased from 1 to y the mine production of lead increased f I 1 1 from pounds in 1913 to 0 pounds in 1914 or nearly 9 per cent lnore laore than the record production of the pre ceding year the total value of the output however decreased from in 1 1913 ato f 13 in 1914 all the important mines ines con continued linued operations with the excel on of theA the about morning Torning which was active half al V i the year lemhi leahi county decreased its output 65 per cent and the wilbert mine in fremont county cou rity was far below the total of the previous year but in shoshone county notable increases were made from the hercules sierra nevada stewart caledonia tamarack ouster custer greenhill cleve land ontario and interstate callahan mines nearly all the mills in the county have added flotation machines some making a zinc concentrate others a silver lead product at the hecla mill the capacity was increased about 40 per cent in october and the mill north of wallace used by the marsh mining alining company was overhauled A section of the bunker hill mill was used on caledonia ore the bunker hill sullivan al C company has been experimenting with a system of reducing the ore to its various metals at the mine the yreka areka district around wardner produced about pounds of lead against pounds in 1913 shipments of zinc ore and concentrate from idaho mines increased from tons in 1913 to about tons in an 1914 and contained about pounds of zinc or probably prot bably pounds of recoverable spelter against pounds of spelter in 1913 the increase of nearly 67 per cent came principally from the coeur dalene mines a small portion only coming from blaine county the important shippers were the interstate callahan success greenhill cleveland morning and hercules more alore than half the total came from the interstate property concentrate and crude ore mostly zinc were shipped at the rate of 2400 tons a month the success mine was shipping 1200 to 1400 tons a month but the Af morning orning mine considerably decreased its zinc output the greenhill mine supplied some crude ore and large shipments of concentrate and at the hercules mill a zinc concentrate was made after the frisco mine at gem was the mill was equipped to treat zinc ore and may require roasting and magnetic separation the principal dividend payers in idaho in 1914 were the bunker hill hercules federal stewart hecla caledonia and snow storm |