| Show idaho baho metal yield Y I 1 eld in in 1915 the united states geological survey reports that the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc from ores sold or treated from idaho mines in 1915 had a total value of about this is an increase of more than 53 per cent over the production of 1914 which was valued at 24 there was no great change in ill the output of gold and a slight increase in that of silver but there were material increases in the production of copper lead and zinc especially of zinc the increase in the total value of these inet metals als amounting 1 ing to over was due largely to the increased price of lead and zinc these estimates are reported by C N gerry statistician at the salt lake city 0 office of the survey the mine production of gold was nearly the same as that of 1914 valued at 1152 the yield of gold from dredging was over a half million dollars but no more than during 1914 the boston idaho in boise county and the idaho power company in clearwater county were the main contributors the american placer mining company merely tested the machinery of their new plant at pierce there was an increase in gold yield from copper ore particularly from the empire copper mine at mackay which had a record production of ore deposits of gold bullion at the government assay office were greater than in 1914 in elmore county the atlanta mines and the old bagdad chase property now operated by the boise rochester mining company produced bullion in bwy hee county the silver city M 11 company was operating a 10 stamp mill increase in silver the production of silver from idaho mines increased from ounces in 1914 to about ounces in in 1915 or more than 4 per cent the price of silver very however was comparatively low and the value of the output was over less than in 1914 the shipments of silver lead ore and concentrates which contained the greater part of the silver decreased in the early part of the year but increased considerably toward the end of the year when the price of lead was over 5 cents a pound and that of silver was 56 cents an ounce A considerable part of these increased shipments will not reach the smelt ers until 1916 the hercules mine which produces much silver was idle for three months during the year on account of a controversy with the smelting smelling sm elting company the largest increase in silver output came from the caledonia mine other properties which increased their production of silver were the federal bunker hill hecla gold hunter tamarack ouster custer and ontario all in ShO shoshone county the lead mines at gilmore and the copper property at mackay increased their output or of silver the output of copper from idaho was in 1914 to increased from pounds in 1915 As the about pounds snow storm mine at larson is no longer a large producer and as the lost packer mine at ivers shipped only a few cars of matte the increase was due almost entirely to unusually large shipments from the empire copper company at mackay in custer county which in the middle of the the rate of about su summer nimer was shipping at tons a month the national copper company did not mill any ore but a large amount of copper ore was said to be developed in the horst powell property on the little north fork north of kellogg greater lead production the mine output of lead which is the main mineral product in idaho increased from pounds in 1914 to about pounds in 1915 A large part of this output however had not reached the smelters shelters sm elters at the close of the year this is an increase of over 8 per cent in quantity and nearly in value nearly all the large mines of the coeur dalene region produced more lead in 1915 than in 1914 on account of the effort to market the ore the last halt half of 1915 this was true also of the wilbert mining company in fremont county and the pittsburg idaho and latest out properties at gilmore in lembi lemhi county the idaho continental mine in boundary county formerly bonner county was sending lead product to porthill Por thill by tractors when work was interrupted by the burning of the mill on july 30 A new mill was being constructed at the H E M property northwest of wallace at the marsh mine and mill improvements were made which have already increased the output the smelting smelling sm elting plant at northport North port washington was acquired during the year by some of the operators of wallace idaho and it is rumored that the ores of the tamarack custer and the hercules may be treated at this plant another item of great interest to the operators of the district is the fact that the bunker hill sullivan company has determined to enter the smelting smelling sm elting business and may erect a plant near wardner the yreka areka district around wardner alone produced 1 pounds of lead against pounds 1 in n 1914 production of zinc shipments of zinc ore and concentrate concen trat e from idaho mines in increased C r e ased from 54 tons ton s in 1914 to about tons in 1915 5 the shipments contained about pounds of recoverable spelter valued at over on account of the unusual price for zinc inc z in 1914 19 14 the zinc produced in the state was more valuable than the gold old sl sil ver and copper combined the increase jl recoverable rable spelter which amounted to 0 90 per cent in quantity came principal 1 from the consolidated interstate callaha callah success morning greenhill cleveland an ad ele hercules other shipments w were ere lb 1 inadi rig pe around murray from the terrible edi edia ge paragon monarch and bear top and 00 ort jol fino alno in the western part of the district from the highland surprise and to tion and in blaine county from the mill minnii te moore nay aug and united lead zill 2 to deposit of zinc from A new which a shi shin ment of oxidized ore bre was made in decem her ber was opened on oil the deer ridge in the black pine district of cassia count the output of zinc and the unusual daymen of dividends by the interstate callahan min 0 situated north of wallace were notable ia i I 1 1915 during the third quarter of the yea I 1 this property shipped tons of ore an concentrate principally zinc product cor con over pounds of lead a an pounds of gross zinc for th fourth quarter the rate was increased abou abon 50 per cent the tramway was complete from the mill to sunset and the mill wa va considerably enlarged the success mine ii if creased its output of both zinc and lead eci coi cen the frisco mill produced a larg quantity of zinc concentrates at pine creel cree considerable zinc ore was opened up an shipments will also be made from the pittsburg property as well as the Con Cons stitt titu tion the ray jefferson which lies wes of the interstate callahan property in thi th beaver district is reported to show a con sid erable deposit of lead zinc ore the principal dividend payers in were the consolidated interstate callahan hercules bunker hill caled nia Ye federal deral hecla stewart and success which 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