Show ANTIMONY IN IDAHO the geology and mines of the pine creek district which lies just south of the well known coeur dalene lead silver district in idaho have recently been described by edward L jones jr in bulletin A issued by the united states geological survey department part ment of the interior entitled A reconnaissance of the pine creek district idaho the occurrence of complex ores of zinc lead and antimony on pine creek has long been known but it was not until about 1914 that active mining of these deposits began since then development has gone forward rapidly mills have been built and a branch railway has been constructed up pine creek from the coeur dalene branch of the ore gon washington railroad navigation co s line the report states the character of the deposits of the district as a whole compares them with those of the adjacent coeur dalene district and describes the individual mines it may be obtained by addressing the director U S geological survey washington D C |