Show 1920 METAL OUTPUT the value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc mined in idaho in 1920 according 6 to the estimate of C N gerry of the united states geological geologic alt survey was about 32 an increase of over that in 1919 the shipments of ore and concentrate showed a marked increase over those in 1919 when the coeur dalene district suffered on account of a labor strike though the output of gold and copper decreased the output of silver lead and zinc increased greatly production was not normal but the large mines were active and the prices for lead and zinc were somewhat higher the bunker hill smelter at bradley was active throughout the year and the production of silver and lead was an encouraging cou raging feature of the mining industry the lead plant at northport North port wash was again in operation and treated material from the hercules and tamarack and custer mines near wallace the mine output of gold in idaho in 1920 was valued at about a large decrease from that in 1919 which was valued at the largest output of gold was made by the gold hill and iowa at quartzite the mine output of silver increased f from i rom ounces in 1919 to about ounces in 1920 or more than 35 per cent and the value increased from to about the largest silver producers in the state were the hercules at burke the bunker hill and sullivan at kellogg the hecla mine at burke and the morning mine near mullan other large producers of silver were the gold hunter tamarack and custer consolidated interstate and caledonia mines the mines in the coeur dalene district produced about ounces of silver or about 86 per ce cent nt of the total for the state the mine output of copper decreased from pounds in 1919 to about 2 pounds in 1920 the value of the output decreased from to about the empire copper company at mackay was the largest producer of copper but its output was low as compared with past years the national copper mine near mullan and the richmond mine near adair were idle several hundred tons of copper ore and concentrate were shipped from the harmony and other mines in lemhi leahi county lead is most abundant the mine output of lead which chichis chis is the most abundant metal in idaho increased from pounds in 1919 to about pounds in 1920 the average price of lead was higher and the value of the output increased from from to about though the total production shows a great improvement over that of 1919 the mines have not generally returned to normal a output in 1920 as in past years the bunker hill mine produced much more lead than ay any other property five other mines each produced du ced more than pounds of lead the hercules hecla morning consolidated interstate tamarack and custer and gold hunter mines the coeur dalene district alone produced about pounds of lead large quantities of lead ore and concentrate cen were also shipped from the idaho st ou out t and an centennial pittsburg idaho idabo late latest in 1 independence mines near ketchum blaine county zinc in 1 the mine output of recoverable idaho increased from pounds in 1919 to about pounds in 1920 the price of zinc was higher and the consolidate bonso conso u ed interstate callahan mine at sunset sunse t vas novell no active during most of the year yea r in g nine her ber however shipments from this zinc zad ore ceased as the m market arket for western zinc co was poor large shipments of ine in were also made by the morning of the federal mining amel smelling smelting Sm elting ting coina les Pall the dividends paid by mining id I 1 Inter interstate sta operating the hecla Fiede federal falt 1930 1920 of 0 months months caledonia mines for eleven m amounted to about |