| Show METAL MINING IN IDAHO IN 1924 MIDYEAR REPORTS SHOW STEADY GAIN A steady gain was made in the production of meals in idaho during the first half of 1924 according to statistics compiled by C N gerry of the geological survey the value of the output in 1923 was an increase from in 1922 all the large larg e mines of the coeur d alene district except the callahan lead zinc property are active for the first time in several years and many of them are producing at the maximum rate spurred on by better market conditions the price of lead which largely controls mining in idaho increased irom from an average ave rage of 7 cents a pound in 1923 to about 85 cents a pound early in 1924 the resumption of mining at the hecla property induced the bunker bunke r I 1 hill fill sni smelter elter to blow in another lead furnace burnac e and the lead plant at east helena mont is evidently brunnig at increased capacity the gold produced in idaho in 1923 was valued at of which was obtained from placers the most pro productive duc tive placer mining was that done by dredges dreda es at murray and featherville Fea the output of gold from aror siliceous ore especially from the gold hill cr iowa property decreased decidedly no great re reat increase in gold is indicated for 1924 though the dredges dred b es are active and several new mills are read ready y 6 to operate in 1923 tile the largest gold producers were the yukon gold co at murray the south park dredging co at featherville Fea and the gold hill mine at quartzburg Quartz burg considerable sid erable gold 11 carne came from copper lead ore produced at the talache property bonner county and from copper ore of the idaho metals mine at mackay the production of silver in idaho in 1923 was 7 ounces an increase increase from 5 ounces in 1922 of the comparatively low price of silver which was about 64 cents an ounce early in 1924 the large z producers of silver lead ore are unusually active on account of the increase in ia the price of lead the yearly output of silver has been somewhat below normal since 1918 but if shipments of ore continue at the present rate a normal quantity of more than ounces will probably be produced in 1924 some of the mines i making nakin 6 notable increases are the hercules tamarack custer morning hecla success latest cut wilbert tilbert stratton and sunshine the talache 1 anine mine in bonner county decreased its output but a mill mi was moved to the hewer property in the lakeview Lake take view district T and rich silver concentrate was being shipped from the precious metals mine in the flint district owyhee owahee county the output of copper in idaho in 1923 was pounds an increase from pounds in 1922 the I 1 idaho metals company compan y at mackay was shipping b at the rate of about 1200 tons of copper ore a month early in 1924 d in lembi lemhi county the quantity of concentrate shipped froni from c the harmony property decreased considerably the pope j shenon mine made an increased output of sulphide ca con cen but in may the ore mined was oxidized which rendered simple concentration inadequate tile the talache 1 c mine in bonner county produced some copper as well v a 0 silver in 1923 but shipments were decidedly less in 1924 19 i f in 1923 the mines of idaho produced pound of lead an inc increase rease from pounds in ill 1922 the th t tr large producers of lead were approaching a normal rate c co production in july 1923 when the fire a at t the hecla I plant plan nt co stopped production from that large producer in banual J 1924 mining was resumed at the hecla and as the priced lead increased other lead producers were making norl nonna th shipments notable increase was being made at the he w of cules tamarack custer hunter sunshine and B ii mines iines the tamarack custer mine is now ope pi tied a X depth by the mammoth tunnel and the mill will his be enlarged A large new ore body was opened by mining co at burke and as the ore occurs in we ve bently purchased from from the hercules co coa mining and deve dev pa may nia y be done through b hercules ground in lem L county the latest out mine mine made a good record but wo output from the pittsburg idaho was small it in butte cou yea ty the wilbert mining co resumed shipments shipment but theo of put of lead ore from blaine county was consid considerably era bly less 1 gnp the output of recoverable zinc in idaho in 1923 19 5 V as a pounds an increase from pounds pou the 1922 the output of zinc was below normal as the calia callah lead zinc co tile the lar largest larest est producer was active during oon three quarters of the y year e ar in 1924 no increase is elpe expect h in w as the callahan mine is idle there was however colts erable crable activity y at the other mines which produce prod tice zinc 0 aitra and tile the morning and success mines were shipping con conce at an increased rate to the electrolytic plant at great gre j ahl mont and the revamped mills of the nabob and the aution mines in pine creek were also active in april J i ther |
