| Show METAL MINE OUTPUT FOR YEAR 1927 VALUE OF IDA HO S METAL META L P production R OD gold silver t Soo copper lead zinc total value the value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc produced from ore mined in idaho in 1927 according to estimates by C N gerry of the bureau of mines department of commerce was about as compared with in 1926 despite the decline in metal prices there was a decided increase in the output of silver and lead and a slight increase in gold and copper A small decrease in zinc resulted from unusual local market conditions large increases in both silver and lead were made from the hecla bunker hill sullivan sunshine sidney page galena black hawk united idaho wilbert White delf tamarack custer and Strat tons properties mining companies reported paying dividends amounting to approximately compared with paid in 1926 these were paid chiefly by the bunker hill sullivan federal hecla and caledonia companies the sunshine mining co which became the fourth largest producer of silver in the state paid its first quarterly dividend amounting to small dividends were paid by the sidney douglas and success companies output of gold and silver increases the mine output of gold was valued at as compared with in 1926 the large increase in the out output ut of gold from the idaia property near centerville Cent erville was notable as the mine became the second largest producer of gold in the state increase lucrease ln crease were also made by the south park dredging co at featherville Fea the leading gold producer the gold dredging power corporation at centerville Cent erville and the idaho metals co at mackay A new producer of gold was the lincoln mine at pearl in gem county A flotation plant installed in the old i 1 I 1 mill building was operated during the summer considerable gold was also produced by the boise placer idaho metals mineral and united idaho companies the output of silver increased from ounces in 1926 to about ounces in 1927 and the value from to there was an increase in silver produced from lead ores especially from the bunker hill sull van hecla galena White delf and Strat tons properties but the largest increase was in copper lead concentrate chiefly valuable kalua for its silver shipped by the sunshine mining co there therewa W also an ail increase in silver produced from lead zinc ores chiefly c i from the morning page and sidney mines in the coeur dalene district which produced produce d 78 ounces of silver about 80 per cent of the product was recovered from the ores of the four largest producers the morning hecla bunker hill sullivan and sunshine mines the tamarack custer gold hunter and galena mines were also large producers and the united idaho page Strat tons and White delf properties followed the largest decrease was that of the crescent mine at kellogg copper and lead also register gains the output of copper increased from pounds in 1926 to about pounds in 1927 and the value from to the idaho metals co at mackay was active the entire year and its output of copper was nearly three times that of 1926 other producers of copper were the oregon idaho sunshine hecla and harmony properties the oregon idaho mill run on snow storm ore was closed early in the year and the harmony mill in lemhi leahi county ran only a short time the output of lead increased from pounds in 1926 to pounds in 1927 but the value decreased from to as a result of the decline in the average price of the metal the bunker hill sullivan II morning orning and hecla mines were the three largest producers the largest increases came from the bunker hill sullivan page galena united idaho sidney black hawk and Strat tons mines notable increases were also made by the hecla tamarack custer sunshine wilbert and White delf properties the triumph development co was organized to operate the triumph mine near H hailey alley which was a large producer of lead zinc ore late in the year the recovery of lead from lead zinc ores was increased by the improvement at the morning sweeny and hercules mills and new mills were operated at the galena page and jack waite properties the three leading producers of lead were followed by the tamarack custer gold hunter page united idaho galena sidney Strat tons livingston star jack waite black hawk wilbert and constitution mines zinc output drops down a peg the zinc recovered from ore and concentrate decreased from pounds in 1926 to pounds in 1927 and the value from to the decrease was due not only to the drop in the price of zinc but to the fact that at shipments to belgium ceased in may when the contract with the vieille montagne zinc go co terminated most of the output was recovered by roasting and leaching at great falls I 1 montana and nearly all the remainder was shipped to belgium for fa smelting smelling sm elting about tons of high grade zinc concentrate was s shipped a month from the coeur dalene region the largest producers of zinc were the morning sidney institution constitution star highland surprise frisco page and douglas billines es in shoshone county and the triumph mine in blaine county the star mine worked through the hecla shaft made it alts last shipments in march and the zinc concentrate from sidney ore was stored until the completion of the new electrolytic electrode zinc plant being constructed by the sullivan mining co ear ar kellogg |
