Show OUTPUT OF washington MINES LAST YEAR VALUE OF METAL production gold silver copper lead zinc approximated total value the value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc produced from ore mined in the state of washington in 1927 was about as compared with in 1926 according to estimates made by C N gerry of the bureau of mines department of commerce there was a marked increase in the quantity of gold and a slight increase in copper and zinc these increases however were shadowed out by the decrease in the output of lead and the general decrease in the metal prices of silver copper lead and zinc the production of gold was more than doubled and increased from in 1926 to in 1927 as a result of renewed activity both at republic and in whatcom county the output of the republic district which produced nearly all the gold increased from in 1926 to in 1927 the quila mine was the largest gold producer followed closely by the last chance mine of the lone pine surprise consolidated mining company if several thousand tons of gold ore was also shipped from the insurgent mine under lease the mountain lion mine and the group operated by the northport North port smelting smelling Sm elting refining company the boundary red mountain mining company south of sardis british columbia resumed milling operations and made a large production of gold but the kittitas Kit titas dredge at liberty was idle silver output decreases copper increases the output of silver in the state decreased from ounces in 1926 to ounces in 1927 the republic district produced most of the silver chiefly from the last chance and quila mines other small producers of silver were the sunset mine near index from copper ore the chewelah Chew elah union group including the amazon mine at chewelah Chew elah from rich silver cop per ore and the pend orielle lead zinc company at metaline falls from lead zinc ore only one car of silver lead ore was shipped from the old dominion mine near colville the output of copper increased slightly from pounds in 1926 to pounds in 1927 the sunset copper company near index ran its mill regularly and increased the shipments of copper concentrate several hundred tons of copper ore containing much silver was shipped by the chewelah Chew elah union mining company at chewelah Chew elah As in the past custom ore was treated at the copper smelter and refinery at tacoma washington lead and zinc production not large the output of lead decreased from pounds valued at in 1926 to pounds valued at in 1927 the gladstone mine near northport North port in stevens county a large producer of lead in 1926 made no shipments until october but paid regular dividends amounting to the first half of the year other producers of lead were the electric point near northport North port the pend oreille and grand view mines at metaline falls and the boundary and lead trust properties of northport North port the production of zinc recovered chiefly from concentrate increased from pounds in 1926 to about pounds in 1927 the output of the black rock mine near northport North port was comparatively small but shipments of zinc concentrate cen with some lead concentrate were made regularly after june I 1 by the pend oreille lead zinc company at metaline falls several lots of crude zinc ore came from the great western mine near northport North port |