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Show IN-EHED BY PROFITS l ORE pons . European War Increases Demand for Metals and Mines Become Prosperous Prosper-ous in Consequence. $30,000,000 OUTPUT; $12,000,000 RETURN Great Coeur d'Alene District Dis-trict Alone. Pays Stockholders Stock-holders About $10,000,-000 $10,000,-000 During Year. The past vear "wns the greatest iu th history of the state in mineral production produc-tion and dividends paid. The total an-" nual output of the mines was over $.'0-000,000, $.'0-000,000, or $6,000,000. more than in 1PM. This phenomenal iueroase is duo to the demand made by Europe lor copper, zinc and other medals, including lead. Tho ? Coeur d "Alone, tho greatest mining section sec-tion in tliu west and one of tho greatest in the world, paid closo to ten millions of dollars in dividends alone, while '. other properties in various parts of the stale also added to the strong boxes of their stockholders, bringing tho total up to about $1J,UU0,000. The mines of tlm state produced $24,000,0(10 in jyu, ami tho same amount in J913. The increase in zinc produced this year was .100 per cent, and the increase in silver and loud twenty -per cent. ,lany . rich strike.- - were made. 'They were recorded in the C'oeur d'Alene district, one of the oldest iri'tho state." The total output of this district alone Was over thirty p cent ol the production of last vear". Then- are prospects of a big lead-silver smeller being established at Kellogg. - The C'oeur d'Alene has not held aV monopoly, on mineral production, however, how-ever, for such districts as the Warren, Lcadore, Custer county ami others havo been active. New properties have been opened up and there has been general activity. In fact, Idaho proved in J91H that it was second to no other state in I'thr matter of mineral production and 1 rich mining properties. The Stanley -basin, Wood river country, Seven Devils, J Boise, Basin, Salmon and other section have experienced a revival in all of them. Potash Deposits. Among the more prominent discoveries discover-ies of tne year were the potash deposits along the Succor creek in Idaho and ' Oregon. It is said these deposits when worried will develop an industry fur this tdate. Many claims have been . slaked out and outside capital is interested inter-ested in them. The Warren district opened one of the best paying properties proper-ties in the state" tn a gold mine. Vp in the Cocur d 'Alans thero came into the spotlight the now famous consolidated Interstatc-Caiiahan mine on Nine M-ilo creek, eight miles north of Wallace. This mine paid during the year $5.5u ;i share un uuO.UOO shares. The principal product of this mine is zinc ore, aii the remarkable profit made from its dpe ration ra-tion has been accentuated by the pre-ivaiJing pre-ivaiJing war prices. The extensive slopi'3 I of Nine Alilo creek and Beaver ' creek, adjacent to the Interstate-Caliahan mine, carry two other profitable mining enterprises in the Prichard formations, lalso dozens of flattering zinc ore -pros I pects, embracing several of established-1 established-1 commercial merit. Properties of value ;" 1 have been opened along Pine creek. Record Output. ' ' The largest lead producers, which include most of the deepest phases of ore development in the district, are making mak-ing the record output of their remarkable remark-able history of production at this tune, I aud are in better shape for a continuous . prrtormanco than at any previous period, pe-riod, " said Eobert N. Bell, staLe mine , inspector, speaking of the Coeur d '"Alenes. "Extensive mechanical improvements im-provements in both mining and milling, practice have been introduced at thu larger properties during the year and present conditions indicate that previous nigh Jcchnical views of the genesis aud la.-tiug qualities of 'these groat on; channels chan-nels and their early exhaustion will havo to be revised downward, and that . their exhaustion ill depth in some in. staucos will be limited only by the abii- itv of modern mining prai-ti''e to follow "; them. There still seems to exist au encouraging prospect that the big lead-silver lead-silver enterprise which the Bunker Hill & Sullivan company are considering will b'1 established at" Kellogg, and gi e I I dn ho a conspicuous stand iug in .metal ns well as mitienal product-. . while the insistent chemical i''eaii h '. woH; brine: pushed by this conn any .i iliUelv 10 provfi of the utmost value in y hi'Iping lu permanently establish a big zi?:c iielusi ry in Ida ho. ' ' Production Detail. The lerer minhii; cmipiiiiiep in 1h Onr-'tr f!'.M"i;p p;j !i over ?.Vtr"'1.,'0O more t in di hJc'iids this yr-ar than lat. :i the T .following eompurauvo sl;i teiiK-ni show?: foi:e..:inv ll'I 'Grand Tot. Emtker Hi!! & S'i'Ii-. ;m . f-L'VJ.T.V' .fisi'M"' M0. 7 7-J. "M "I-V"i. r..l ... .$."' ;n),i-(i- i.vs.'.,.' t." I 'r-r-kt. "i,.rH0 -JL'iV 'V; IJ.T.-.-S M.rv;ii.-'R ... ""(' i'.M' O.OO'i 7,250. 1"""' 1:m f-r-t ;j t c- ?i.-v-!ki' . "." ""i.''-::4 7T."..f7; !.':xi.:.''.7 v t;,K--tSS .;:.".".") l.bO. I Totals . . .SS.y52,42i $-.74 1,::0- f r.u.M 4 A ri'imbi-T of the ;.-bove companies te-c'rc te-c'rc dividends just as :hc ear v;i - Ii-isit:','. pres'-mlns? in ilcir Mockhoi v; 1 'kV'i'-' Christmas pr'Ms. T' c Hunker Hill - Sijilivnn declared a -livi'end of 23 cuni 0:1 the share, or .'i.T.V. u-h'le the I fw;i i'tiIl companv rliftcirsci! an extra .iivhifptl of 3 cvnts -Mi i'e s-h.-re. dibnrsirur siiny. The p:un!r Hill Sullivan also distributed i'-e reiruinr monthlv payment of 2f rem- on the share. The Interstate-Callnhan eompfinv paid a pperlal dividend ot $L60 the share, disbursing 1037, 4Sa. |