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Show M OUTPUT INiHOWS. Production Generally Above! Output of Year Ago j Report Shows l Thp report on metal mining in Idaho I t follows- I Tf the present rate of production la maintained, the output of Silver, lend I and Bine from Idaho in 1920 will be II considerably larger than in 1919. ac-H ac-H l cording to C. N Gerr' of the United I ! Plates geological survey, d -pari nn-n J of. the interior. The production In f 1919 was unusually low, the output of 11 gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc he Hl ing less than the annual average of 1 Ihfi last ten years The Bhlpm nia dur j ing the first five months of 1920 are I not so largo as those in a normal f ar, j bur are considerably greater than those or the corresponding period In 11!) The Bunker Hill S Sullivan smelter and refinery at Bradley has be.?n no-BB no-BB tivcv although not operated at full ca-V ca-V pacity, H The lead plant at Xorthport Wash., H which receives concentrate from the ;j Hercules and the Tamarack & Custer H M mines, was again operating in 1920. , and the plant ;:t East Helena. Monl which treats much of the Bunker Hill ore. was producing a larger quantity h j or icaa ouinon. !' GOLD OUTPUT DECLINES. I The gold produced In Idaho in 1919 was valued at about $703,000 The aver age annual production during the last I ten years was J1.CS5.350. but there has 1 been a steady decrease since 1915 The Gold Hill & Iowa property at j Quartzberg continues to produce more gold than any other min- In the H The dredge at Murray, in Shoshone H county, has materially added to the Hf gold output of Ii'.ihn. These two propel prop-el ties produced SO per cent of the gold 1 of Idaho In 1919. , The production of silver in Idaho in IjSj 1919 was about O.700.MU0 ounces. al ued at t6.S40.00O. the lowest ontpul H the last three years. The average nn H nual output for the last ton cars was H 9,730,180 ounces Several of the laige H mines were idle for months in 1919. H but as shipment? of lead ore have now H been resumed the output in 1920 may H be greater than In 1919 Tlic produc H ers of silver-lead ore in the Coeur d'Alene district are making larger I shipments than .n 1910, especially the j Bunker Hill, Morning Heels Hercules and Tamarack & Custer mines. COPPER D.EC R EASES. H i The output of copper in Idaho in H 1919 was about 3.140,000 pounds, val-Hj! val-Hj! ued at $591,000, a marked decrease from 1918. As no shipments have Jj made in 1920 from either the National li mine, near Mullun, or the Richmond j mine at Adair, there will probably be II . a further decreare in 1920. The Em- pire Copper company at Mackay is H' maintaining shipments at the rate of I j about 1000 tons a month and is in-creasing in-creasing the reserves of ore that were I '.'li' i I i ' i r n - '!' .i A new mill H was constructed ai the Pope-Shenon mine, near Salmon, in Lemhi county Bj which will treat copper ore by roasting and Chlorldizlng Hj In 1918 the mines of Idaho produced M'' 294,965.993 pounds of load, but the to-Mi to-Mi tal output in 1919 w; only about 184, 1 079,000 pounds. Many of the large Rj mines were idle in 1919, bu- the con Hi ditions have Improved somewhat in Bj 1920 The Bunk r Hill & Sullivan com B1 P2ny maintained production, the H cla, Morning, Hcrculer, and Tamarack & Custer mines are showing better re-suits, re-suits, and the Callahan Zinc Lead com H pany (Consolidated Interstate alia han) is producing much more lead. SHIPMENTS TIED UP. The Star mine, near the Morning j' property, has ore mined, bui litigation I with the Federal Mining & Smelting . company has prevented shipments. A ' I Gilmore, in Lemhi county, the average monthly shipments from the Latest Out and Pittsburg-Idaho mines are much greater, and the vrhlte Knob I Mining compan at Mackay is a large H contributor. The output of recoverable zinc in Idaho decreased horn 45461,712 pounds in 1918 to about 16.565.000 pounds in l 1919 If the Callahan Zinc-Lead com-pany com-pany continues to ship zinc ore and concentrate at the present rate about 3500 tons a month the output of zinc I in 1920 will be li rger. Dividends weie paid In 1920 by the Callahan Zinc-Lead, Hecla, Bunker J Hill, Federal and Caledonia companies. IsaH |