352 MINERALS YE~ARBOOK, 1941

 Eureka district.—The principal output in the Eureka district in 1941
was gold or~ (amalgamated) from the Queen of the Hills mine and copper ore
(concentrated) from the Pope-Shenon and Grand View properties.,
 G'ibbonsville district.—Output of placer gold in the Gibbonsville
district showed a marked increase in 1941, owing to the operations of two
dredges. A dragline floating dredge was operated by Smith Bros. at the Hagle
property, and a 4%-cubic foot bucket-line dredge was operated the last quarter
of the~year at Hughes Creek Placer by the IdahoWarren Dredging Co.; Smith
Bros. was by far the larger producer. Hydraulicking and sluicing at the Sundown
property recovered considerable placer gold. Most of the gold output from
lode mines in the district came from the Nevada, McCarthy, and Providencia
properties.
 Indian Creek district.—The output of the Indian Creek district in
1941 was gold ore (concentrated) from the Kittie Burton & Ulysses group.
 Junction district.—A little lead ore was produced in 1941 from the
Dingo and Plymouth properties near Leadore.
 Kirtley Creek district.—In 1941,45 fine ounces of gold and 7 fine
ounces of silver were recovered by drift mining by various placer operators
on Kirtley Creek.
 Mackinaw district.—The principal output of the Mackinaw district in
1941 was placer gold from the Richardson property at Leesburg, where a 1
%-cubic yard dry-land dredge recovered more than 1,000 fine ounces of gold
and 115 fine ounces of silver.
 Mineral Hill district.—Gold Producers, Inc., operated the Grunter
mine at Shoup throughout the year and treated 27,689 tons of gold ore by
flotation. The rest of the district output was mainly gold ore from the Gold
Hill and Meadow Mountain properties.
 Parker Mountain district.—Small lots of rich gold ore were produced
in 1941 from the Pinch Hit claim.
 Salmon River district.—The Salmon River Dredging Co. operated its
floating washer, equipped with a suction nozzle, a few months in 1941 and
recovered about 50 fine ounces of gold and 8 fine ounces of silver. Other
placer producers included the Bean Bar and Homestake properties.
 Spring Mountain district.—A little silver-lead ore was produced in
1941 from the Galena and Red Warrior claims and copper ore from the Mountain
Bell prospect.
 Texas district.—The output of the Texas district in 1941 comprised
2,600 tons of gold ore (treated by cyanidation) from the Allie (Falls
Creek) mine and 939 tons of crude silver-lead ore from the Latest
Out property.
 Yellow Jacket district.—Lessees operated the Yellow Jacket mine near
Forney in 1941 and treated about 700 tons of gold ore by flotation and shipped
21 tons of rich gold ore to a smelter. The remainder of the district output
was chiefly gold ore from the Bryan mine.

LEWIS COUNTY

 Placer gold and silver were recovered in 1941 frdm gravel along the Clearwater
River near Greer and Kamiah and from the Salmon River south of Forest.