The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-17
IONOPAH YIELD
IS The GREATEST
Nevada Made Richest Gold and
Silver State by This
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District.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington. '|'
Washington, Dec. l7:--The rich Tono-
nah district, in Nye county, made Ne
vada the leading state of the union Ill
the production Of gold and silver, dur
ing the wear 1908. The total production
of gold for the United States was vas 3,26o,-
600 fine ounces, vaiuea at $ao'os1 ~ "a
with the production of 1902. OF the
twenty-one states and territories that
Welded cold in 1908, eleven showed an
increase in production, Nevada leading
with an increase Of Il per cent. An
equal number OF states and territories
produced silver N igo5, ana tne re SANE
ton, with Nevada the leading state IN
the production of silver as well as OF
gold. It held the same proud position
in 1902, but bettered its own record IN
1908 by 1882 per cent -, 49,. -, -. 49,.
Alaska Second. /"
Alaska, which led in the increase OF
gold production in 1902, was second IN
1908, with an increase Of $268, 300. Ari-
IONA showed a gain of $245, 800; Utah,
$lO2, 900; Idaho, '$95, 400; Montana, $685.
800; Virginia., SIC, 400; Washington,
$1,000; and Alabama, s. sGo; ne n Its 11Sgait T.
1903 was in Colorado, where the pro
duction fell off $5,92s,600 or ,20.82 per
cent. California was second j in - a m Hnd
Of decrease in 1908, falling. off $6S7 800;
The total silver yield of the United
States for 1903 amounted to 54,3OO,0OO
fine ounces. This had coming value
of $29, 322,O 900, decrease in quantity OF
PIG per cent: y. =
tion of silver in 1903 was in Colorado
and amounted to 1853, 800 fine ounces.
The total value Of the production Of
precious metals by the United States in
1908, reckoning silver at its commercial
value, amounted to $lO2,9l3,f00, de,
crease Of 5.94 per cent, from the yield
of 1902. - 49,. -. re-
Production Of Tin.
the world is consumed in the United
States, none of that metal is produced
here. Many tons of metallic tin and
chemical salts of tin, chiefly the chlor'
ides, have been obtained by the chem
tin can factories, but this tin is of sec
ondary origin, and Cam OF properly be
ranked as a first class mineral or meta
product, under the definitions adopted
by the government experts.
| A report has just been published BY
the geological survey, in which the
statement is made that the minera
cassiterite, tin dioxide, containing e
per cent of metallic tin, has beer
ries, but that in only three places have
efforts been made to place the industr.
on a commercial footing on a large
scale. @''JS
The most notable deposits Of domestic
tin ore are those at Harvey peak, Sout!
Dakota, and those in North and Sout]
Carolina, and in Alaska. The develop
ment of these deposits, however, ha
not yet reached productlye stage. re-
ing & Manufacturing company re
ports that during 1903 there. has bee:
no development Iof Q the properties be
yond the regular amount zof work re
quired - for the "a annual -. assessment
There is abundant proof Of the presenc
of tin ore, but the experiments hav
been made on too small scale: to d.
, termine accurately the average quaint
ty Of tin that the gravels would yiele
l development of the Harvey peak prof.
: critics, the linton Tin company, col
trolled by Chicago interests, has bee
working on it's claims located in wha
is known as the HfNigger Hill' an
"Bear Gulch' districts, west of Deat
wood and Lead, s. d. and seventy-fv
miles northwest Of > Harvey peak =
thoro sampling OF. the deposit, subs
\ quently confirmed by. mill runs of SCI
r eral hundred tons Of ore, has prove
4 the existence Of large blocks of groun
that contain workable quantities
tin ORE. The quantity of ore 50 T;
T treated has averaged l per, cent {
metallic tin, and assays of the conce
trates have shown from 62.5 to IS p
cent of metallic tin. T..
Ivy. w. Jermane.