Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-01
p. s. CAMPBELL,
UNITED STATES FIRST,
This Country the Heaviest prsdueer OF
Quicksilver

sn,in. long the worlds leading pro-
ducer OF quicksilver, Is now second TO
the United states The output OF
quicksilver I'm the United states during
1904. as reported 10 the United states
geological survey, was 1850 TASKS, val
ued at 81 503 795, Up to June l. iSV4'
these tasks held 76ia pounds each SINCE
then they hove contained 10 POUNDS
each. The production of 1894 was de-
crease from that OF 1903, which amount
ed 10 $500 TASKS, valued at N,5iA93I
An the quicksilver produced In TINS
country comes from Texas and Calitoi-
MIA The production OF quicksilver IN
Texas increased I'm quantity from o,V19
TASKS In 1903 to 1886 TASKS In 1904,
gain Of 900 TASKS, and Increased IN
value from S2l1,2lS IN 1908 to S232,ll IN
1904. @ gain Of $2O,S9S The quicksilver
production Of California In 1904 amount
ed TO 292i7 TASKS, valued at Sl2iOglO
az against 30, 500 TASKS, valued AT 81
330,9l6 In 1908, a loss In quantity OF
1909 TASKS and IN lue Of tj99i6,
The average pri, for quicksilver per
flask I'm San Francisco was S44l0 In
1902. $500 IN 1905 and s455 In 1904
The value Of quicksilver imported in
TO the United States I'm 1904 was only
81 405. whereas 1851 TASKS valued at
S65O.0T6. We're exported from san Fran
cisco alone, mostly TO China, Mexico,
and Japan while the total eXporta-
ton amounted to p ,O64 TASKS, worth
$Sl7l0S.
The greater part Of the worlds con-
sumption of quicksilver IL satisfied by
the older mines. Besides the famous
Almaden mines, worked by the Roths-
childs under a renewal government
agreement for ten years from 1900
there are commercial deposits In the
provinces Of Almeria, Granada. ana
Oviedo. Spanish quicksilver usually
sells In London at one shilling per mask
higher than the Italian metal This
difference Is partly explained by the
Spanish export tax of $40 pesetas per
100 kilos, imposed in 1898 as a result Of
the Spanish American war As the
Italian output from mines near Monte
Auriate, Tuscany is not large, any
variation in the price Of other brands
would not influence that market APP
preclably The Idrla mines in Aus
tra rank third I'm the list OF producers,
and although they have been worked
| for Az years. their ore reserves are
! estimated to last 40 or 30 years longer
| at the present rate Of mining.
Germany showed an increased con-
! sumption of quicksilver in 1904 by i'm
| porting 1,522 96i pounds, and re-eN-
| porting only ne pounds. Russia has
| enlarged the output Of It's mines In the
! Ekaterinoslav district which are
| worked by a, Auerbach q Co. An APP
! probable quantity Of quicksilver Is eX-
| ported annually from Russia 20 Ham
| burg Germany In Mexico the great
| activity IN the gold ana silver mines
| has given an impetus TO the quicksilver
! industry, especially In the GuadalCazar
! district I'm San Luis PotosL and at
| Hult2oCo, ln Guerrero other deposits
are al Rauas, I'm Queretaro and at Ba-
tuco IN Sonora, Quicksilver occurs
| also al Yulglbar I'm New South wales,
| M Huancayclica I'm Peru, at Taghit IN
| Algeria in Japan; I'M Germany, and
| near Akluri, I'm Turkey,
The mentioned facts are taken
| from q paper published us an eNtraC
| from the surveys forthcoming volume
! Mineral Resources OF the United
States, 1904 II may be obtained. free
OF charge. on application to the director
OF the geological survey, Washington
-, G.,
Apparently the geological survey ha,
overlooked the fact that Utah ls pro,
Queer of quicksilver The Sacramento
a Mercur has been making frequent
shipments o. the product ana, I'm fact
the proceeds from this source has mad,
II possible tor tho company 20 resum,