The St. Louis Republic., 1906-01-01
MINING INDUSTRY SHOWS
MARKED ADVANCEMENT
Remarkable Exeat O Claims Which We're AhaDdeoed Nov
Being Worked With California Pioneer Gold state


esate at present forty.nve substances Of
the mineral world. and the value q the
nearly forty -four millions Of dollars year.
This includes precious metals. nOnmesallic
substances. hyirocarbone and structural
q al ,ne. isnss oven ,s .eas
Vas more than sax millioa dollaTs.
CALIFORNIA; PETROLEUM YIELD
Nearly thirty million barrels Of petroleum
are nov produced In the State every year.
and California now leade all other States
in output OF this material. IL turns out
about four million dollars worth Of cop
per yearly row. and several new Sme1teTs
are being erected. The quicksilver pro-
Some substances are not elsewhere pro-
duced IN this country. notably borax and
maSnesite. For ten years the mineral OUT
sSsn - two miiison ak doiIsra yssr snS 'i is
~ the increase was more than SIX MIL
So the California mining industry il I'm q
put Of lss5 vii reach $ssSoeSee for the
mineral products. Out OF the nfty y-seven
mineral output. Gold h stiil. Of course.
state has Yielded NOR. than fifty-tWo per
cent cen, II "a all the gold Of the United States
IN California. in 1875. the average output
Of gold has been S5.2i00s per annum. the
Vtal output being about H.a1A.nWWO.
MINING IN NEVADA.
The state Of Nevada is rapidly coming to
the front ~ gold producer and r. for the
first time in many yearx showing q decided
increase In its annual output. In 1894 the
Increase, Of gold output over the previous
this year u much larger increase u ex-
p-cted Z" be shown when the tinal figures
are made up.
There are abou, lse producing mines In
Nevada NOSf n fhs, TN in ,pv,,,N
u due 20 the new camp Of GsOldfield In
Esmera!da County. whence large Q,ianti-
tie: of high grade ore are being shipped
desert camps Of Tonopah. Bullfrog. etc.
are rapidly coming to- the front as pro-
ancing sections which give every .indica-
vsiopmens IS now .oin: e on us and STsss.r Ssr
depths are being attained in the more
producers az Ton"pah. and reduction
works u AOod size are being erected.
II ~ss at first supposed that these desert
camps OF Nevada. though rich orc Was
Shown ~ the surface. hal NO mines that
proven. the ore u, depth proving as rich
rs At the surface. In fact in many prom.
tsent claims nothing of value was found
o,,,.. S%sM they had sunk ~ %r - feet The ore
value per ton. being much higher than any
of the average values from camps hitherto
discovered. R course there II ssill much
lack the capital for the necessary develop
ment work
ATTRACTS MINING WORLD.
Tho result Of the discoveries In these
camps has been To attract the attention
OF the mining ~orh to Nevada. and mines
in many Of the old and partly aba andOne6
districts are being reopened and worked.
Both Nys and Esmeralda counties nov
exceed Storey County in annual product.
CSmsseck mines % are situated. Is turning @
out million and u half gold and silver
a year. Renewed interest n being taken
In the Conssock. and important develop
" In the way Of freeing the mines Of va
ter. 10 ss To again get ~ the deeper lew
els.
State hut slightly exceeded $l.0SNe0a. No
large have been the shipments from the
newer camps that the dnal figures for
State last year produSe.i in gold. silver.
copper and lead more than s.. - 000. hut.
as stated. for ES5 4 large increase will
doubtless b. apparent.
gold. silver. copper. lead and platinum
valued at more than 81. 50O.dp0 In gold no
Increase In output - shown. Most Of the
there are only eighty -four producing cn-s
IN the State. while there are more than
two hundred producing placcrs. including
hydraulic and other forms Of gravel min
Some new smeIiers have lately been blown
In which viii doubtless stimulate develop
ment in certain districts. Baker continues
To he the most productive geld county Of
the State. fClleWed next by Josephine.
IN ORE>;ON AND WASHINGTON.
There are few very large producing proD-
critics in Oregon. ~ may b., noted from
the total yield. Lack Of necessary capital
is given as the reason for this. as there
are plenty Of known mines In the State
which only need development to become
producers.
The State Of Washington shows M pres
ent signs of any marked increass. from Its
mines Transportation facilities are In
adequate. and many Of the larger
mires pro.iuc. smelling or. IL must te
sent away for reduction. There are not
more than sixty producing properties In
Was shinGton. including quartz and placer
claims. ans; the entire outDnst OF gold. sil.
yer. copper and lead is only "a Ntti0 over
half q million dollars q year. There arc
many hundreds OF undevelop~d prospects
only requiring capital {" become prOduc-
tive.
II may truiy BE- said that the greatest
need If all th"s.. States i> capital for in
vestment IN undeveloped claims. Th,se
which have been brought 20 q productive
stage are readily sold either wholly or In
shares of stock. but by far the larger
number Of claim. ar. still only partly do
vc!op-d. and il is difficult to obtain the
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