Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-10-19

.atng ElBGl1l A1R0A
"a zinc smelling and refining. These
aanorts which form part of the EN-
~ manufactures of 1905, were
nrepared by Story B. Ladd. under the
snnervision OF William NJ. Steuart,
,hief statistician for manufactures.
rho statistics included in the bulle-
~ are for the calendar year 1904,
.,,tb the exception of those for Mich
,gan which cover the year ending
June 80, 1904.
THE COMBINED INDUSTRY.
According to these statistics, 1913
establishments were reported as en-
Gagged in the combined industry of
conner. lead and zinc smelling and
reening. Their combined capital was
s164.S49,036. They employed 26,-
5S8 wage earners, paid $20,05S,200
in wages, consumed materials costing
s2S2.723,480, and manufactured
nroducts to the value of $451,39S,-
S54.
COPPER THE MOST IMPORTANT.
AZ the census Of 1900 the lead
smelling refining industry was the
most important of the three Nanch-
es. and copper vas second; but at the
census of 1906 the positions were re-
yersed. At the latter censu the
copper industry supplied 46.S per
cent OF the capital, AS per cent of
the wage earners. and 1913 per cent
Of the value of the products, while
the lead industry furnished 1873 per
cent Of the capital. 2S.2 per cent Of
the wage earners and ALP per cent
Of the value of the products. That
the growth of the copper industry has
been greater than the growth of the
lead IS partially due to an increase in
the practice of smelling the dry ores
Of the precious metals with copper In
stead OF lead ores.
COPPER SMELLING AND RE
Filming.
Copper smelling and refining vas
the principal industry of forty estab-
lshments. the combined capital of
which was $76,S24,640. These es-
ADJUSTMENTS furnished employment
to 12,752 wage earners, paid s10,-
5000 In wages, consumed mater
ials costing $19G,736.9S6 and manu-.
featured products to the value OF
$40, 7S0,216.
When compared with the figures
for the census OF 1900 those Of 1906
show a decrease OF I4.9 per cent II
the number of establishments, but al
increase OF 44.S per cent in capital
or 1876 per cent in wage earners, Of
26.9 per cent in wages, Of 81 per CEN
in cost Of materials, and OF ASS PEI
cent in the value of products.
COPPER REFINED IN THE EAST
The growth OF the Industry, how
ever, has not been uniform in tn,
sections east and west of the Missis
sippi. The figures reveal a tendenc,
toward the growth and concentration
Of the refining industry in the eastern
territory. In 1900 this territory re
ported only SOS per cent of the re
fining. while in 1906 It reported So.
per cent. The operations of tn
western establishments are now con
fined almost entirely TO smelling
with, In a majority OF cases, the con
version OF the matte into blister cop
per, which is electrolytically refnel
in the east.
GOLD AND SILVER BY-PRODUCTs
At the census of 1906 the produc
Of smelling was valued at $SS,374,
$50 and that of refining at S149,71I.
ia. The products Of smelling con
sisted roughly of 539,000,0 900 pound
OF fine copper contents Of blister o
anodes, valued at SEQ, 600, 600; 80.
100000 pounds Of fine copper con
tents Of matte, valued at $4,000, 600
1000, 600 ounces of silver. valued a
$4,000, 900; and $4,000 ounces G
gold, valued at s6.00O.O0O. The pre-
ducts Of refining consisted roughly Q
$4,000, 600 pounds Of lngots. wir,
bars, etc, valued at $4,000. zoe
$4,000, 900 pounds of blue vitrio
valued at 100000; 2S,OOO.OO
ounces Of silver, valued at 10000
geo; and G36,000 ounces OF gold, va
ped at $13,0O0,000. Thus it appear
mat the product of the precious me
ais resulting from smelling and r,
ming copper is valued at about 500
100000. In 1900 the product of tn
precious metals resulting from smell
ing and refining copper was a littI
more than $12,000.000.
NEW JERSEY LEADS IN RE-
Thinning.
New Jersey is the largest pr,
queer of refined copper. and betwee
1900 and 1906. it increased it's pr,
auction of the total for the countr.
VI the 6O2,595,113 pounds of ingot
wire bars, etc, reported in 1900 Ne
Jersey produced 2S.3 per cent. viii