Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-04
APPALACHIAN MINES

Hampshire, New Jersey. Virginia,
North Carolina. South Carolina, Geor-
gia. Alabama, and Tennessee, pro-
duced during the calendar year 1907
gold, silver, copper. ,ead and zinc
to q total value Of $5,729.99S. All
the States named produced one or
more OF the metals. and the output
came from l05 producing mines, OF
which SO were placers.
Gold.
| The gold production of these East
Tern States an3Jnnted to lT.605.26 hnc
1 ounces having a value of $239,9O2
an increase OF s317l over the value
, of the production in 1906. The
most notable incretNe in god product
ion was in Georgia, a gain Of 33.15S
in value of output being reported.
largely as the result Of activity IN the
Franklin mine. Increased output was
also shown by the reports FROM
Alabama. North Carolina. and Yer
mont, but the other gold-producins
States of the South showed de-
crease in 1907.
Silver.
The silver output of the !ppaia.
chan States in 1907 was 1851 fine
I ounces. valued at s56.5S6. the aver
age value Of silver per fine ounce for
the year being G6 cents. As COM
pared with the value of the produc-
! tion in 1906 the figures shCw de-
crease of S3,154. This loss in value
was caused chiefly by the low price
of copper and the decreased produc- |
| ton OF that metal in the latter part |
OF 1907 in North Carolina, as the
greater part of the silver product OF |
the Appalachians is recovered from |
copper ores. All the other States. |
however. showed slight gains due |
partly to increased copper mining |
at the prevailing good prices in the
earlier part of the year and partly TO
the increased output Of gold. Com
paratiyely little silver was recovered
from lead ores in 1907. and no ores
rich enough in silver to be classified
as silver ores have been mined In
this section of the country for many |
years.
Cooper
The copper production of the East
ern States in the last calendar year
amounted to 2O.307.1S pounds, valued.
at the average price Tor the year OF
90 cents per pound. at s4,o61 ,436. This
production was as usual, chiefly
from the famous Ducktown mines OF
Tennessee, but Alabama, Georgia.
Maryland. North Carolina. Vermont.
and Virginia all contributed. North
Carolina and Vermont each producing
more than 100000 pounds. AS COM
pared with the production in 1906
h< a,fo p,-oSpofinn ~ IN Thc
Eastern States in 1907 showed an
increase of 1.457.575 pounds. valued
at $4O4-161. The ores Welded an
average of 329 pounds of copper to
the ton.
A total If 140.599 pounds of lead,
valued at s7.451. was produced in
New Hampshire. Georgia. and Vir-
ginia in 1907 the State last named
furnishing the bulk of the output.
Zinc.
The spelter production Of the East
ern States in 1907 amounted to o.
TAB 1913 pounds. valued at sl,36i,673.
AS figures for the production Of this
mstal were not obtained from the
mines in 1906, comparisons can not be
made. The zinc ores Welded an aver
age Of 1902 pounds of metal to the
ton and the average price Of spelter
for the year was So cents per poune.
The great bulk of the zinc production
was from the famous mines at Frank
lin Furnace. N. J., hut the southwest
|ern extension of the Virginia Zinv
belt into Tennessee was vigorously |
prospected during the year and pro-
duction was reported from number
OF mines.
Stree Il sratistics-
The figures given in the foregoing |
paragraph are those presented byl
H. D. McCaskey. Of the United States
Geological Survey in statement and
review Of the production of gold. sill
yer. copper. lead and zinc mines OF
the Eastern States f1r 1907. published /
by the Survey as an advance chapter
from Mineral Resources of the Unit /
ed States. Calendar Year 1907" They |
represent the production reported by
the mines to the Survey. and mas |
differ in details from the figures OF /,
the refine rias AMI OF the United |
States Mint, which show the actual
production fer the year OF the metals |
IN mdTketdDie 10TH. ~uSISa III
figures of the mine reports represent |
the metals in the ore mined or sold
and treated during the year. The
agreement between the two sets OF
fgrres is usually close.
Reports for the Rest Of the Country. |
The chapter dealing with the pro |
auction of the metals in the Eastern
States will be followed r., thres
other reports that are now in prepare |
ton. One # these will give Stats |
tics of the production Of the metals In |
the States Of the Mississippi Valley.
one will treat Of the production OF
the States Of the Far West. and the |
third viii be general summary 81
su and will give detailed statistics ~
the production Of gold and silver FOR
the entir- country intending the fig